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Pressure in head!!!!!!!

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alan14588
alan14588

i have been getting pressure in head for months and it is daily and constant now. I have tried allsorts! Chiropractor, eye tests, dentist, medication.........I have just had MRI and don't think it'll show anything serious up!!!

Please can anyone help......don't think it's anxiety or stress, not sinusitis......god knows but it's getting me down and i am desperate! 

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  • frank76651
    frank76651 alan14588

    Posted

    good luck if you find a doctor instead of a pill pusher let me know, for 3 yrs now all i've got is   take 2 a day for 30 days and come back
  • sherri52406
    sherri52406 alan14588

    Posted

    I am glad that I'm getting some good responses on here so far. It really helps to know that I am not alone with everything that I'm feeling. I'm just wondering what all of our symptoms can be related to...if a doctor would actually be able to get down to the root cause of it all. It would be interesting to know what the answers are. Is it all stress and anxiety related?... Or some kind of imbalance in our bodies?... Vitamin deficiency?... Who really knows. But I feel like I've been having test after test done over the last few years or so...and still no clear answers for my symptoms. All I know is that they are very debilitating...and I feel like I've been doing the best that I can to try and feel better...and just getting more and more frustrated in the process
    • new56862
      new56862 sherri52406

      Posted

      I'm due for consultation with an ENT surgeon to discuss an operation called 'balloon sinoplasty' of the sphenoid sinus cavity. I've had 3 head scans and none have provided conclusive proof that my sphenoid sinus cavity is partially blocked but I have most of the symptoms and been getting a horrible bloody mucus release out of mainly my left nostril. When this happens my symptoms reduce. I went 8 months with this horrible head pressure, worse when bending down or leaning over. Then 6 months ago it seemed to start to come out, it has to be the sphenoid sinus cavity. I believe when I have this operation I will feel better.

      Worrying thing is that this doesn't seem to show on scans.

    • 1990SA
      1990SA new56862

      Posted

      Hopefully the operation went smoothly, and how's your symptoms? Do you feel better? I went to a lot of doctors.. But no one seems understand my problem..
    • new56862
      new56862 1990SA

      Posted

      Hi. I have meeting with ENT surgeon in 10 days. With me it's because my sphenoid sinus cavity is swollen and partially blocked. The operation is called balloon sinoplasty. Basically they use a balloon to open the airways in that cavity. I'm pretty sure there are a lot of people out there suffering from this as it's often dismissed as nothing on scans.

      Can you explain your symptoms in detail, that way I might be able to tell if it's the same as me?

    • 1990SA
      1990SA new56862

      Posted

      Thank you for your reply,

      I have been suffering with neck pain since 7 months ago, but the accute moment was 3 months ago when i was doing yoga. Suddenly i was so dizzy and my head is so heavy. I was having a lil bit of cold that day, but just regular cold. Since then It gets worst, my head feels like 200 lb when i wake up in the morning. The pressure is radiating from the bridge of my nose and between my eyes. i ended up in the ER. And they did ct scan, MRI, lumbar puncture.. Everything is normal. And the doctors always related this to depression. But i feel depress because of the pressure on my head, but not the other way around. The CT scan also says it's not because of sinuses.

    • tammie39984
      tammie39984 new56862

      Posted

      If it doesn't show up on your scan, how did they diagnose it?
    • new56862
      new56862 tammie39984

      Posted

      The scan was deemed normal but it does show signs of a blockage. The operation will confirm whether this is the problem.
  • sami_47155
    sami_47155 alan14588

    Posted

    Hey guys sorry I didn't want to frustrate you more with my symptoms and decided to wait till I find a solution. I think i did find a solution Dramamine or meclizine. I was diagnosed finally with a vertigo and still dong ENG and others tests to find out if it is from the inner ear but those medications really helped me a lot.
  • Freyes6454
    Freyes6454 alan14588

    Posted

    Hello I'm sorry you are going though this it started with me 2 years ago I was smoking weed with a friend I guess I had a bad high and had the only crazy panic attack and then from there every single day it was an panic attack I was on zoloft 25mg and it helped but I decided not to take them anymore and I was fine for a few months then earlier thus year it started to come back not so much the attacks but the head pressure and it's driving me crazy I haven't been to the doctor or anything I take ibuprofen 800mg and it seems to take it away but comes back my vision seems to get cloudy when I walk my legs get week at this point I don't no what to do
  • farrah59492
    farrah59492 alan14588

    Posted

    Hello, it feels good to know that i am not the only one that has this problem.  I was on my was to the gym this sunday and had a sharpe pain that ran from my neck to the top of my head, went to er had a CT scan done and was told that i have Sinusitis. They gave me Augmentin to take for 14 day, but still feel the pressure in my head like fluid draining, now ears hurt and have pressure around my nose.  Thought i had a brain aneurysm, but i can only pray that the docs really took a good look at my CT and didnt see anything, i am hopfully that after i complete the meds that it will all be fine. I have high BP but am taking Lisinopril 10 mg and my pressure has been down for the last few weeks.  But this feeling is scaring me
    • new56862
      new56862 farrah59492

      Posted

      The way you describe how you feel is how I feel. Was it sphenoid sinusitis that you were diagnosed with? I've had this for 14 months now, think I'm getting an operation soon.
    • farrah59492
      farrah59492 new56862

      Posted

      They did not tell ne, they just said sinustis, I'm miserable. Woke up this morning and felt like all the fluid was in the top of my head got up tobuse the bathroom and was sick to my stomach.
  • 1990SA
    1990SA alan14588

    Posted

    Are you still having this problem? Do you know the cure? Please share with me if you know something.. I have the same exact problem.. It all start after i did yoga class 3 months ago.. Have been to a lot of doctors and did a lot of scans.. Nothing came up..
  • eric_66715
    eric_66715 alan14588

    Posted

    Since Jan 2015 I have been to doctor after doctor test after test doctors just keep guessing on me what is wrong I wish someone could figure what is wrong with me I need my life back I hate this
    • new56862
      new56862 eric_66715

      Posted

      What's your symptoms? I can relate, this thing takes the enjoyment out of life.
    • siobhan_83186
      siobhan_83186 eric_66715

      Posted

      Hi everyone.. So, a little over a year ago I posted desperately as you all have, with all your symtoms & at a complete loss. It's been the worst year of my life, I've never felt more alone & down & to add to that having doctors basically make out I'd been imagining/making up my symtoms! I researched everywhere & tried everything... Anyway, last Wednesday I went for a medical examination for an unrelated car crash I was in some 8 months ago. Whilst there I off loaded to the specialist about my symtoms & frustrations with docs. He immediately diagnosed that the cause is my upper & mid trapezius muscles & diagnosed 6-8 physio Appointments. Now to say I was sceptical would be putting it lightly but it gave me hope. As soon as I was out of that office I googled it... Seeing my exact symtoms there in black & white was like winning the lottery... I'm not ashamed to say I cried for a good 20 minutes or so! I've since been doing the 3 little exercises he recommend whilst I wait for my appointment & have been sleeping on one hard pillow as recommended & for a week now I have been 100% normal!!! PLEASE I urge you ALL to look up the symtoms for 'upper & middle trapezius muscle' & see for yourselves. I genuinely feel (as dramatic as it sounds) as though this one random medical examiner has saved my life. Sorry it's took so long to tell you, I forgot my password to here & it's took me this long to get round to resetting it! Best of luck to every single one of you! Xx
    • apples98
      apples98 siobhan_83186

      Posted

      Just wanted to say thank you for posting and could you please go into more details on the three exercises that you are doing. Would like to give it a go. Your explanation and time is much appreciated
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