COCAINE HEAD PAIN (15 WEEKS) and counting

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After taking too much when celebrating graduation i now have a constant, weird, uncomfortable right sided head sensation. i trained regularly, diet was impeccable, all the vitamins and mineral etc. superfood drinks everyday, spirulina, wheatgrass, macca, just to name a few.
A year to the day that i injured myself with the coke i had obsessive anxiety as i was coming to terms with the fact i may have to live with this jarred, pressure type, indescribable right sided head sensation forever. The stress of this negative thought perpetuated the sensation to one that was jabbing, stabbing and zapping.

I’m still young and will try every kind of therapy available as theres no option but to overcome this.

MRI clear, everything fine.
meditation helps stabilise the sensation to one that doesn’t shock and zap
this combined with yoga, weight training helps.
I practice holistic approaches everyday however they don’t seem to fully alleviate the problem.

Its been nearly 2 years so I’ve come to the conclusion that i might have to try and use medication of some sort as my anxiety is constantly fluctuating around this problem which is having an impact on all aspects of life- family, work and social.

I’m starting pregabalin today to see if this helps and am seeing another neurologist next week. If anyone has had a similar experience and can give their opinion on how they are dealing/dealt with then please post. Im interested to see how a lot of people who have previously posted are getting on now?

Thanks

i have the same thing not sure what to do

I'm a 28 year old man without a history of significant health problems. Rarely(if ever) had headaches. As far as I know, migraines don't run in my family. I'm 6'2 and 144lbs.

On may 5th(45 days ago) I had been drinking and was offered some cocaine, i did about .3 of a gram, I had been doing it occasionally for a year at that point, every other weekend. As of now, I have no interest whatsoever in continuing this habit. But on this eventful evening, I started feeling rather anxious and shortly after I began feeling pressure on the left side of my head(temple, and around the ear), in addition to very 'animated'-feeling veins. It happened well into the evening, and not promptly after the snorting of the drug. I was perfectly coherent throughout the incident.

Ever since then I've been bothered by this mildly irritating feeling, it feels like wearing a hat on the left side of my head(occasionally felt on the right), it's fairly constant, although I went a week with barley noticing it. This feeling was more pronounced at the beginning. I've developed a sensitivity to stimulants, though I managed to have one cup of coffee once without issue when taking ibuprofen. On another occasion I experienced something my neurologist said was perfectly consistent to a migraine with an aura(tingling in the left extremities, stiff left neck and shoulder) after a single cup of coffee. Now I'm entirely staying off it, which has been tough since I've enjoyed a morning and afternoon cup for the past 12 years.

It's usually at it's best when I wake up. And gradually it gets a tad bit more pronounced as the day progresses. A compounding effect is anxiety/stress, an anxious thought can considerably amplify the feeling. I'm well-able to distinguish this from anxiety, the pressure must be unrelated. The infrequent anxiety is a side-product of the uncertainty.

The first doctor I went to thought it was sinus related, and prescribed me a nasal spray and sudafed(didn't touch it). This was odd since I explicitly told her about how stimulants can set the feeling it off.

Then I got to my Primary care physician. I passed all of his motor skill tests and the usual checks, good blood pressure, blood test was good, and all that. He suspected artery issues and ordered an MRA of my head and neck, the scans were executed the next day, and no abnormalities were detected.

The next step was a neurologist. I was more thoroughly examined by him, my eyes included, nothing out of the ordinary. He reckons I'm experiencing vasospasms, and what I'm feeling is a migrainous/vascular headache. I was told it could possibly be signaling the onset of migraine issues. I as given migrelief, which is Magnesium, Vitamin B-2, and feverfew for 90 days. And instructed me to take Tylenol in case the headache gets worse. I could possibly carefully try caffeine again in a month. He said more imaging should be done if the symptoms intensify. What do you guys think?

Stop forever, that's the best choice

How are you a year later?

A contrast mri might show vasospasms. Severe anxiety from the experience could have lead to somatization disorder or even possibly ptsd. Keep us posted with how your getting on?

Hi, thanks for replying. I want an MRI, but one can't be arranged until insurance matters have been sorted out. I don't disagree with your medical take on this.

I've been doing really well as of recent, thank goodness. I've clocked in 2 months, 2 weeks on magnesium/b2/feverfew, and 11 days on tricyclic antidepressants and the pain, albeit gradually, is subsiding. These antidepressants may just break the cycle.
I've been minimizing, or just downright avoiding activities which can trigger headaches; these activities surely denote some sort of vascular and/more muscle issue. I quickly sprinted across the street yesterday, which led to a 15-20min paroxysm. Sitting around idly is of no help either. I barley feel it at work, were I frequently lift heavy things. Hence, what I do seems to directly translate into the condition.

Moreover, I believe what I have is a milder form of this thing. My research has lead to me to two poor souls with more pronounced persistent headaches, accompanied by full-blown classic migraines w/ auras, such as sensory disturbances. However, one of them found relief after the first 6 months through anti-convulsants, antidepressants(stronger than mine), nutrients, and prescription-strength NSAIDs. Interestingly, these cases were both brought about by decongestants. Evidently, there's a running theme here of stimulants.

Does it get better

Know you will probably never read this, but anyway, i would go to the doc and not worry about them looking up your nose. Just play dumb and don't admit to the use, as the doctors know how the game is played. Unfortunately, their participation in it is the reason you can't be honest with them, which again they know, so the most that they can do is say they have seen that before in admitted coke users, but nothing can be said definitively (but I am not saying that they even have the ability to discern the effects to your nostrils of snorting coke except in the way extreme cases.) What you don't want is an admission in their med records that you used it. If their were true doctor/patient privacy, you wouldn't have to play that game, but this is just another right we have lost in the bogus war on drugs. I am not a doc, just a partier!

let me get that unlimited supply of coke i u aint using it anymore :)

I get them too. I think it happens if there's some sort of upper cut into the Coke. What works for me is taking benzodiazepines like Clonazapam or what ever benzo I can get and the pain goes away.

It goes away. I get the same thing if I do Coke that's cut with other stimulants. It's gets so bad that I can't even rest my head on my right side. The only thing that's makes it go away is Benzodiazepines like Clonazapam or Valium etc it's the worst feeling, so I feel your pain lol