dizzy/light headed/head pain/sensitivity..

[Shooped]

Well this all started 4 months ago, start of february.  Was playing pc games like always (very addicted) was constantly on the pc for a year prior to these feelings.  One night I just all of a sudden started to feel dizzy and light headed I got cold rush over my body/shaking and I thought the worst was imminent.

I'm still here 4 months later but still worry as much as ever (is it a brain tumour or aneurysm)are just the thoughts I dont need but cant get rid of.  The doctor has since given me anti depressants(fluoxetine) but I dont want to be on them.

The constant dizzy/light headed feeling is gone but I get a few second spells of it sometimes, my head feels sensitive to touch, hair movement can sometimes feel different/discomfort (lol weird i know) cant wear hats because of it!  Weighted/heaviness at the top of my head, its the first thing I think of when I get up and the last thing I think of when I get to sleep!  Anyway I realise i worry too much but I cant get rid of the serious health doubts, even though it probably is just anxiety and the depression.  Maybe stress I don't know anymore.  

Also sometimes I feel my heart like jump out of my chest, then again im skinny so I probably feel every minute thing that goes on in my body and think the worst.

[Danielle_C]

I am 17 years old, i have anxiety and depression but i am not officially dignosed. I have not been tl rhe doctors since i was 10 years old. I also have these symptoms but my anxieties i feel are less than what other's seem to have. My depression makes me not care about my fears but my anxiety continues to feed on the fear. Actually, i had this feeling just a few hours before posting this. I was in the car leaving the city. I have been getting this a lot. My immediate thought was "oh no, heart attack? Anurism? (Can't spell :P)" my mom only told me i was a little too young for a heart attack. I get this, Dizzy light headed pressure in my head, my chest, shoulders, arms all go numb and i feel just....in this dizzy haze which makes me anxious and uncomfortable. It makes me panic, since it hits so sudden.  I would just be sitting there, or trying to fall asleep and it suddenly acts up. This is maybe a panic attack but it was SO much more phsical than usual this time. If you maybe found an answer, that's wonderful and I'd be happy to be enlightened with your result.

[BROSKI07]

you guy ik it scares you but all u can do is pray think positive think of family and girlfriends and all except worrying worse thing to do just fight it and soon you all will overcome it

[BROSKI07]

EVERYONE LOOK WE ALL EXPERIENCE THE SAME THING WE ALL GET IT OFF OUR SHOULDERS EVERYONCE AND A WHHILE WHEN WE DO SOMTHING THT WE ENJOY BUT HERE SOME ADVICE LOOK WHEN U ALL FREAK OUT ABOUT IT AND WORRY SOO MUCH IT DOESNT HELP HERES WAT U NEED TO DO WHEN IT COMES ON TO U FIGHT IT FACE IT GO HAND TO HAND COMBAT LET IT KNOW IT DONT CONTROL U THAT WAT I DO SOMETIMES IT GETS ME BUT FACE IT OR IT WILL COME BACK WORSE TRUST ME ITS WILL BACK DOWN SOONER OR LATER I STILL HAVE IT  BUT I FACE IT AND DONT TAKE MEDS BC IT ONLY FEEDS IT..

[diddy66]

I too had a traumatic experience like you and since then all sorts of crazy things have happened.  Started with being diagnosed with fibromyalgia and acid reflux a year ago.  Since then out of the blue woke up two  months ago covered in sweat, entire body tingling and my heart racing out of my chest.  I hopped out of bed yelled to my husband and was taken to the ER.  I thought I was having a heart attack.  I was shocked when they told me it was a panic/anxiety attack.  All tests and blood work negative.  This scenario happened three more times.  My chest started feeling better and then my head started to get these odd sensations.  Pressure/pain/fullness and I feel like I am not really there.  Nausea and lightheadedness like I am on a boat.  MRI came back negative.  They keep telling me panic/anxiety attacks.  I can totally feel them come on.  Entire body goes flush, fingers tingle and heart races.  I can handle all of that but what I can't handle is the feelings in my head.  What the hell is going on?  I am 46 years old and feel like i'm 100!  Help!

[diddy66]

I too had a traumatic experience like you and since then all sorts of crazy things have happened.  Started with being diagnosed with fibromyalgia and acid reflux a year ago.  Since then out of the blue woke up two  months ago covered in sweat, entire body tingling and my heart racing out of my chest.  I hopped out of bed yelled to my husband and was taken to the ER.  I thought I was having a heart attack.  I was shocked when they told me it was a panic/anxiety attack.  All tests and blood work negative.  This scenario happened three more times.  My chest started feeling better and then my head started to get these odd sensations.  Pressure/pain/fullness and I feel like I am not really there.  Nausea and lightheadedness like I am on a boat.  MRI came back negative.  They keep telling me panic/anxiety attacks.  I can totally feel them come on.  Entire body goes flush, fingers tingle and heart races.  I can handle all of that but what I can't handle is the feelings in my head.  What the hell is going on?  I am 46 years old and feel like i'm 100!  Help!

[kaeli]

I have anxiety panic attacks depression and bipolar. Im 18 and a mom of a three year old. I feel I worry wayyy to much about little aches pains and I think I make myself belive it. I refuse to take medicine. I think im alittle ocd about alot of things. I wont take pills because im afraid of them getting stuck or having allergic reaction. I wash my dishes before using them. I wont use new products such as tooth past shampoo soap dish soap laundry soap perfume if I've never used that certain brand before. I over exaderate alot. But I don't know how to convince myself to live life...

[sickinthehead2580]

I know your post is old and you may not even get this message but maybe someone else will. I also have had pain and scalp pain for 4 months now.It hurts to brush, wash or move my hair in anyway. I have suffered from anxiety in the past but it may still be resinating with me. I have been to 4 doctor's including a neurologist and with a clear cat scan know one is telling me I have anything life threatening. I am going back to the Doctor on 11/6 that diagnosed me with anxiety issues 8 years ago when I lost a husband to cancer at the age of 33. If this is stress i'm sure he will be able to help me. I took Paxil in the past and will difinitly go back on it if he thinks it will get rid of this pain. I am so tired of feeling bad and just pray to get better soon.

signed:sickinthehead

[greasemonkey4life35]

I have a lot of the same symptoms. Strange pressures in my head that come out of no where and make me feel like an anuerysm is imminent. Light headed. Lost weight no appetite. I know its anxiety but wow is it hard to control. I've had everything done but a brain scan. Abdominal scans. A heart cath. All kinds of stuff. They put me on. Celexa which all but got rid of them. Now I've been weined off the celexa and its back. Pressure in the neck and dry mouth is horrible. Constantly feeling sick. I never want to go anywhere for fear of something happening. I've been taking klonopan again which helps some but doesn't get rid of it completely. Its a horrible feeling. Especially the sensations in the head and the watery left eye and the feeling on he left side of the head that extends to my left eye. Almost like its numb..but its not...I guess maybe its better to.say the area around it feels full...I just wish it would go away...if anyone want to talk about it get a hold of me. ***@****

[IcanWithChrist]

When you are feeling dizzy it is probably that you are not breathing right and may have hyperventilated.  Try this method:  4444 - breath in for four counts, hold your breath for 4 counts, and breath out for 4 counts, then do nothing for 4 counts.  This helps regulate your breathing and your dizziness should go away.  Also when you are panicking look around the room and focus on something and describe it in detail and keep doing that until you feel better.  Also try going outside and focusing on nature as you are getting sun on your face this helps me a lot.

[IcanWithChrist]

Tv and computer screens sets off my anxiety if I'm looking at them too much.  I think the flickering of the screen stresses out my already sensitive brain.  Just lay off the pc for a while and see if you feel better and then just go on them for short periods only.  Spend time outside in the sunshine and you'll feel better. God bless!

[Mike1103]

Man what you just tell is exactly what i been through. i developed all this anxiety from smoking pot 2 years ago i thought i couldnt breath and since that day i been with anxiety. Every 6 months i think i have some kind of illness or something. I had a EKG, Stress Test, they checked my heart and everything was fine. Now im with this weird feeling on my head like if i was on a boat kind of dizzyness also been having neck pain 24/7 for the last few months. I feel im not me anymore and i regrest 1000000 times what i did 2 years ago. The only way we can calm ourself is that we r not the only ones like this. We just have to control our mind buit i know is hard just hold tight. I also feels every day is going to be my last day alive.

[lollypoppet]

i feel like that everyday and i assure you it is anxiety, dont worry it will be ok xx

[johnboy91]

hi guys, does any1 else get the sharp pains in there head that lasts only seconds, and do you feal like you are not yourself, and have thaughts you have somethinge wronge inside youre head.its really beginning 2 p me off. i take really bad panic and anxiety attacks, does any1 no how to control them. i just feal as though i am someone else, kind of weired when you tell a friend how you feal they just look at you and laugh, but it isin't a nice fealing when you have anxiety.

[BellaWillow]

To everyone on here who is having wierd syptoms in their head, their scalp, their eyes.  Please make an appointment with a chiropractor.  I was having terrible symptoms in my head, watery eyes, blurry vision, sore eye socket, tingling in my head.  It was horrible.  I just learned that my C1 and C2 were squished together and that was causing 90% of the problems with my anxiety.  When your C1 and C2 are out of alignment it sends the fight or flight response to your brain and for people like us who suffer from panic disorders and panic attacks, we all know what comes next.  I was able to receive a chiropractic adjustment and one hour later the pain in my eye socket was gone, the pressure in the top of my head is gone, and the constant anxiousness I have felt over the past three months is slowly starting to subside.  I have not had the watery eye or blurry vision since my adjustment, but those symptoms typically only came every 3 to 6 days.  My chiropractor said that the adjustment should take care of that too. I will continue to receive chiropractic adjustments and accupuncture to help alleviate the anxiety.  I pray that someone else out there who is suffering will stumble up on this post and that a simple adjustment from a chiropractor will help them as much as it has just helped me.

Pegi

[lumterps]

I was dx w/POTS a year ago and was on a combination of a beta blocker and paxil. It worked very well for me. I was weaned off because I was trying to get pregnant and all my POTS sympotoms came back. I should clarify that during the time MD's where trying to dx the POTS I started having really horrible panic  attakcs. I was put back on my beta blocker a couple months ago but not the paxil since I still wanted to get pregnant. The last week I have been feeling so bad and I don't think it has anything to do with the POTS. I'm afraid its anxiety again! I am CONSTANTLY dizzy/lightheaded. Sometimes I feel like I"m going to pass out. I'm lossing my appitiete. I feel very frustrated because all I want to do is feel better! I always feel like the doctors are missing something....its a freackin roller coaster and I feel like awful! Does anyone feel dizzy all the time with anxiety?

[johnboy91]

i was sitting in the car and it just hit me, my face felt like it had dropped, went all light headed and started to panic, i also feel as though im someone else and not my self, i take alot of anxiey and panic attacks aswell, i get theese sharp head pains and weired fealings in my head al over it, does anyone else have theese problems, i also think i have a brain tumour or brain aneurysm aswell, does anyone else had thease sort of fealings, i have seen about 6 docs and they say its pressure and tension headaches. i have been referred to a neurologist in september, any answers please

[lollypoppet]

I have been suffering from really bad anxiety attacks for a year now! i have dizzy spells, headaches, chest pains, a feeling of weirdess which i cant describe, the only way i can describe it is when you eat to much sugar and your vision goes weird, thats how i feel everyday, the only thing i found is helped as if i wake up late and dont get dressed straight away i get it really bad but if i wake up early and get dressed straight away it does not happen really at all, it the worst thing to suffer from, as i have health anxiety trust me i have thought i had it all! and i still try and think i have all these on going illnesses, that it affects me everyday life! anyone else found it this hard?

[MayMayMeemers]

wow, finally someone just like me!!!!!!!!!!!

I have dizzy spells but they are slowly going away. I am working very hard at trying to stop the panic's before it happens. I take half of 1mg Lorazepam and only when i am stressed to the point I cant control it! Right now i am thinking I have a brain tumor but because Dizzy spells, headaches and sometimes feeling sick followed by tingling hands which I know would be a dang panic attack!!!!!!!

[DILL51]

i hav the samething guys i always feel like im goin to die an i went to the dock like 40 times an everythng was good an cnt even go tht far from my house it realyy suxs bt hope for the best guys

[Jacksons_mommy]

I thought the same thing when I first start having problems with anxiety. I couldn't remember where I was or what I was doing. I felt like I was actually dying even though I wasn't. I didn't know how to control it & I didn't like that. I went to my doctor & got put on medicine...it didn't work so they prescribed me something else which helped me really well. I didn't have anxiety attacks but once or twice in the 3 or 4 months that I took it which was good for me since I usually had them a lot each day. I also went to see a therapist who was great. I got through it all & still have issues today partly because I stopped taking the medicine before I was supposed to. I was trying to get pregnant & ended up getting pregnant a few months later so I haven't talked to my doctor about prescribing it to me again. Now I've got to the point where I have trouble sleeping as well & have nightmares like with stuff out of horror movies so I'm trying to talk about it & get through it. I wish you luck.

[AlliBell81]

Since I was 17 ( I am 27 now ) I have always been dizzy and somewhat sick to my stomache early in the morning. I had anxiety spells here and there which I thought was only related to stress from work. About 2 years ago, these occassional experiences became severe and pressing. I was in the shower and had such an intese panic attack that I had to get out and try and figure what to do next. I was on the phone with my family trying to weigh my options for treatment. My general doctor prescriped effexor which made me even more sick to my stomache. I then went to a specialist which perscribed lexipro, ambien and xanax which made me cry my eyes out because I am a bit of a naturalist and couldnt believe the amount of percriptions nneded to mask these feelings... yet no one even mentioned therapy??? Lexipro made me feel weird and my insomnia went through the roof. I am now taking celexa which I love but did it did effect my sleeping pattern at first so I have to take it in the morning. I think that my focus on breathing and taking deep breaths has helped along with counseling however I am still light headed on a daily basis. I feel like Im somewhat in a bubble and have sharp pains in my head time to time. I feel like I have learned to live with it but I still continue to search for answers. I just want to go back to feeling how I did before all of these changes. It could be as simple as unbalanced chemical levels in the brain or something larger, which I analyze way too much and google way too much haha. I hope this is helpful. All of your stories make me feel less alone in all of the confusion.
All the best,
Allison

[splashboy]

hey i been having the same pains i keep thinking its a tumour and iam so scared of that but i guess its not doc keep saying its aniexty i get pains in my head blurry vision i allways think the worst i allways thik the doctor didint do enough but he said my skull and brain is perfect nothing wrong with it i wish it would just stop can someone contat me thekronick420  yea i no i dont smoke anymore its been like 2 weeeks because im scared smoking is the problemm so i stoppedd its (@live.ca)   if anyone has pains and stuff like me contact me plz

[Mikey628]

I had been having heart palpitations and an uncomfortable feeling in my chest for about 2 months now.  Out of no where I've been having head problems.  I feel pressure on my head on both the sides and the to... I get lightheaded/dizzy sometimes a little nauteous... I have been having pain in my neck and it just doesn't seem to go away... I've been worried ever since and it seems to be making it worse.  My fear has gone from having a possible heart condition to now possibly having something wrong with my head... All the while my chest is fine now since I've become obsessed with my head problems... Is this anxiety? I've always had worries about my health but it hadn't really been a main concern of my everyday life until the chest problems... I'm scared that there might be something wrong with my head now.. My eyes have been feeling heavy... I'm really worried.. My mom has been saying its anxiety and its not just a coincidence that my chest problems have gone away while my head/brain worries have just started... I just don't know.

[thomas45]

werid feelings on the left side of my head i think its inner ear problems with my left ear casuing me to feel veruy very veryy weak throughtout my body iam okay i had more test then the aveerage 90 yeasr old man. i hope im okay.. any asnwers?