one sided headache

[Donna5657 17]

Hi Everyone- 

I have been having pressure and a vice like feeling on mostly the right side of my head for 2 days now (a little on the left, but mostly the right). Advil seems to help, but it comes back once it wears off, although usually not immediately. I have just gotten over a cold in the last 1-2 weeks and I do have allergies. For a while, before this headache started, I was having pain in my neck behind my right ear that only hurt when I turned my head a certain way. That finally seems to have gone away and was replaced by this headache. My husband, who is a migraine sufferer, thinks it's just tension from my anxiety. Can that happen on just one side. I need some reassurance please. The pain isn't horrible, and in fact I went most of the day today not taking medicine but finally gave in at 3:00 pm. Thanks so much. Donna

[Healthanxiouskitty 0]

Tension headaches can most definitely happen on only one side. And can even hurt in your neck area, which you said was also hapoening. And since you were able to go most of the day without any medication I would say that's a good sign it's nothing more than just a simple headache. I say simple, but I know how painful they can be. I'd have to agree with your husband, sounds like tension.

[Snowbunnyface 31]

I had a similar headache for 6 months and a CT scan came back clear and it went away instantly.

 

It ocassionally comes back but I know it's tension now and it doesn't last for 6 months and I don't have panic attacks over it anymore. I used to take ibruprofen every day and it didn't take it away completely. It was a waiting game. It used to freak me out. I had the pressure around my ear as well. I sympathise, it's awful. 

Its an entire muscle the temporalis affected by tension, and temporalis attaches to the jaw so holding your jaw tightly or teeth grinding (all signs of anxiety) can affect that muscle. 

 

 

 

[Donna5657 17]

Thanks guys for your responses - it really made me feel better.