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Pain behind left eye, temple & top teeth?

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amy75782
amy75782

Hi,

I have always suffered with headaches from a young age. I've tried beta-blockers and Amitriptyline which have worked on and off. I've now stopped taking them and gone back on citalopram for anxiety last week. The side effects can cause headache, but for the last 3 days I've had a pain/ache behind my left eye, temple and the top row of my teeth along with pains in other parts of my head on and off. I saw the GP who checked my eye and said my optic disc looked ok and didn't know what it was. I have had the eye pain before but not for so many days in a row. If I take paracetamol it lessens the pain for a few hours and then comes back. Thought it could be sinus related as I keep getting mucus stuck, but I don't have a cold. Any ideas??

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  • martin14681
    martin14681 amy75782

    Posted

    Hi,  I have the exact same symptons for the last 5 years.  Pain under the left eye, left  brow area, upper teeth are sensistive and headache causes pressure like a sinus headache.  Sometimes headache is across the entire temple.  I have found no remedy after seeing 10 different doctors.   Any ideas?  thx
    • victoria94958
      victoria94958 martin14681

      Posted

      This happens to me too, and my sinuses are terrible. My nose could be completely clear and I feel fine, and then the exact same pain you've described starts happening. The only thing I have found that actually works for me is listening to binaural beats. I didn't think it would do anything, but I was willing to try anything to get it to go away and doctors haven't helped. Try typing in "tooth pain" or "sinus pressure" followed by "binaural beats" into Youtube, get a pair of headphones, and dedicate a good amount of time to being in a quiet place and focusing on them. It helps for me if I am slightly sitting up ( on the couch) with my head rested back a bit. As long as I am able to sit and close my eyes and focus on them for a while, it takes the pain away. Not a permanent fix, but it does help when it gets really bad. Hope this helps! Good luck!

    • hector76321
      hector76321 martin14681

      Posted

      Hello martin i have a question for you. Have you ever sufferd a broken nose or fracture in your youth or recently? Just trying to piece together Puzzle here. Or anyone else in this forum
  • Brenda_Busy
    Brenda_Busy amy75782

    Posted

    I have had Sinus and teeth issues and jaw and to figure out which is the problem dont do what I did the DIFFERENT dentist said it was my teeth they drilled into perfectly good teeth and did root cannals moving from the back to the front of my mouth. I later find it to be my sinus not my teeth so had my teeth damaged for nothing, now a tooth that was done was inproperly done and here I go with a sore jaw again so how to see if its a tooth or tendinitis Jaw is to put ice cold water in your mouth if teeth hurt first then its your teeth or a tooth but if its the jaw your jaw will be the only thing that hurts.Hope I have helped you.
    • ibrahim57343
      ibrahim57343 Brenda_Busy

      Posted

      hi allll

      Hope someone found the answer to this , docs dont have a clue ?

      Its not painful but its just there ?

      What the hell is this pain ?

      1 month now ?

      They say could be aytipical trideminal nuraliga ,but even that means bullsXXt it means pain that is unknown but anti deps work , doc most often put this name to it just to pescribe antidepressants

      Moderator comment: I have edited this post due to the swearing. These are open forums so as per the T&Cs please do not use offensive language in posts otherwise they may be deleted.

  • sarah10050
    sarah10050 amy75782

    Posted

    So it isn't "all in my head".  there are many of us..  soo freaking painful, so regular, yet nobody has an easy answer.  

    Is there no mdeical professional out there seeing this that can say - Hey you've got this and here is how to fix it!...  please...

    After half a lifetime of this, i am still no wiser, yet full of pills.  MRI came back clear the other day, so where to now?  If this adds anything... I am a regular at the chiro who is always mentioning the occipital bone jamming up processes etc..

    Please, anybody know the answer - let us know !!

    Thank you

    • hector76321
      hector76321 sarah10050

      Posted

      Have you ever had a nbroken or fractured nose in your youth or recently
    • david87610
      david87610 hector76321

      Posted

      Just curious? Why do you ask? I have the same symptoms and may have had it broken. I recently had a deviated septum fixed. I wonder if you are on to something specific? Thanks
  • Recon341
    Recon341 amy75782

    Posted

    I have had pretty much the same pain as you for the past few years. I have been to many doctors before being sent to an ENT. A CT scan revieled polyps in 3 of my 4 sinuses and a severely deviated septum. I have surgery scheduled for 2 weeks from now. Good luck in your search for your problem. Everyone dismisses my eye pain for years, turns out it was my completely blocked and infected ethmoid sinus.
  • jay18329
    jay18329 amy75782

    Posted

    Hi I've had headaches so long now I can't actually remember just how many years but I'd say somewhere around the same. I also get bad facial pain all day long, blocked nose at night and the pressure in my face... Ah drives me crazy. My ears always feel blocked and that's the worst. Sometimes I get the worst teeth pain all along the top row. I've been told its tmj but massage, breathing tecniques and splints are the extent of the therapy (and I always love you pay to be told your symptoms). If I go to the Dr, I get ntibiotics for a sinus infection, even though after its pretty uch the same and I get prescribed another lot. I even went as far as to get both in my face to relieve headaches and muscle tension. Friday I have a mri booked and this Dr is finally taking me seriously. It gets so bad it can be debilitating. I've done physical training for 10yrs and now I can't bare to think of it because any extra pain good or bad injustice enough to tip me. Despite all the pain I'm scared the mri will show nothing and I'll be back to square one. :-( always feel so stressed. My relationship is suffering and I'm actually at the

  • jess46806
    jess46806 amy75782

    Posted

    I am have the same symptoms, pain behind left eye, in temple and left cheek/jaw. My vision is also affected. I am getting my back upper tooth pulled to see if this helps as the dentists think it MAY be a failed root canal although x-rays don't show anything, but it all started after my root canal 2 months ago. and I'm also scheduled for a ct scan because doctors don't think it's my tooth couldn't cause that bad of pain and think it's tension/cluster headaches. I'm currently on propranolol and cymbalta for other reasons but not helping my pain. Hoping someone on here gets some answers.

    • martin14681
      martin14681 jess46806

      Posted

      I recently went to a TMJ specialist and my headaches have reduced by wearing a nightime mouthguard and some initial shots into my TMJ.  I still have headaches but greatly reduced.  You may wan to to check this out
  • jess46806
    jess46806 amy75782

    Posted

    I got my tooth pulled and it fixed everything!
    • b76697
      b76697 jess46806

      Posted

      Hi Jess

      which tooth did you pull out ? Im experiancing same issue !

      thanks

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