Anybody get "ice pick" headaches?

Mental health
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I think I'm experiencing an ice pick headache. I had it once before years ago, and it seems like it's back again. * Since I woke up a couple hours ago I keep getting little sharp zaps on the left side of my head, behind my ear. They last like a split second but are pretty painful. Feels almost like a ssharp muscle cramping or spazzing. * Does anyone know what causes this and why we get them? Anybody else deal w this?

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Hi,

Thankfully I had not experienced a sharp painful type headache to date - just daily miserable tension headaches - it feels like I am constantly wearing a hat that is too small for my head :(

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Yes, ever since I started experiencing anxiety and got on Prozac, I have had plenty of "brain zaps" Or sharp pains in my head that last a second. All the time. :/ But I also have every other headache as well, migraines, tensions headaches, etc.

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I get tensions headaches occasionally also -_- so uncomfortable!

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I get tensions headaches occasionally too. Feels like pressure/pain in my temples, my eye sockets, or in the lower back of my head -_-

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yes!! thats exactly where I get mine!! I just try and breathe through them and remind myself, that they only last for a few seconds and gone and not harmful.

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Can you explain your ice pick headache?

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so strange! And it doesn't seem worth taking tylenol etc bc they are so short and sporadic.

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Since I woke up a couple hours ago I keep getting little sharp zaps on the left side of my head, behind my ear. They last like a split second but are pretty painful. Feels almost like a ssharp muscle cramping or spazzing.

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yes!!! exactly!

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i used to have them and i had a fear of having a brain tumor because of them :( all the sudden they have gone away which is amazing. trust me they will go away and you will be fine :)

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i used to have them and i had a fear of having a brain tumor because of them :( all the sudden they have gone away which is amazing. trust me they will go away and you will be fine :)

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That's exactly what I was fearing too haha. Mostly I know it's just anxiety but that small part of me fears what if it's a tumor or something -_-

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I have had these since October 2022. I recently was referred to a neurologist. They did an MRI all is fine. I was told that doctors do not know what causes ice pick head pain. I am going to look into alternative therapies. Does anyone here have an success stories of how to get rid of ice pick headaches?

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did they ever go away permanently? mine are on my right side, above my ear. feels almost as if a lightning has struck me for a millisecond. i am so scared but I could never get myself to get an MRI, as I'm too scared that it's gonna be bad news:/ ms and brain tumor scared are the worst.

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are they always occuring in the same spot, above ear?

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what meds are you on