Headaches After Head Injuries — Post-Traumatic Headaches

a year and a half ago I had an overhanging work lamp come loose on the left side, swing down and hit me on the left side of my head and neck, knocking me down. Since then I have daily migraines, vision problems, dizzy spells, memory problems , panic attacks, and other things I just cant think of at the moment. I get panic attacks when I am at the store or public functions and dont like to go anywhere anymore.

My husband of 11 years hit me in the head on my right temple with a broom handle last year... now I'm having random throbbing in the same spot a year later and the internal little knot there has never gone away! You can't see it but you can feel the difference from the right side of my head to the left... don't have insurance right now and today it throbbed when I was just swallowing a bottle of water... so scared that something's internally wrong!

The other day my bf n I was having a disagreement, n he held my head (I already have neck spasms n back pain) downwards. I was trying to get away, the more I resisted, he held me harder. When I got out of the hold he punched me in the face. I think I knocked out, when I came to I attacked him in defense.
But since than I have terrible headaches, behind my eyeballs hurt, my neck is stiff, when I bend over I feel funny, it hurts to shake my hands. I have no medical insurance so I can't afford to go to a doctor. I am concerned because it doesn't feel right, I can't sit too long.

concussion problems. Chronic headache sufferer here. Its not been great waking up and pretending my head is not splitting. This site gave me some answers though on why i may be having this insane headache. It seems there may be no way to cure these headaches.

Hi just came along this article,I've had 4 concussions,but particularly my 3rd one in 2006 I had a severe concussion and was unconscious for 2 days with amnesia from about a week before and after,it is 2017 ,I still get an abnormal amount of headaches and dizziness,could this some how be related(post concussion trauma)?

My daughter is 18 and ready to go off to college. She suffered a concussion during softball (had a fall) and has had a headache daily ever since. It has been almost 2 1/2 yrs now. We did concussion therapy, PT, OT and medications. Topomax, Imitrex and Motrin. She cannot handle the meds other than the motrin. Topomax and Imitrex gave her sever chest pains, anxiety and difficulty breathing. Although the dizziness and sensitivity to light has gone away she still has daily nausea and even tingling of her hands. Lately she says the headaches have changed and feel more like pressure building up. I am really concerned about sending her away to school. She has been cleared and still plays ball but her quality of life because of these headaches is not what it should be for a young woman. I am also wondering if she is having rebound headaches from too much motrin...feel so helpless as a mom and then seeing a new story about a mom of 4 who passed after an aneurysm  that she thought was a migraine petrifies me.

My wife was hit on the head by a big umbrella post while working. Medication is hit and miss and often doesn't help. What has helped is treatment though an A.R.T specialist. It can be very uncomfortable and treatment is done from head to shoulders. The only problem is the cost of treatment/maintenance for those who don't have the spare income to attack the problem a couple times a week to start, then every few weeks and to the point where treatment can be spaced out over longer periods of time. The head is resilient yet the most difficult part of the body to treat

I'm 51 yrs old and just 2 months ago I had my third head injury. My first occurred when I was 12 I had gotten hit by a drunk driver and had a fractured skull. I spent 1 to 3 days in a coma, a permanent loss of hearing because of the impact, my ear drum was permanently damaged. I've had an incessant ringing in my ear and headaches. But other than that, I guess because of my age I made a pretty quick recovery. Then in 2004 I was assaulted by a teenaged girl that I was helping. She beat my forehead and face with brass-knuckles. I ended up with a concussion and Have had a small change in retaining my memory. Now I suffer from chronic pain from Fibromyalgia along with headaches. But, because of my injured eardrum I have balance problems. Well my 3rd head injury happened in January of this year I had lost my balance and fell onto the rim of my bedroom door and when I hit, I hit so hard it hurt my jaw I hit my left side of my forehead. Now I'm experiencing forgetfulness and I've been getting headaches at night and I can't sleep. These headaches come with a very loud ringing in my damaged ear. It's very frustrating because nothing can be done. Just wish there was something that can stop this.

I was diagnosed with having a concussion three years ago. To this day, i still have splitting headaches where I was hit and can't seem to focus much on one thing (I'm a college student and it's affecting my ability to study). More recently, I've felt a ball near the area that I was hit that's very painful to the touch. Praying I was just imagining this, I had my fiance run his fingers down both sides of my temples and he felt it too. Following up with a neurologist this Monday. Just happy to know I'm not the only one suffering from long term headaches.

Recently I suffered a blow to the head when I was looking into the trunk of my car and someone hit my parked car and slammed it into me, making the trunk strike me in the top of the head.  I have been having neck pain, shoulder pain, headaches, dizziness, and even disturbance in my facial nerves.  I had a normal CT scan.  But all I can do now is take tylenol.

I was struck in the head two years ago by a runaway tent on a windy day. It hit me in the left side of my temple and for two years I was struggling to get back to my normal self. Lots of head pounding, pain, general unhappiness. School and passions became tougher to pursue. BUT I want to echo what some of the others in this thread have said, and add some of my own bits of advice. I have been improving a lot lately, and it is due to the combination of hot yoga (aka Bikram), a chiropractor, and a cranial sacral massage therapist. These three things in conjunction have made massive improvements in my general health. DO NOT TRY PILLS, USE ALTERNATIVE HEALING METHODS. I wish I had found this stuff way earlier. Do not give up in your search for recovered health. I wake up with great joy many days now that I feel more recovered from my symptoms.

My 4th concussion was in August of 2015 and I was still feeling bad symptoms. I'm 95% sure I just got a 5th one Nov 9 of last week and the headaches are pretty bad. These things are no joke. 

My head injury happened in 1996, and I still have headaches. I don't like taking medicine, so I have tried the relaxing techniques. If I have found a medicine to work, my body builds an immunity to it. I have tried getting help before, but my IQ is apparently above help!

I was shot in the head at age 14 and have suffered severe migraines since. I've tried just about every course of treatment to no avail. Symptoms are usually worse in the winter time as I also have a plate in my head. I've been dealing with these now for 18 years and I'm to the point and have been for a long time of being fed up without ever receiving any real tangible answers or results. Can someone help or point me in the right direction please? I'm at my wits end!

I also have post concussion symptoms, I fell while skiing fast and hit my head 3 times. My insurance cut me off because you're supposed to be normal again after 3 months.  Because I look normal in CT Scan and MRI nobody cares to help. I finally found hope: I learned to meditate, yoga breathing exercises, yoga practice, listen to music (classic symphony music) and seeing physiotherapy and acupuncture has help me.

Best meditation is put a candle at eyes level and fix it, close your eyes try to see it, and open your eyes and repeat until you see candle flame dancing in your head eyes close. blow the candle and keep eyes close after seeing candle flame dancing for a while. This will put you in extremely relax stage and you will sleep as a baby after.

Also when of my favorite breathing exercise is the seven square of healing:

1-Take one breath slowly and deeply during 7 seconds.

2-Hold 7 seconds.

3-Excel this breath slowly and deeply during 7 seconds.

4-Hold 7 seconds. (this is like a square if you design it on paper)

5-Repeat 7 times (when you finish your brain is free of thought and happinness is feeling)

if anyone has tried neurokinetic or neurofeedback please share your experience, i have huge headache every day and i will love to be symptoms free.

I was run over by a car while I crossed the street, 2 years ago. I instantly loss consciousness when I guess my body or head hit the car. I woke up on the pavement surrounded by good samaritans, then again in the ambulance and last in the ER of the hospital.

I had 7 staples in my head. The ER actually sent me out with my head still gushing blood and I was losing consciousness again while waiting for my sister in law to pick me up, people had to call the nurse to look at me again.

I still have migraines, sometimes can't remember immediate thoughts or what I was working on. The migraines stem from the neck injury as well. I was having migraines regularly. I received an injection last year and it worked pretty good. I thought I was back to normal. Then late last year I could feel my symptoms worsening again. Now, the past few months I've had a little relief from injection in my neck. It's wearing off and the migraines are starting again. They scare me. It's either on one side of my head. I can feel it beginning from the site of scar tissue on my head and then spreads or radiates from my neck to the front of my head. I get angry, depressed, anxious. I want the old me back. I feel like an elderly person. I'm 43 now, the accident happened when I was 41. I had several injuries to my body, not just the head. 

4 months ago I was in the football field playing a pick up game. I was playing defense the QB threw the ball and I automatically trapped the person who had the ball, the kid had just caught the ball so he was facing the other way until he turned around and in a split second trucked me with his forehead behind my temple. Now let me tell you I played MLB for a while and countered many trucks but this hit to the head really got me I went blank for a second and I blamed it on the adrenaline, I continued playing until I felt like I was about to pass out being I also haven't done anything since the hit so I sat out but that's when I passed out luckily I got to tell my bud I had a feeling that was gonna happen cause he caught me and saved me from hitting my head on concrete. Ever since that day I feel my whole brain has changed, the way I function, my brain refuses to learn anything in school cause It's hard to pay attention, lack of motivation to do anything, losing friends because my anxiety is at an all time high and  I'm just plain anti social now, my decisions on serious matters are always fucked, I can't remember a lot of stuff on the spot, I really barely could work out without getting crazy tired I mean it just plain sucks but I mean listen this doesn't mean it's topped me from living I've been raising my puppy and she's given me hope, just the fact that she's something that depends on my decisions makes me feel I can still do stuff. I usually spend my weekends fishing, I try to hangout and socialize and it's just been getting better aside from the fact I get random mild cluster headaches on the left side of my head this injury has opened my eyes and showed me what life truly is. I'm currently dating and we spend time talking with one another,vibing, and she's the one that has been supporting me the most. All I'm trying to say is don't lose hope in life it gets hard but as long as you got yourself and others then you can get through it. If you need someone to talk to think about getting a therapist