Hello to all of you having the head pressure, and anxiety, please stop worrying you are not going crazy, you do not have a tumor. I too suffer with all of these symptoms. It is all caused by stress, there is an old book by Claire Weeks, she was way before her time. She explains what is happening to you, and why. I have suffered off and on for many years, I will have 15 yrs. with no problems, and then a death in Family and personal problems, it was just to much. You will get better in time, learn to relax and sometimes even meditation will help. If you can afford counceling that is a great help too, I cannot afford it. I have good days and bad ones, but I feel much better knowing I am not going crazy, and it is all stress related. I watch now for the keys that set off my anxiety. Sometimes it is really nothing setting it off at the moment, but from the severe stress from the past. Stop being afraid that just feeds your anxiety. You will get better in time just keep a positive thought at all times. There are several self help books you can buy or check out at the library.
I forgot to add when I posted earlier, that most of us that suffer with anxiety, are usually similiar in personality. This panic, and anxiety disorder usually runs in the Family in one form or another. More sensitive people seem to be more suseptible to stress than other type personalities. Please never think this will last forever. It is the fear that is feeding our anxiety, please read Claire Weeks book you can find it on line. Yes it is an old book but very helpful, and a little prayer can't hurt either.
Two books that will be of great help to you is.... Hope and help for your nerves....By Claire Weekes...and the Anxiety and phobia work book...by Edmund J. Bourne PHD...and get off the sugar it is terrible for you. I have suffered all the symptoms. foggy head, pressure in my head, headaches, and have lost about 30 lbs...nausea, loss of appetite, palpataitons...thought I was going crazy, or brain tumor...have to talk to yourself, and know that you are not alone many of us are suffering along with you, and have the same thoughts and symptoms that you have...and yes I want my life back too...I want to feel joy again, and laugh again...just be me again.....I take each day at a time, and know that I will get well if I can just keep the faith. Good luck to all of you, everything will be okay.......
Hey Michelle,
I have exactly the same problems as yours. I'm 21 years old, and it started about when I was 17 years old. I have, too, been to many doctors, including ENT, and found no help at all. These visits only increase my worrying. The only difference is that my right ankle and foot are the one giving me problems. Please let me know what you have done, or what you plan to do. And how much success you have had.
I would highly appreciate it.
Michael
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I know exactly how you feel.. I also suffer from the same symptoms.. Like you one day i was at an ex boyfriends house gee gabber me some cocaine and meth to snort i wanted to fit in with him so i tried it..I was ok that night but the next day i blacked out got heart Palps and strong head pressure.. I've gotten exams of all sorts and there all ok execept i have staff in my ear..but i've never been the same ever since..i feel add if i'm going to die...
I am so happy to have found this discussion because now i know im not the only person in the world having these experiences. It started about 2 years ago on march 7th 2009. i remember the date because my life has never been the same. After a crazy night of partying in SF i end up at a random house with a bunch of people i didnt know (i was wasted at a bar and made some random new friends). long story short i end up making a super bad drunk decision and partaking in the drug use going on around me. Everything was chill until the following morning on the come down. i started feeling some intense pressure in my head. figured that it was a normal experience and i just needed some sleep. the pressure continued for 4 days and it was so bad that i couldnt function, couldnt leave my bed, couldnt sleep and my neck was so stiff that i couldnt move my head except for a few degrees. not having health insurance and access to a doctor i took to the internet to attempt to figure out what was going on. i feared that i was on the brink of an anyuerism or stroke or something. My anxiety intensified greatly when i came to this hypothesis. after a few days and more research i came to the conclusion that i was having intracranial pressure and immediately went to an emergency room and paid and ungodly amount for a ct scan and mri. results came back relatively normal ( i say relatively because i had a traumatic brain injury a few years before so my results would be abnormal regardless). Since i didnt have an answer to this constant head pressure that was severely troubling my daily life i became convinced that it was some sort of damnation from God for my sinful ways and i needed to repent. i became a full fledged christian attending church and bible studies regularly, even going to the extent of getting a second baptism, in the futile hope to find answers or have some type of relief. After about 3 months of devoting my life to God and not receiving any relief i became very depressed when considering my young age of 22 years and the fact that my existence will either be cut dramatically short or i would carry on into the realms of complete insanity. the more i dwelled on becoming crazy the crazier i became. i came to a point where i could no longer control the thoughts and images in my head. grotesque images haunted my dreams i had to find an escape. thats when i made a polar change and went from bible totting christian to hardcore alcoholic. alcohol provided me the temporary escape from the constant head pressure that had been ruining my life for almost 4 months. i say temporary because as soon as the buzz wore off i always found the head pressure waiting for my return to sobriety. I became convinced that the only way for me to carry on a somewhat normal existence was to constantly have a drink on hand. i carried on 1 1/2 miserable years making all kinds of horrible life threatening decision as a result in the never ending battle to evade the pressure/pains/thoughts in my head. I felt half alive, that i wasnt truly living and that i was in some type of warped reality that only made sense to me. it was hell. then one day i discovered XANAX! it was like a heaven sent answer to my prayers. not only did it cure my anxiety completely but it provided me with an average of a 3 day window of time that i didnt have to obsess about my head. during this time i picked up a psychology book and learned about irrational thoughts. this aided me as well. my life slowly started coming back to me as my love affair with xanax progressed. xanax had its benefits but the negative externalities associated with my heavy use began to outweigh the positive. i literally time traveled. there are about 3-4 months of my life that i have absolutely no recollection of. i went from a studly 180lbs to an obese 230lbs. although i was able to escape the head pressure my life managed to deteriorate even worse than it was before that. one morning after waking up from a xanax induced 10 hour slumber in the back of my car i realized that i had no more xanax and wouldnt be able to acquire any more for 3 days. i began examining my current situation. i was homeless, in a family feud with all close relatives, no more friends and in danger of losing my girlfriend who was the only person i had left in my life that was actually there for me. from that point on i realized that i could no longer depend on substances with my battle against the head pressure/pain. after all, it had been two years since it began so i obviously wasnt in any danger of keeling over and suddenly dying. I knew the only answer was to find the answers within my soul. I made a resolution that while i may have to deal with this looming threat of head pressure, i might as well try to live out my remaining years to the best of my ability and try to be the best human possible. now i just live with it almost like its a companion. when i feel it coming on i just tell myself "oh hear comes the pressure, that darn pressure" and kind of giggle to myself while i do my best to ignore it. in only 2 short months of this life changing epiphany i have actively repaired my relationships, and my girlfriend and i are discussing the possibility of marriage. i had the biggest job interview of my life recently for a 60k salary plus commission. during the 40 minute interview the pressure attempted to sabotage me by suddenly springing a surprise attack so intense that it actually altered my vision temporarily. I fought through it. I was later told that out of 30 people that got interviewed that day i was the best candidate for the job. It would be great if someone with some knowledge of what im experiencing would read this and give me some answers but i wont get my hopes up. "The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering"- Bruce Lee
PERCEPTION CONTROLS REALITY
the last several days i have had pressure in my head ,it started with a headach and neck pain , it was in the back of my neck and forehead and behind my eyes i to have been nauses and now if i get pressure on my stomach i get really bad pressure in my top of my head.
Hey all,
Glad to read everybody's posts, and as somebody with anxiety myself it's always comforting for me to know there are others out there going through the same thing I am.
My first anxiety attack happened about 4 years ago, when I was twenty. I was a heavy pot smoker throughout my teen years and had decided to quit. Whether the THC withdrawal (look it up) or the general stress of my job was the root cause, I had no idea what was happening to me and was scared for my life. I took a week off work, I didn't want to leave the house, and I was experiencing serious heart palpitations. For anyone who is having heart palpitations, I strongly recommend a formula called "Strauss Heartdrops". It's a herbal remedy that tastes like c**p, but go figure, it works like a charm. Go read the testimonials, it's incredible what this stuff can do for you. So my chest pains went away, and sooner then later I was able to figure out i was having anxiety attacks, mentally talked myself through them and gradually they stopped.
Fast forward to the present, I'm 24, still work the same job, still don't smoke pot, I drink a couple times a week socially with friends. My girlfriend's birthday was this past February. I didn't eat so great, drank quite a bit, and just like that, my anxiety was back with a vengeance, this time with new symptoms/feelings along with the same old anxiety. Dizziness, blurred vision, loss of coordination, seeing black spots, constipation, the list goes on. My life stopped dead in its tracks once again and I did a boatload of tests - EKG, glucose testing for diabetes, blood pressure, stress tests, etc. I've done colon hydrotherapy in hopes that maybe there was some sort of connection between my constipation and my anxiety. I haven't had any caffeine for about a month now, I avoid refined sugars, and I try to eat less flour. My change in diet has certainly helped my waistline, but the anxiety still remains. I've become able to tame my anxiety and get back to work, but I still have trouble driving, and I notice my anxiety spike when I'm in any sort of large store (i.e. supermarket, hardware store, etc). The symptom that troubles me the most is a nagging pressure in my head. Almost a grogginess, I have trouble concentrating and I have trouble getting motivated because bottom line, I don't feel like myself, and that scares the hell out of me.
Basically, I've going to be a dad in 3 months time, I'm building an apartment for my family, and I still have a job to answer to. Managing my stress is a task but until now I didn't realize how much your body can shut you down if you don't listen and keep pushing on. I want so much to feel better and I know I will be an awesome dad if I can be there mentally 100%.
It's been recommended to me that I enroll in a course called Mindfullness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and my first class is May 1st. I've heard good things, and at this point, I'll do just about anything (except take useless drugs) to feel myself again and enjoy life. I'll keep you posted.
The best advice that I've ever read on anxiety is that there is absolutely no physical aspect to it. Anxiety is 100% mental. And it's your own brain tricking your body to go into overdrive. Think about that next time you feel a little anxious, I find it helps. Good luck.
Have a great day everybody.
Glad to read everybody's posts, and as somebody with anxiety myself it's always comforting for me to know there are others out there going through the same thing I am.
My first anxiety attack happened about 4 years ago, when I was twenty. I was a heavy pot smoker throughout my teen years and had decided to quit. Whether the THC withdrawal (look it up) or the general stress of my job was the root cause, I had no idea what was happening to me and was scared for my life. I took a week off work, I didn't want to leave the house, and I was experiencing serious heart palpitations. For anyone who is having heart palpitations, I strongly recommend a formula called "Strauss Heartdrops". It's a herbal remedy that tastes like c**p, but go figure, it works like a charm. Go read the testimonials, it's incredible what this stuff can do for you. So my chest pains went away, and sooner then later I was able to figure out i was having anxiety attacks, mentally talked myself through them and gradually they stopped.
Fast forward to the present, I'm 24, still work the same job, still don't smoke pot, I drink a couple times a week socially with friends. My girlfriend's birthday was this past February. I didn't eat so great, drank quite a bit, and just like that, my anxiety was back with a vengeance, this time with new symptoms/feelings along with the same old anxiety. Dizziness, blurred vision, loss of coordination, seeing black spots, constipation, the list goes on. My life stopped dead in its tracks once again and I did a boatload of tests - EKG, glucose testing for diabetes, blood pressure, stress tests, etc. I've done colon hydrotherapy in hopes that maybe there was some sort of connection between my constipation and my anxiety. I haven't had any caffeine for about a month now, I avoid refined sugars, and I try to eat less flour. My change in diet has certainly helped my waistline, but the anxiety still remains. I've become able to tame my anxiety and get back to work, but I still have trouble driving, and I notice my anxiety spike when I'm in any sort of large store (i.e. supermarket, hardware store, etc). The symptom that troubles me the most is a nagging pressure in my head. Almost a grogginess, I have trouble concentrating and I have trouble getting motivated because bottom line, I don't feel like myself, and that scares the hell out of me.
Basically, I've going to be a dad in 3 months time, I'm building an apartment for my family, and I still have a job to answer to. Managing my stress is a task but until now I didn't realize how much your body can shut you down if you don't listen and keep pushing on. I want so much to feel better and I know I will be an awesome dad if I can be there mentally 100%.
It's been recommended to me that I enroll in a course called Mindfullness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and my first class is May 1st. I've heard good things, and at this point, I'll do just about anything (except take useless drugs) to feel myself again and enjoy life. I'll keep you posted.
The best advice that I've ever read on anxiety is that there is absolutely no physical aspect to it. Anxiety is 100% mental. And it's your own brain tricking your body to go into overdrive. Think about that next time you feel a little anxious, I find it helps. Good luck.
Have a great day everybody.
I have been sick with stress and anxiety for a year now I have been taking celexa for depression and ibuprofin 600ml for headache and tension it seems like it's never gonna end. Feeling scared like something is gonna happen to me all the time so I feel like fainting. i am so tired of feeling like this always feeling anxious like I don't even want to waitat a stop light that's how serious it is. I have 4 kids and a wife and now i'm starting a new job I hope I can cope with this. Is there anything I can do maybe change the meds for stronger ones. Please if anyone has been through this or has any advice let me know cuz I am tired of feeling like this. Thankx
I have had a pain in the same spot of my head (top temporal left side)for the last 3 years after my TIA. Varies in intensity from bad to incapacitating. The pressure sometimes builds to the point where my left nostril pours mucus uncontrollably. Every minute of everyday.. I would do anything or have anything done top end this nightmare.
u guys r all crazy as f**k go see a psychiatrist and take some meds or something god damn