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(Message started by: jamie_h on Dec 8^th, 2002, 10:45pm)

Title: heartbeat in my head!
Post by jamie_h on Dec 8^th, 2002, 10:45pm

I have been taking verapamil for about 3 weeks. I have a vein on the side of my head where I normally have the cluster pain, that feels like it is pumping a gallon per second! It is not painful or anything, but I am concious of it all the time.

Has anyone experienced this? :P :P

Title: Re: heartbeat in my head!
Post by ave on Dec 9^th, 2002, 10:07am

Sorry no, not from Vera.

Put some ice on it, maybe?

Title: Re: heartbeat in my head!
Post by Margi on Dec 9^th, 2002, 10:19am

Hi Jamie

Actually, someone here has mentioned this syndrome and it could be the signal of something else. Please tell your neurologist about this - it could be dangerous for you to take any of the triptans (imitrex, zomig, etc.)...

This is a quote from an email I got from a lady with your same symptom:

There is a condition called carotid artery dissection that produces horner's syndrome, unilateral headache and pulsatile tinnitus. The article says this condition can look like cluster headache. This condition can cause stroke, (and my doctor obviously didn't know about it) so I think that it's important that this information gets out in case other people are misdiagnosed.

Here is the link (look under vascular dissection)

http://www.neurologyreviews.com/nov00/nr_nov00_headache.html