Botox Questions.... :-) Question 1) In terms of pain, is it comparable to trigger points or occipital nerve blocks?...Reactions 0 reactions Comments4 replies
Over the Years...Between a pain clinic that provides occipital nerve blocks and other injection related treatments and seeing a migraine specialist at U of M in Ann Arbor... By happycatkim2 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments1 comments
Brain Surgery to Chronic Migraine...I’m 24 years old, and I suffer from trigeminal neuralgia, occipital neuralgia, chronic migraines, and hemiplegic migraines.... By ckcampai2 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments5 comments
5 Year Anniversary of 24/7 Headache :(...Have done the usual regimen of stuff.....acupuncture....massage and physical therapy....4 rounds of botox....Occipital nerve block shots....spenocath..... By fanghorn1 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments4 comments
HA Specialist near Albuquerque (AZ, CO, UT, TX) and new ideas to try...I have constant, uni-lateral, sub-occipital pain which radiates up the bavk of my head and behind my eye. This causes mugraine-like pain....Reactions 0 reactions Comments2 replies
Video of Botox Injections...In the video, you only see the injections in the front of my face and temples, however there are multiple sites along the occipital nerve in the back of... By Katie M. Golden1 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments6 comments
Recently diagnosed with Hemiplegic Migraine ...I have tried several treatments including: Verapamil, occipital nerve block, Topamax....Reactions 0 reactions Comments6 repliesNewly Diagnosed
Status Migrainosus...She was prescribed Amitriptyline 10mg, then 20mg, and now 30mg. 10 days ago she had a bilateral greater occipital nerve block.... By moggiesandmutt1 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments19 comments
First Occipital Block, lots of questions...I just had my first occipital nerve block yesterday morning and now 24 hours out I am still very very out of it....Reactions 0 reactions Comments2 repliesTreatment
Migraines: My Severe Chronic Pain for 9530 Days Straight...* Medical Marijuana * MRI’s & CT’s (with and without contrast) * Neurologist(s) – most recent is the Head of the National Headache Foundation * Occipital... By petersttt1 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments8 comments
Desperate and need help...In the past couple of years they have gotten 10 times worse and I found out that degenerating discs in my neck are causing my Occipital Nerve Migraines... By kellyeinhorn2 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments1 comments
Is this ANOTHER migraine symptom or TMJ...I'm researching Occipital neuralgia and cervicogenic headaches since many times my pain starts at the top of my neck.... By loridawn2 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments2 comments
Basilar-Type Migraine...Unlike most other types of migraine, the pain is often in the occipital region, which is at the base of the skull.... By Editorial Team 1 min readBookmark for later
Brain Stem Migraine...I started having occipital, "complex" migraines at 19 years old with visual distortions, hemiparesis, nausea/vomiting, and then head pain....Reactions 0 reactions Comments4 replies
Supraorbital & Occipital Neurostimulator Trial (external)..., which covers both greater occipital nerves)....Reactions 0 reactions Comments5 repliesSurgery
Any Help for Neck Muscle + Occipital Nerve Based Migraine?...I've tried all kinds of stuff to try to reduce the neck muscle strain that seems to cause the occipital nerve to flair and the migraines to kick off....Reactions 0 reactions Comments4 replies
PARDON MY GRUMPINESS, I’VE HAD A HEADACHE FOR… ALWAYS...He gives me an occipital nerve block even though he knows my history and that the nerve blocks quit working for me.... By jferf4 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments2 comments
Fifty years of this and still going...tried most all of the meds over the decades, both preventative and abortives, along with chiropractics, acupuncture, radio-frequency nerve ablations, occipital... By biddo1 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments1 comments
My Old Companion...For the last few years, I have been on epilepsy medication, antidepressants, botox injection, occipital nerve injection, sumitriptan injection, anti-sickness... By mellymouse1 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments2 comments
Changing Medication...I also have botox every 12 weeks (not this year since Jan) and an occipital nerve injection every 12 weeks (not since Jan) and use a transcranial magnetic...Reactions 0 reactions Comments1 replies