Could this be vertebral artery dissection? Did anyone experience this? Could it be anxiety?
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So my neck pain is recently back. It was gone 2 weeks ago and now it's back again and I'm so scared of a vertebral artery dessection. I have a pain on my neck radiating to shoulders, and then I have a pain that radiates directly on the top of my head or temple.Earlier, I bended over to pick something and I had this sharp pain on the side of my neck that went exactly up my head, I was so sure I had a stroke, I'm really scared I don't know what to think. Sometimes the pain on the neck is on the left side and behind the ear and temple and head, and sometimes it's on the right, I really think I'm gonna have a stroke because of this and I know it mostly occurs in young people. Also, I get these stabbing headaches on top of my head that last for seconds, and I got quite a lot of them today. I also feel my head heavy and I find it diffiicult to sit like I sit in front of my laptop, as I feel the need to lie down. The same pain behind the ear goes on the other side as well. I feel this pressure on my forehead on the left side I really don't know what to think, please someone give me some insight, I'm on the verge of having a huge panic attack.
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laura92373 Needhelp_asap
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Hello, I know I'm late. But I wanted to let you know that I've been diagnosed with bilateral vertebral arterial dissection. My symptoms included severe neck pain that lasted for weeks and would not go away with any medication used, I also had blurry vision and vomiting. To me it doesn't sound like you have a dissection, but not a bad idea to get it checked out. Make sure you don't get your neck adjusted by a chiropractor.
Needhelp_asap laura92373
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Hey, may I ask, did you have any bad injury or did you visit a chiropractor? cause I hear that they are a cause of most of these cases.
How did you find out it was a VAD? by MRI?
Also, was your pain at the back side, or at the sides? how did it feel? was it stabbing? I'm sorry for all the questions, i just need to know!
Also, I'm glad you found out early, i hope everything goes well! What does your treatment plan involve?
raoul12320 Needhelp_asap
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Im having the same type of anxiety right now and im so worried , went to the gp and told me i just have muscular pain due to bad posture , the pain radiates onto my cartoid artery .