Thanks for the e-mail.  The Army doctors have tried all sorts of mediacations including Prozac, Elavil, Zoloft, Nortriptaline, and others.  The worst part is that when my unit was deploying to Iraq, my leaders told me that unless I began a Medical Board process (Medical Discharge), I would go to Iraq.  At that time my Neurologist told me that he couldn't begin that process due to the number of medications that could possibly treat the headache. That same month he ordered a Psychological test to be done on me; the MMPI (Michigan Multiphasic Personality Inventory)  the results came back that month and the Behavioral Health Supervisor concluded that I had a Conversion Disorder (The fact that they haven't found any physical evidence of a cause for the pain and the test results put together,  conclude that I'm somehow converting psychologial pain into physical pain.  I was very upset at this because my headaches are getting worse as the days go by and I suffer like they can't imagine.  After this "diagnosis"  they stopped giving me medications and sent me to the psychiatrist for evaluation; Psychiatry concluded that I didn't have a pschological problem and that I see the Neurologist.  The Neurologist had give up on me because of the psychological eval and I was stuck in the middle.  At this point I am not taking any current medications and even though my headaches are very bad at times (Exacerbations) I have learned to deal with the pain and suffer.  Don't get me wrong now...It hurts bad and I am very miserable, but I'd rather get use to it, learn to live with it and not have to deal with all the side effects (long and short term), anyway, with a diagnosis of Conversion Disorder I have been told that the doctors won't really do much...That is Army doctors...I don't have other options, those are the only medical benefits that I  have and I don't have any money to go to a doctor outside of the Army.  I truly thank God for at least one thing, I was very close to going to Iraq until a doctor reviewed my medical records and saw that I had been dealing with these for two years.  Hey, I could have been in Iraq rigt about now!  Thanks once again for the feedback and I hope you write back soon. 

changeagent@... wrote:

Chronic daily headache and chronic headache are the same beast. When I
started this group some time ago I had to choose Chronic Daily Headache
because many of the other possible names were already in use.  Sometimes
these headaches are called a transformed migraine. Many of the things
you listed as triggers for your headaches are also triggers for migraine
headaches. Have the army docs tried any kind of prophylaxis? Many of the
older antidepressants at low dosages can help bring some relief. I've
had daily headaches for roughly 15 years. I didn't get much relief until
I found a pain doc who was willing to aggressively treat me with
narcotic pain killers. The headaches didn't disappear but they are much
more manageable than they were.

You might want to check out news:alt.support.headaches.migraine. Its a
very helpful support group. Just keep in mind that ashm, like many other
support groups has some occasional rabble rousers. Overall, I've found
the group very helpful especially if you are trying to find some
information on headaches.



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To: chronicdailyheadache@yahoogroups.com
From: "Isai Ceballos "
Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2003 22:25:38 -0000
Subject: [chronicdailyheadache] Are chronic headaches the same as CDH

I just joined this group today. I have been having daily headaches
for the last two years. I am in the Army and have have had headaches
only once in a while before I joined the Army. While in Korea I was
playing soccer one summer (Very Hot!) and I had an exacerbation that
lasted three days with a pain rating of 10. In the next 3 days the
headache lessened to about a 6, but for the last 27 months I have had
the headache and it only worsens by triggers like heat, cigarette
smoke or other fumes, hunger, among others. The Army doctors have
dona all they can without results. No medication has helped at all;
Imitrex, Midrin, Furinol, among others, haven't lessened the pain one
bit. I was supposed to go to Iraq, but I couldn't because of the
headaches. The Army Neurologist here at Ft. Hood, TX gave me a
diagnosis of Chronic headaches. What are the symptoms of Chronic
Daily Headaches? Is it the same as my diagnosis.





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