Pulsating Head, Immense Pain, 10 Minute Duration

[underground1322]

Hi my names Chris,
Okay I have been on Clonazepam 3mg for over 2 years now to deal with my anxiety problems and they have been great....until lately. Lately I have noticed that my dose is not really COPING. The way i figured this out was the basic blow smoke out the chimney and see where it comes from, i isolated the problem. When I finally took 4 instead of 3 it was much better but my doctor will not raise my dose because he says there is no point. NOW ONTO YESTERDAY

PLEASE HELP: I'm 21 Years old. I just got off the subway and ran across the street and walked into McDonalds(FEELING ON TOP OF THE WORLD, NO PAIN), after entering the bathroom i began to urinate and within seconds my head starting throbing. Not thinking much of it due to i have NEVER felt this before i continued but the pain also escalated. It came to a point where the pressure in my head literally felt like it was going to explode. I stumbled out of the stall and stood in the bathroom looking in the mirror as best as i could. I was completely flushed, skin otherwise pail and clammy and the pain...the pain was indescribeable. The whole back of my neck, head, everywhere on my head was pulsating to a degree where if I haven't dealt with pain in a high degre before I would of collapsed. I waited another 3 minutes in the bathroom barely holding on to the counter and can't tell you many more symptoms because the pain was so overwhelming that I really thought I was dying or having a stroke. Finally the throbbing starting to slow down but the pain was still there. I stumbeled out onto a chair in fear or someone seeing me and another 5 minutes went by and i was drenched in sweat. My mother then appeared and said what the hell is wrong and i managed to get into the van and get home to lie down.

I slept most of yesterday but its 6:30 am on a sunday now and the back of my neck is killing me, im so afraid to have another one I can't bear to have it. I've read up many things (high blood pressure, anxiety amygdala, lack of blood to the brain, attack, anxiety) Please should I go to the doctor, I'm actually afraid to go because there may be something worse wrong with me then i think.

Thank You. any help is appreciated.

[underground1322]

thank you mammo. its been 3 days now and its just getting worse. I went to the doctor yesterday morning and he said hes not going to prescribe anything for one episode, my neck is absolutely killing me.

I went out with my girlfriend yesterday and could barely be with her without having episodes every 20 minutes. Sleeping constantly, i woke up last night to go to the bathroom and as soon as i did BOOM headrush pulsating-immense pain still nothing compared to the first episode but they are painful and I do not know to do.

Doctors want to get me in and out as fast as possible, he checked my reflexes, shined a light in my eye and there I was gone.

[mammo]

You need to be seen by a doctor....consider going to the ER.  This is more than anxiety, maybe a piched nerve, but it needs to be checked out.  As for the Clonazepam, it doesn't sound like it's working any longer for you, and if your doctor doesn't want to increase the dosage then he needs to be looking at alternatives for you.  Best wishes.