Migraine Face Pain

[doris59]

When I have a migraine the pain is never actually in my head. It is always behind my left eye my upper gums on both sides and my vision is blurry. Anyone else feel like this? I also get diarrhoea and feel sick.

[Cally01]

Hi Doris59

I have two types of migraine (neurology say 3) i do have your symptoms with TMJD migraines, i wake every morning with excruciating pain behind my eyes, if i don't jump out of bed i get a full blown migraine within minutes.

I feel like i have toothache in all my top teeth and the back of my head hurts like hell (just at the base, where my skull meets my neck).

[Frodo]

I've had this type as well as others in the last couple of years.

The problem is that once you have a diagnosis of migraine nobody will look at an alternative diagnosis: I had a wisdom tooth treated and a lot of my face and gum pain went away. However the dentist refuses to accept my symptoms were due to this and not migraine?! There are still some recurring flares of pain which I think is probably due to lingering infection or nerve inflammation/damage from the length of time the problem was untreated.

I think what I'm saying is check it out with the dentist if you haven't already. Likely they will be resistant though. It took an x ray to spot the hole in my tooth.

[lumminol]

Hi Doris

Like you,when I get a migraine it’s always in my left eye. It feels like someone is poking a finger into the socket! I used to get the upset tummy & nausea too & couldn’t eat for hours after. My migraines have changed in the past year, I’m 47 & I think peri-menopause is helping. I used to have 7 attacks a month & lost my job because of it. Since cutting out bananas, not stuck at a pc screen 8 hours a day, I’m down to 6 attacks in 15 months. Only two of those I had to lie down with. What’s a pain is explaining to prospective employers that to me, im cured now. Maybe I’m one of the lucky ones, & would be interested to know if anyone else has notice major changes like this.

[Wolfiesmom08]

It may not be a migraine it could be a type of neuralgia that mimics migraine such as occipital neuralgia or trigeminal neuralgia. I thought my migraines for migraines but later this year after telling the doctor my whole story he diagnosed me with octipital neuralgia.

Most likely caused from whiplash.