Mornin...I just Posted a few days ago about a strange head Pain...I do have some in shoulders and neck, right at the Base of my skull tho I get a SQUEEEEZING Sensation, real brief, and I gat that same Brief BUT Intense Pain right above, kinda right between my ears...no idea as yet what is causing it !!

Hope yours gets better soon !!

right now, I have 2 spots higher up on my skull...about 3 inches apart from eachother which hurt me. Was like this yesterday also... not where I sleep on my pillow either.

I do know I did not fall. So this stumps me a great deal. I do have a migraine this am, tho..Im trying to tame it beofre the talk with hubby about going to hosp vs waiting til mon for my spinal mri.

I just want to sleep all day.

Yes all the time.

Thank you for your replies. When I describe my head pain to doctors the just give me this blank look. I keep telling them that it hurts to lye on my back because my head hurts, occipital region, where my head hits the pillow. I also feel this pressure fullness sensation in my head. It is very disabling and I want it to go away. If any of you have suggestions I'd love to hear what works for you.

(waving my hand) Me me. That is one of my biggest problems. I even had a cervical laminectomy with a fusion and it just made it worse. I use acupuncture, massage and Chinese herbs....only relief I have managed to get. Tried pain clinics, drugs, treatments....nothing worked.

You might want to consider it.

That occipital pain is killer. It's why I have looked like a wet mop for years -- couldn't tolerate ANYTHING in my hair. Couldn't lie down without pain. Couldn't think -- makes the fog just so much worse. Caused tension in my shoulders. Affected everything, constantly.

Cervical stretches have tamed it quite a bit. Heat and working out the knots with a tennis ball actually get rid of it completely for a while. Of course the fog didn't completely go away, and I set the tennis ball down somewhere and now I can't find it LOL

That is exactly hoe my neck, head and back feel. Also my shoulders and collarbones hurt so bad. Just lifting the dishes from the dishwasher to cupboards makes me want to scream.

Vicodin helps some, muscle relaxer helps more and good old Stop Pain spray helps the most. The smelly kind works best. Only place I can find it is on Walmart.com.

Hope you find some relief. Hugs, sue

I always feel like my head is too heavy for my neck. My neck hurts all the time. On a good day, it rates about a 6. Most days though, it is about an 8 on a scale of one - ten. I reserve 9 + 10 for broken bones and childbirth

Hi Friend: Every single day. I think that this particular pain is a sure tell-tale sign of fibro. You may also experience the sensation of your hair folicles hurting. Massage works best. Of course it's worst during a flare up. Keep the faith!

yes it seems like headaches are a major part of fibromyalgia

I so appreciate all the replies. I'd love to know what you do with the tennis ball that helps the pain. Six months ago I had a corpectomy and am in a neck brace waiting fusion so I can;t turn my neck. I went to PT before the surgery and found manipulation helpful but the effects were not long lasting. I have another 3 months to go with the brace but the pain wakes me up from sleep and never subsides.

I get this a lot and part of it is my own fault, part of it due to fibro, When my pain levels go up I grit my teeth and hold my neck and shoulders stiff, this then leads to muscle pain all up to my head which in turn goes to an almighty headache. I also get a feeling that my hair hurts, I know it shouldnt as hair is dead but it feels like my hair is little glass shards in my scalp being pushed in. Ouch!

yes-can hardle hold my head up on those days.

The type of head pain I have is nerve pain. My head tingles and I can't stand anything on my head. About a mth ago I had an entrapped nerve in the occipital area. every time I turned my head this pain would shoot up into my head. I would get terrible headaches. I tried chiropractic but it would not release. A few wks ago I had a cold and it went into my asthma real bad. I was put on high dose of prednisone and this release the nerve but I still have problems in my head.

I have found accupressure helps a lot. It releases the pain some.