Why is reid having headaches

Play trailer Crime Drama Mystery. Director John Gallagher. Top credits Director John Gallagher. See more at IMDbPro. Trailer Criminal Minds: Season 6 Corazon. Photos Top cast Edit. Matthew Gray Gubler Dr. Spencer Reid as Dr. Spencer Reid. Manny Perez Manny as Manny. Michelle Gillette Nurse as Nurse.

Rico Devereaux Juan as Juan. Brian Kubach Assistant as Assistant. Toya A. John Gallagher. Storyline Edit. Reid is suffering from prolonged headaches and hallucinations, which he has not told the team. The symptoms are exacerbated by exposure to light, which will not be helped by needing to travel to Miami, Florida for their next case.

Three people so far in a Latino neighborhood have been murdered in what looks to be some sort of Afro-Caribbean religious ritual. The victims, all murdered in their home if you count that the one homeless man was murdered where he usually sleeps , had their eyes and mouth covered with shells. Reid is also worried about the fact that his mother's illness can be passed on genetically; he once told Morgan that "I know what it's like to be afraid of your own mind".

Reid has an eidetic memory, meaning that he can remember an exceedingly large amount of information with extraordinary detail. This, however, only definitely applies to information gathered visually especially things he's read, as implied with the word eidetic.

However, his ability to retain auditory information has been rather inconsistent, as evident when he once noted he could not remember Garcia 's name " Tabula Rasa ". Reid is noted for his socially awkwardness and prodigal brilliance, which draws on his analytical way of thinking and establishes him as the encyclopedic brainiac of the group. He has an affinity for words - from reading and scrutinizing texts at an astounding 20, words per minute an average American adult reads text at — words per minute and his rambling of long explanations and tangents prompting Morgan and other team members to have to tell him to be quiet.

He tends to miss social cues at times for example, unknowingly changing the subject of a conversation. Reid also had a hard time feeling empathy, among other emotions, until after the events of season two, stating that he could understand what the victims felt before they died to Morgan in " Fear and Loathing ". Matthew Gray Gubler has also commented on the differences between Reid and similarly odd character Garcia: "She represents everything he is not, she is very tech oriented and I would like to imagine he is more like s smart, books and reading etc.

Gubler tweeted that Reid is also germaphobic. On par with bring an eccentric genius with trouble at conforming to social behavior, the show has hinted at symptoms displayed with schizophrenia, minor autism, and Asperger's Syndrome, as evident by his bursts of long-winded commentary, his impressive academic history three PhDs in Mathematics, Chemistry, and Engineering in a short amount of time, and adverse reactions when touched by strangers.

It is speculated that he may also have slight obsessive-compulsive disorder , particularly from a scene in " Out of the Light " where Morgan slightly moves an item in the home of Marcus Talbot who suffers from it , and Reid immediately places it back to its previous spot.

Despite his odd demeanor, and his family's history of mental illness, he has never been diagnosed with an official condition. Reid turned 24 in the episode " Plain Sight ".

He also asked JJ out on a date, after being handed tickets to a football game by Gideon , who tells Reid that JJ is a big fan of football. In the next episode, Reid only said that the date was "top secret" and it was never mentioned again, until " ", when JJ says that not knowing it was supposed to be a date, she brought Garcia along as a way of getting to know the younger team members.

He later joked that he was "aiming for his leg". Hotch is so proud of Reid he lets him keep the gun. It is not clear whether or not he kept the weapon as he is never seen using it again. He's livid to find out that Morgan not only told Hotch but also Gideon. He understands more of where Morgan coming from as he told Reid his share of nightmares. During the case, he's held hostage by the unsub and is saved by Morgan. On the ride home in the jet, Gideon has a talk with Reid about his nightmares.

In " Derailed ", Reid reveals that he is capable of impressive sleight-of-hand magic tricks, which he uses to trick Ted Bryar. He then shows remarkable insight into the mind of the delusional man, successfully distracting him to protect the hostages.

After Elle Greenaway admits that Reid saved her life, she asks about how he gained such insight, implying that Reid may have some personal experience with mental illness. Reid explains that he was just pretending, pats Elle on the knee, and walks away; leaving Elle and the audience wondering if he is hiding something.

In " Somebody's Watching ", Reid garnered the affection of Hollywood starlet Lila Archer , who was being stalked by Maggie Lowe , who killed people to further Lila's career. Lila gives Reid what may have been his first kiss. It is unclear whether Reid tried to pursue the relationship further, but JJ teased him about it briefly in the Season Five episode " The Performer ", asking if he still talked to Lila.

Reid declined to answer and quickly changed the subject back to Gina King the episode's unsub. In " The Fisher King, Part 2 ", Reid reveals to the rest of the team that his mother is "a paranoid schizophrenic who wouldn't remember to eat without being properly medicated and supervised".

He mentions to Garcia that schizophrenia is passed on genetically, something he is evidently worried about. In " Aftermath ", Reid seems to be the only team member who notices Elle's odd behavior, and confronts her; he gets her to open up to him but it does not stop her from spiraling out of control. Reid later blames himself for not having done more to help her. Reid being tortured by Tobias Hankel. While being held hostage by serial killer Tobias Hankel , Reid was repeatedly tortured and forcibly injected with Dilaudid , which caused hallucinations of his past and he became addicted.

He had a near death experience when he went into a seizure where he saw shadowy figures and a bright light and, as he later pointed out to Morgan, it couldn't be like other cases where these visions are just doctors in the emergency room.

Reid was forced to kill for a second time using the revolver that his captor used to torment him. Reid's addiction was noticed by Hotch and Gideon over time, as well as an old friend of Reid's in New Orleans " Jones ". He has since become clean; in " Elephant's Memory ", he attended a support group called The Beltway Clean Cops meeting for addicts in law enforcement.

He said he'd been experiencing cravings recently and spoke of Ryan Phillips who got shot in front of him in " 3rd Life " before being interrupted by multiple calls summoning him to work.

He was surprised to find one of his superiors attending the same meeting. The older agent, named "John" [3] , loaned Reid his one-year sobriety coin, making Reid promise that he would return once he earned his own.

He is still very particular about staying clean, as seen in " Amplification " when he strictly refused to take any narcotic painkillers after Chad Brown infected him with Anthrax. When Gideon does not show up at work and fails to answer phone calls " In Name and Blood " , Reid drives out to Gideon's cabin in his own car. Upon arrival, he finds a note addressed only to him explaining why Gideon chose to leave the BAU.

Later, Reid explains to Prentiss that his father did the same thing when he abandoned Reid and Diana. Prentiss later exclaims to Reid that there was a reason that he left the note only to Reid to find and not the team.

In the episode " Damaged ", he managed to save himself and Hotch from Chester Hardwick who intended to kill them as a way to evade the execution of his death sentence by giving a thirteen minute lecture on the medical explanations for Chester's condition and behavior. When the situation had been diffused, he stated that he didn't know if the profile was accurate, thus revealing it had been improvised on the spot using his encyclopedic knowledge.

He also stated that he does some of his best work when under 'intense terror'. In the episode " Elephant's Memory ", Spencer received a medallion from another superior agent only named John as his previous addiction to Dilaudid was giving him cravings since his previous witness to the murder of Ryan Phillips by the hands of Jack Vaughn , encouraging Spencer to strengthen his resolve and return the medallion once he had reached the one year mark.

Later in the same episode, Spencer lets some aloud some outbursts towards Morgan and a Texas PD officer handling the case in somewhat of a defense towards Owen Savage. It's revealed in a later scene that he identified with Owen, and was also bullied in high school by being lured towards the football field and forced to strip naked and tied to the football pole.

Morgan is the only person he told this story to. In the Season Four episode " Minimal Loss ", Prentiss and Reid went undercover as "child interview specialists" to determine if Benjamin Cyrus the polygamist cult leader was sexually abusing young girls. Prentiss took a severe beating in order to protect Reid, causing him to feel guilty about her having to protect him.

He visits his mother, who inadvertently helps him solve the case. In " Memoriam ", Reid reunites with his estranged father, William Reid , whom he hasn't seen in 17 years. It is not a happy reunion, as Reid is still very angry and suspects his father of being responsible for the murder of Riley Jenkins who's real killer was Gary Michaels. However, William is eventually cleared of any suspicion.

Later he is seen reflecting on his actions as Morgan confronts him, prompting Reid to correlate Adam's relationship with dissociative personality with that of his previous kidnapper Tobias Hankel. Reid doubts his abilities, prompting Morgan to tell him that sometimes they can't save everyone. In " 52 Pickup ", Reid impressed a female bartender named Austin while investigating the murders of Robert Parker.

On Morgan 's advice who told him "chicks dig magic" , he performed an impressive illusion with a pen and a flier showing a police sketch of the unsub. When she asked for his number, he told her she already had it behind her barrette, which she pulled out of her hair. The bartender would later call him and ask him out, though nothing appears to have come of it.

In " Amplification ", Reid and Morgan go to Dr. Nichols' lab, believing that he is the unsub. They discover Dr. Nichols' corpse and a broken container of anthrax. However, this is thankfully one mystery that does have a solution.

Reid's headaches are introduced in "Corazon" when we see him waiting at a hospital to get a brain scan and diagnosis. Because of the intensity and suddenness of their onset, he's convinced that they must have some kind of physical cause.

When he gets the results back, Reid is horrified to learn that there doesn't appear to be anything physically wrong with him and that the headaches are most likely psychosomatic. This is especially troubling for him considering his mother, Diana Jane Lynch , struggles with schizophrenia, and he believes the headaches might be an early symptom.

So, the show sets up an intriguing mystery with potentially serious consequences. In subsequent episodes, the storyline continues, but eventually, it becomes clear that it isn't actually going anywhere. She casually asks about the headaches, which he says have disappeared thanks to a vitamin regime she has him on The headaches are gone and never mentioned again. As user ReidsMyFavorite pointed out in a Reddit thread about the mystery of the headaches, "They dropped that storyline rather abruptly.

Maeve Donovan : Yes. Yes, I'm being safe. Spencer Reid : Do you think he knows about us? As far as I can tell he doesn't. And we need to keep it that way. Derek Morgan : Reid, you getting a migraine? Spencer Reid : No. No, I haven't had one of those for months, ever since I Spencer Reid : [discussing one of the unsub's victims] The camera pick up anything? Derek Morgan : He dropped him off a block away. This poor guy limped into the hospital on a leg that wasn't his.

Spencer Reid : [opening, voiceover] Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote, "When a doctor does go wrong, he is the first of criminals. He has the nerve and he has the knowledge. Spencer Reid : This unsub stitched the skin flap so tightly over Tony's stump that it didn't allow for proper blood flow and lead to gangrene.

He's not a surgeon! Derek Morgan : Then, what is he? Spencer Reid : A butcher! Spencer Reid : This doesn't make any sense, Morgan. Derek Morgan : Well, does it ever, Reid? Spencer Reid : Garcia, is the resin biodegradable? Penelope Garcia : As a matter of fact, yes. How is it you know everything? Spencer Reid : [On his mobile] Garcia, I actually need something else. Can you tell me where the nearest payphone is.

Penelope Garcia : Sorry? Spencer Reid : A payphone, like a phone you pay to make phone calls on. Penelope Garcia : Oh my sweet analog Luddite! That is what your cell is for. Spencer Reid : Garcia, please. Penelope Garcia : Okay! Someone is being mysterious. Eh, that's gonna take me a second, payphones have gone the way of the Dodo birds: they don't show up on Google maps. Spencer Reid : All right, try local telecoms. Penelope Garcia : Yes I know, I'm doing that right now.