notachemist
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OK, so, I'm really annoyed at being kept awake with this, and just having to deal with it in general. Posted on another forum, but didn't get any help, so advice is appreciated.
For the past 5 1/2 weeks, I've had a really odd headache in my left temple area. The exact location of it is above my ear/ next to my eyebrow. It started as a dull pressure, but I went to the doctors when it became too unbearable. She thought I had a tooth abscess, prescribed amoxicillin, and told me to go to the dentist.
A week later, the dentist told me I didn't have an abscess, and thought the cause of this was an impacted wisdom tooth. All four are impacted, and the bottom 2 are showing through the gums, but I only have pain in this one area in my temple and not so much my teeth. The dentist won't have an opening to extract my teeth until November.
Anyway, 2 weeks later now, and the pain is just so, so annoying. It's really disappointing because I had almost a week in between the dentist and now where I thought I had it under control by taking ibuprofen. It seems to get worse as the day goes on and when I'm laying down, trying to fall asleep. Sometimes when I wake up, it's very faint or almost gone. Once it gets bad, it can last for hours. It's like a pressure that comes in waves; sort of like a throbbing pressure, but doesn't hurt until it's been going on for a while. The throbbing lasts for a few seconds, goes away, and then comes back again. At the worst, I've also had tingling pain along my check and that general area, and twitching of my eye/ check/ lip, etc as well as occasional shock-like pain, and even pain in my neck/ back of my head.
I'm only continuing to wonder about it now because now the area in my temple is swollen. Tonight I've tried but can't get to sleep due to this even after taking 2 500mg ibuprofens within the last 2 hours. I'm just wondering, if it's my wisdom tooth that's causing the problem, why would it be swollen and hurt in my temple, and not further down my face near the actual tooth?
I would very much appreciate any opinions because I really don't want to deal with this anymore! Thanks!
For the past 5 1/2 weeks, I've had a really odd headache in my left temple area. The exact location of it is above my ear/ next to my eyebrow. It started as a dull pressure, but I went to the doctors when it became too unbearable. She thought I had a tooth abscess, prescribed amoxicillin, and told me to go to the dentist.
A week later, the dentist told me I didn't have an abscess, and thought the cause of this was an impacted wisdom tooth. All four are impacted, and the bottom 2 are showing through the gums, but I only have pain in this one area in my temple and not so much my teeth. The dentist won't have an opening to extract my teeth until November.
Anyway, 2 weeks later now, and the pain is just so, so annoying. It's really disappointing because I had almost a week in between the dentist and now where I thought I had it under control by taking ibuprofen. It seems to get worse as the day goes on and when I'm laying down, trying to fall asleep. Sometimes when I wake up, it's very faint or almost gone. Once it gets bad, it can last for hours. It's like a pressure that comes in waves; sort of like a throbbing pressure, but doesn't hurt until it's been going on for a while. The throbbing lasts for a few seconds, goes away, and then comes back again. At the worst, I've also had tingling pain along my check and that general area, and twitching of my eye/ check/ lip, etc as well as occasional shock-like pain, and even pain in my neck/ back of my head.
I'm only continuing to wonder about it now because now the area in my temple is swollen. Tonight I've tried but can't get to sleep due to this even after taking 2 500mg ibuprofens within the last 2 hours. I'm just wondering, if it's my wisdom tooth that's causing the problem, why would it be swollen and hurt in my temple, and not further down my face near the actual tooth?
I would very much appreciate any opinions because I really don't want to deal with this anymore! Thanks!