Pressure in head!!!!!!!

Wow. I'm glad I found this. I've been having the same deal pressure in my head. It starts in my upper neck and goes around to my forehead. I've tried every medicine had ct scans blood work. x Ray. I don't know what this is and apparently none of the drs do either. I hope we can all get this figured out. I'd appreciate any advice you have.

Hi Alan,

I have been experiencing the same symptoms as you are. Were you able to determine what could be causing it?

 

Very similar symptoms for over a year. I first went to the ER with so much pressure in my head and lightheaded-ness, incredible nausea, and lethargy. I've had a history of migraines, but these were like prodromal symptoms of an oncoming migraine, and no headache ever comes. I was told it was a panic attack...I know what that is and it is neither anxiety nor panic attacks. Had every test and scan done, inconclusive. A neurologist told me that I had a combination tension/migraine headache and put me on a drug that was horrible, nothing helped. Acupuncture seemed to help for a few weeks, then did nothing. So, since August I moved and had a new doctor who had me taking Verapramil 180 mg a day as a symptom precentative. For six months I had no pressure, it was gone! Now, in the last month, the pressure and nausea have returned, daily. I was told it's allergy related, was on every antihistamine to no avail. A homeopathic specialist recommended two things: Protease, a protein enzyme, for the allergens, and belladonna for the migraine symptoms. Keep in mind, I rarely get the headache, but always have the intense pressure in my head. The belladonna has helped, it has not give away entirely but helps slightly so at least I can feel like I can leave my house. Also, marijuana (vaporized) helps a lot, esoecially for the nausea. I have also heard that gluonine is a homeopathic remedy for the head pressure. I would love to hear from others anything that has helped! The feeling that my head weighs 50 pounds and the spacey feeling along with pressure and nausea causes me depression, no one seems to understand how debilitating it is. I take Wellbutrin already for depression, and adult ADHD medication, which I initially thought was the culprit, but after going off and on various ADD meds, I doubt that is the cause. My worst fear is that I have an aneurism because the symptoms are so similar, but I had a scan and MRI a year ago that was normal. Thanks to all to made it through this long reply!

A relief to see people suffering with the exact same thing as myself. I have literally been through hell this year with it, it brought on my panic disorder extremely bad again, and not the other way around dispite what the doctors say! I was close to just not living anymore, that's how bad it feels, I am sure some of you can relate to that. Suffering this unbearable head pressure, dizziness, heaviness, weird sensations, numbness, just crazy stuff you CAN'T ignore. Then having full blown panic attacks on top of it because the symptoms scared me so much, to the point that I literally couldn't move or bend my hand, fingers or legs, as well as hyperventialtting beyond belief.

Thankfully I have calmed the panic attacks down a lot now again, because I realised somehow that panicking about it is just making things worse, since the symptoms are there regardless of whether I have panic attacks or not. I am so upset with this happening to me again, and I say again because I actually had this once before in 2010, it lasted until early 2012, it simply wouldn't not go away. I had every test imaginable done, MRI's, CT scans, blood tests, all sorts. I even spent a week in hospital where they tested me for lots of things and everything came back fine every single time. Just like now all the tests I have had are coming back fine again. Clearly it's the same thing I had a few years ago, so hard to accept though because I honestly experienced it going away completely for a couple of years and I so badly want it to go away again!

I noticed it start to creep back earlier this year, around late January, I had a full blown major panic attack when it cam eback because clearly subconciously by body was thinking 'wow, no way not that again!' Anyway, over a few weeks it kept coming and going (the head pressure and dizziness) until one day I got it bed and said to my partner who I have been with for 7 years, guess what, she said what? I said the head pressure and tension is back again.... So up until this present day again here I am, countless A&E visits and ambulance calls later, sat at home living a miserable life and hardly wanting to stand up because the head pressure, tension and dizziness won't go away. So so so depressing, I want to do so many things and can't because I simply find standing up difficult sometimes. 

I am 29 years old by the way for those interested, I have suffered with anxiety related problems since I was 19, extreme panic attacks, etc. I don't know if it's all linked or not, but it seems to be, although I will say time and time again to doctors it's the head pressure symptoms and what not that cause me my panic attacks, but they always seem to disagree and say it's th eother way around, even though I live in my body and only I know the truth! A&&holes sometimes. 

I am going to say some positives now to those who may not have experienced the freedom of it going away again yet. Remember as I said above it once went away for me for 2 years, it was the best time of my life thinking back now because it's so easy to take for granted just feeling 'normal' physically. I do know this when it comes to being free of it, the time that it went away was when my life had absolutely no stress in it. Previous to that I had some very stressfull things going on and it seemed to fuel the tension and pressure constantly. When I had little stress and moved on over a period of time it went away, I can't remember the day it went away, more so I just remember thinking one day, wow wait a minute I haven't had the head pressure for a few days, then that was it I was free. I started playing football again, doing physical things, actually getting fit again. 

Anyway, back to now. I have become very unfit again, because I simply have no energy with this and it's been a very, very hard few months, especially the last few weeks. I have seen countless doctors again, been to A&E with it around 8 times in th epast 3 weeks alone, seriously.... All to no avail, I just have to accept it's the same thing as before and it's no doubt related highly to stress and not being able to stop thinking about the pressure in the head. It's so hard to believe but it's true. I just can't stop thinking about it because it's there, but I know that sometimes even if just for a few minutes, sometimes I forget about it if I dunno, have a few beers, I just seem to feel more 'normal' even if just for a few hours. This week I have forced myself to try and do things, getting out of the house for a long walk (even if it did feel unbearable at first). I have had a couple of better days this week, not great days, but enough to make me have some hope that if I can actually stop thinking about this f**king head pressure then it might actually go away again. 

Guys, I know it's so hard, but please believe me I know more than most just how disabling this is. So at least please maybe think of it like I do too, we are probably prolonging it by thinking about it all the time. Forgetting it is easier said than done, trust me I know! But honestly, somehow if you really could just eliminate that memory of having the pressure feeling I'd be interested to see how many of us still have it. Because I have so much experience with it and it's gone away before, I honestly do believe it is mainly from anxiety and stress as hard as it might be to accept. Our bodies react in strange ways. 

I don't know anyway, just my thoughts. I am always open to ideas, but my personal experience with it leads me to my own theories. I hope we all get rid of it again I really do. I have it right now writing this, heavy head (insanely heavy), dizziness, pressure, blah blah blah.... It's so draining, sigh.... Let's get each otehr through it, because we will do it!