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Hey everyone!

Okay where to start!

Im 24 (now but I was 22 when this all started with me). On Sept. 20

2006 I was at the gym with a personal trainer, trying to lose weight

and become healthy, on one of those machines where you do leg curls

with weights (I think thats what they are called) and I remember I

was having a hard time with it and I scruntched up my face and was

struggling with one and I felt something in my head; left side of my

head right above my ear and to the front a bit kind of " pop " and I

got this HORRIBLE rush of a headache.

I hadnt really had any problems with my head or with headaches

before. Id get a random headache here and there but nothing huge.

Anyways, I cant remember everything I felt but I know I had problems

with the left side of my face feeling numb and tingly. The head ache

was constant and felt like someone had put this tiny tiny baby helmt

over my head. I had problems sleeping because I would lay down and

close my eyes and it would just pound.

I didnt have any unusual lose of vision. I wasnt really senstive to

noise, light or dark. My head just hurt all the time.

I went to a Doctor after a week. I had going to Doctors. I try and

avoid it. Anyways, I had the CT Scans done and the MRI's and the

only thing that they found that was significant was my cerebellar

tonsils were midly conical in morphology and project 6mm below the

foramen magnum. (Took that from my report - Says it is consisten with

Chiari I Malformation).

So I went to a Nerologist and he didnt even seem to listen to me at

all. Kept saying that I had a problem with Thunderclap Headaches.

That answer just didnt feel right to me. He gave me Indomethacin

25MG to take 3 times a day. Which helped, but its kind of hard on me.

Makes me feel nasuaed. I went to a Nerosurgen and he just made me

cry. He looked at me and said " You look fine " " Your 23 years old " . I

might have looked fine and I was young but it hurt so much.

I missed so much work, I just couldnt do it. It hurt so much I

couldnt think straight, I couldnt sleep well, I was a mess. I

noticed my shoulders and neck starting to hurt and ache problely a

couple weeks after my head started to hurt. Anyways, I ended up

having a mental break down and moved in with my mother and

grandmother out in the middle of no where.

BUT! It got better. I didnt really take the pills like I was supposed

to, but just being around people that love you and trying to stay

happy and positvie really helped me out alot.

I have been feeling pretty good, except around my period. Things seem

so much worse. My head still hurts, but varies from day to day. Its

usually not so bad and I can just deal with it. But for a week now

its been almost back to how it was. I really cant stand to do

anything but go and lay down and try and sleep.

Just thought I would share my story before I got into my questions,

sorry for the novel!

1. Is there any medication that you have tried/heard of that helps

you?

2. A heating pad helps a little for me and a warm bath/shower. Is

there anything you have tried/heard of that helps?

3. (For the ladies!) Have you noticed around your period if things

are worse for you?

4. Has loseing weight/exercise helped?

5. Mine is worse in the afternoon. My neck and head just feel so

heavy and I have to go and lay down. Do you feel that way?

Thank you so much for reading this!