Not really an AIBU as I'm pretty sure I'm not, just posting herefor traffic.
I've had a really painful headache (migraine?) since monday. It's only on my left side, strats just in front of my ear, near the jaw bone joint, then spreads out. It goes right up to my temple, behind and under my eye and also part way down the jaw bone itself. It begins as a dull ache near the ear then I get sharp shooting pain like needles ripping through my skin, spreading out across that side of my face.
BUT, this is the weird part, it's not all the time. It sounds ridiculus but all I can compare it with is a labour contraction. It starts of not too bad then ramps up and out until it is excrutiating, before dying away again. Lasts no more than a couple of minutes then nothing again, and I feel fine. Until the next wave of pain begins :(
I have experienced pains like this before, but they have never lasted for more than a day. Normally it just stops on its own eventually but this time its been 3 days. No painkillers make any difference, the pain just keeps on coming and I have no idea how I can get it to stop.
I tried to get a GP appointment today, but there were none available. I'll try them again in the morning and pray they can offer me something to stop it. I tried that NHS symptom checker thing for ideas, but it told me to ring an ambulance in case I was having a stroke! I really don't think I am, but I've really got to do something as I can't cope with this pain for much longer.