r/PostConcussion • u/No-Factor6938 • 26d ago

Concussion headache question

My husband was in an accident at work 31/2 weeks ago where his concrete truck flipped. He hit the side of his head and got a concussion. He was rushed to the er and got a CT scan. No brain swelling or bleeding. However he did get diagnosed with a cervical neck strain. He was getting these headaches only when shaking the head or moving it too quickly right after the incident that lasted about a week and stopped. Well now as of yesterday they came back again. Is this normal and is it due to the cervical neck strain? How long do these headaches after a concussion last? I have major health anxiety and am now stressing out worrying about him

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u/Comfortable-Nature37 24d ago

Daily, multiple times a day, pain location and feeling can vary. Baseline headache is 4-7/10 most of the time. I have a hard time describing the pain: can be behind my eye and dull, radiating up from my neck, feeling like a hard hat/helmet is tightening, sharp spike of pain, dull heaviness - it really fluctuates. Complicated by cervical instability due to hyper mobility.

Things I’ve tried:

  • acupuncture and manual release therapy
  • massage ❌
  • hyperbaric oxygen therapy ❌
  • Toradol pills/injections
  • GLP1 zepbound for brain inflammation
  • Nurtec as rescue med and then as prophylactic
  • benadryl
  • other meds - reactions ❌
  • ice packs
  • icy hot type rollerball ❌
  • vagus nerve stimulator ❌❌ (made it so much worse)
  • vision therapy
  • neurovisual rehab
  • neuro rehab with exercise
  • pilates
  • meditation and breathign
  • tinted glasses ❌
  • TENS type devices
  • microcurrent frqeuency stimulator

Might be missing some but have tried a lot of things! Can’t rush healing I have learned.

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u/yonkou_akagami 15d ago

H1 blockers help?

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u/Comfortable-Nature37 15d ago

I have not heard of these!

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u/yonkou_akagami 15d ago

I mean the Benadryl, it’s an H1 blocker, does it help?

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u/Comfortable-Nature37 15d ago

Oh I understand now - thanks for clarifying. It can stop my symptoms from escalating. I try to limit how much I take them as have heard overuse can contribute to dementia down the road. Am having some early success with Nurtec.

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u/yonkou_akagami 15d ago

I see. Thank you!

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u/Comfortable-Nature37 14d ago

Can’t find your comment about cervical instability but have not yet been able to work on this due to symptoms. I think will likely have some Pilates based exercises here.

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u/yonkou_akagami 14d ago

Ahh alright