Pressure / Tightness in Head

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rgs4YosrVe4

I tried this and it is amazing my anxiety dissipated in less than ten minutes the tightness in my head also disappeared. I cannot believe it!!
just watch the youtube video! seriously people! not everything good has to cost you money! I am convinced now that if you want to be healthy Yoga is the only way!

Hello Batman55,

Thanks for replying. Well, since my last post some of the more extreme symptoms have died down, to a degree. Mainly I'm not so foggy whereby I feel like I'm going to fall over. But the pressure is still there, and it still throbs when I bend down. I do not drink coffee, smoke or alcohol - although, as a teenager, during the 90's, I did take a lot of substances that I feel could have something to do this.. Mind you, saying that .. I just dont know anymore what to think.

And you are right about the Dr's - last time I was there he mentioned about putting me on to some heavy drugs for the Ice Pick headaches.. I turned this down.. Do not need multiple side-effects from drugs that most likely will not help. That will just lead to other problems.

I'm going to also go for an allergy test at my local chemist, see if that picks anything up. There must be a reason why the dizziness is not so harsh - it comes and goes.
Anyway, you take care - I'll have a look at your post.

All the best,

Spencer

Has anyone considered PFO as a cause of head pressure?

I've seen the term on this message board a lot of times, but only looked it up tonight.  It appears PFO is a small hole in the heart, and it is more commonly found in migraine patients than it is in the general public.

This is of some interest to me, because I notice that rigorous exercise as well as straining during a bowel movement make my head pressure a lot worse.

Apparently PFO can be detected by an echocardiogram (EKG), but is better detected during the procedure when the patient is asked to sneeze, strain, cough, etc.  I've had a few EKGs and nothing was ever detected but I wasn't asked to do anything during these tests.

This is the first I've thought about this possibility.  Anyone else?

I have had the same problems for over a year and have found out that our Medical system is full of ignorant Doctors. I don't know if any of you have eaten poorly most of your lives like I have, the truth is from the processed junk foods and poor quality of foods in general most of our bodies are seriously deficient in all nutrients things our bodies needs to function. Most doctors will say this is not true but I am telling you they do not know the human body at all. Medical school does nothing but teach how to treat symptoms and not cure disease except for the brilliance of trauma medicine. Try what I did go to your cupboards and fridge and look at the vitamin and minerals in the foods you eat. My guess is that they are probably like mine were and are massively deficient in many nutrients. I myself had to beg doctors to do mineral testing and was repeatedly told that you already take a multivitamin and that should be sufficient; they continued to say how rare it was to have deficiencies. When I finally got tested for just a few was massively deficient in B12/Iron/Vitamin D and magnesium. All minerals they tested for and 5 doctors told me a multi-vitamin was enough. I started doing research and I know that this may not help you but a few months ago I ran into some information on the internet and after more searching found a huge wealth of information about a raw food diet. Do a search on you tube there are many videos and helpful information and read the book Green For Life by Victoria Boutenko. After 4 weeks my health has started to significantly change on a raw food diet, your body heals itself. It will take a long time to undo the damage done from all the junk we have been putting in our bodies. Even if you eat the same wayand continue to eat cheeseburgers and pizza then eat them with fresh raw nutrient rich Fruits and veggies every day.Your health will thank you. Good Luck. Sorry this article was very poorly done was in a huge hurry writing it.


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into bodies, of which they know less,
for diseases of which they know nothing at all.
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The specific disease doctrine is the grand refuge of weak, uncultured, unstable minds such as now rule in the medical profession.
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Do not let either the medical authorities or the politicians mislead you. Find out what the facts are, and make your own decisions about how to live a happy life and how to work for a better world.
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tmhan
have you every heard of occiptal neuralga? It causes what feels like
pressure on the base of the skull. It then works it way up the back
of the head and behind the ears and at times into the face. causing]
small burst of pain in the face. Pressure over the bridge of the nose
and pressure in the ears pushing outward it makes you sun sensitive
nose will run eyes will water.

I am a 52 year old male.
I have had the same, never ending headache for almost 3 years (March of 2009). I had a couple months of BPV (benign positional vertigo) that cleared up, but about the time it went away I started to suffer from a persistent 24/7 headache one the upper left side of my head. I shouldn't say "suffer," since it only rarely gets really bad, and then just with a momentary ice-pick stab that goes away in a few seconds. Otherwise it is just a dull sensation as though something is stuck in my head. (I had an MRI during the BPV, and all I had up there at the time was a brain. In fact, the headaches began just a few days after the MRI). I take blood pressure medicine (benicar) and vitamins. As for drinking, I have been working on the same bottle of cognac for 6 months.
I also get aural (visual) migraines; have for 10 years.
So is there anyone else out there like this? I searched out info on the internet tonight because it is unusually strong today.

Hi Everyone,

I am also facing same problem for more than 8 years & I thought i was only person who is facing this problem, but when searched on google there are many people who suffer from this disorder.

My top head gets tightened specially when i sit still, I cannot meditate because of this.

As this problem is very unknown & doesn't seem to be a serious disease, but it do stoles our freedom.

I am trying many solutions for this.
Number 1 is doing Pranayam that is Breathing exercises specially Anulom Vilom Pranayam.
Number 2 is using Subliminal Messaging to make myself more Healthy.
Number 3 is using Acupressure, pressing the on the top of Thumbs, this is a Brain point for acupressure. (You can Google Search for Acupressure points for Head)
And finally by a technique I ask my subconscious mind for a solution for this.

I firmly believe there is a solution for this. I will be Happy to share it when i find one.

Thank U...!!

Post Edited (Anup A) : 1/3/2013 10:30:54 PM (GMT-7)

Have all the same symptoms as you...

It is LYME. See an LLMD. Chronic all of the sudden head pressure=lyme/co-infections.

I think Yoga and Meditation with some expert's help can reduce the effect of headache and tightness. Migration caused by different factors like: stress, smoking etc.

I am so so so glad to have found this board. I have been suffering in silence for about four years now. Suffering in silence may be the wrong use of words, but with the lack of response I have gotten from my GP, A&E, AMU etc, it feels like I am screaming in silence. If it wasn't for my partners understanding, I don't think that I would be here today.
I currently suffer from what feels like constant pressure in my head, or tightening. It is so difficult to explain these symptoms to anyone. It varies on a day to day basis. Mostly, I will have pressure on the back of my head, radiating down to my neck. Sort of like if someone has their hand pushed into the back of my head. From time to time I will get what I believe are called Brain Zaps. Like little electric shocks to the head, or more like somebody stabbing me with a knife. The pains only last a few seconds and are gone.
I also feel like I am fully disoriented, and can get bouts of diziness. Today when it hit, I also lost feeling in my legs for a few seconds and almost fell. Once I sat down it eased. Lately I seem to be getting headaches also. Not too severe and not like migraines to the best of my knowledge.
The worst part of the whole thing is now the panic attacks that I get in conjunction with these symptoms. Its darn scary. The symptoms went away for a few weeks, but have come back with a vengance. I was on anti depressants for two years to help ease my symptoms, but I found that they were just whacking me and making me sleep nearly non stop, so I had no quality of life. Coming off them was a great benefit.
I have had several head CT's, and also MRI, one for my head and one for my inner ear. Both showed clear. The doctors seem to just like to categorise it as Benine Polar Vertigo and send you home, and in Ireland, there is very little else you can do!
I don't know where I'm going to go with this now, but it is a huge relief to know that I am not the only person in the world suffering from something similar. Hopefully we will all find out what is going on sometime and we can get back to our regular lives. As much as I love my bed, I don't want to spend the rest of my life there, as it seems the only place I can get relief. Best to all of you

i know this post is old but i suffer too for two years now , all the test as everyone else .... doc say i have an anxiety / panic disorder , im usually on that forum .......