Hi guys, hope you are all well. Will try to keep this short and sweet. I am a 21 year old healthy male; I suffer from grade 1 reflux oesophagitis which, is being treated by the gastrologist.
I have been suffering from headaches for the past few years, but only in the last few months the headaches have gotten really worse. I have always been assuming my headaches are linked with the reflux but clearly not.
I was admitted into hospital last Friday (6th Feb) with severe headache (which is still on) and a pulse of 150. My wisdom tooth was taken out on the 2nd of Feb, which led the doctors to believe I had an infection and thus blame the headache on the "infection". I was in hospital for 2 nights with my pulse still hitting over 100 and a high BP. I was discharged on Sunday (8th Feb) to go to my GP.
Went to my GP the next day, and was sent for a CT scan, bloods and ECG the next day. Went to my GP yesterday (13th) and my CT scan is all clear, so are bloods but my heart is out of rhythm. I am currently taking Zomig 5mg Nasal Spray and Propranolol 40mg tablets which was given too me yesterday as well as my gastro medicine and Codeine.
I am at a point where I have not been to work for 2 weeks, uncomfortable and scared too drive, headaches are getting really painful, dizziness is always constant and just not being able to live life as I used too. The pain, shifts from left to right and right to left and most of them time all over my head. I get the feeling as if someone is squeezing my head. I am constantly having the feel of being sick but never do and always feeling tired.
Can you guys please give me some help and advice on what I can do? Sorry if I ranted too much if you need to ask me any more questions please let me know.
Hi Has 456 ,lots on this site having same problems and sadest part. We haven't an answer for it ,think your taking and doing the right things .Make sure your drs stay well on top of everything,Have you had an eye test?
Dental treatment can be an onset for Dizzyness have you had ear problems since dental work ? your jaw maybe misaligned if you have ear ringing / hissing ,go and see your dentists .
Meds Benzos can give you problems check leaflet to any meds ,that can be a side affect ,they don't agree with everyone .
Next I'd ask for is an MRI ,once that's all clear. I think it can be just a case of wait and see ,what have they done in regards to your BP ,get that checked regular ,you can walk into a chemist and ask them to do it but keep note to the numbers ,a chemist will tell you if you need to see your Dr.Im on BP meds ,but your high BP can be just stress at Whats been happening to you of late .Have you close family around ,what's there take to what's been going
on with you.Hope all works out ,your to young for all this .If you get MRI and clear ,then I say it's stress related at a guess as you've not been well prior .
Hope you're feeling better. If you have an irregular heart rhythm have they told you what's wrong. My husband has the same and has been told he has Atrial Fibrillation, AF, (irregular heart rhythm) and he is also on beta blockers and aspirin. Have you got nasal congestion because there are a lot of colds around and this is my latest problem with sinusitis following a heavy cold that has lasted 6 weeks since just after christmas. We've all mostly had it at work too and we just keep re-infecting one another and it doesn't help that we have an air con unit that blows out hot and cold air and keeps recirculating all the germs. The congestion could be causing your headaches. I am taking sudafed and nasal spray now and was put on some antibiotics for the sinusitis.
Marlene hi, I was thinking a MRI will ask my doctor when I see him next. In regards to my BP my GP has noted its high but not high to worry about I think. It was high in the hospital, the nurses where quiet concerened, but as usual the doctors were not. I will keep you posted as to whats happening.
Anne hi, well my pulse increases when my headache gets worse. I have been given medication to calm my pulse so will see. In regards, to my nasal etc no, im perfectly well with no congestion what so ever.
the beta blocker you're on should help slow everything down. I was on bisoloprol for 6 months when i had an elevated BP and racing pulse. It sorted it out for me but at the time i was quite stressed without realising it with work related issues. I could actually feel the difference internally as my pulse and heart slowed down rather than the energy my heart was using by being overworked. My BP at the time was 186/100 and my pulse was racing at 100 plus and that was resting. At the time my nursing colleague said i should have been on a cardiac unit, but it all resolved with the beta blocker after 6 months. Like having my thermostat reset as it had gone off the scale. I now have a healthy pulse and heart rate. If you have been under a long period of stress this may be the cause, even though i didn't realise it at the time, so now i try to do things
Anne many thanks for the reply, the beta blockers make me so sleepy instantly when I take them! Happy your pulse and BP has gone down, funny enough I am not stressed, as stupid as this may seem but I actually feel pretty normal and happy. I will try to do more things slowly but at the moment I have been off work for 2 weeks and taking this week off to get complete rest and hopefully go back into work next week. My friend, who is a nurse is checking my pulse regulary and its still hitting over 100 when im laying down in bed.
I am now having pains on my arm joints sometimes right, sometimes left and sometime even both, I am getting sharp chest pains and sharp pains around my heart occasionly. something to worry about?
thing is i didn't think i was stressed either. When the GP asked me are you stressed i said 'no' then he did my BP/pulse and said 'you are look at this' and i couldn't argue with it. I didn't feel stressed. I was also getting squeezing sensation and sharp pain in my heart which is what made me go the gp in the first place.
They did an ECG but even ECG doesn't always show up a problem but i was definitely doing something wrong & my body was giving me a wake up call because otherwise i would have just continued pushing myself, not taking enough rest and not realising i was putting myself under stress.
Also try to avoid too much caffeine. If you are taking a rest that's good at least until your body adjusts to the propanolol but let your gp know you are feeling tired too cos he may need to adjust the dosage.
That is true I suppose, but I blame my BP and pulse levels due to panicing about my head. My GP did say he will check my stress hormones so not sure on that.
My ECG did show faults but nothing major, well nothing for the GP to worry about. I never drink caffeine, hopefully the rest will do me good. The main side effects for the beta blockers is tiredness. The GP and pharmacist both warned me when taking them, hence why I am not really comfortable driving to and from work at the moment.
I think stress wether we realise it or not has a huge affect on us .think that's why so many are on BP tablets ,it keeps it elevated ,my tinnitus is screaming ,both ears ,so my level of stress is high today.Has anyone had there thyroid checked out ,that can give off a lot of symptoms that you'd not connected it to .I was surprised myself .Adrenal glands another can give various symptoms if not working as they should .,hormones another .Having this balance not right sure not helping any .so if any of these are not right it's got to give out stress related BP numbers ,why so many are on more than one BP med .Got to wonder I know I do .Outside this thinking ,I'm stuck .
Hi Marlene Just been to the chemist to get more decongestants. Think the pharmacist is getting quite used to me now. My husbands just coming down with it, again, today. Think we'll have to move into separate accomodation so we don't keep passing it back and forth to each other
I'm really sorry your not good Anne ,it takes so long for anything to go ,you end up spending a fortune in a chemist these days ,my local one always topped up with people .We try this and that how it is just trying to sort all this out and get well .
How did you cope getting there with the balance .? I find having the anxiety. It's hard to stand and wait for anything in a shop these days .Think we all know how that feels most days .
Your husband coming down again ,just what you need ,see how it just keeps going around ,I'd make him sleep in another room .Poor chap .
My cousin on her second round with it this winter to say she feels really poorly got a mate exact same thing this winter .another cousin pop in last week just had 3 weeks bad gastro antiritis ? so that's about here .Never ends.
Looks like I'm going to need hairdryer on see if it will drop my tinnitus down ,not dropping on its own ,had a few sprays of Bach Rescue only thing I use on high tinnitus days .what a day it is.You still plan going back to work ? This week .Least I can be miserable sat in a chair .Glad no job for me thank goodness .Stay water drinking Anne try diluting that mucus ,don't get chance to build up Im on my 4th 50 mil bottle .one more will be it time it's bedtime .😞
Marlene sorry to hear your tinnitus is on 'high' volume.. Mine has been worse with this congestion but having had it for over 18 years since a head injury in my left ear, like a swarm of bees buzzing, i tend to block it out at night by having a fan on all night. My husband says the wind blowing out from the fan has given his haemmorhoids but he is only joking. The fan is going all night whether it summer or winter.
I asked the pharmacist why the doctor prescribed doxycycline antibiotic as a first treatment as it has such severe side effects, he asked if i was allergic to penicillin and i'm not so i would have preferred amoxicillan as it is more gentle, but there you go that's what i was given. I was going to stop taking them after my tongue started stinging but then i thought i'd best take the course and am feeling a lot better today. My problem with driving is whenever i turn my neck to reverse i find my eyes go wonky, otherwise my dizziness is mild just lately but i never like to speak too soon as it all depends on any particular day.
Yes Anne my Tinnitus 18 yrs total ,but Benzo's took it up higher ,never gone back to a soft hiss daily ,those meds Bain of my life from the start .I sleep in silence ,a fan would bug me no end ,but I do have TV on as a distraction during the day even hair dryer not worked .laughed at your husbands comment ,glad he's not got it. Mines had T for 30 yrs ,but don't bother him ,but at least he hears what I do. So that's a great help .
Finish off antibiotic Anne ,still not working ,try something else ,your stuck at a drs mercy it appears .ive only had 2 antibiotics in 9 years from a severe strep throat last one was Cefaclor .2013 .
'BENZODIAZEPINES are the most widely prescribed psychotropic drugs.(1-3) A mild abstinence syndrome may appear after discontinuation of long-term therapeutic doses of benzodiazepine4 and is characterized, among other symptoms, by poor appetite, gastrointestinal disturbances, insomnia, and tremor. Anxiety and tension are also reported by some patients.(4-6) Sensory disturbances, such as paresthesia, hypersensitivity to touch, photophobia, blurred vision, and hyperacusis, have also been observed during withdrawal.(4-7) Tinnitus has been occasionally reported after withdrawal from benzodiazepines. However, as with most withdrawal symptoms, it usually resolves within a few days after drug discontinuation'
Interesting read up Anne,swear those set off thing in motion for me ,never suffered anxiety till those meds they were the kicker ,only went for rhinitis ,should have left well alone .the anxiety stayed around me since .plus T increase ,now balance ,yes the fuzzy eyes ,but thought it was due to allergies .Take them at ones peril well for me ,some take them and there just fine ,they get benifits as Darren long term .Im allergic to morphine ,aspirin ,codine cocodamol ,now can't have Sudafed due to BP med ,but say that's good for allergies ,have you tried them Anne for congestion .Often wonder what Dr say to there own family to take when unwell .Got to wonder .
yes got some Sudafed from the chemist today and they've really helped, but there are 2 different types of sudafed, one which helps and the other doesn't as they have 2 differnt chemical compounds, so had to get the right one. The pharmacist did ask if i was on BP medication so he was on the ball. I am also going to try to make my own saline spray for my nose, as they wanted £8 plus for it at the chemist, i am also using vick inhalation, bowl of steam. I don't use Olbas oil cos it made it all worse. It's pretty much a case of finding what works and what doesn't and checking on the internet for me. If you use too much nasal sprays you can get rebound congestion. Sometimes, in some people, anxiolytics, such as benzos increase anxiety, think it's called the paradoxical response, doing the opposite of what it's supposed to do. Keep on keeping on hey
Think that's what's happened to me from them ,ive heard others have had same trouble ,rebound to them ,I know lot with having T say this it's given them anxiety .If ones got T and they don't know nothing Drs about T and the reactions. Then they shouldn't give out a Benzo med .Darren doesent have T ,so maybe right way for him as turned out .
My nephews wife a nurse also with sinisitus swears by Sudafed for hers .have you tried a Neti Pot .? Dr mentioned that to me . I'll just stick to crystals .,as you've said ,keep on at different things ,same for balance. Got to be something that will work .😔