Thunderclap Headaches

sung · Newbie Joined: 02 Apr 2005 Posts: 17

I’ve experienced in two lasts months at least 4 or 5 strong headaches my sis says it’s called thunderclap headaches. And it really feels like that like thunder stroke that has come sudden from nowhere, it’s such a sharp strong headache and it lasts for hours. I really need some info about these Thunderclap Headaches what causes them and what’s the thunderclap headache?

michalak · Silver Member Joined: 26 May 2001 Posts: 296

I occasionally have this Thunderclap Headaches and it really is a pain from the hell, the worse pain I’ll ever have I guess. I started having these Thunderclap Headaches about almost two years ago I went to the doc for I thought that’s it I’ve got some serious brain disease. I’ve passed through a CT head scan and through some other exams such as X-ray but nothing was wrong with my brain it is just my head by itself causing me these Thunderclap Headaches for no specific reason. At least that’s what I was explained. And as for the treatment there’s no specific thunderclaps headaches treatment, actually there’s not yet a medication that could make them easily go away in fact the drugs may just make them little less painful but that’s something too. But no matter this you should go and check this with your doc for there’re some cases in which such sudden and severe headaches might really be a cause of some more serious medical condition such as: bleeding to the brain, or bleeding between brain’s membranes and so on.

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I experienced one thunderclap headache a year and a half ago. It woke me up out of a deep sleep and never went away after that. I went to the doctor, who eventually sent me to get a CT scan, just to be safe. The CT scan revealed that I had a benign colloid cyst in the 3rd ventricle of my brain. It was finally big enough to block some of the fluids in my head--thus the thunderclap headache. I would suggest going to the doctors right away, just to rule this out. I eventually had to have brain surgery to remove the cyst. I didn't mean to scare you, but I wanted to let you know that sometimes Thunderclap Headaches are a signal that something is wrong in your brain. Best of luck!

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