Head pressure
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Hi I suffer really bad with health anxiety brought on again by menapause. The past 3-4 days my head just feels so heavy and tight plus by tea time my neck and shoulders are so sense. I do sleep with a fan during night because of feeling hot due to menapause and I have it directed to my face and head, wondering if this could also be be problem. Any advice please x
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LindaJaney karen77710
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Hi Karen - I'm suffer from realy bad health anxiety this month too. I'm in perimenopause. it has not been is bad in almost a year though The hardest part is all of the extreme physical symptoms that come at same time. It's hard to convince myself this can just be hormones. I've convinced myself I have a brain tumor at times because of the neck pain and weird head pressure. I don't get hot flashes yet but extreme feeligs of skin itch and sunburn.Its hard to not focus on it. Peoe don't understand I think? I just startthis forum and can't believe how much other women suffer too...I hope you are feeling better soon <3
karen77710 LindaJaney
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Sally4x karen77710
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You are not alone in this! I am exactly the same as you and it is crippling at times. I have terrible health anxiety and my head feels heavy, odd, spaced out and my neck and shoulder and tight and very painful. I doubt it is the fan. It could be posture and sleeping position. I think my odd head is Peri and possible silent migraines xx
karen77710 Sally4x
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Thank you Sally for your reply, I throught it could be how I'm sleeping. But yer like you feel spaced out. It's a nightmare having health anxiety and menapause together xx
Sally4x karen77710
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Azzumi Sally4x
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Hi Sally. Id been having terrible pain in back of neck and base of my scull for 5 days and I do suffer from migraine but this is very different like I'd hurt my neck. Started to feel nauseous yesterday as well so decided to take my maxalt wafer as a last resort. I take them for migraines. Within an hour the pain started to go. Maxalt only works on migraine to reduce the blood vessels in the brain so I discovered the bizzar neck pain I had for 5 days to be a migraine. It was definately the strangest migraine pain I've ever had and iv had migraines for over 25 years.
Another bizzar menopause symptom to add to the long list.
Sally4x Azzumi
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anetta94863 Sally4x
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Sally4x anetta94863
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susan556 karen77710
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karen77710 susan556
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Hi Susan I've used the fan for over a year lol I know bad really. Head pressure and neck and shoulder aches comes and goes.its not constant xx
julia15874 karen77710
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Karen, try magnesium tablets for anxiety it's helped me. X
karen77710 julia15874
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julia15874 karen77710
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I'm sure you can they are only a mineral tablet, perhaps it would be good to ask? I've had days of dizziness and anxiety which I now find difficult when flying and travelling and palpitations, the magnesium has helped a lot with the palpitations and anxiety, I'm on primrose too so that combined, I'm going next week to ask for HRT, just oestrogen as i had a hysterectomy four years ago and I'm still going to take the magnesium and primrose oil, I'm sure all it can do is help. Xx
Sally4x julia15874
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karen77710 julia15874
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Thank you Julia for your reply, I'm taking vit d3 for my bones off the dr so I think I will try the magnesium tablets as well things carnt get worse by trying them lol xx
karen77710 Sally4x
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Thank you for that reply Sally I'm going to get some magnesium tablets tomorrow and try xx