Headache + eye pain

This is so true. Super frustrating.

Can I ask what your rescue medication is? I’ve been on amitriptaline but it’s not working so I’m wondering what to try next/what they may offer me as they think I have chronic headaches.

Do not go to A&E they cannot help with general headache disorders.

Do get a good checkup with your options. Also stop taking painkillers for a few days and try drinking a lot of water. Rather annoyingly painkillers can actually make headaches worse. As a chronic migraine suffer my neurologist says no more then x3 a week for painkillers or x2 for my rescue medication or you can get medication overuse headache. It's annoying and if your having a bad patch and ask for help all the GP will do is tell you to take painkillers BUT it really is not a good idea as its often how it spirals into a bad patch in the first place.

It's very frustrating as it seems headaches are one of the few pain disorders where painkillers are not the main answer to the problem.

It's quite possible attending A&E would just mean waiting several hours to be told to continue GP plan/already been assessed not needing additional assessment. Apologies if I've misunderstood but going to A&E isn't a special place that means extra tests and treatment above that offered by the GP.

GPs are far more experienced than the average A&E Dr. Hell some A&Es patients are getting discharged by PAs/ACPs now not even seeing a Dr. The GP will have explained red flags/any changes that would indicate A&E assessment needed.

No I really am asking you what A&E would do for a headache. If you rang 111 what would they advise.

A&E deal with emergencies they don’t have empty CT scanners waiting for people to have brain scans in who haven’t been to the opticians yet

What do you think and A&E does???
Are you being deliberately obtuse?? If not, raise the question again and I will tell you.

@DistinguishedSocialCommentator what would A&E do? Is this an emergency? OP hasn’t been to the opticians yet!

I would go to the optician tomorrow. Get the scan done so they can check there is no pressure on the optic nerve

If it carrys on go to gp again and if it get worse, possibly consider A&E

however, try and rest you eyes etc - do you work, what do you do for work if you do - how long you used laptop for or worse still mobile phone for internet/vids etc

any new stresses in your life etc???

Yes I said above

staring at your phone a lot
hair too tight
sleeping badly
clenching teeth

basically putting strain on your neck and scalp causes the tension

I sleep with a pillow under my elbow to make me side sleep straight

I was getting daily headaches and eye pain. Mine was caused by eye strain. The optician told me I needed to wear my glasses all the time and the pain went. My prescription oddly hadn't changed, it was just the length of time I had to wear them. No longer just for driving and stuff I had to focus hard on.

I also get pain on that side when I have a migraine, but the pain is different, I also get an aura and they're normally triggered by my hormones or caffeine withdrawal. They also aren't daily.

I started taking daily antihistamines for very similar symptoms, I'm fairly sure it's how hay fever affects me, maybe worth a try to rule it out? I've not had headache/eye pain since

I’ve had some headache issues and got an eye exam and paid for the scan at the backs of your eyes for an extra £10 and it was really useful to be able to tell the GP that I’d already had this done. So if you have any problems getting a GP appt then try optician in the meantime.

My sinus pain is like that.

Mine were caused by glaucoma, which my optician spotted. So getting an eye test is a good call.

These are the bane of my life for years and years

it’s a combination of many things - thick hair up too high on head for too long, too tight, bad posture, tension headaches, dry eyes, tendency to get migraines anyway, too much screen time, not enough sleep etc, sleeping funny, being dehydrated, hormones and def grinding my teeth. I wear glasses as I have astigmatism and migraine with eye pain is common for me but if it’s not common for you deffo start with an optician for a good eye check

I have to try to avoid all these things a lot of the time but it still comes for me 😭

I get headaches like this sometimes, my GP claimed stress (nothing particularly stressful happening so I don’t think that’s it) and offered me anti anxiety medication which I declined.

It’s only anecdotal and as a logical person I didn’t really believe it but I had my daith pierced and it helped. Even if it’s only placebo it has actually helped 😅

Hope your GP is more useful than mine!

I posted last week about my random eye pain, headache, and general muscle aches and fatigue. I think it must have been a weird virus because it lasted about 5 days then left. I kept waiting for the sore throat or cough but it never came.

In addition to the GP would definitely have an eye checkup/discuss symptoms with the optician.

There are quite a few possible causes, migraine/retinal migraine, cluster headaches, optic neuritis, eye strain, graves disease

This page has some good red flags which if you experience you should escalate assessment:
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/retinal-migraine/

I used to get these and got TMJ Botox, not on nhs, amazing.

Definitely get an eye test to rule out eye strain and see the dentist as they can check how badly you grind your teeth and let you know if it’s likely causing the pain.

Ant new stresses??
Do you have or had migraine?
Change in the way you sleep, new mattress, especially pillows??
How are your teeth - any pain in the back teeth??