Bizarre agony head nerve twangy thingy - anyone else have this?

[GrinningSoul]

Ever since I can remember, if i move my head/neck quickly and in a particular but unreproducible way, i get this indescribable pain shooting up the back of my head and round the side of it. It makes my face grimace in agony, and it makes me cry and feel really sick. The pain lasts about a minute and gradually ebbs away. Once it's happened, it's likely to recur in the next few hours but then it'll go away for months at a time.

Just now, my DS (age 8) was in a strop with me, and flung his head round to shout and i saw the exact same thing happen to him. He was horrified, and screamed and cried for ages. What is it? Are our heads wired up wrong?

I think I know what you mean, it's just a jarred nerve. I get it periodically, and it is really painful but not indicative of anything sinister. Does it end with a strange warm trickling feeling running down your neck?

hmm trickling i don't remember that. but it's so horrid. kind of glad i'm not alone....

I get that nowadays....mine is a nerve problem tho, from 3 whiplashes. horrible and painful, but in no way sinister......and no way avoidable either!

just prooves that the nerves are still intact me thinks, which is clearly a good thing.

hugs for your son tho.......I never had it when tiny and can imagine how terrifying it must feel......to me I feel like my head might implode.

I've had something like that - mine felt like searing, burning pain and perhaps a bit like the neck equivalent of twisting your ankle. For some reason, it hasn't happened for years now - though my neck is in worse shape for sure due to wear, tear, age and small children!

I get something like that but I would say it lasts seconds rather than a minute. But as you say I'll get it a few times clustered close together and then not feel it for months. Have had it as long as I can remember and I never worry about it, although it is agony and my DH freaks and insists I go to the doctor every time, but never have.

I get this and always have had. My ds1 who is 12 also gets it. he described it as your neck feeling like it is on fire! My dh and other 2 dcs did't know what we were talking about when we told them. Must just be a few of us....really horrible though when it happens.

Replying to this 10 years on haha, but this is the PERFECT description! And I've never been able to explain it to anyone that well before, because no one else I know gets this! Got it for the first time in AGES the other week and it's such a strange feeling!!