Migraine Answers Anyone Plz?

Question

I want to know if I am having migraines...or something else. What are the symptoms?

Can the docs tell me anything if I go for appt when I am not having symptoms?

My headaches go down into my neck and shoulders.

They can last for days. Get worse as the day goes on.

AND even when the headache pain is gone, it feels almost like a charlie horse sort of ache...even when gone, the muscles in my head and neck are sore to the touch.

Help plz.

Answer 1

My migraines always started with neck shoulder pain go to the doctor get some drugs. Rub those sore muscles hard they will feel better. I think my headaches were from aspartame. I have gotten only a few since avoiding all things diet. The drugs they have work only if you take it at the very start of the headache so  don't wait for it to blow over or it still could last for days.

Answer 2

This does not sound like a migraine.  The first answer said she gets neck pain with her migraines, and I suppose its possible, but from your description, migraine would not be the most likely diagnosis.

The stereotyped migraine includes visual hallucinations during an initial phase, followed by a headache and nausea that can last hours.  Some report the headache lasting more than a day.  If you aren't seeing the aura, and a major characteristic is muscle soreness following the headache, then your symptoms seem pretty different than the standard migraine.

Go see your doctor.  If they don't have a good idea what is bothering you, they can at least do some imaging (e.g., MRI) to make sure that you don't have a major problem (e.g., a tumor) that is causing the headaches.  

Hope this helps.