Variant migraine: You can have a migraine without pain that exhibits the symptoms you have. Sometimes a stiff neck puts pressure on the occipital nerve that arises from the base of the skull on the right and left and travels to the temples. This is called occipital neuritis. Try Naproxen, then a spinal adjustment by an osteopath combined with trigger point injections. Also migraine medication and even Topamax (topiramate).
Answered 11/11/2014
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Anxiety: Anxiety symptoms are not a sign of illness, they are the mind's ability to produce the "flight or fight" response which gives rise to many physiological changes include chest pains, insomnia, dry mouth, aphasia, tremor and sweating. Depending on the cause of your anxiety symptoms, your health care provider can recommend appropriate treatment.
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Not migraine, stroke: A lesion affecting the supraorbital nerve would cause numbness of forehead and temple unilaterally—but you say you have numb temples [plural]. It would not explain neck stiffness. This does not sound like migraine variant to me. Migraine is intermittent and self-limited after a few hours. Nor does this sound at all like aneurysm or stroke. I recommend you see a neurologist.
Answered 9/17/2015
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