Head pressure (Anxiety?)

What mg of lexapro do you take?

Wow. I know I'm responding a year later but it's like you've described what's happening to me. For a few weeks I had odd heart/ chest palpitations then had a near overdose with ectasy. Was fine but the chest/ heart problems wouldn't go away and ended up triggering a panic attack. I've had this horrible pressure in my head since then. No matter what I take it doesn't help. I've tried every pain killer, Valium, Xanax, flexerile, you name it. I feel like I took everything for granted and have really been regretting taking E and Molly. Tho I was never addicted I did enjoy the feeling a little too much. It started when I went to edc. I'm 22 now and have been on celexa for about 3 weeks I can see some improvements but not much. Have therapy coming up but every day is a huge mountain I'm climbing. I'm not the same I know I'm not. Hopefully you're better and can shed some light on me

Best wishes

Manny

This just started and im just a teenager and im really worried that sokething is serisoly wrong and i came on here and its exactly what im feeling thanks ....

Did you find a solution :)

I have the same thing. Its all in your head. Just imagine a white light making the pain go away and in time it will. There was a doctor who cured his chronic pain by doing this. 

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I have head pressure that is constant all the time all day every day and I have had it for more than 2 years done all the tests, and they found nothing. Recently my doctor put me on Xanax which helps a lot with seeming to relieve the head pressure in a way that doesn't take it away completely yet but it REALLY helps A LOT. Xanax is the only drug that helped me with my head pressure thus far! I must have anxiety, which can make it self known in the most physical ways its horrible

my mother K. J. Cole is got bad head pressure and her head pressure is like in waves and she takes medicine for it to control it. But she does not have it all of the time. She can tell you more about it. This is Emily J. Cole her daughter. 

Just reading this and the other stories makes me feel like in not alone. My own story:

OCD as a male child/teenager

1992 - Lost my mother to cancer aged 16. No grief, just detachment from life and loss of emotions

1994 -started going clubbing/taking ecstacy/speed/bongs to achieve a social life (i'd been a loner and had little social skills). Had a great time for a year, though my response to ecstacy seemed different from my contemporaries e.g. i would 'come down' after a couple of hours. It was like my mind was fighting the drug. I then took speed to prolong the nights on the dancefloor successfully. Finished off after the club smoking bongs to 'come down'. (I never smoked cigarettes)

1995 - stupidly overdosed on speed in a nightclub which i believe caused psychosis - i become hugely paranoid, but about nothing. Couldn't go into open/busy spaces etc. had a very tight sinus/ forehead area. It felt like there was a lot of pressure inside my forehead. i couldn't go out of the house for 2 days. i gradually got back to work, but the tension/pressure in my forehead remained almost at an unbearable level.

1996 - got my first girlfriend which made me feel a lot more 'normal'.

2000- split with my girlfiend as we'd grown apart. Went into a huge depression which a believe was actually some of the suppressed grief from losing my mum coming out and anxiety at what was going to happen next. I didn’t think I could be independent. I was prescribed Seroxat which made me suicidal. I drew on the Samaritans and close friends and family to drag me out of the sinking ship.
2001 – Bought a property that needed work done. My best mate moved in as my lodger and I became almost ‘high’ on life. I still hated my ex for cheating on me though.
2002 – had another serious bout of depression after alienating my friends through a violent action to my ex. My best mate moved out after an argument. I had taken a break from seroxat shortly before this and was on mirtazapine. I didn’t get on with this. When I became depressed again at Christmas I reached for the seroxat. This was a BIG mistake as it made me have a seizure. Then EVERYTHING changed. The return to seroxat had given me GAD and I was put on diazepam.
2004 – After trying Effexor I settled on Citalopram. There were no side effects apart from feeling slightly detached from risk. The main thing was the forehead pressure vanished!
2012 – diagnosed with ADD. Tried Ritalin – just made me hyper, but could not concentrate on anything
2015 – 7 years married, children etc. Always lacking in energy and motivation and would not be able to hold down a ‘proper’ job I decided that I should be brave and risk the forehead tension etc coming back by coming off citalopram. My gp said switch to sertraline in a week. Coming off citalopram caused giddiness and heart palpitations so I have taken it a lot slower than instructed.
2016 -Been on sertraline for a couple of weeks+ now and although I don’t fall asleep at 4pm, the forehead pressure/ agoraphobia has returned. The main reason I opted for sertraline was that it is supposed to target dopamine as well as serotonin thus giving me more energy.
CONCLUSION – due to genetics, loss of parent and self inflicted damage (how bad I’m not sure) from recreational drugs mid- nineties I feel I have ‘hole that needs plugging’. It is just so hard to know which med is right. My gp is no expert (obviously), so who else can offer knowledge on SSRIs?

I understand... It feels like my head pressure may never end and I'm going on my 5th day straight of having this. I think some day I'm just going to die or not wake up from my sleep. I'm 18 years old and have been dealing with severe anxiety for about 6 months now. I feel like I took my life for granted and I worry about my health constantly. I just want to feel like me again and I'd be so grateful if this would pass by soon, so that I could get back on track with life and live on. All of you are in my prayers, don't give up guys. Your not the only one. God bless.

It's reassuring to know you're not crazy and other people are going through something similar!

I'm a mildly stressed person, but didn't think I was too bad. Went overseas and had a bad reaction to marijuana- the first time I've ever taken it. Woke up three days later with heart palps, vomiting, lightheadedness and head pressure. I've been to the hospital three times from near fainting and crazy heartbeat-ecgs and blood tests, ct scans all clear. A month later and the head pressure remains- I can't do exercise, I get panic attacks, and feel like it won't end. I feel like I'm detached or going crazy!

Reading some of these stories is a huge support. I feel less alone. Thanks for sharing them, and if you have any tips or if you got rid of it, I'd love to know!

everyone here needs to read AT LAST A LIFE BY PAUL DAVID

im 26 years old and having some of the same problems. mine started when my grandfather died and they were putting me on depression meds I had allergic reach to ablify and lexpro and now im like this ive had blood test and ct scans and everything else but a MRI and EEG done and they still cant find anything wrong with me. Im scared as well and it just seems to get worse everyday. Good luck to you hope they can get you help soon as for me as well

Have had this problem now for 10 years & have tried everything. It's a battle & have to be very strong willed to cope. Recently tried Pilates & gives me great relief from my head tension. Appently my problem stems from my pelvis & with these exercises helps with my tension. Give it a go & let me know how you go. Thanks Glenn

I have anxiety, i was diagnosed last November with GAD. it is so bad sometimes that i have gone to the emergency room twice already. I feel like I'm getting weak and like I'm having a stroke or a heart attack. In the past week i have been dealing with anxiety more than usual. I have panic attacks here and there, My heart feels week and i just feel really bad. i feel like im going crazy. I also get tension in my head, I don't usually get them, but till recently i have, I had a panic attack about a week ago and since then it has started. Its not bad but it comes and goes. Sometimes it can be really bad and i feel like my head is gonna explode or like my brain is bleeding inside. It usually worsens if i start thinking about it. Hopefully it will go away soon after my episodes of anxiety part away. I went to my doctor and said i am an overall healthy person and that these are just symptoms of mild anxiety. Hoped i helped.

Have you got better?