I'm 18 years old and for 8 months I've had excruciating headaches every day. They used to last only for a few hours each with breaks between them and I'd get at least 3 a day. For the past 5 days now, I've had one continuous extremely painful

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headache that hasn't taken any breaks at all.

It feels like something is inside my head

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and trying to get out, as if it's pushing out and putting pressure

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on my head

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. The best way to describe it is as if my head

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was about to burst. My pain starts on the top of my head

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in the middle and front of the top. It sometimes spreads to cover my whole head and behind my eyes, but it's most severe on the top. It does not get worse with exercise, that I know of, but I don't exercise when I have a headache. Usually it prevents me from getting out of bed. It is a non-throbbing headache and I get dizzy sometimes when I'm sitting or standing instead of lying down. My nose for the past couple days has been feeling stuffed but I haven't noticed this symptom much before, or just haven't paid any attention to it.

My family doctor referred me to go to Jefferson Hospital's headache center to see their top neurologist. While there, the psychologist reviewed me and said I'm normal and that even though I've had hard times in the past, I'm someone who handles them well and isn't depressed. Then I saw their neurologist who saw me for 5-10 minutes and did nerve block on my neck/head without telling me what it was first. It made my head and neck numb but underneath the numbness, I still felt my headache. I had to get my boyfriend's mom to pick me up from the hospital because I couldn't stand up or walk without feeling like I was going to faint from this nerve block. The neurologist had me get an EKG, MRI, MRA, and MRV. The MRI and MRA were with and without contrast. I fell asleep every time in the MRI machine for these tests because I was just trying to relax, but around the time they injected me with the contrast, I tried to sleep that time but my headache was so bad to the extent that I started having head tremors, my head was shaking back and forth uncontrollably while my headache was at its worst and my teeth were grinding. I don't think it was related to the contrast at all, as my headache was growing worse before they injected me with it.

It's been 1 1/2 months now since the tests and my first appointment with the neurologist, and earlier this week I went for my second appointment. I saw the neurologist for literally 5 minutes and within those 5 minutes, he didn't even bother to ask me how I've been since last visit. He didn't look at me, didn't want to answer my mom's or my questions. He prescribed me a medication and wouldn't tell me what it was, so I asked if it was a pain reliever and he said it was. He said the only side effect was drowsiness. My mom goes to work later that day and looks up in the medical stuff at her work to find that he prescribed me an antidepressant with side-effect of suicidalness. My neurologist not only hasn't taken my symptoms seriously, but lied to me about what he prescribed me. I didn't bother taking the prescription to CVS and now I have to start all over and find a new specialist for my problems.

I can't concentrate in class, I can barely keep my head off the desk. My head gets so painful, especially this week, that if I could, I'd be screaming and crying from the pain, but I hold back only because I know crying will make my headache more unbearable.

If anyone finds a solution, please share. I'm concerned that I'll get nowhere with my college education because I can't concentrate enough to do well in my classes. I've gone through over $10,000-$15,000 in stomach and head tests just this year and it feels like my mom is blaming me for having these conditions. I need help!

sation behind the forehead as if the brain is growing larger with nowhere to go. The headache is dull, non-throbbing, and does not get worse with exercise. The patient will also describe a sort of "perpetual dizziness" that may be constant or may come and go again. Usually, but not allways the patient will describe the sensation of having a constantly blocked nose even in the absence of any type of discharge or sinus infection. Most but not all patients will describe a feeling of tension or stiffness in the cranial muscles, especially in the forehead.

I am now trying this medicine that I got at Doctor's Nutrition.  A homeopathic way of doctoring.  I have had this lightheadedness, lethargy, blurred vision, fatigue, listlessness, difficulty in concentration condition off and on for about 15 years now.  I have been put through all of the test and the only thing that ends up being a cause is the scarring of my brain from Migraine Headaches or having TIAs mini-strokes.  What do you do?  Life cannot go on hold, especially if you have school aged children, a job, etc.  I have taken two of these---recommended dosage is 3 tablets per day while symptomatic; then 2 each day there after.  The medicine is called Vinpocetine 20 mg. (Periwinkle).  After taking the first tablet, I began to come out of the fog, however, I am still in it.  Will see how I feel tomorrow.  Maybe there is relief on the way.  

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I have a feeling of my brain swelling to large, tons of sinus pessure, vertigo, vision and consintration problems, ect. I have finally linked it to a wheat intolerance. It is getting so bad that I cant even eat things that have touched wheat. The dizzyness is getting to the point of causing me to either fall or vomit. As long as I stay far away from any gluten products and only eat at home I am completely fine.

I found tremendous relief of the above symptoms after listening to these two links that a friend sent me. You can try to see if this helps :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjHBYgI_x4Y&feature=youtube_gdata_player

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuGTpNRXMgE&feature=youtube_gdata_player

I just turned 20, my headaches started literally the day I gave birth to my son. I have now had the headaches for 19 months and 2 days, and recently they turned into sever pressure headaches. The headaches last anywhere from 3 hours to 20+. The pressure is right in the top centre of my head and when I use my hand to apply pressure it feels better as long as I hold my hand there, if I touch a certain spot though I feel awful. I tried icing and using heat to ease the pain but both caused me to feel very strange sensations which then set of anxiety attacks. I feel like I'm in a constant state of being hung over, I feel like if I were to move my head forward or backwards it would just fall off my neck, it is such an awful feeling. I have had numerous blood tests, EKG's and recently an MRI which had "normal" results. I don't know what the heck is wrong with me but I also see light shapes, when I watch TV I will see a sparkle or a dark mark somewhere on one of my walls but nothing is there. I went to an optometrist thinking maybe I just needed glasses but he said my eyes are perfect and double checked for glaucoma and all results were normal. I'm also incredibly sensitive to light, I have all my screens brightness off, I can not handle natural light or any light at all, just looking at this screen right now is very painful.
I am completely unable to function with this condition, I get irritated so easily with my son and I feel like such a bad mother, to top it all off I have sever anxiety which indisposes me entirely.
Please keep posting your comments I know most if not all of you are still suffering like I am and I could sure use some support.

i have the same symptoms u do it culd b a sinus infection or sumthing  culd of bursted n you nasal passage thats wat my doctor said im fatigued and have the really bad presure headachs all day everyday

Thank you Nick_P and others for sharing potentially successful treatments! I think you have helped a lot of people on this planet.

About my health problem: 15 years ago I started to experience this pressure in my forehead. It is a pressure locally limited to a very small area. For 14 years, this area used to be in the center of my forehead, about 1 cm above my eyebrows. One year ago, this pressure area travelled 2 cm towards the left side.

It is not pain, but it is a very unpleasant, dizzy, foggy feeling. It is nearly impossible to think, or to do anything actively. When talking with people I feel like being beside myself. It is hard to control my reactions, not easy to live with this, nothing is enjoyable.

So far, my experience seems to be similar to many people in this thread. But now I will tell you another fact about my problem, which seems to be unique: I do not have this pressure every day. It comes only under the following two conditions.

1) Noise wakes me up while sleeping. I use to sleep very lightly, with my earplugs I still can hear extremely low sounds or noise, it will wake me up immediately. After that, sometimes I am able to fall asleep again, other times I cannot. But anyway, this does not change one fact: I will get this pressure for the coming day.

2) This noise happens after having slept for about 3 or 4 hours. If a noise wakes me up during the first 3 hours of sleep, then I will not get the pressure, and I will feel OK the next day.

The following are the characteristics of my problem:

1) If a noise wakes me up after having slept 3 or 4 hours, then I will have this pressure on the next day, this is 100% sure. A slight noise of 1 second duration is enough to wake me up and to produce the pressure.

2) If there is no noise while sleeping, then I will not have this pressure on the next day. This is also 100% sure.

3) This pressure comes always exactly for one day, also this is 100% sure. The next night I get a new chance. To be precise, the pressure is hardly there during the first hour after waking up. Then it comes gradually, about 3 hours after waking up it is fully developed, and then it will remain more or less on the same level until I go to sleep in the evening.

4) On my days without having the pressure, I feel 100% OK, I usually even feel extremely well, 100% energy, 100% motivation to do things, 100% clear and light feeling in my head, every action, every conversation is a great enjoyment, I control my reactions 100%. So everything depends on one noise during the night.

5) Since 6 years, every morning at 4:30 AM my alarm clock wakes me up. This is the only noise which does not produce the pressure area.

6) The longer I have slept already when the noise wakes me up, the more severe this dizzy, foggy feeling will be.

7) This pressure area travelled about 2 cm last year. About at that time, I had acupuncture. Maybe this was the cause for the displacement, I am not sure.

All the doctors do not have any idea what the problem is. One doctor said I should just look for a quiet apartment. And this is what I have been doing for many years, moving from one apartment to the other. But everywhere there has been some slight noise during the night. I have been trying all kinds of earplugs, plus headphones, white noise, other artificial noises during the night. I have tried several times to reduce my sleeping time to a minimum of about 6 hours… but nothing has helped.

I am not a specialist in this field, but after all my internet researches I have developed my own theory. Maybe my problem is connected to hormones. When a noise wakes me up, then my body will send adrenaline and other arousing hormones to my brain. And here it seems to mix up with Melatonin. If it is mixed up with a lot of Melatonin, then my foggy feeling will be severe. But this theory, in the case that it is true, still does not explain why I have this dizzy foggy feeling, and it has not helped me to find a solution to the problem…

Do you know something about hormones? If yes, maybe you would like to drop a comment here.

Other facts with possible interference:

My foggy forehead problem started in 1996. In that year, I had a ruptured appendix, and an eye operation. Then for the coming two years, I experienced continuous pain in my jaw and teeth. This pain has disappeared, but the foggy forehead problem has still not disappeared.

Could this pain and the operations be related to my foggy forehead problem? I do not know. The jaw pain used to be very different from my current problem. It was real pain, had nothing to do with a foggy or dizzy feeling, and it used to be there every day, without any connection to noise during the night.

I also would like to mention that I cannot eat or drink any sweat things during the day and especially in the evening. If I do so, then my heart will start to beat very fast, I will wake up after about 4 hours of sleep, and then it is nearly impossible to fall asleep again.

My problem is the combination of the noise while sleeping and the dizzy foggy feeling on the next day. I have been researching on the internet for years, but I have not found any information about this problem. And I have never heard or read about anybody in the world who has this problem. Am I really the only person out of 7 billion people who has got such a problem?

I would like to invite you to think about it. Do you get your head pressure every day? Do you get it even without noise during the night?

Baminofambo

Hi all,

I haven't read this whole thread but I'm relating to people with what they have written.

My problem started in September on the 9th. I went to the dr claiming of a possible ear infection and was told it was a virus. On the 12th I raced to the hospital with blurred speech, pounding in my head, severe dizziness and swelling on my face. All of this was on my right side. I was told i have a higher white cell count and prominent lymph nodes on my right side of my neck after a ct and mri scan and that it was a virus. 12 weeks later I have had a severe pain in my head that has not disappeared at all. I have incredible pressure in my right eye, my temple on my right side has not stopped throbbing the whole time and i randomly get shooting pain in my temple along with constant pressure and pain. Nothing I take even relieves it. the only time it temporarily subsides is whilst i am exercising then it is back.  the best way to describe my dizzyness is... when u go on a fast ride and ur stomach drops, i get that feeling on the right side of my head.. as if my brain is dropping... almost 4 times every minute. im not sure what else to do. ive been to 2 hospitals, 4 specialists, have tried steroids, accupuncture, physio therapy, chinese massage, magnesium and other antibiotics, pain killers.. all has failed.

I had also been taken off my contaception after being on it for 2 months on the night i reported to hospital incase that was the cause. having been off it for 3 months with no improvement the doctor told me to go back on it (to treat polycystic ovarian syndrome). I have been back on it for 7 days now but am starting to wonder if i should be back on them.

i also wake up in the middle of the night with a throbbing head that is so painful i cant move. also, if I sleep on my left side i feel like the pressure on the right side is so intense that my face will cave in so i always need to sleep on the right side now.

I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN- IT IS SO FRUSTRATING- I SUFFERED CONCUSSION NOV. 2010  AFTER SUFFERING ONE SUMMER OF 2010 AND THIS ONE WAS BAD- I DON'T REMEMBER DEC. OR JAN. SLEPT 18 HOURS A DAY- BALANCE OFF- 4 HERNIATED DISCS- STABBING PAIN IN EARS- AND HAMMER ON HEAD- EXTREME SENSITIVITY TO NOISE-CERTAIN PITCHES- CAN HEAR THINGS OTHERS DON'T (TESTS SAY MY HEARING IS SIMILAR TO A DOG'S) FAMILY IS FRUSTRATED AND MOST DON'T GET IT AT AL-  I HAVE HAD DOCTORS SWEAR THEY WOULD HELP THEN AFTER TESTS TELL ME I AM OUT OF PAYGRADE - THEY DON'T KNOW - I HAD ONE EVEN SAY IT IS PSYCHOLOGAL- HOW DO I FAKE THOSE TESTS- DOCTORS DON'T WANT ANYTHING TO DO WITH YOU IF YOU CAN PUT A BLEMISH ON THEIR RECORD AND RECENTLY I SUFFERED ANOTHER CONCUSSION- AND NOW AM TWITCHING HAVE MEMORY LOSS AND PAIN AGAIN- AND BALANCE ISSUES -THEY WERE BEGINNING TO GO AWAY- BUT I DON'T KNOW WHO TO GO TO- AND MY FAMILY WANTS TO KNOW WHY I AM NOT UP AND AROUND- WHEN I DO MOVE TO MUCH I BECOME FOGGY AND MY BALANCE GOES- SO I FEEL FOR YOU- YOU ARE NOT ALONE ON A DESERTED ISLAND- THERE ARE OTHERS HERE- AND IT IS NICE TO KNOW- BUT I AM SORRY TO HEAR- THE THING IS WE ALL THINK WE ARE ALONE- YOU ARE RIGHT WE HAVE TO LOOK AROUND AND JOINN FORCES- AND ITHAPPENS TO PEOPLE NOT IN THE NFL NHL OR BOXERS

I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN- IT IS SO FRUSTRATING- I SUFFERED CONCUSSION NOV. 2010  AFTER SUFFERING ONE SUMMER OF 2010 AND THIS ONE WAS BAD- I DON'T REMEMBER DEC. OR JAN. SLEPT 18 HOURS A DAY- BALANCE OFF- 4 HERNIATED DISCS- STABBING PAIN IN EARS- AND HAMMER ON HEAD- EXTREME SENSITIVITY TO NOISE-CERTAIN PITCHES- CAN HEAR THINGS OTHERS DON'T (TESTS SAY MY HEARING IS SIMILAR TO A DOG'S) FAMILY IS FRUSTRATED AND MOST DON'T GET IT AT AL-  I HAVE HAD DOCTORS SWEAR THEY WOULD HELP THEN AFTER TESTS TELL ME I AM OUT OF PAYGRADE - THEY DON'T KNOW - I HAD ONE EVEN SAY IT IS PSYCHOLOGAL- HOW DO I FAKE THOSE TESTS- DOCTORS DON'T WANT ANYTHING TO DO WITH YOU IF YOU CAN PUT A BLEMISH ON THEIR RECORD AND RECENTLY I SUFFERED ANOTHER CONCUSSION- AND NOW AM TWITCHING HAVE MEMORY LOSS AND PAIN AGAIN- AND BALANCE ISSUES -THEY WERE BEGINNING TO GO AWAY- BUT I DON'T KNOW WHO TO GO TO- AND MY FAMILY WANTS TO KNOW WHY I AM NOT UP AND AROUND- WHEN I DO MOVE TO MUCH I BECOME FOGGY AND MY BALANCE GOES- SO I FEEL FOR YOU- YOU ARE NOT ALONE ON A DESERTED ISLAND- THERE ARE OTHERS HERE- AND IT IS NICE TO KNOW- BUT I AM SORRY TO HEAR- THE THING IS WE ALL THINK WE ARE ALONE- YOU ARE RIGHT WE HAVE TO LOOK AROUND AND JOINN FORCES- AND ITHAPPENS TO PEOPLE NOT IN THE NFL NHL OR BOXERS

Hello....
I have been having severe head aches for over 2years. I am 13 years of age now. I got my period when I was 10. I have seen many doctors for these head aches. I have had an MRI done but it came back clear so they think this is no longer a severe problem. I have searched some sites before on things like this. I had believed that it was a brain tumor of some sort or another medical problem. My friends uncle had brain cancer and his MRI came back clear but after awhile the caner began to grow. It was first to small to show up on the scan. That's what I thought mite happen to me after they said it have out clear. His uncle is now dead. He died this year not to long ago. I am clearly still alive and have a ways to go in life but I believe still something is wrong with me. My head aches have been getting worse and I have been missing a lot of school and I never miss school and I hate missing school. My head aches are on my right side of my head. The worst of it is just above my ear area. Sometimes the head aches spread over the rest of my head but when I get them they go over to the front of my head and back as well. Not to long ago I went to the ER because I had such a bad head ache I couldn't move and the pain went through my whole body. It became difficult so breath because it hurt so much. After a bit the pain eased but was still there. It was hard to think properly and I became dizzy. When I tried standing I tripped and I felt like I was going to fall with every step. When I am sleeping I now get bad unusual dreams that don't make much seance but still I feel like I can feel what's going on in the dream and my head does hurt when this happens. I try to pull myself out of them and get my eyes open but my vision is blurry and they won't stay open. Along with this come this weird sensation that I am awake but not awake and everything is sort of vibrating but spinning. Like my body along with everything is moving and my body grows numb and fuzzy like. Lately I have more of these mostly in the morning. I have had times during school that I get something like this and I see things or think I hear something. I am unable to concentrate during school and I know math isn't my strongest subject but it used to be until I got these head aches. People say well maybe you're just not good at it or your dumb or mentally challenged. Well I do have some sort of learning disability but I don't think that would be the case here. I saw a gynecologist for my head aches because my other doctors figured they mite be a hormonal issue. They are setting me on a low dose of birth control pills. I some what believe that this may be the case. But if these don't work I am worried they are going to keep putting me on higher doses and not find the real problem at hand. If something is truly wrong with me then I'm not sure what I will do. I have been expecting it so I think I will be some what sad in a way but happy the found the problem. Hopefully the fix me before things do get worse. They also think they mite be a stress thing. You know like my head aches mite be caused by stress related things. I do get them when I am stressed but it;s not the same. Think of it as a head aches that never ever goes away but increases at other points in time. Like it will be fine for awhile at a stage where I can handle the pain but then randomly out of nowhere they will spike up like no other. You wouldn't believe what happened. You'd be standing or something and then suddenly you'll be on the ground in a ball crying or blacked out because of how bad it was. I do have a boyfriend and he has cancer and he seems to be more worried about me then himself. I worry a lot about him and his health and weather he is in pain or not. But he is mostly in pain all the time it just gets worse sometimes. He was bone cancer in his upper right arm. This I don't know has in relation to me and I highly doubt it does but I don't know he has asked me before if I think I have cancer or if others think this and doctors.. He knows what is going on with me at this time. I have yet to had a severe head ache in front of him where I am crying and down on the ground and I pray he won't have to see me like that. I am wondering if it is a possibility for me to have a medical problem without throwing up? I haven't thrown up seance I was in third grade and that was from getting to much sleepy meds because I was having surgery on my (right) ear. Well I'd like to get some more feed back. I need to get to bed so please try and help me out here.

I think this is nerves.  I get really tight muscles in my back and I have actually felt the pain really bad, massaged myself, and felt again, and the pain would be significantly decreased.  With some stretching/exercise I could completely relieve the pain.

I even had the dizzy disorientated feeling, but I mainly felt it as a "feeling" around me, but only felt the dizziness as I turned my head (possibly causing some really strange nerve stuff in my back...).   Anyways, some of you guys might be lucky and have just tight muscles or spine alignment issues which can be fixed with good posture/exercise/diet, but others may have a degenterative disorder, in which case you should consult a physical therapist and/or surgeon about your options to improve your situation.

Another reason I think it's nerves is what kind of bruise/pain feels GOOD when massaging it?  I know this isn't scientific in the least, but I've hit my head before and it DOES NOT feel good to touch it, ever.

Determine what kind of pain your having and if you have the same symtops even without the same causes, I'd consider it very likely it's nerves (nerves can be damaged in many many different ways).   Otherwise keep searching.

I really wish everyone here would go gluten free for one week and see if symptoms subside. I read most of these posts and feel terrible for you all. I am no expert but am knowledgeable regarding the devastating affects of consuming gluten. Please do yourselves a big favor and read about gluten sensitivity. This is a topic associated with celiac disease. Bottom line is that gluten products attack your nervous system and the earlier you avoid gluten the less damage it inflicts. Please, you must avoid gluten for a week or even a few days and you shall feel the difference. Doctors do not talk about gluten. They pretty much are there to treat your symptoms. I have read much about gluten problems and you guys really fit the criteria for being gluten sensitive. Forget the tests for gluten sensitivity, they are not very accurate at all, unless you are on your death bed of course. Why wait for a doctor to tell you that gluten is the main cause for your declining heath? No need, screw them. Take some initiative and do research on gluten sensitivity and avoid gluten products for few days or even a week and see how your symptoms are improving. It is a work in progress. I have been avoiding gluten for year and half and feel sooooo much better and wish I could tell everyone to avoid gluten. PLEASE do it!!! Love ya all :)

Sounds like me.  I have psudotumor ceribri and chiari malformation.  Check out the chiari forums.      

I urge you to google "cervicogenic dizziness" right away.  I have this vestibular/neurological condition but it took three years to be properly diagnosed.  My neurologist didn't even mention this as a possibility.  A Doctor of Osteopathy, or D.O., who does OMT (Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment) can help you greatly even if you don't have this exact disorder.  Think outside of mainstream medicine because manual treatments are the best fort his type of problem.  And, don't let anyone tell you it's "all in your head".  It is but it's only physical.  Good luck!

im 28 i started getting all the synthoms that on here 7 years ago, it started with a weard sensation in my eyes like its so long i can t discribe how i was but from then till now im looking up the net for soloutions, cuz iv been to docters and been told to deal with it more or less. my synthoms are when i wake up i eel fine then bout 30 mins or 1hr into my day i just feel pressure on my neck and head. and i start getting al jumpy if there really bad this like if i go to get a hair cut 1s the razor touches my head i start freaking out with the bad senseation at my head  its like my nearves are bad , i feel its my nerves. i dont know???? like im not worryed about stufrf i do be in good humour but ever sense getting these iv been living a crap life like im after giving up i dont go to things in public cuz my pressure headaches make me feel really crap even typing here now my head is just like theres a wight on it and i need to put my hand up to it cuz when i put pressure on my head i dont be jumpy n stuff GOD iv been praying for a miracle really i av i had an mri that was fine but the only thing that helps it and i hate to say it is alcohale takes away the pressure but ud only feel worse the day after or benzo,s help but my docter wont give um to me . so if any one can help with suggestion pls do , everyone i know iv told of how i feel with these think i must be crazy somtimes i think im just cursed , iv type all i can think of i really need to get at least something to help me be able to go out and fewel good infront oif ppl but these headaches make me want to hide , help would be greatfull not a great speller so fogive me any help would be great thanks

also guys i forgot to add as the day goes on with these headaches i get a feeling of strain on my muscles and id be in so much discomfort i start getting numb in my arms and legs sometimes i get pins and needles aswell so i said id add these cuz its gard to think of everything at once so if anyone can help id be greatfull thanks

hi whats your sons fasebook account iam going through acually the same x my fasebook name is kirsty cockram

Hey guys I don't know if someone else posted this or not but a temporary solution I found for the throbbing pain and pressure in the back of my head was donating blood.
I mean everytime after I donate blood my mind becomes clear and normal and I can even think easier. This feeling though only lasts for a week but sometimes you can extend it by sleeping early and getting up early and doing exercise

nothings helped me and I've had a migraine for the past week
                                              
                                                                                                                                                    
                                                

I came back from holiday from mexico with a cold... after a few days of being at home all the same symptoms...dizzyness,,,,head pressure earache....fuzzyness.....loosing balance....felt like Id had a bottle of wine and been on the waltzers...then the pain started..only way to describe this..is....my head in a vice...with sharp pencils been rammed down my ears...whilst to knives were stabbing into the base of my skull and twisting and coming out of my temple and eye....Ive never known pain like it.
I was told...viral infection / ear infection / viral laberynthitis....3 different Dr's who gave me anti biotics and the next one said it will have to run its course and the next one gave me..Betahistine Hyrochloride....which helped for the ear pressure...a little...
I contacted a homeopath who said take KALI-MUR 4 tablets every half hour for 2 days...then take every couple of hours..and this helped...a heck of a lot..you just desolve them under your tongue...taste like sherbet....then I stared to feel the pain again. to a point where I could easily have chopped my head off....I then went to see a Nigerian Dr who firstly said lets get blood tests done first...and I'll give you these tablets....take 2 now with food then 1 every 8 hours.....WELL... the pain eased after 1 hour...by 3 hours 50% of pain... went....then took the next one.....pain lessened again about 75 % woke up this morning at 5-30 am had a cup of tea and some biscuits and another tablets and still feel a little fuzzy..but head pain gone 90%....I have never been so relieved in my life....I though I was having a brain hemmorage,,,,the tablets are called....NEPROXEN ....250mg TAKE 2 THEN 1 EVERY 8 HOURS........I get my blood test results this afternoon so I'll check back in later to let you know...I'm still taking my Kali-mur as well.....so......KEEP FINGERS CROSSED...

Chrissy

Today I have good news for many, many people suffering from this foggy headache!!!
Remove all amalgam fillings from your mouth, then consider a detox therapy (Dr. Klinghardt is good!), and you will have a very good chance to recover!!! This is the truth. And it is my own experience.

The mercury vapor is released every day and every hour from the amalgam fillings. This vapor goes directly into the brain (and many other organs) and causes many neuralgic (and many other) symptoms!!! This fact is still not well known nowadays, and many doctors do not consider it. That is because many people in the world earn a lot of money by treating with amalgam. Google "amalgam mercury poisoning" or something similar. That will open your eyes!!!

I had my amalgam fillings removed one month ago, and I am feeling a lot better now! But, please, be careful: When you remove your amalgam, you MUST go to a dentist who can provide you all the necessary protection measures!!! This is a must!!! Otherwise you will get an acute mercury poisoning (I experienced this 16 years ago: I had three amalgam fillings removed without any protection, from that day on all my symptoms started), or a severe worsening of your symptoms!! For the necessary protection measures, see http://www.iaomt.org/articles/files/files288/Safe%20Removal%20of%20Amalgam%20Fillings.pdf

For the amalgam removal, DO NOT go to any conventional dentist!! go to a biological dentist (search in the internet for "biological dentist" in your country). And ask the dentist for each protection measure before the appointment, to make sure she/he really uses it.

Also, please note that root canal treatments are very dangerous. Root canal treated teeth are often another cause for severe illnesses (even cancer). In most cases, it will be the best solution to extract root canal treated teeth or those teeth which otherwise would need a root canal treatment.

Good luck! And good health to everybody!

Health is peace. Peace is progress.

Baminofambo is right. Many medical problems today are amalgam or mercury related. I had mine remove 12 years ago and it has been a nightmare ever since. The  dentist did not use proper protocol. If the medical or dental community admitted that amalgams are as toxic as they are the largest lawsuit in the world would be filed. Not only that but the pharmaceutical companies would loss billions in revenue and the government would also loss billions in taxs that are made from drugs and remedies treating symptoms  that never go away. Head aches, depression, brain fog, mood swings and a host of other problems are all mercury related. Mercury is the second most dangerous substance on the face of this earth but the dental  establishment says it is ok to put it our mouths.
We have to learn to take care of  our selves and stop relying on other to do it for use.

I agree amalgams are toxic and dangerous. To have them removed properly is so important. I had mine removed 12 years ago and the dentist did not use proper protocol. Head aches, depression, brain fog and a host of other issues have ensued. Over the last 8 years I have been to the doctor to many time to mention, had CAT scan, MRI, 9 different medications, diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, bipolar, depression, pressure in the forehead, ECT. A year ago I went to my doctor and told him I thought it might be from having my amalgams taken out and he said absolutely not. I finial went to a naturaopathic doctor and he said mercury poisoning. Went to two other ND's and they both said the same thing. I started chelation lst week and am looking at 3 to 4000 dollars to fix the dentist screw up. This is a real nightmare and I stress to get the amalgams removed properly. There is a lot of crap on the internet about mercury detox and amalgam removal. Go and see somebody how is a professional.

Please ALL must check out the Hummingbird Foundation for m.e.  You will be shocked, amazed, and somehow less alone......However, still suffering.  You can learn some "to dos" and "not to dos".  IF this answers your questions as it did mine. Please share any news. I wish...I PRAY you find answers. I am writing you via my bed, which I now, rarely leave. T

I posted just a few minutes ago with vital information.I have been getting progressively worse for over 20 years with remissions and relapses along the way. Please...everyone posting here needs to go to hfme.org.  It will change the way you live and what to consider when searching for answers.  My latest relapse has made my life unbelievably difficult.  Faith and a lot of help with everything will make a huge difference and removing stress is a must. And all sensory input, which is pretty much everything, uses up your strength. Read the wealth of information there. It is so sad that we aren't getting the help we need. Our numbers are increasing.  We can't be dismissed forever. I would so much love to be the person I really am once again.  My children ...all of my family miss me.  I'm really quite interesting.  We need to keep each other informed.  

please read its long but i need a reply who kind of suffers like me ... not doctors advise and mind because they have no idea what is going off basically this illness i have so called anxiety has been going on for a year or more due to drugs and alcohol indused with brain fogg ect it taken  me the best of the year to believe its anxoety ect, now i have had a mri brain scan and a ct other month because i smell burning all the time and get memory loss and get muscle twitches ectbut in the last week i have serve presure in front of my head its hurting my eyes and it like some thing is pushing my brain my speech is slurred kind of i hvae usless memory and can not focus at all i am unable to work at the moment because the state im in with all this but i didnt have the pain and the serve presure before i had the mri scan now i have cronic (chronic) head pains and serve presure at front of my head i play the computer xbox most time to kill depression and worry ect i have no idea whats going off my head kills meeming like now its a pulsing presure at the front and fuzzy blury vision ect i get my self do mad at my self because y me ? .. so there for at weekends i tent to get blind drunk and take drugs on recuration use then all week im the same but in the last few days this presure is abnormal but now i no they wont give me a nother mri scan because iv had 1 but i dint have these same problems before i had a mri ... ??? so im back reserching i feel suisidul through it my body reactions are slow my mind is slow my body goes numb theres a whole lot of problems going on because of my head !!!! so breaking this story up any body get any of these symtoms (symptoms) .... front of head kills and feel abnormaly dizzy and presure thats is unexplainable ... memory loss real bad ... body feel dead from it .... feel ill in my self and dont no whether im coming or going .. slurey speech .. can not think at all turning compleatly Dumb !! ..... look i can sit here all day putting stuff but any of these symtoms (symptoms) normal ?? or isit .... ??? plz reply many thanks if u have read my messed up story

Hello Ki3r,
your description sounds like a mercury poisoning. Amalgam fillings are the most common source of mercury poisoning. Do you have amalgam fillings? Did you have an amalgam removal without protection when your symptoms started?

I whish you all the best!

Baminofambo

Hello born2bmom2three,
ME looks like a severe mercury poisoning. Amalgam fillings are the most common source of mercury poisoning. Do you have amalgam fillings? Did you have an amalgam removal without protection when your symptoms started?

Good look! Recover soon!

Baminofambo

Without having read this entire thread because part of my problem is that I have a horrible time concentrating, especially on long walls of text, I think I've been experiencing a lot of the same things many of the people here have. I have horrible pain, mostly localized on the right side of the back of my head almost every second that I'm awake. I have trouble with logic and thinking straight. I often feel as though I'm just running on autopilot because I can't focus enough to be in total control of myself. My memory is shot, especially my short-term memory. Sometimes it literally feels as though half of my brain shuts off, like, half of my brain will feel empty; it's hard to explain. I have trouble remembering words and pronouncing words. I feel awful pressure in my head that gets worse when I move certain ways. Sometimes I wonder if I have a bulging aneurysm or a brain tumor.

I think I'm going to try and go gluten free if I ever feel okay enough to go to the store and pick up some gluten-free foods...I've been meaning to a while but have been bedridden. All I know is I need to do something. I'm 22 years old and feel like my life is over. I used to be so ambitious and adventure-seeking, and now I lay in bed in tears all day long. My family wants me to be out looking for jobs and for someone to marry and begin a family with, and they don't understand me nor believe me when I tell them I would love to do those things, but it's near impossible with the way I always feel. I feel so defeated.

hi freefallin,
your description sounds like a mercury poisoning. Amalgam fillings are the most common source of mercury poisoning. Do you have amalgam fillings? Did you have an amalgam removal without protection when your symptoms started?

I whish you all the best!

Baminofambo .

No, I have never had any amalgam fillings. This has been going on in my life for almost 10 years. Believe me when I said I've considered all of the usual easy fixes people tell you...drink more water, take a multivitamin, get more sleep, take epsom salt baths, eat only raw food, drink green tea, get amalgam fillings removed (never had them, so didn't do this obv)...none of this practical wisdom has helped, and I'm honestly a bit sick of people shoving them in my face like miracle fixes.

I have had these symptoms for 2 weeks, too early on in the investigation to make an assertion for myself, but I was made aware that labrynthitis can account for many of the features you describe.

My own experience is that rest (12h sleep if possible) and cardio exercise can relieve symptoms, but alcohol and stress exacerbate them. It is very disturbing but I think these conditions are not life threatening so let's be positive.

Good luck guys.

I can sympathize with your pain. I have degenerative disc disease in my spine with stenosis. I was also in a near fatal auto accident in 1996. I severely sprained my entire spine. My disc's deteriorated to the point that you could hear my vertebra rubbing together when I walked. I found an amazing surgeon who fused 3 LS vert with bone shaved from my hip. He also implanted a bone stimulator. This was removed several years later when I developed bone spurs, not related, and could not do an MRI with the stimulator in.I was ok for awhile until the rest of my LS vertebra deteriorated. After epidurals did not work my last option. He again wrapped my spinal column with bone from my hip and bolted in a titanium plate to hold it all together. I have not had any pain in my back since the surgery in 2006. He is the only surgeon that I will allow to touch my back. Good luck.

Holy crap, I can't believe this thread is still going on...I have to major reading to do.  

It turned out that my symptoms are due to a benign bone tumor in my skull that was undiagnosed/under diagnosed until I kept seeing more and more doctors.   I have learned that sometimes doctors will ignore findings that would both require extreme treatment to do anything about, and if left alone will not do any harm to someone (except the emotional harm of dealing with chronic symptoms), I'm talking about death or a progressive condition of some sort.

Also, the "dream like state" that I described in my post 6 years ago....is much much much worse these days.   The pressure in my head isn't really any worse, but I'm constantly living a nightmare of "depersonalization" and "derealization"

So, have you figures out what is going on with the departmentalization? Personally I think a lot of what is wrong with a lot of people is environmental. Toxins can cause a host of symptoms and since the medical profession only treat symptoms there is no incentive to find out what is really going on. The more symptoms the more power doctors and the big pharmasuitical companies have.
We are still releasing tons of toxins into the environment ever day and to think that they do not have an adverse effect on the human race is absurd.  I think is is kind of ironic, we sacrifice our health, the health of our children and our children s children for what? Which one of your presidents declared war on cancer? I think it was Reagan? Like trying to put a fire out with gasoline. The funny thing it is not funny.

I deveveloped a bump on my temple when I was in 3rd grade And it never went away I suffer from depppression and everyday anxiety I am 17 now but  i was never a child My brain developed to quickly due to parents divorce and being a parent for my achoolic mom and then having being mentaly abused by my manic biporar DAD. o WAS THE adult in the realationship but I was miserbal myself  being torn apart by having to pick who I wanted to live with. i now can hardly handle myself school is my only escape i make all A's and b'S But I usually miss on Average 29 days a year due to my Anxiety making me sick. My mental illnesses effect me mentally and phisically. so all I can tell you guys due to my chuldhood It gets harder every day to try and control my emotions and still have Hope I will get better. fact window of oppertunity for learning to control emotions is o-3. So what AACP has been missing this whole time is ; A good begin can last a lifetime but so can a bad one

hi dgalal2001,

I absolutely agree! Doctors should always consider toxins when treating any chronic desease (especially brain fog, migraine, headache, depression). They should, but they do not.

Moreover, I believe that amalgam fillings are by far the largest source for toxins in our bodies. Many people get sick after a removal of amalgam fillings without adequate protection.

Even those who have never had amalgam fillings might suffer from a severe mercury poisoning (like MS...), if her/his mother had amalgam fillings (the mercury migrates into the placenta and poisons the fetus).

If you have been suffering from a chronic disease for a long time, and doctors cannot find out the cause, then you should try a detoxification therapy (detox mercury, after amalgam removal).

Good recovery for everybody!
Baminofambo

I'm 25 and while all the times I've ever been sick which is about twice a year. I've never lost my since of taste and smell until recently when I became sick and it was like no other. I was waking up every morning with a splitting headache and couldn't taste or smell anything. The headaches felt like there was an excessive amount of pressure in my head and it was squeezing my brain and pushing outward on my skull. After a week I had had enough and decided to call my mom about this cause shes pretty knowledgeable about sickness and remedies. For the splitting headache and she told me to take 800mg of Ibuprofen which was 4 pills and I asked are you serious? and she said that was a prescription dosage. So I did and YES! no more ridiculous headaches. But my since of taste and smell were still at large. so after about 2 more weeks of that I decided to go to the minute clinic at CVS Pharmacy and the doctor there concluded I had a sinus infection and prescribed me 20 pills of Amoxicillin 875MG to take twice daily and within a couple days I got my since of smell and taste back. And no more splitting pressure headaches either so no more ibuprofen. Yay.

ive had headaches since april 2009. my headaches i have them 24/7.sometimes as ive told doctors what happens it seems that theres water running over my eyes when that starts i have to stop driving an what ever im doing thats when my migraine starts.ive told this to numerous doctors an they thing im full of it.this all started when i was driving to take trash to a land fill with a tractor trailer.i got stuck in mud and i asked the dozer operator for a push and boy o boy did he give me one. it was hard enough to knock me out for over20 seconds.i tried to stop but one of the other drivers saw what had happened he jumped out of his truck an into mine and turned the key off.i told the boss of the land fill he just shrugged his shoulders as if nothing had happened. i called my boss on the nextel about it and he said to bring the truck home.from the landfill was 135 miles one way.i got back about 6 hours coming back my dispatcher tryed to ream i new butt hole.i wrote down on paper and gave it to the other dispatcher he called the medical ctr the company usesand they said to come over the one dispatcher personally drove me over as my head was splitting i was up chucking so bad.i did that as i was going into the medical ctr.the doctor was really upset i thru up in his office.my dispatcher said to him i am the one who was knocked out he immediately took me into an examining room.with a bucket as i was throwing up so mush.the doctor had given me some medicine which didnt work at all.ive been taking excidrin by the hand fulls also whatever else i could try.ive been to numerous doctors neuros ive had ct scans mri.with an without contrast.ive tried bio feed back an to no stopping those headaches.my whole head hurts. i think the docs think im there cfor a fix yeah im there for you to fix my head once and for all

I think i have the same symptoms. I havent been to the Dr yet though since i thought it was just my usual migraine headaches. But recently its getting too frequent and is taking too much of my time. I usually just end up laying around. Every morning i wake up with one of my noses feeling dry and clogged, and my head hurts like there's water inside shifting as i move. Also my eyes, and forehead. I cant go outside w/o eyeglasses too, otherwise i'd end up with worsened headache. Whoever said it feels like a bad hangover, thats how exactly i feel, but everyday! And tylenol doesnt help anymore, i have to take excedrin 2 tabs almost everyday. :(

I think i have the same symptoms. I havent been to the Dr yet though since i thought it was just my usual migraine headaches. But recently its getting too frequent and is taking too much of my time. I usually just end up laying around. Every morning i wake up with one of my noses feeling dry and clogged, and my head hurts like there's water inside shifting as i move. Also my eyes, and forehead. I cant go outside w/o eyeglasses too, otherwise i'd end up with worsened headache. Whoever said it feels like a bad hangover, thats how exactly i feel, but everyday! And tylenol doesnt help anymore, i have to take excedrin 2 tabs almost everyday. And im also hving coginitive changes, i feel like i'm losing my "sharpness". Also tired everyday, like no energy , no appetite... Everybody thinks its just the regular headache and im just being to whiny. :(

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I have the same thing, I'm also 20 but I've had this since 7th grade. After 3 seizures and progressive pain the doctors finally decided to take it seriously (they previously attributed it to hormones, stress, and eventually I think they thought I was just making it up/exaggerating).  I had an EKG done and everything was fine. The neurologist prescribed me Nortriptyline. It was working wonders for the first 3 months. My headaches are now back- I currently have an awful one. My head feels so swollen that the indents were my temples are have disappeared.  So 2 weeks ago I would have recommended Nortriptyline but now I'm not sure. Anyone else have suggestions?

FYI- I also suffer from anxiety but also depression. I take 40 g Celexa daily.

I kinda know the feeling 28 years ago the same thing happened to me.  The doctors thought I just wanted pain meds.  20 years later at a normal check up, I was telling the doctor about this pain I was having and he blurted out Neuralgia.  Never heard of it before, but now that I have options during the attacks, I can deal with it.  It does include taking a anti-depressent and pain medication to get through the rough times.  

I have, just recently, been experiencing pressure in the front of my head, headaches- increasing with exercise, weird feeling in neck that I can't explain, fatigue beyond measure-sleeping for 12 hours and wanting more sleep, and constipation. Bending over after moving around causes severe pressure and sometimes headaches