Question: Can a 4 month excruciatingly painful (bottom of neck up to top of head) headache be a vestibular migraine as diagnosed by ENT who now wants to do 5 hearing tests due to 1 dizzy spell lasting a couple mins. and 1 incident of vertigo for a few hrs. and also wasn't able to do the "drunk walk" and he prescribed the herb butterbur. I also was just diagnosed with a duodenal ulcer due to use of Aleve for the pain. I am 65 yrs young and also just diagnosed with Mastoid "fluid" in air cells found on MRI which was why I went to an ENT. My family DR. Prescribed 29 days of azithromycin then 10 days of Clindomycin which did help to reduce the frequency of headaches some. I also damaged 2 discs in neck due to auto accidents 30 years ago for which I declined surgical procedure and opted for Chiropractic treatment instead which alleviated the neck pain however the Chiropractor moved out of state18 months ago therefore I haven't had any adjustments since but no incidents of just neck pain til these headaches started but my neck does crackle when turning but without pain. My questions are 1) I understood the "fluid" in the mastoid to be a serious issue requiring resolution and 2) I felt a MRI or Scan of my neck should be done to see if that could be causing pain radiating up into my head and not "headaches" per se. I don't wish to have 5 hearing tests ( 2 of the tests are very expensive which my supplemental insurance will not pay for) if that is not cause of neck/head pain. I need some help here in which direction to follow for help and relief. Thank you for any advice you can offer.