I just had the most horrendous pain in my head and now I feel really sick and a bit not all there

[FabIsGettingOnWithLife]

I am here alone with the children, I don't feel that I am going to faint (though had no warning the times I have) and DH should be home in half an hour, but is it anything to worry about?

It's probably a migraine. If there's a neighbour who can sit with you maybe ask them to come around. Otherwise just make sure your children are in a safe place for the next half hour till DH gets home in case you do faint or something. Stay near a phone/ keep your mobile phone in your hand. See a doctor tomorrow.

i would get checked out fab. at the very least ring NHS direct.

Well I can't diagnose you over the internet, but you are describing a migraine - they come in all sorts of shapes and sizes.

Pain - check
nausea - check
spaced out - check

Sometimes migraines are very scary. And I'm not saying it is a migraine, but it sounds like one. You could ring NHS direct, and make an appointment with your GP to put your mind at rest - for reasons of 'just in case....'.

Just a thought - how much caffeine do you usually have in a day, and has today differed at all? Caffeine withdrawal headaches are vile.

hope it passes and you feel better soon.

I would see the GP tomorrow assuming all is well tonight...if it happens again, ring the out of hours x

I have diagnosed with having migraines but tbh I am still unsure if that is what I have. I am on a lot of tablets for them. The pain has gone but I still feel really sick. I feel cold too.

Thanks Flight, I will. I pm'd you by the way.

Jiggery - I missed you post. I don't drink caffeine and haven't for over a week now, maybe 2 weeks.

If you haven not had migraines before then see a doctor today. Especially is you actually ARE sick.

I have had sharp pains in my head before and feel out of it and sick. Maybe I just expected migraines to be where you have to lie down in a darken room. I can't bare noise at times too. The hospital doctor said I had X migraines but can't remember what he said though I think it started with an A .

I just want DH home.

ok - rule out the caffeine thing, that would've been over by now.

....but I wonder if this is a latent effect of your migraine tablets?

Have a think about what you've eaten/drunk today and write down some notes - a) if you're feeling light headed now you might not remember later for your GP (though you can print out this thread ) and b) in case it happens again, you can compare.

Next question - and this is unlikely but worth thinking about - do you have a boiler, is it old, do you have a carbon monoxide detector/alarm? It doesn't sound like CO poisoning tbh but better safe than sorry and all that.

Well that wasn't the best idea. I asked the kids to be quiet as I wasn't feeling well and if I did faint could they put a blanket on me. My 5 year old pipes up that he would just kill himself so he could see me in Heaven .

Boiler is 2-3 years old and we have a CM alarm.

I have eaten not much tbh. 2 small mini omelettes, some pieces of roast chicken, chicken, lemon and tarragon soup, small piece of home made chocolate cheesecake. That is the first bit of choc in over a week, could it be that?

I get this too.
If i have had a bad migraine in the past few days,whenever i bend forward my brain feels like it moves and get a real sharp pain.

There's caffeine in some chocolate - not very much, but it could be that.

Five year olds and their understanding of life and death.....sheesh! I hope you said, I would prefer a blanket thanks.

Kids in front of tv till dh home, I think.

Oh bless your ds2.

Sorry for the delay with replying to your PM, I can't see the top of the page when I'm on here unless I scroll up and that's something I rarely do!

DH home, taken over making our tea and will put kids to bed. Feel yuk. Thanks for holding my hand. Still getting used to this though I now realise I have had them quite a few times before, just didn't know what was going on. Doc thinks they have started because of an accident I had and also thinks DD is having a variation of them .

definitely see a GP tomorrow fab.
i don't want to scare you, and this is probably really unlikely, but a friend of my mum had this and it turned out she had a brain haemmorhage.
faced with the facts, it probably IS a migraine... but better to get checked out anyway

Won't they just say it is a migraine? I have had a CT and MRI recently and they were fine.

Where abouts in your had was the pain? Was it like being hit with something hard?

Low blood sugar is one of my triggers for migraine Fab - maybe yours too, if you hadn't eaten much?

It was on the right side towards the back. I am thinking a combo of not eating much but eating chocolate for the first time in a while.

A sudden pain like being hit with something, at the back of the head can be a sign of something more serious, like a bleed, however, it is rare.

I would still see a doctor asap, as IME migraines usually are more concentrated in the front of the head.

Hope you feel better soon afbb

yeah i suffer from migraines and they tend to be on the front of the head, sometimes localised over one side

good if oyu've have clear CAT and MRI recently tho

Fab Can I ask what meds you're on atm?