Ginnia, I wish I could help you, but I never did find out why my nose is cold. I guess I pretty much got used to it. It bothers me occasionally, but usually I just don't thnk about it. Keep looking...
I'm just wondering if anyone else has experienced pain or the feeling of gagging just by touching your throat. Nancy...
This sounds so much like what I experienced, beginning last Nov. 1. It started after a really bad bout with sinuses - I coughed "violently" for 2 nights, and it gave me a bad headache which never...
Odessa, I just responded to you on your other post - but you just answered my question!! Nancy...
Odessa, I'm so sorry you've had to go through so much pain! I can't really relate to much of your experience, because I've never had a migraine. But you mentioned occipital neuralgia - I experienced...
No one has ever officially diagnosed me as having occipital neuralgia - I had to come up with that on my own! For 4 months I spent several hours a day searching online for anything that sounded like...
I started taking Cymbalta BECAUSE I had a non-stop headache. (Turns out I had Occipital Neuralgia - pain from the nerves in my head) Within 30 minutes I could feel some of the pressure ease up just...
By the way - Happy Belated Birthday!!!!! I know exactly how you felt, because I was the same way on Christmas last year. I bought frozen foods and a pre-cooked turkey (first time in 35 years of...
Ashley, I really, really feel for you, because your condition sounds so much like mine, and I know how horrible I felt and how scared I was for the first 4 months, before I got any medication for it....
Has the chiropractor helped at all so far? Nancy...
Holmesla, if it were not for the Cymbalta that I take for my nerve problems that won't allow me to cry, I would be in tears right now after reading your posts! I am so sorry you had to go through all...
I don't know if "givenup" is having migraines, but that's not what I've experienced. As far as I know, I've never had a migraine. There are LOTS of different sensations going on - feeling of getting...
Your symptoms sound SO much like mine! I've had pressure in my head and the pains that you described in my head, neck, and face since Nov. 1. I've had MRIs and all sorts of other tests, and no one,...
holmesla, that may have been me, but if it was, I think I'd like to change my mind - you do sound like you have some ON problems! "Looking down causes pain" was a big giveaway - Before I got my...
I've been suffering from occipital neuralgia since Nov., and I started taking Cymbalta and Flexeril (muscle relaxer) in March. I still have constant pain, but the medication has made it bearable. I...
Jenny, you might want to do a search for Occipital Neuralgia. I had pain nonstop for 4 months before someone on this board mentioned Trigeminal Neuralgia, and when I researched that it led me to...
I've been on Cymbalta for 5 months for Occipital Neuralgia. I still have a headache and different head pains (it hasn't left since Nov. 1) but it's usually very manageable now. I can't imagine living...
I've been on Cymbalta for over 3 months, but my reason for taking it is nerve pain in my head, not depression. So I don't know if that makes a difference in side effects or not, but I wanted to tell...
I started taking Cymbalta in March because of my "occipital neuralgia" that causes pain in my head and face. I felt that my head had been blown up like a balloon, and 30 min. after taking the first...
I've been on Cymbalta for 3 months now - not for depression but because it relieves the nerve pain in my head. From the beginning my dr. told me to take a muscle relaxer at night (Flexeril) to also...
I'm so sorry - I really hope the nerve block helps! Don't give up!! Nancy...
I took a friend home from the hospital today who had been told she had a migraine stroke. She can't talk normally and walked today for the first time in about a week. Apparently seizures she was...
Jaylee, I was excited to see a post about occipital neuralgia! After 4 months of pain and hearing a lot of doctors say, "I don't know what it is!", I finally diagnosed myself as having ON. And it was...
I'm so sorry you're going through this! I've learned in the past 6 months what it's like to keep going to doctors to try to find out what's wrong, and none of them can tell me. My symptoms weren't...
Rick, I'm just wondering if the Cymbalta is still working for you. I've been on it for 2 months now, and it still hurts if I cough, sneeze, or bend over, and climbing stairs or walking a lot makes it...
Let us know how it goes! Nancy...
I know you don't want to take more medicine, but if it will give you some much-needed rest, maybe it would be worth trying something, like a muscle relaxer. I've always hated the thought of taking...
I don't know that I'm the one to try to help you, as I've only been on Cymbalta for 3 weeks, but I'll tell you what has worked for me. Before I discovered Cymbalta for my occipital neuralgia, I was...
Rick, I've been able to take one 60 mg./day, and I haven't noticed any bad side effects from it. It's still working well!!! Today I didn't even have to take any Advil with it. That's the first time...
Thanks a million, Rick! (My husband thanks you, too! This has been really rough on him, not knowing what was wrong with me or how to help me - or if he would even find me alive in the morning!)...
Rick, I am forever indebted to you!!!!! After 2 rough days with Cymbalta, I feel like a new woman! I'm still on 30 mg. once a day. It only lasts about 8 hours, so I've been waiting til about 11 AM to...
Well, I saw my dr. this morning, and she really liked the idea of the Cymbalta! She told me to take 5 mg. Flexeril (muscle relaxer), 2 Advil, & 30 mg. Cymbalta every morning, then 5 mg. Flexeril & 2...
Jeanne, I'm so glad you're getting some relief!! I had looked up that website, also, and thought it was great. I need to send that address to my dr. (She loves to look things up on the internet!) If...
Rick, what were some of your side effects with Cymbalta when you first started it? How long did you take it before you felt any relief? I'm going to see my family dr. tomorrow and will mention that...
Jeanne, it's me from the other forum. I don't have any answers for you - if I did, I wouldn't be sitting here in pain right now, 'cause I'd have my own answer! But I just wanted to let you know how...
I am so excited that I found this forum! I don't know if I have ON or not, but the symptoms sure do sound like what I'm experiencing. It all started the first week in Nov. when I had a bad bout with...