[summerflower]

hello everyone.

not great at posting consistantly, most days are quite.

i've been reading that many of you experience headaches, can you share about your experience? the type of pain, where it is, what you do to relieve it?

a while ago (yrs) severe head pain struck and it hasn't went away since. stabbing, sword like through my skull. the only remenedy is knocking myself out with medication.

also, i've noticed as soon as the stress level begins, the pain worsens. these are not migraines. however, the symptoms are similar. extremely sensitive to smell, noise, light, temperature, etc...
earaches all the time.

yup, been thru ALL the testing. MRI, CT-Scan, X-rays...you know. have taken the standard migriane meds, no help.

curious to what degree this may play in DID.

thanks for listening, thanks for sharing.

love, summerflower.....(imagining a field of every color flower, every species wild and planted. this is where you will find me under the summer sun.)

[Crystal88]

I get headaches every time I loose time. Thats usually my first sign that I lost time. Then I look at the clock to see what day and time it really is. My therapist wants me to start keeping a journal of when I lose time. I asked how I can get rid of these headaches and she told me it comes with the territory of my being DID. She said if it didnt I would not have had headaches all my life and asprin would take care of it. But because it has always been there she knows its a part of my having DID and that it will go away when I have more control over using what she calls grounding so that I no longer dissociate. My headaches arent sensative to light, smells and stuff. They just are there and then a few minutes later they are gone. I don't know how it actually works cause my therapist told me that how the brain works and what the headaches are and stuff is for later during a different conversation. Right now she just wants me to concentrate on recognizing when I have lost time and how I feel while doing different things.

[Chalkdust]

I currently have headaches all the time. My doctor says it is from stress. I just got done this week with all the tests. I am suppose to go back on the 22nd to find out about it. But I was told if there was something serious I would be called in 24 hours....so no phone call....which is good. But my therapist the orther day said something to me about the headaches being normal for those with DID. Actually he is himself in the learning part of this DID stuff. I find I am being a trainer to therapist on what it is to be DID. Well that was with my first one anyway. But when my current T said something about it I without thinking sai oh yes I use to get heaches all the time when I was about to lose time or had just lost time...meaning I came back from knowing I lost time. So, I personally think it is very much associated with DID. I wonder if anyone has ever done a real study about it? My doctor says now I need to try yoga, massages, meditation that sort of thing.

T

[summerflower]

thanks for sharing, your experiences are helpful.

blessings,
summerflower

[catcoon]

<font color="purple"> I used to get what I called 'migraine' headaches and had the whole schema of tests and things that you have listed. As I have progressed in my therapy and more memories/emotions/sensations are processed the headaches have decreased till the point that I haven't had a headache in over a year. My Therapist used to tell me, "We'll see if you really do have migraines, I think it may be something else," but would not elaborated on 'something else' was.

Guess what? She was right---no more headaches! What a relief.

I'm not saying that I don't get headaches now, but that I don't get the type that required hospitalizations and medications that didn't work. The headaches I get now are relieved with the usual dose of 400mg of ibuprofen.

Summerflower, I hope this helps you a little on your quest for knowledge about headaches related to DID.

Gentle thoughts your way,
cat

[summerflower]

yes, ty.

have not allowed intense therapy yet...it'll get there and perhaps the head pain will decrease. i have that hope.

thanks again.
summerflower

[nothemama8]

we don't always get headaches, but sometimes smells and tastes

[SongBirdandDaisy]

<font color="#008800"> When I was in my mid-teens, I used to get severe headaches that would put me in bed. I did a lot of dissociating at the time but didn't know it. As an adult, I suffered from headaches all the time. Starting therapy brought those severe headaches back. The harder the session, the worse the headache. So bad that I couldn't even stand up. Now, I still get those headaches and know they are a sign of dissociative episodes - for me.

What helps me in this particular situation is rest and relaxation excercises. Trying to ground myself or settle things down, which can be done in many different ways depending upon who is active. Some just need some nurturing activities, some need to be heard.

Like you, the medication did nothing to help them, just knocked me out. They aren't as bad or as frequent any more. I think that is due to the trauma work that I do in T. They are all being heard and are not in that initial state of panic or confusion. We are working with each of them, or the dominant players and giving them what they never had.

I hope, sincerely, that things will ease for you as you work through T. Hang in there.

Songbird </font>

[allthegirls6]

We get awful headaches, but i think its lack of food that does it.