Brief Answer:
Could be a form of headache or a tight ponytail?

Detailed Answer:
Good evening. I am Dr. Saghafi, adult neurologist and headache specialist. Your question interests me for obvious reasons but first let's make sure you don't just have a TIGHT PONYTAIL or HAIR BUN or something like that. I find at least 2-3 young women a year who come in with miserable pains as you describe only to be showing me these very tightly banded ponytails or braids precisely over the area that is in pain.....so did you check to see that your hair is down? Ok, next "silly question..".. Have you recently injured your neck or hit your head? Again, not uncommonly I find that people who complain of very focal pains in the occipital areas have recently been struck in the head or have neck pains that often radiate to one or even both sides of their occipital areas of the skull causing discomfort and even symptoms of migraine.

If none of these situations particularly apply to your case then, you will need to revert to some conservative forms of treatment as well as begin the keeping of a pain diary/log so that you can start accumulating information about the pain, about what triggers or precipitates that pain, what relieves the pain, its duration, and other symptoms associated such as flashing lights, being greatly disturbed by normal levels of noise or music from the right side. You'll want to be absolutely sure that you have not inadvertently dehydrated or malnourished yourself since those are 2 strong triggers for the types of headaches you're describing.

You may consider an ice bag over the area of the head for 20-30 minutes at a time for several days then, switch to heat packs or towels in the microwave.

Have you tried simply taking something common and over the counter such as MOTRIN or TYLENOL? Both medications could be taken to the maximum of about 1600mg. on the Motrin and 3000 mg. in one day (spread out over 3 dosing periods no closer than 8rhrs. apart)?

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