Constant Headaches for 7 months

Hi, my name is Yannick Doucet, 23 year old male living in Canada.

I seek your help and advices for I have been experiencing headaches EVERYDAY for the past 7 months. It seemed to have started with a bad cold or sinusitis at the beginning of February.

The pain level can go from 2-3, (usual daily headache), to about 6-7 where it’s close to a migraine and I can’t concentrate or do anything.

- I have had a MRI in 2009, due to a swimming accident where I hit my head on the side   of the pool, but nothing showed up.

- I have had a CT in April 2011 and nothing showed up either.

- I’ve seen a Sinus (ORL Specialist) and said that my headaches didn’t come from a sinus infection. I was prescribed various Antibiotics for sinus infection and didn’t seem to help either.             

- I’ve seen a Neurologist and she prescribe me Elavils, which I took for a month and then stopped because it didn’t help the headaches, only made me sleepy all day and even more depressed.

- I’ve tried chiropractic (for months with 2 different chiropractors)

- I’ve also tried Acupuncture, physiotherapy, osteopathy and nothing seemed to help.

Nothing seems to directly trigger my headaches so please take a look at my symptoms that I’ve summed up over the past 7 months since February. I am fed up, sick and tired of this, I shouldn’t live like this at 23 years old. I used to exercise a lot and be active but can’t anymore. I miss about 1 or two days of work per week... so please..

Symptoms :

Headache everyday 7 months - No relief (No completely headache free days)

Forehead headache sometimes, pain when touching forehead.

Headache can vary from the back, lower back, sides, temple, and back of the neck.

I sometimes wake up from sleep when headache is too strong.

Dizziness when getting up after lying down. Also, wind sensation in my head. (Dizziness, heaviness)

Swollen Lymph Nodes (Armpits), it happened 7 to 8 times during the 7 months

Stiffneck every 1-2 days.

Fatigue!!!

Running eye (Left one)

Stomach Pain. 2-3 times a week.

Back pain (lower back), could be due to my work in the past.

Sometimes I get depressed when headache is too strong.

The headaches causes extra stress and I’ve had about 4-5 sleepless nights in the last 6 months.

Loss of appetite sometimes when headache is too strong

Sometimes headache is worse when bending down. (Pressure is worse)

Advils, Tylenols, Motrin does not seem to help at all.

Please, any help or person with same symptoms is more than welcome.