Cold slurpee head rush?

[4cm in Pacific Northwest]

Not sure where to post this question- so "AN community" it is here...

As a kid when I had a 7-11 slurpie I would get a major head rush. As kids we thought it was a wildly funny experience.

Now I am mature  and (er hum) sophisticated   I don’t slurp slurpies (iced pop type beverages) any more.

Today-my kids got out the ice cream maker and made iced milk with fresh strawberries (yum). I slurped some … bam…and I was knocked off my feet. Ear started ringing, I was gagging, facial muscles went hypertonic… Major head ache… balance issues...

Has anyone else had a very ice-cold beverage (or ice cream) and had an extreme head rush since their AN treatment?


I am wondering, "how the extreme cold, in the back of the throat so close to the brain, affects the cranial nerves… more specifically the vestibular (acoustic) and facial nerves?"


DHM

[leapyrtwins]

DHM -

I absolutely adore slurpees (the 7-11 kind) - lived on them during my pregnancy; even though it brought strange looks from others when I had them for breakfast

I've had them regularly for the past two years since my surgery - just had one yesterday, as a matter of fact - but no head rush.

Jan

[TP]

Everytime I get an Icee I get a head rush. In fact I think they are worse since my AN. They last longer and are very uncomfortable but ......I like Icee's and I know the pain won't last so I buy one anyway.

[CHD63]

DHM .....

Even as a kid, I had horrible head rushes from anything cold ...... sorry, but I never experienced the "wildly funny experience."     Therefore, I have always consumed any iced foods/drinks very slowly.  I can't say it is any different since my AN surgery.

Clarice

[Kaybo]

I had a frozen margarita swirl at lunch today & got a brain freeze when I drank it too fast, but that is all!!  I am DEFINITELY making the most of this time w/no kids!!

K

[stoneaxe]

Haven't noticed any difference...and i still like a slurpee now and then.

The frozen margarita swirl sounds better though.....and more worth the brain freeze....

[grega]

Hi all,

I call it a freeze brain, after I heard my neice yell it out several times a while back.  Sure I get them, but nothing drastic as you, DHM, describe.  Just a slight headache for about a minute.

But I'm with Clarice ..... slow is better for me.   

And I'm also with Bob .... why a slurpee, or Rita's .... when you can opt for a frozen margarita swirl !!!!!!!!!   

Greg

[saralynn143]

We called them "ice cream headaches" when I was a child. My kids call them "brain freezes." I always assumed that everyone gets them, and in the same location. But only some people get them, and of those who do get them, they occur in different places. I get them behind my eyeballs, and the right side is more painful than the left. My daughter gets them in her forehead.

Strange but true physical phenomena.

Sara

[reg]

i have some sensation when i eat ice cream on my an side i also hold ice between my teeth to see if if i can feel anything different i want to have a rush (smile)

[lori67]

I got a brain freeze eating Italian ice a few weeks ago - but....only on my non-AN side.

I've also noticed that when my allergies are acting up, the roof of my mouth and the inside of my ear itch - but only on my non-AN side.

At least now allergies and Italian ice are only half as painful as they used to be!   

Lori

[Migoi]

I would never have thought to label the sensation one gets from drinking a frozen beverage too quickly as a "rush"... I usually think of it as the "stabbing ice pick of doom". My 'rush' usually takes the form of a feeling that someone (probably some long thought dead camp homocide victim wearing a Sheky Green mask) has stabbed an ice pick into my temple. The most common beverage that creates this for me is a Starbucks light, caramel frappacino..but blended margaritas have been know to create that sensation too.

I haven't actually noticed which side it seems like the ice pick is entering...  I really couldn't tell you if it occurs on any particular side or if there is any consistency to the pattern. I'm not exactly eager to run out and slurp a big glop of semi-frozen coffee just to find out either...I will however try to remember to take note the next time this occurs naturally.

I guess if 7-11 ever comes out with a stout flavored slurpee I could learn to like those but until then I'll stick with the coffee flavored ones.

..take care... tim b

[grega]

Thanks Tim for getting the chuckles going this morning .... the Shecky Green masked victim is a funny visual!  BTW, I enjoyed your blog about your coffee maker.

Wishing you, and others, few if any ice-pik brain freezes!   

Greg