It started on Saturday when I got out of the shower. I had kaleidoscope vision in my right eye followed by a dull headache. The vision corrected itself after 30 minutes but the headache stayed and still have it. It gets worse everyday. I went to A&E on monday. Saw a triage nurse who gave me a appt card for an out of hrs appt at the hospital for 5.30. He said it's a bit of a wait. I knew what time I went down to A&E but for some reason I read my time wrong. I arrived at the out of hrs appt only to be told I was 2 hrs early. I was so shocked at myself that I didn't read the time on my phone properly and it scared me. Anyway they sent me away with imgrane pain killers which treats migraines and co-codamol. I took the medication straight away but it was not effective at all. I went to bed that night with the headache, it wakes me in the middle of the night and wakes me up in the morning. I woke up with a stiff neck one morning too. Yesterday I started having nausea with the headache by the evening I couldn't take it anyway more so I rang 111 for the third time. They got me a out of hrs app at the hospital again. And this time dispose there being more symptoms they said it may be tension headaches and gave me a pain killer amitriptyline to take before bed. Took before bed made me little drowsy but didn't take the pain away and woke up to the same headache still there. This morning I had a docs appt I had booked and told him everything since Saturday and he said he still thinks it's a migraine and gave me some mouth dissolvable tabs for the sickness and 2 nostril does of migraine painkillers. Took them straight way. The anti sickness tabs did help ease the nausea and used both the nasel pain killer sprays and they had no effect. He decided to book me for a blood test to check arteries in my head. I wanted to request for a ct scan or an mri scan as that would give a better look as what's going on as nothing is taking this pain away but everyone I see tends to pin it on something else. Stress, your too worried and that makes the headache stay. I'm also worried as I have a sister who has had 4 brain tumors and as we are so used to seeing her sympoms everytime they grow back, when this headache stayed and no pain killer is working and everyday they kept getting worse I just want a doctor to refer me to get a ct or mri scan doney to rule out anything bad. So I'm no closer to being pain free, I'm a fulltme mum of 3 so I feel guilty for resting in a dark room as I'm sensitive to light loud noises while my eldest daughter helps me take care of them, I feel I'm failing them while I'm trying everything I can do to get better. The doctor is ringing me on monday to see how I am. I guess until then I just have to put up with the pain. But feels like torture. Don't know why they don't just have me get a ct or mri done to have a look as nothing else is working. Something is going on and feel like I'm not being listened to.
