Pressure in head - anyone get this?

Hello all,

First time posting on the boards, will try to help others out as and when I can but if I may, I need to ask a question. I hope this is the right place, it's more a physical symptom so if there's a better board I apologise.

Basically I have a high anxiety condition, approximately three years ago I went through what I can only describe as a personal HELL with it when it first arrived. But fortunately I managed to get things under control. I do not suffer from panic attacks anymore, and I have begun to understand exactly how to shut them down on the now rare occasion they try to creep up on me.

HOWEVER...

Recently, I have felt something I did not feel when I was suffering. It is like a 'pressure' feeling inside my head. Internet research has come up with 'cloudy head' syndrome, foggy head syndrome. It's basically a difficulty concentrating, a feeling of slight disorientation, and like there is a force of pressure behind my forehead on my brain. It's actually quite distressing if I'm honest but research suggests I am not alone in this. Unfortunately it would appear there is no known cure.

My girlfriend believes it to be a psychological link to my anxiety condition (which it may very well be, and if so then I am sure it will go in time), but I am not convinced. I am a musician studying production, and spent a lot of time over the last month or so wearing headphones. Whether I have damaged my ears in some way I do not know, which is effecting my other senses. I visited a nurse who looked in my ears and found no sign of infection, and she was extremely casual in her diagnosis of, well, nothing. She assured me that it would go in a few days. Well, I'm afraid it hasn't.

Any advice from people on this symptom (anxiety related or otherwise) would be great.

I always get that, first time it happened i thought my brain being pushed again my skull.
Lots of anxious folk get it, i think this guy explains it, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKPo9L-2QoQ

I get that feeling a lot. But mine is probably due to my Lyme disease and several co-infections--most likely the cause of my anxiety, as well.

Yes, I've had that sensation, and yes, I manage to still get that sensation!

What interested me was your comment about the earphones. My scalp is so sensitive that wearing headphones, or a hat or bandana, even barrettes,....sometimes even my glasses,....can be a trigger. Not always, but often enough to be disruptive.

In my non-medical opinion and perception, it feels like when there's pressure applied, especially on both sides of a part of our body (whether it's a sock or a belt), when we take that off, there's a sort of redistribution in how the blood flows and how the tissues settle back.

You're right. It's very uncomfortable!







M.

I've had a super sensitive scalp for as long as I can remember, and no, I didn't grow out of it in my 51 years either!

When I was a kid, getting my hair cut, I cried. I told them it hurt when they cut my hair. They found this amusing as they assumed I was referring to my strands of hair having feelings, not my actual scalp.

As I grew up, those shampooers in the back would consistently bring me to tears....."but everybody just loves having their hair washed!" they'd admonish me. Good for them,...I feel like you're ripping hairs out of my scalp, tearing them out, plucking them out!

They never believed me, and I ended up washing my own hair.

As for now, I still have the most extremely sensitive scalp I've ever noticed on anyone,...but I also don't colour, style or do anything to my hair anymore. I couldn't justify paying all that money to cry. So my very dark brown hair is beginning to turn gray and I love it.

I rarely even allow the Love of my Life to touch my hair (which he loves to do).

Oh back to the topic, so yeah, I can even develop headaches if my hair is handled.




M for Murphy O'Meyer this time around, eh? ;)

Thanks for the responses all.

Well, I've considered myself recovered from my anxiety for a couple of years now which is why I'd be very surprised if this was related. Interestingly, it does not worry me like my old anxious habits used to, and I do not feel it sending me in to panic. It is almost like a dull, constant pressure that can stop me concentrating and is now also effecting my memory. Naturally if I was in my anxious state like when I was a sufferer, I would be climbing up the walls right now. So I am led to believe it may be inner ear damage, or stress related.

In any event I thank you all for your kind responses because it is still continuing to concern me.

I'm tempted to agree Merrida. I am under a significant amount of stress at the moment (I mean, aren't we all?) but seriously, stress could be the main cause. I've been taking tension headache tablets (Ibuprofen Lysine) and they seem to take the pressure away for a few hours but I'd rather get to the bottom of this. I'm seeing the doctor next week so I will be able to get a better idea of what's going on.