As the title says. I was having sex with the gf tonight until a shocking pain hit my head as if some one had stabbed me in the brain and reduced me to tears with the pain. It lasted up to 30 mins and the other half was really worried. Would any one know why thing could if happened
Did the light hurt your eyes? Were you struggling to open your eyes? Did you feel sick?
Yes I felt all that.
Sounds like a migraine. Cocodomol can be good for them. Hope you feel better soon. Have you had anything similar befofe? Did you get any warning signs like tingling sensation?
It just can't on sudden. Taken some tablets and it seems to be going. Never had this before.
Keep an eye on it. If it happens a few times again, note the time & what you were doing then take it to your GP.
Think I be a little embarrested to tell him I was having sex lol thanks for replying can't I add you to friend list
Trust me GPs have heard worse, I'm a student nurse & what you told me is nothing. :P
last month I had the GPs finger up my ass XD
Better to be embarrassed than sorry.
Can I add you to my friend list ? Xx
Why would you have a gp finger up there
;)
because she couldn't help herself
Ahahaha nah
I have lactose intolerance & IBS woot
What that mean ?
Lactose intolerance - I'm intolerant to lactose. I can't have dairy because my body doesn't produce enough lactase (enzyme that breaks down lactose).
IBS - irritable bowel syndrome - I get cramps, bloat, the runs & constipation a lot.
Sorry to hear your not well
It does sound like a migraine and is exactly how i started getting them (although wasn't with your gf!)
i then had them regularly for about 10 years give or take.
found myself very sensitive to noise and light when i had them and had a ridiculous pain above my right eye, like i had been stabbed.
the first time i was close to tears, but if you get them regular like i did the pain just becomes normal (unfortunately)
not huge amounts of help i know but you are not alone
Hi Reynoldsguy - sex and headaches can actually be quite a common thing - I have done some research for you and hopefully the following article will be useful :) xx
Orgasm and headaches
If you're experiencing a severe http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/diseases/facts/headache.htm at the time you reach orgasm, this can be worrying for you and your partner.
Unfortunately, such pains do occur – sometimes just before orgasm, sometimes during it, and sometimes just after it.
They are more common in men than in women – which is a little surprising because in general, headache is more often seen in females than in males.
They seem to be seen more frequently in people who have http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/diseases/facts/migraine.htm. But the pains themselves are not typically 'migrainous' in nature.
For instance, they don't usually just affect one side of the head. And they're not usually accompanied by visual disturbances or by nausea – as is often the case with migraine.
These headaches are known medically by various names, such as:
- post-coital headache
- sexual headache
- orgasmic headache
- coital cephalgia
- coital cephalalgia.
(The words 'cephalgia' and 'cephalalgia' are just alternative spellings of a medical word meaning 'headache'.)
So, a typical story is this. A man or woman is enjoying sex and is just getting to a climax, or has just passed it, when suddenly there's a severe pain, usually located at the back of the skull, just above the neck.
The pain may last for only a few minutes. But sometimes it goes on for several hours, before gradually fading away.
What causes the pain?
Very little is known about the causes of this type of pain. But a widespread view among doctors is that it's due to the swift rise in http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/health_advice/examinations/measuringbloodpressure.htm that occurs during sex and, more particularly, during orgasm.
On the other hand, there's no evidence at all that coital headaches are more likely to occur among people who have a http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/diseases/facts/hypertension.htm. Also, they are more common in younger males than older ones, and raised BP less frequent in young men.
Sometimes, orgasm headaches occur when a person is under intense emotional stress.
What is the natural course of events?
The headaches may never occur again.
But a more frequent scenario is that they are repeated for a few weeks or months, striking every time the person has sex. Then they gradually fade away.
What should you do about them?
Firstly, tell your partner what's happening.
Otherwise, misunderstandings are almost bound to occur because he or she may be confused by the fact that you suddenly 'break off' during sex for no apparent reason and later are reluctant to have any subsequent sexual encounters.
The best immediate treatment is to take http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/seniors-health/medicines/nurofen.html, http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/aches-and-pains/medicines/disprin.html or http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/aches-and-pains/medicines/anadin-paracetamol.html – provided that these drugs don't give you any problems.
Then just try to relax, lying flat for an hour or two.
My own personal view is that you should let your doctor know what's happened.
I'm possibly being over-cautious here. But when a severe headache occurs at the base of the skull, there's always a chance that it might be due to the well-known medical condition called 'sub-arachnoid haemorrhage' (SAH).
A SAH occurs when there's a small bleed near the base of the brain, under the layer of brain-wrapping known as the dura mater.
The blood loss occurs when a tiny malformation, called a 'berry aneurysm' (which is a bulge in an artery, often about the size of a small blackberry), suddenly starts leaking. It can be treated by surgery.
So, if you get a severe coital headache, let your GP know.
If it's really bad, or if it occurs more than once, your GP may want to refer you to a neurologist. This is particularly likely if you are in the USA, where it's quite common to investigate this pain by doing a http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/health_advice/examinations/ctgeneral.htm and http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/health_advice/examinations/angiography.htm.
In the UK, it's widespread practice for doctors to advise patients to 'take life easy' for a while, which usually means not having sex for a week or two.
Very frequently, GPs may suggest that the patient uses a painkiller of the type mentioned above, taking it a couple of hours before having sex.
A few doctors prescribe http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/heart-and-blood/medicines/inderal-la.html, which is beta-blocker drug, that has the effect of lowering blood pressure and slowing the pulse, as well as reducing http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/diseases/depression/anxietydisorders_000017.htm.
Looking on the bright side, very often these coital headaches just 'fade out' over a period of weeks or months, and never recur.
But I do feel that it's worth seeking medical advice, just in case there's any serious underlying medical condition.
Headaches and migranes can develop over time. Migrane can appear at any age. Mine started when I was 18 and they came out of the blue. One night I went to sleep and woke up with bad headache. My friends were joking that I did not even drink any alcohol and I am having bad headache. It started something, which I would rather not remember. So yes, even without previous appearance, you can start to get them.
Personally if it was one of, I would either wait if it happens again. If it did, I would see my GP. Also if you are worried, you can see GP now. And trust me, doctors saw and heard worse things than headache appearing after sex. It may sound embarassing, but that can be lot of things. The doctor is there to help, so I would not worry too much.
sounds very much like a migraine, are you stressed/ tired etc?
I have suffered from the same thing in the past, especially during orgasm.
I ended up in hospital once, sex in the shower to A+E in about 10 mins, told the doctor the truth as to was what happening, when my mam and dad came in to see me he told them I was 'exercising' and gave me a wink, my mams genuine response was 'what were you doing at the gym at 10pm?!?'
going forward though, you could self prescribe migraleve or if you go to the doctors and explain the symptoms they may prescribe these little pink tablets that dissolve on your tongue, I cant remember the name of them but the drugs go straight to relaxing the pressure in your head instead of a pill being swallowed which can generally be thrown back up as your stomach closes up when a migraine kicks in so anything swallowed is rejected by the stomach.
hope you're better very soon!
Stockings wrote:
Sounds like a migraine. Cocodomol can be good for them. Hope you feel better soon. Have you had anything similar befofe? Did you get any warning signs like tingling sensation?
Don't take Cocodamol for migraines. Codeine is the worst thing you can take as 1. It's addictive 2. After very little use you can develop codeine-induced headaches (personal experience). Simple paracetamol is good, if severe go to your GP to get something prescribed.