Migraine Update 6 weeks & counting

Basically I have muscle damage along with the whiplash. During the accident my muscles in my neck were stretched, and my occipital nerve was irritated and is inflamed which is causing my migraine, neck pain, and inflamation.

He went ahead and gave me an occipital nerve block on both sides. I have no relief yet, in fact I feel worse, but have heard that it could take a few days before I feel relief.

Is anyone familiar with Occipital Nerve Blocks? How long does it take to feel relief? How long does the relief last?

I hope so much this works, because I am going on 6 weeks of constant agonizing pain.

The nerve block was on Tuesday morning and it is now Saturday and I have had no relief. If anything I feel worse. My Occipital Nerve area is still irritated. I hope there is still hope to fix this! I go back to the neuro on Tuesday so I hope he has a back up plan. He specializes in headaches so I am sure he has other treatment plans. I am getting depressed again because I was sure this would work for me.

It is still beyond me how such a minor vehicle accident can cause such horrible and lasting pain.

Post Edited By Moderator (Jeannie143) : 3/12/2007 1:32:27 PM (GMT-6)