Well on Friday I saw another new neurologist. I wanted to see what his thoughts were and what suggestions he had for my continuous head pounding.
This neurologist was unlike other neurologists I have seen. He made me feel very at ease and I felt like I could explain everything to him that had been going on. I talked with him, and he performed some neurological tests for over two hours. In fact, during this time he gave me a glass of water and showed me to the bathroom.
I went through all of my symptoms with the doctor and gave him my medical history. He also asked me several questions such as how much caffeine I consume on a regular basis, if I had sensitivity to light, the weather, and also several other questions.
After a very thorough examination, the neurologist arrived at a conclusion. [It is also important to note that I did not share with him the diagnosis from the other neurologist I saw last Tuesday, in which he thought it was occipital neuralgia.] This neurologist thought that there were a few different possibilities. He also arrived at a similar conclusion: he thought it was possible that due to the position I was in during the wisdom teeth removal on the dental chair, and the strong force applied by removing teeth, that this caused me to have occipital neuralgia. The other possibility was that I have new daily persistent headache, which has no known cure.
The recommendation for me to pursue was to get an occipital nerve block. Even though he said it appears I have the right occipital nerve as the problem, he said it might be in my best interest to have both nerves blocked. This is because if you just block the right nerve, the symptoms can sometimes move to the other nerve. He referred me to a pain management center.