Sharp pains in head...anxiety?

I suffer from anxiety. I was wondering if anyone who also suffers from anxiety ever gets sharp pains in your head. It could be anywhere...on top, in the back of the head, on the sides. Sometimes I even feel like I have a band of pain around my head. I get dizzy at times and at times the pain just comes out of nowhere and cripples me for a minute. At times my head is sore to the touch where the pain was. I also get chronic sinusitis so I don't know if that could be causing these feelings too. Of course when I get these pains, it makes my anxiety worse because I worry that I'm going to die. It has been going on for a while now. I used to take zoloft but stopped and currently don't take anything. Does anyone else feel this way? When I Google "sharp pains in head", anxiety comes up.

Post Edited By Moderator (Scaredy Cat) : 6/28/2012 11:11:10 AM (GMT-6)

Hi, yes sharp shooting pains - I can get them when stressed definitely...
you also said your head was sore where you touched it? maybe that particular pain was in one of the many muscles in your scalp, from being tensed out? tension headaches can be a big problem for me when feeling stressed, they give you unusual headaches that feel like pressure, bands, etc. However, you could go see a doctor to get it checked out, its probably just the stress and once you know for definite you can stop worrying about it

Thanks =)

I know! *sigh* At times anxiety ruins my life. I don't know why I just can't turn it off.

I definitely have OCD and obsess over everything!

I started getting sharp pains in my head 3 weeks ago, some quick and sharp, others, a couple of seconds and sharp, but scare the hell out of me.

Ive been having minor panic attacks for about a year and a half.

But now that I read other people are getting twinges head pain, I'm slightly more settling.

But they still feel VERY WEIRD!

Sharp pains in my head, and even burning sensations, are a major anxiety symptom for me. I finally had a brain CT to rule out any other problems and it was normal. Once my brain CT came back normal, I pretty much quit having them.

Hi Tavy and welcome!

I am sorry that you are dealing with this symptom currently. As long as you have had a recent health screening, and have been cleared of any physical reason for this issue....you can proably assume it is an anxeity symptom, and work to manage that.

We have some great information and self-help material in our Resources here:

https://www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=9&m=104206

Take a look and try some of the coping skills suggested.

Also, consider startinga thread of your own if you feel comfortable doing so. In way more members can recoginze you as new and welcome you.

Talk to you soon,

Scaredy Cat

Yup, get them all the time....especially this morning so it helped to read these posts. But scarey when you get them. Anxiety comes out anywhere and everywhere in your body it seems!

I get these too very scary