 [ Symptoms ] my mom is 56 and has frequent headaches nausea dizziness and a constant dull pain in the back of her neck what is it  she is diabetic type 2   takes medicine has high blood pressure which she takes medicine for she just went to the dr and she said there was nothing wrong with her she has had a constant headache for a week now along with the other symptoms [ Disease ] i am sorry your mom is going through this it sounds like a very uncomfortable situation if it is been less than a week since your mom saw the doctor then you may just need to hang in there awhile longer the symptoms you describe could be caused by many conditions including a cold virus you may need to take a watchful waiting approach to see if the situation gets better or worse if it gets better then great if it gets worse i would suggest a return trip to the doctor keep in mind i am just making suggestions i am not in a position to suggest a diagnosis or give medical advice hope your mom feels better soon hi to both of you and i too am concerned about my wife debra who is type 2 seven rods in her back dvt in her legs going thorough menopause has alllergies and she has all things that you have been experiencing you have to look at everything i tell my wife debra to invesigate everything and find out what works for her and her doctor said too that everything was fine i told her to research her metformin and she decreased it by 1000mg a day guess what she has never felt better all because she has been losing weight everybody needs to adjust things in this life we also need to look at other things and it may be or not the problem like weather flu colds nurtition try theses immune boasting foods  elderberry button mushrooms acai berry oysters watermelon cabbage almonds grapefruit wheat germ low fat yogurt garlic spinach green&black tea sweet potato and broccoli and my favorite beets my wife just said it could be stress and or associated the nerves so the b vitimins would be area to start i have to go bye steve & debra tell her to goto another doctor those are also symptoms of a heart attack do not want to cause undue worry but i had those symptoms that was leading up to my heart attack since she is diabetic you have to rule out hypoglycemic headace get a grbs tested if grbs is less than 60 mg ask her to take some sugar or candy treatment for gastritis can also be given a neck xray can rule out cervical spondilitis 0 0 0 i have a very similar problem it seems to be a side effect of taking insulin it starts with a tightness and pain in the back of my neck and then progresses into a headache it becomes nearly unbearable i have stopped taking the novolog and within 24 hours or so it goes away i also get extreme weakness shakiness and extreme pain in my spine this is not a listed side effect my doctors have not heard of this side effect nor do they know what could be causing it the only thing i have found is that people with ms and type 1