Back in December, I experienced the worst headache/migraine of my life. It was a feeling of undescribable head pressure(I describe it as fluid surrounding my head). Pressure/headache in the eyes was really terrible. When I thought I was feeling a bit better and got up to move around, the head pressure would return and I had to lay back down. This lasted 2-3 days. I thought I would recover, but I've never felt the same since... And I'm only 28. No prior health issues to this. I have a 5 year old daughter and to be honest, this is completely ruining my life. The head pressure has never gone away.
The head pressure was so bad on and off for the first 4 months I literally thought I had brain swelling(that's how it made me feel). It felt as if someone was moving my brain around. It's as if your head is fatigued from working too hard and it's in a constant state of shaking. A very weird, undescribable, uncomfortable, scary feeling. I had really bad brain fog. I would have moments where I would space out so bad I felt as if I was in a dream for the majority of those months. So detached. I still have those moments.
Everyday I wake up, I have head pressure(blood shot eyes). My ears feel the need to pop deep inside the cavity. Uncomfortable and unease feeling of my head(like it's fatigued) is the feeling that makes it the worst. My head feels clogged and I espcially feel it in the surrounding portion of my back eyes, ears and head. I don't ever feel normal. There might be a relief of head fatigue from time to time, but my head has never felt the same. The only thing that makes me feel somewhat normal is if I lay down.
In the beginning 4 months, putting on hats, listening to loud music, over the ear headphones only made my head pressure worse and give me terrible headaches for the remaning day in the begining.
Went to the ER twice the first few months for the head pressure symptoms and followed up with my primary care doctor. They all said stress but ultimately was referred to a neurologist, ENT & Eye Doctor to cover my basis. I've had an MRI of the brain with and without contrast done. Only thing that revealed was a few mucus cyst(which are normal I guess). I've had a panel of blood work ran which all came back normal. Checked for Thyroid function, blood count and few other things. Had a CT scan done of my sinus(no prior sinus or allergy issues in my life) and pending results on that. Not really optimistic it's going to show anything.
I don't know what to do at this point. I truthfully feel hopeless.. I need help
ive had headaches for so long I'm at the same place as you are, in a constant state of hopelessness. The medications I've been given only seem to make it worse, I think they are giving me placebos and antidepressants. I am going to continue to search for answers, please don't give up. There has to be answers, we just have to find a doctor that is willing to look beyond their ego, one that knows they don't know everything and are willing to search for answers.
Rebekah thank you so much for your response. I can't seem to fully embrace the idea that my doctors haven't even found anything based on my symptoms. I literally had to tell my nuero to do the MRI. Yesterday spent the entire day in bed. If I got up that unease feeling would come back and made me feel sick. Feels like someone wrapped a towel around my whole head and slightly squeezed it. I'm currently trying to get a second nuero opinion but they're so many months out.
I've been having the same exact symptoms !!! It's making my life miserable!!!!!! Some days it's barley a faded feeling and others it's extreme!
Here are a few things I've tried
Sleeping on a memory foam pillow because it helps with your neck and back support they have a huge part to do with pressure in your head
Drinking lots of water
Diversion,trying to forget about it
YouTube Michael sealy hypnosis videos
Eating healthy
Keeping myself in a routine
Going for long walks
Genuinely accepting it
Getting remedial massage
Writing down every hour how I feel
Also I've put mine down to being my wisdom teeth, they don't hurt but I got the head pressure when they started to come through I think they have done somthing to cause the pressure so I'm going to get them removed and il let you know how it goes
Did you ever find out what was going on with you? This is literally exactly how I feel. I was diagnosed with a chiari malformation 8 years ago, but multiple docs said surgery wasn't worth it. I'm 28 years old also.
My daughter age 22 had surgery for Chiari in Jun,2017. A month later was back in ER and was admitted for fluid build up. They did a lumbar drain and 2 days later put a shunt in. We were home 2 days and back in
Hospital. She had a bad infection and they had to put another shunt in the 1st 1 was kinked. September she was back in the 26th had an EVD put in and 2 days later another shunt. In Dec she had surgery again and had shunt tubing clipped. Jan 31,2018 she had shunt removed had EVD put back in and never put another shunt back in. She is still suffering with head pressure and headaches. They released her to see a neurologist now for migraines.
I'm having these exact same symptoms!! Red bloodshot eye's and 24/7 head pressure in face and temples pretty much all over and it's so debilitating it's been over 6 months now! I've had some good days where I just forget but then I have real bad days where I think I'm going crazy and really don't feel myself at all! I am struggling so bad right now just praying that 1 day I wake up and I can feel normal again
Same thing here I'm a teen in highschool and I just started having these problems , and I honestly can't imagine having these problems for the rest of my life 😞
Crazy how I am feeling the exact same thing... it’s annoying, my vision feels darker than usual and I always get this weird pressure. I feel like my head is going to explode but it’s not painful, almost numb. Did you ever figure out what it was? I’m reallt scared that there is something wrong with me. I have sever health anxiety & GAD. I’m really scared about this. I get it everyday!!!
I've been dealing with this since January and it's progressively worsened. Initially, laying down would ease it up a little in the first month or two but then it just became a sporadic constant daily pressure with little pain. The pressure was very annoying... I'm worried about cancer or something but MRI and CT of the brain says it's all normal. I've used fioricet, ibuprofen and tylenol with no effect. I find that sleep helps and diphenhydramine helps at night with more relief in the morning. I also occasionally get ringing in my ears... feels like my ears need to pop sometimes too.
I've had some success with Curcumin and Boswellia extract. The Boswellia helps when you take it for a couple days. I hope other will continue to post their experiences. My doc is trying to say I have Fibromyalgia but I don't have those classic symptoms associated with it... I really don't believe I have fibro...
I've had my CRP, CEA, ESR and LDH tested too. All are in the normal ranges... Very frustrating and annoying!
Been having the same issue, pressure right side of my head so intense it would just make really tired. It went away for a month but now it has come back again all I want to do is sleep. I went to the Er got an mri scan and they seem to think it's a cluster migraine. I can feel it coming on a couple of days before it hits me it's like a down feeling and then the pressure starts to set in
I too was diagnosed with Chiari a couple years ago... stinks that there is little information regarding this disease/malformation. I am currently experiencing all of these symptoms... head feels like it is about to explode. Right through my eyeballs and out my ears!
I'm 32 and have not had my wisdom teeth removed. I read a previous comment regarding pressure caused by my wisdom teeth coming in.I really hope that these buggers pop through and my pain is relieved!!
I'll post updates on how I feel in the coming months. It's bittersweet that I'm not alone!
I am in the same boat and have been for going on a year straight. I can't imagine going on like this much longer. I may have to turn to street drugs for relief (kidding).
It all started last August for me. I suspect it was related to me working out and doing weights for the first time in years. It was right around that time I begin having issues with my ears. I felt pressure in both ears like they were full. I went to my PCP who misdiagnosed me with Eustachian Ear Dysfunction. Put me on prednisone and nasal spray. A few weeks later I was out at the park playing with my son and had him up on my shoulders playing basketball. When I took him down and started walking home I felt a rush of immense head pressure. I went home quickly thinking I was having a hear stroke. I laid down but it never went away. I went back to my PCP who suggested I see an ENT. So I did and they checked my ears thoroughly and told me nothing was wrong but it could be muscle tension. He prescribed Celebrex and physical therapy. I took the Celebrex with no relief and did 4 sessions of physical therapy which also did nothing to help my condition.
On a Friday night in Mid-October I was home and feeling terrible. My wife was worried it could be something more serious and made me go to the ER. I did and they did a CT scan which ruled out anything serious. They sent me home with a prescription for Vicodine which I did not fill for fear of becoming addicted. After this I got an MRI of my neck which revealed I had a slightly bulging disc so with that I went to a neurosurgeon. Who looked at my images and concluded it was not impinging on my spinal cord and told me to see a neurologist. So I went to a neurologist who put me on some muscle relaxers and gabapentin which did not help. So she referred me to a headache specialist who also put me on hydoxzine, tazanadine, nortiptyline and Lyrica. None of these have helped but I do sleep better. I have also had two nerve blocker injections which help relief some of the pain for about 6 hrs at best which I suspect is just the local anesthetic. So they referred me to yet another headache specialist who is supposed to be one of the best in the country here in Denver. She did a surgical injection which has also not been effective. Now I am getting another MRI of my head in a week. I hope to God something shows up so I finally have an answer to what is causing me to feel this way.
I am at my wits end with this thing. Everyday, ALL DAY, I feel like my head is going to explode and my neck is struggling to hold it up. I also feel constant pressure in both ears and it affects my sense of balance and sometimes makes me feel light headed or foggy headed. It is easily the hardest thing I have ever had to personally deal with and I'm feeling hopeless because despite all the mediation, specialists and treatments I am no closer to finding an answer or feeling better which is mind blowing to me. I can't believe in 2018 we can't cure a freaking headache if thats even what it is. I am finding it hard to believe its just muscle tension or nerves at this point. Now I am looking into other possible causes and going down those avenues to slowly rule things out and get closer to an answer because I honestly can't keep living this way. Its getting to the point that just functioning normally on a daily basis is feeling next to impossible and its really effecting my family and work life to the point that I am scared it may be too much for my family to bear or it may affect my ability to do my job. So I keep trying to find an answer but its now getting to the point that I can't financially afford to keep seeking treatments at its becoming too expensive.
I hope someone here finds an answer and shares with us all. I promise if I am fortunate enough to find even the slightest bit of relief in the next few months or years I will share my findings with everyone in the hopes it may help others. Please do the same.
Hi, I have been having the same and after exhausted blood tests, CT scan MRI of brain and neck that came out normal except some degenerative discs disease seen in my neck I saw a rheumatologist who said it was post viral. He said the virus attacks your head and your weakest parts. I have had constant head pressure all day everyday for 6 months all over my head with constant light headed spaced out feeling. Nothing takes the pain away. Also I get tired eyes that won't focus properly after midday which I think must be part of the cause. Optician said visual system gets tired when I do. I have no choice left to believe them until I lastly see a neurologist in August. It kind of makes sense but is horrendous and terrifying. Rheumo said it does eventually go away 12-18 months so in the lap of the gods now.
Hi I just came across you post and I know it a year ago but how are your head pains I’m getting exactly the same and have now been like this for six months I’ve also had every test possible I been on six different antidepressants which were horrific
I now wonder if I’ll ever be the person I was I’m seeing a herbalist now trying the natural route