Migraines & Headaches Community

Hi Anon_155925,

Welcome to the community, please feel free to join our discussions. I am sorry that you are in pain and hope you find relief soon.

Do you use any type of allergy medications? Allergies can cause headaches/migraines.

Talking with your local pharmacist to help you select an allergy medication. Using hot washcloths on your face, hot showers, and steam therapy can help relieve symptoms. WebMD has an Allergy Health Center , and Allergy Community to help you with more suggestions.

Let me know if you need anything and please keep us updated.

Lainey

Thank you Lainey! I switch between loratadine and another generic, depending on what I can afford at the time. Other than that, nothing. prescriptions are too expensive sometimes. I will definitely try those and see if they help. And I'm going to see if they have something better at the pharmacy. I will let you know what works. Thanks again!

Well, when I got home, I was given two excederin and one mucus relief pill. (She thinks it's still allergies.) But now I think I'm having a freaking anxiety attack. Do you know if those can do that? Can they give someone an anxiety attack? I dont like taking pills because I've always had a fear of them, but I had to this time.

If you can't afford your meds, go on the company's website and you may be able to get them for free or at a reduced price. Its possibly yoru fear of taking meds that cuased your panic attack. Neither one of those meds could probably give you a panic attack.

Has anyone given you a sinus scan? There's surgery you can get that might help. But the inflammation may take awhile to go away.

Based on all the discussions, I think you still need to find out what kind of headache you have, whether it is a sinus headache or a migraine, or something else. A migraine is very easy to diagnose, and some of your medications may have interactions that are causing a panic response, everyone is different in how they respond to various meds, so what is printed on the box is not always valid. Carptecrawler5 is right about going to the mfr. website. Free samples are usually available through them, and most states have plans for those with very low incomes to help with medical costs. That said, a migraine can be identified easily if it is, on one side of the head, is a throbbing or stabbing kind of pain making it hard to stand up, causes tearing on the side that is effected, and produces sensitivity to light and sound. On this website there is a definition for the various kinds of headaches - migraine, sinus, tension, cluster, etc. so you can get an idea of what kind of doc to consult. I would ask what doc gave you the Maxalt and the loratadine in the first place, and what their diagnosis of your headache is? I think you need a referral to the best headache neuro you can find, and work out a payment plan, or go to a headache clinic where the fees are lower but the wait is longer and also put yourself on the cancellation list. Keep a good record of your headaches, the meds you take, the food you eat, and the weather or anything else that might be triggering the headache - like chocolate, lack of sleep, change in routine, cold fronts (rain) coming in, etc. There is a lot of help for every kind of headache these days, but a correct diagnosis is key and often that is the most difficult piece of the puzzle. Good luck.