Headaches After Head Injuries — Post-Traumatic Headaches

My son fell on the concrete riding his bike drunk,
He went to the after a few days Advised by doctor to stop drinking a few months later the next year block arteries a year later Covid a bad breakup with girlfriend now he is
Drinking taking meds for the heart taking meds to sleep ,drinking drinking
Will not stop drinking 60 years old
Does not appreciate any one giving advice and still drinking .

I feel for you as I am going through a similar situation. My head smashed against the side of a boat when it hit a huge wave, and I was in bed for over a week with major concussion symptoms.

My MRI came back normal, thank goodness, but the headaches, blurred vision on left side, fatigue, irritability, memory loss and just an overall feeling of being not quite right has been persistent.

My chiropractor has helped me the most physically and given me the support and understanding no one else has. The medical massages through his office have helped relax me, target nerve areas, and provided temporary relief. Ice has felt good on head and neck.

In the last two weeks, I had some debilitating headaches come on while drinking wine. I know there is a connection as I was laid up for so long with no wine, then I had some social opportunities that involved wine, and the effect was immediate.

Sadly, I have to accept I can’t have any alcohol for the immediate future and it’s just not worth the headaches (disclaimer- I enjoy in social situations or with nice meals..not an alcoholic) As I write this, I still feel a throbbing pain deep inside on my left side where impact was.

I’m just hoping time will heal all of this. It’s so frustrating!

Good luck to you!

Have you ever tried acupuncture and or chiropractic care specializing in concussions?

Hi, I've had concussion symptoms for 17 months. I drank a lot two days after a seemingly mild concussion and have had a persistent headache, among other things, ever since.

You sound like you have some orthostatic intolerance/pots like stuff going on. A cardiologist could test u for it. You might want to try Florinef to help? Talk to your doc about it. Also, find a functional neurologist chiropractor to help you out. They will help u quickly.

I am not a doctor but it appears that your symptoms are very close to what I experienced years ago when I was diagnosed with a craniopharyngioma. It was centered directly behind my nose on my pituitary. After ten diagnoses and many doctors, at least 2 years of severe pain in my head and after gaining an enormous amount of weight (from 140lbs to 198 lbs) for no reasonable reason. I happened to see an ear, nose and throat doctor who told me that I should get a CT Scan as I might have a pituitary tumor. I went to M.D. in Houston, TX, and saw a doctor in the Brain center area. He extracted the tumor and I had to follow it up with six weeks of radiation. Now I see an endocrine specialist who checks my prolactin level as well as other functions. Apparently, prolactin levels indicate if the tumor is back. Also, the tumor was benign but still threatened to obstruct other areas of my brain. I recognize that you have had a CT scan and an MRI, but perhaps the right person didn't know what to look for. I would recommend that you see a brain specialist, redo the CT scan with and without contrast, and mention to them that you suspect a pituitary tumor such as a craniopharyngioma or... Believe me, I understand the pain you are going through. After a life free of aspirin or any pain killers, I couldn't swallow enough Tylenol or Advil to change the pain I felt in my brain. It's important that you see a brain doctor who understands pituitary tumors and such. Any other doctor only knows about their area and won't look for a brain tumor. I hope this helps and I wish you all the best.

Hello Marnie! I was searching the internet to see if anyone else is suffering from this kind of facial/sinus pressure post concussion. I hit the closing edge of an automatic door, hard enough to have a laceration over my right eyebrow, in October 2018. In addition, the other edge of the door hit directly between my nose and right eye. I’ve since had clear drainage in my right nostril and down the back of my throat and facial pressure with clamping head pain. In the first couple of months, I also experienced numbness and tingling around my mouth, top of my pallet and at the top of the back of my throat. That has resolved, however, the headaches and pressure have not. I went to an ENT and he thought it unlikely that I would have a CSF leak, but agreed to test my clear nasal discharge. I could not get enough fluid to test. I’ve had 3 CT scans and now am going for an MRI with and without contrast. I’ll let you know if I find out anything after that. I do use a hot washcloth over my eyes when I lay down to go to sleep. I’m at least able to fall asleep when I do. I’m sorry for your frustration, I know exactly how you feel.

It might be unrelated to your concussion, I had similar sinus problems that I could not get diagnosed after multiple doctor visits. It ended up being a severe allergy to super glue (worked everyday with it), with a 20-hour delayed reaction, weird I know. Sneezing and pressure for 2 days after exposure, with nearly 6 months of unending sinus nightmare. Try to isloate some potential allergen in your life. New factory in your area of town? new detergent? new pet or aging pet (dander can change with pet age)? there are many strange and unsual things you can become allergic too and can drive your sinuses insane. I had problems for nearly 6 months before really figuring it out. Take a vacation and completely remove yourself from all possible allergens, just start trying to figure it out with process of elimination.

Have you tried using medical marijuana? This helps tame mine down. TBI back 2014 with loss of consciousness greater than 24hrs

a 15 ft pole from a tent hit my head a few months ago. Everyday I have a symptom or more of headache, migraines, nausea, blurry vision, intermittent pain on the surface of my skull, intermittent pain inside my brain, around my eye socket, shuttering, upper neck pain radiant neck throb, inner shoulder pain, I too get pain that is worse if it's wet out. Aches that are stronger if wet outside. Pain around and behind my right ear. Sometimes the skin where I was hit feels like I was hit yesterday again, extreme tiredness. my pains are always on the right side same as my hit.

If nothing can be done ,how about Ayurvedic treatment, like oiling the hair. Sri Lanka has very good Ayurvedic doctors. Or may be acupuncture. Good luck to you. Hope everything will be fine soon.

I had a fall at work 21 years ago while attempting to stand on a chair. During the attempt the chair tipped toward me and I went up and over hitting the floor head first. The impact was shared between my chin and right shin. I thought I came out unscathed. The physical therapist who witnessed the fall was amazed I was still breathing on my own. But I was able to jump up and walk away from it. A few weeks later I began having headaches but immediately at the time of the fall I noticed word-finding problems. It is now now years, decades, since that fall. I have had to go on disability and attempts to re-educate myself to go back to work have failed because of memory problems. I replied to your post because CBD oil did nothing for me.

I would say if you have tried everything else, then CBD is an option. If your parents are reluctant to allow you to try it, then you need to educate them as to all aspects of it. Do some research and find out other similar situations where it has been used beneficially. They need to understand that CBD is an extracted oil and not a hallucinogen. I have numerous medical issues from TBI to PN, Agent Orange Dioxin exposure, etc., etc. I know that if you do decide to try CBD, there may be mild side effects which can vary from person to person. What I did was to try a small dose for several days to find out if my system could tolerate it. Assuming it does, then you need to start with a high dose for several days or a week until you find that your symptoms begin to moderate or disappear. After you reach this saturation point, then you can gradually decrease dosage until you start to see symptoms again. At that point, increase slightly until you reach a comfortable zone. This stuff sort of builds up within you so that when you find your proper zone, then you simply try to maintain that level within you, but you can always increase or decrease slightly to tweak it to perfection. Dr. Sanjay Gupta (sp?) spoke on this stuff a couple years ago and stated impressive results for TBI related injuries and recoveries. It is sometimes available at health food stores and such, but to me seems rather pricey but also well worth it if it can help one recover from such injuries.

At least you are seeing specialists who hopefully can steer you in the right directions. In my case, I lost or suppressed memories directly related to an anchor chain incident where I was hit in the head but only recently started to remember key info related to the injury, after 47 years. I asked the VA to do an MRI of my head and they found that I have a small piece of my brain missing likely due to a severe untreated concussion. I was 18 or 19 then and am now 67. No wonder I have numerous short term memory problems and continuous headaches. Oh, Well -- do the best you can while you can. Wish you the best with this. You seem intelligent enough to work your way through though -- Good Luck!