Hi as you know I was classed as severe but I am very lucky to have no pain whatsoever. I really broke allot of bones too but have no pain anywhere. I'm really very lucky. Mind you the confusion in my head is more than enough to deal with. As I think I said to you before but for everyone ese too I heard once that my brain injury was classed as severe because I needed brain surgery. I don't think the end result has to always be worse or harder to deal with but any tbi has its issues

My daughter had severe tbi, two different parts of her brain since her head struck two things after being hit by the car. She had headaches, and nausia for about 3 months which didn't even start until 4 months after the accident. Maybe because she was so drugged up she didn't notice in the beginning. But anyway, she said she hasn't been having head pain now for several months. It's just different for each person. I feel sorry for you. It is awful that you are having so much pain. I hope you find a treatment that eliminates some or all of it.

I was told by my neurologist that I have a minor TBI. I used to get headaches daily, after(well, you know how long my recovery has been, lol, 5 and 1/2 years)this time- I get headaches 2-3 times a week now.

I have been diagnosed with a mild injury, and have severe constant headaches.

son was diagnosed as Severe and he has no headaches it is so strange isnt it?? Praying yours will be releived

My sister has an ABI, not a TBI. Pre-BI she had migraines all the time, now she doesn't. She rarely complains about any pain at all. She had surgery a couple months ago and didn't take any pain medication except the day of the surgery...this all sounds great except for the reason is most likely damage to her CNS.

I actually suffered from a severe head pain for many years before i was dx'd with tbi. I'd had the tbi all along and the top of my skull was actually pressing down on my brain during that time.

A little procedure, simple and inexpensive called NeuroCranial Restructuring ended my severe level of head pain. After the debilitating pain was finally gone -- i discovered the tbi symptoms were a separate thing.. I still have some symptoms of the years of pain, but very slight by comparison. Truly, i was in ceaseless head pain from 1994 to 2006. Because it was structural, it had pushed my neck out of alignment, but that was a symptom of damage in my head.

in October 2006, the 3rd day of my 4 day NCR series, my skull was shifted more symmetrically onto my spine and instantly, that pain was gone and it's stayed gone for almost 5 years. It's a little known procedure and I rarely mention it for I don't want to be seen as pushing it, but i also want to inform, i mean - it not only ended pain but improved me cognitively in some ways, literally overnight.

I think this is the most powerful natural corrective physical procedure that's ever been invented. Ok, off my soapbox.

Thanks for all the replies so far.

It still is amazing to my Nathogan that you don't have pain, with what you went through.

Klassact - I am so glad your daughter is now out of pain. She is so young and going through so much. It's good that one piece has been relieved.

Meagan and Oneid1hr - I'm so sorry both of you are still dealing with headaches too. :( It is hard to have unrelenting pain.

ljy- I don't know what CNS is, but I'm presuming this is something that signals pain? Like you said, not feeling pain is not a good thing if it's because something is damaged.

Hmyers - I think it is SO wonderful that you were able to get out of pain after all those years of suffering!

I was diagnosed with having a blood vessel in the back of my head swell up (vascular migraine.) I think it happens due to the problems with my muscles and tendons in my neck. So I'm working on stretching those muscles. It's painful - but I have to do it in order to get better.

My injury was severe. I do suffer with severe head aches and head pain. The head pain I suffer with is severe, and debilitating. Without being able to find any relief the pain is debilitating. I don't want to say, or think that you can determine that depending on whether you have a severe head injury, or mild injury, or any where inbetween there has anything to do with the severity of pain you have in your head. I think every injury is as individual as we are individual people. I haven't read what you are saying that author wrote, but I think it very niave for someone to class this injury, and headache in that way. I do think that it is the majority rule for any brain injury to have residual effect with headache.

Great question! Thanks for posting.

I initially had a severe TBI and did not have headaches, but had many other sensations that were scarier. Since my TBI has healed quite a bit, I now deal with persistent head pain and headaches. I'm over two years into all of this. Niacin, the flushing kind helps a lot, as well as a lot of rest.

I have a mTBI from a MVC two and a half years ago. From that time I have had 24/7 migraines. Never had a migraine before this MVC. I had a cervical rhizotomy Dec 2010 and it made a world of difference! I am considering another one for my lumber area to help with my back pain.

My brain injury was severe. I was flown to the trauma unit following a car accident, pronounced brain dead, and also with a C-2 fx of my neck. My accident left me with many difficult trials to face, and headache, and severe pain has been one of the many, and probably the most difficult of them all. I am almost 6 years out from my accident. I have been able to find a way to end my suffering with the headache pain. My pain was in my head near the occipital area the most severe, and also at my left temple. They were greatly reduced, if not completely gone from a procedure called NCR. I tried many different pharmocological means, nerve cauderizations, and physical therapy. But none helped at all. I had began to wonder if my life would be doomed to a lifetime of relentless pain. A friend introduced me to this procedure NCR, and I studied it a bit. Found that it made perfect sense to me that this could correct my issues with pain, and decided to find a way to have this done. I had spent a huge amount of money on conventional remedies only to be left with a huge debt in medical costs. Following having this procedure my pain dissipated, and left me pain free for over a year. During that time I was able to come off of all of my prescription medications that I was on for the inital brain injury, and all pain medication. I have also gone back to work in a full time job. I did start having some headaches again after about a year and a half. But, I scheduled another NCR treatment shortly after they began, and had it done in April of this year. I am now having less pain, and still not using anytype of pain medication. The cost of this procedure is minimal in comparison to the cost of continued failed treatments by modern medicine. NCR is not the answer for all head pain/headaches, but I was lucky that this did seem to help me. It is saving me much needed money, and has been able to give me my life back, as far as being able to contribute to society.
I wish everyone luck in trying to find a way to reduce your head pain.

Good to see all the replies, although I'm sad that you all also suffer from pain.

I didn't think the article I read made sense - I would think most people who suffer a TBI would be dealing with pain. Unless the part of the brain that gives us the pain signal is altered.

It's interesting to read the different treatments people have tried that have been successful.

My pain has decreased over the past year and a half. By decrease, I mean that I went from pain every second of every day to having pain fluctuate throughout the day to now where the pain is brought on by activity. The severity of the pain when it comes on is still hell, but I have it less often.

I have been a variety of " headache" medications. Either blood pressure medication, depression medication, pain medication, nerve medication, migraine medication. A combination of any or all of above over the years. Nothing really seems to work and if it does work it doesn't last. Headaches are here to stay, learn to live with them.