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. I’m on Migranol right now I haven’t heard of that…I’m on Propranalol, which is supposed to stop them before they start.  Is that what Migranol does? — See my One-Liners:  Cats, Women, Seniors, Fibro Foggers & More, at: http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=32461&a=209812 –

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Yes. I experience not so much "pain" in my left eye, but what I describe as a "tingleness behind my eye" and it feels "droopy" as you said. In addition to this, I could have pain on that side of my head, or a burning sensation as well. All these symtoms according to my Neuro are migraine. It sounds like you need medicine to abort it. I’m on Migranol right now and so far it’s working when I need it. Best of luck to you, Het

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I’m new to the group, so forgive me if this has been discussed before.  I have had migraine headaches for a long time and usually take Propranalol to prevent them.  A few months ago I started taking allergy shots and they said I had to discontinue the Propranalol if I took shots, so I did.  Now they’re back, and today I have severe eye pain in my left eye, to the extent that my eye is "droopy" and it feels like somebody pushed their finger deep into my eye socket and left it there.  Needless to say, I’m going to quit the allergy shots and go back to the Propranalol, but has anyone else experienced this eye pain, and is it associated with migraine, or something else I need to worry about? — See my One-Liners:  Cats, Women, Seniors, Fibro Foggers & More, at: http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=32461&a=209812 –

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usually my migraines begin with eye pain that worsens as my headache starts. the eye pain can be described as pressure behind my eye that feels like my eye ball will pop out at any moment.  i am 20 years old now.  does anyone know if i will possibly develop glaucoma when i get older?  i took an eye exam once the day after a migraine and i tested borderline glaucomic.  i went back a week later and i was fine.

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usually my migraines begin with eye pain that worsens as my headache starts. the eye pain can be described as pressure behind my eye that feels like my eye ball will pop out at any moment.  i am 20 years old now.  does anyone know if i will possibly develop glaucoma when i get older?  i took an eye exam once the day after a migraine and i tested borderline glaucomic.  i went back a week later and i was fine.

I’m 42 and have had migraines since I was in my mid-teens. It’s standard practice here in Ontario (and likely many other places, too) to check people over 40 for glaucoma  I was tested two weeks ago and it was normal, even though I was well into the early stages of a migraine. I believe that there are natural fluctuations in the eyeball’s pressure, which may account for the two measurements you had. I’ve never heard of a link between migraines and glaucoma. My optometrist gets migraines and he’s very chatty about what he’s doing during the eye exam. I’m quite sure that if there were such a link, he’d have said something about it. Admittedly, he’s an optometrist and not a migraine specialist but I don’t think you need to worry unduly about your migraines causing glaucoma at some point in the future. Jeff

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Adrianna: I always get eye pain with my migraines, as you described, always on the left side behind my eye, I know exactly what you mean. Since glaucoma is a disease manifested by increased intraocular pressure, I am not surprised that your pressure showed up higher than normal in that eye during a migraine. However, had you not had it re-checked, I would have certainly recommended that, and I am sure your eye doctor would like to keep watch over your eye pressure periodically, to be safe. Many people on this newsgroup have complained of severe pain in or behind one eye during their headaches. Also many of us who do NOT have hypertension or high blood pressure normally, have found that our BP is very high during a migraine, probably partly due to the pain, and possibly due to vascular changes. Migraines do a lot of weird unpleasant things. Jane "It is in the shelter of each other that people live…." (Irish proverb)

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Hi Mo, Your symptons sound VERY familiar.  But you may be getting migraines and not sinus headaches. I have been diagnosed with Common migraine (without aura).  I can go through a box of tissues when I get them, because one of the side effects of migraine is a runny, stuffy nose.  My pattern has improved.  I used to wake up 13 times a month in the middle of the night with a migraine on the left side, that feels like someone has stabbed me with a knife, they call that the "ice pick" pain (the really bad ones seem to come on the right side).  I have been getting migraines for about 23 years, but only went to the doc 3 years ago and that’s when I found out that the "pains in my head" were migraines. I’ve had migraines that have lasted two weeks.  I was put on Zoloft in Dec, and I take Esgic-Plus (a butalbital  compound) and Imitrex nasal spray (for the ones that won’t stop) Since being on the Zoloft, my migraines have gotten better.  I still get an avg of 11 a month, still have had to go for a shot (last month) but they don’t wake my up in the middle of the night like they used to and they are not as severe, and the longest they have lasted now is 3 days to 7 days. Hope this helps. Candy

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For about the last tow weeks while asleep I have been woken to a real bad pain to my right eye it feels like someone hit me in the eye it finally goes away after about 45 minutes with ibprofen 800 and sometimes comes back off and on during the day but not as painfull. My doctor thinks its a sinus problem and gave me perscription of claritin and an antibiatic. But the pain still comes back. Is anyone here familiar with my simptoms and how can I take care of this. Your help will be greatly appreciated. Mo

My clusters were first misdiagnosed as a sinus problem many years ago. Does the eye tear and become bloodshot? Does the nostril on the affected side become congested? If so, it sounds suspiciously like the sort of cluster headaches I get. I sincerely hope it isn’t that, but maybe you should get a second opinion. Richard S.

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For about the last tow weeks while asleep I have been woken to a real bad pain to my right eye it feels like someone hit me in the eye it finally goes away after about 45 minutes with ibprofen 800 and sometimes comes back off and on during the day but not as painfull. My doctor thinks its a sinus problem and gave me perscription of claritin and an antibiatic. But the pain still comes back. Is anyone here familiar with my simptoms and how can I take care of this. Your help will be greatly appreciated.

Hi, Just curious why your doc thinks it’s a sinus thing. Do you have other symptoms of a sinus infection? If so, maybe he’s right, but it also sounds like it could be migraine too.  Just a note on something that happened to me with Claritin.  I was taking it regularly for allergies and started experiencing severe eye pain.  It took 2 months and a very sharp opthalmologist to determine that the Claritin had dried up every tear duct in my eye.  It was very painful and once I stopped taking the Claritin the problem resolved itself.  Good luck. Judy "In that night there was music in my mind . . . And through music my soul began to soar! And I heard as I’d never heard before . . ."

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 For about the last tow weeks while asleep I have been woken to a real bad pain to my right eye it feels like someone hit me in the eye it finally goes away after about 45 minutes with ibprofen 800 and sometimes comes back off and on during the day but not as painfull. My doctor thinks its a sinus problem and gave me perscription of claritin and an antibiatic. But the pain still comes back. Is anyone here familiar with my simptoms and how can I take care of this. Your help will be greatly appreciated. Mo

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