Oh my aching head!

Working on week 3 of having a headache. EVERY DAY. I am half way through week 3 and am fed up. Last weekend it dawned on me that I actually started getting lots of headaches again around the same time I started back up on birth control (BC) pills. I had just refilled my prescription (month 2 of being on them), so I happened to still have the print out that the pharmacy gives you (with directions and side effects and whatnot). I studied that and found "If you are experiencing severe headaches, stop usage and contact your doctor immediately!"

So on Monday I sent a message to my Dr. via MyChart, stating all of the above. I also had looked up this particular BC online, and saw that you should not take this BC if you have a history of migraines (which I do have a history of). So I told her that also. She replied stating that unless you have a migraines with aura , you basically have nothing to worry about. Then went on to say sometimes if someone is experiencing headaches/migraines with BC, she will prescribe a BC with less estrogen or sometimes try to skip the period. She also said that I could try a IUD, depo shot, or condoms for birth control.

Well the whole reason I went back on the pill was to try and clear up my skin. I have been experiencing horrible break outs, and I remember them not being so bad while on the pill. Obviously the fact that it prevents pregnancy is also a plus, since we are not financially (or mentally) ready for another child just yet. I'm really not interested in a IUD or depo shot. Anyways, I asked her if we could change the dosage of estrogen, so she wrote a new prescription for a new BC pill and one for Imitrex (for the migraines or whatever I am having).

OK So I started this last WEDNESDAY (April 13, 2011) and haven't had time to finish it til now. Anywho, So I picked up the new scripts, and started them on Monday. Neither of them seemed to help the headache (at all). Wednesday I went and saw a different doctor at a different clinic. He told me to stop taking the BC all together, and prescribed me some pain pills. Those did help, but didn't make them go away.

Thursday afternoon I noticed a bubble behind my back molar (like where a wisdom tooth would come through). I though it was an abscess. I called around to different dentists, one of which said she thought it might be periocornitis. I looked it up and sure enough, the symptoms were there, including HEADACHES!

Friday morning I ended up calling my old dentist office (which is like 45 min from my house, so i don't go there anymore... although I haven't been to any dentist since). They got me in to take a look at what was going on and take some xrays. They discovered I have an infected, impacted wisdom tooth :( They prescribed me some antibiotics and gave me a referral to see a oral surgeon to have it removed.

They wanted me to do it right away on Monday, but instead I opted to wait til Friday. Brandon was already planning to take the day off since Haley's daycare is closed for Good Friday. This would be one instance in which I am NOT looking forward to Friday.

The headache has gotten better. The antibiotics are doing their job, the bubble is gone. But I do still have the headache off and on, along with an aching jaw. But I can't complain too much, it is nothing like the pain I was in the last few weeks!