Severe Headache question?

It is not a headache. It is a migraine. Migraines are a lot different and carry a wider range of symptoms than do a headache.

Migraines are almost always caused because of environmental factors, and unlike periodic headaches, migraines can be chronic as well as life threatening.

If you feel that this doctor is not giving you the help that you need go and see someone else, such as a specialist. There are prescribed medications for migraine sufferer's, but most doctors would prefer to find other alternatives to these meds. before prescribing because they are addictive.

Much pain is from muscles below is an example of what may help (based on headaches). Begin with a couple swigs of molasses or a couple of bananas daily - magnesium (which regulates many things in the body) and potassium (a needed building block for muscles). Drink at least 1/2 gallons of water per day. Running a body low on water is like running a car low on oil is the analogy the head of neurology at UCDavis told my husband about 10 years ago. Now to the cause - muscles - your back, neck shoulders and head have tender spots. They are knots in the fibers of the muscles called trigger points. It makes the muscles tight which makes them press on nerves and other things causing the pain. The cure - start with a professional massage, you will also want to go back over any place you can get to 6-12 times per session up to 6 times per day rubbing (or lightly scratching on your head) every where that is tender until the knots go away. The place where the skull connects to the spine press up under the edge of the skull (to get to those muscles). For more information read The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook by Davies. It teaches what to do and where the pain comes from.

medical training is very limited. it ignores the most common cause of health problems, including headaches, nerve interference. see an hio method chiropractor and get the cause corrected.