Has it been anyone else's experience to have an ice pick headache and basilar-type migraine at the same time? From what I've read, it seems that that's what's going on with my 12 yr old daughter. It's definitely ice pick headaches that she gets at the bottom back of her head several times a day (although less frequently, about 7x/day instead of 10-15x/day, now that she's following a gluten- and casein-free diet and also stays away from MSG, food colorings & preservatives). But at the same time as the ice pick, she also always has dizziness, ataxia, and loss of vision & hearing which resolve pretty quickly after the ice pick is done. I gather that the latter is not typical of the ice picks, that those are usually strictly the pain.
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Q: Possible for child to have ice picks & basilar-type migraine at the same time?
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5/27/10 4:08pm
Sarah,
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It's possible to have an ice pick headaches and basilar-type Migraines, so it's technically possible to have them at the same time. That said, it's important to check with your daughter's doctor to be sure that's what's happening, and that it's not something else.
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5/21/10 12:27pm
yes ice pick headaches are very painful i have them and i have never had loss of hearing or of sight but i know what she is going through with the ice pick headaches i am 18 and i am the only one in my family that has these ice pick headaches and the ice pick headaches can occure on different parts of your head and mine hit on the left side of my head from my temple to the back of my head. tell you doughter that i know what she is feeling.
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