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Woke up this morning to a phone call, all was normal. As the morning progressed I developed this pain behind my right eyebrow. Odd place for a headache, but it happens. Next thing I knew I had this intense pain in my right eye to the point I couldn’t keep it open anymore. No swelling or anyhting like that, just the feeling of a hot poker in my eye.

The internets are completely bent on making me think that I’m dying.

Also a rare and severe migraine, the ophthalmoplegic migraine’s pain usually surrounds the eyeball and lasts from a few days to a few months. There may be paralysis in the muscles surrounding the eye. If these symptoms occur, you should seek immediate medical attention because the symptoms can be caused by pressure on the nerves behind the eye.

Says one website

Diagnostic tests that may be performed include the following:

Head CT scan

Head MRI

Sinuses

Temporal artery biopsy

Lumbar puncture

I don’t need a CT scan, a biopsy, for someone to open up my skull cap or anything that involves poking or prodding or any of that shit. I just want to know some general “how to best deal with your headache” type stuff. You know, what to eat, general advice, that kinda good stuff. not “go to a hospital and make sure that they examine your brain with their hands.”

Apparently my father used to get these when he was my age as well and the cure for him was eventually turning 30. They stopped after 30 for him. Quite odd.

This ranks as worst headache #3. #1 had me vomitting on the side of I-95 on my way to work. This one just had me gagging in front of the toilet.