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I have occipital neuralgia (damage to nerves in the back of the head), and the nerves of the head/neck are common triggers of migraines. Fortunately I don't have headaches or migraines, just pain, but people who have both are profoundly miserable I can assure you as I'm in a lot of the Facebook groups. They are essentially disabled, and mostly bedridden with no end to their condition in site (most are young and it's not something you die from). Furthermore, there isn't a lot of sympathy from the outside world as most people don't really believe chronic pain or chronic headache is even possible. It would be nice if there was a test to show pain or confirm a headache to substantiate these horrible conditions.


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