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Thanks so much! Wow, great help!!! I appreciate all your replies. I'll make note of this and keep it handy. ~Annie

different types of migraine headaches there are different kinds of migrainal headaches. Ice pick headaches: Ice Pick Headaches - The Basics Barometric headaches: (when a storm comes and the pressure drops) Dealing with your Barometric Pressure Headache – weather the pain storm...

triggers I'm a migraine sufferer and when I was listing the causes--I was doing them from memory... the causes are "triggers", everyone is different I found an article that you may be interested in reading. Migraine Migraine is not just a bad headache. In fact, some people get migraine...

different causes of headaches I find that headaches can be caused by different things: 1. Food --- particularly that has tyramine such as cheese, beer, sausage, yogurt, etc. Foods containing tyramine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 2. Caffeine --- too much caffeine or withdrawal...

I am not close with my family... I have some very close friends. In the event if something happens to me, I do not want my family to make "decisions" for me as they don't really know me or know what I want. I don't particularly care for my "hearing" family. We hardly ever see each other...

well doug, MRV showed nothing... not really looking forward to another LP.... last time I had an LP, nothing happened the next day, but the following day for 5 days straight, I had huge headaches.... from what I think I understand it was a low pressure headache.... but the thing is, many...

I spoke with the neurologist about what you had mentioned and she said to try to have a MRVenogram. If nothing from that, then another LP.... ~Annie

I don't currently have papilledema (swelling of the optic nerves) as the Diamox is taking care of that... has been for 2 years... I had been Dx'ed with Intracranial Hypertension in 2000 (age 30)-had severe papilledema, but it went into remission after 6 months with Diamox. It came back 6 years...

Sure, that'll be cool. How shall we connect? ~Annie

Wow, just found this forum.... Yes. I would like to see a Deaf-blind forum. I sure have lots of questions! :D

Yeah, I did that, the head CT and the Brain MRI... nothing remarkable but the spinal tap was high...indicating that I have Intracranial Hypertension...many people with intracranial hypertension (IH) have really bad tinnitus... still asking around.... so hard to tell the difference what is...

very interesting reply about the chimp.... Guess no one takes this seriously? It can happen to anyone that one could be blinded by chemicals or a hit on the head or getting old, causing vision problems...

If a deaf person receives news that one is going blind due to diabetes or other conditions, how would one adapt to the new lifestyle or prepare for it? The reason why I'm asking is that I'm deaf and have a condition that causes visual problems and may worsen over the months or years... Any...

Thanks for replying I guess not many people are aware of what Intracranial Hypertension is. If it's untreated, one can go blind. The symptoms are that it can be accompanied with "pressure" headaches, pulsatile tinnitus, and other symptoms. Doctors are wary about how this particular...

Hi, I was born deaf with severe profound hearing loss. I was recently diagnosed with Intracranial Hypertension which is "high spinal fluid pressure" which causes blindness, headaches and tinnitis if untreated. How it happened was there were floaters in my vision, then was taking...