Does anyone get weird head sensations with their Anxiety?

[laydeechaz]

I've posted a few questions lately, but i'm just having a bad few weeks of Anxiety =/
I'm nearly 19 and to put it short i have Social Anxiety and a fear of dying.
I get aload of symptoms with my Anxiety, different ones all the time.
But theres some in particular that worry me, i get these weird popping type sensations in my head mainly near my ears and on the back of my head, they only last a few seconds.
I also get alot of scalp pain, heavy headedness, headaches and crackeling sensations, it feels like i'm bleeding in my brain sometimes.
I do only notice it all when i'm dealing with my Anxiety, especially if i'm sitting down and i think " ooo that was weird, in my head "
Does anyone else get any of these?
I've have asked my doctor and she said people get all kinds of sensations/pains in their head from Anxiety, it's extremely common, your head is just as sensative as say your stomach/bowels are.
So she said jst try and relax and see if the weirdness goes away.
So i dunno really.
And i'm petrified of dying from a brain aneurysm =|
x

[patriot51]

i'm happy to know that i'm not alone! yet i'm so frustrated i'm going to scream! t doesnt seem to want ot go away. i am having a panc attack as i type. hopeing im  gonna die before i finsh this.they have become overwhelming. they went from every blue moon to at least 3 a day! i just want it to go away! been having them for 11yrs now. i'm pretty sure they started from me becomng a mother. i also just had a second child whch i beleve has brought this severe attack on.i'm scared all the time i cant function how i want and they seem to be lasting longer.somebody please help!!!!

[kath82]

I first had a panic attack about 7 years ago, when i moved house away from family and friends, and it was scary as hell. I started gettin all the weird sensations in my head, like a lot of you have mentioned. It really scared me, and i too contemplated on what could be wrong, brain tumors etc. Sometimes i would just want to sit in my room on my own and cry, even though i had two young children to look after. After a while i went to see my doctor who was quite helpful, in explaining about anxiety. He put me on some tablets called propranolol, and after a few weeks i started to feel better. Over the years i have taught myself not to panic if i feel a bit weird, although it's never completley went away. But now i don't get anything anywhere near as bad as that, and i only take propranalol on the odd occasion. They are all inter-linked though, stress, anxiety and depression and it took me a while to get in control of it. Sometimes if i feel something coming on i take deep breaths in through the nose and out through the mouth. It is scary, but over time, it does get better, you just need to try and occupy your mind on other things, and keep calm.

[waytostressed]

I've been getting tension headaches a lot lately.  I also get weird feelings of pressure in my head and it's worst when i'm laying down, which makes me think i have a brain tumor or aneurysm or something in the back of my head.  I also get these little twinges of pain that come an go in about a second, and they're usually on the right side of my head above my ear.  I also get a little dizzy sometimes.  But seeing other people with the same symptoms who have had negative MRI and CAT scan results makes me feel a little better about all this.  I know it's probably nothing and i'm just overreacting by being afraid that my symptoms are coming from something really bad, and that just adds to it.  It's all in my head, literally and figuratively.  I've been having different anxiety symptoms since last fall, and i went to the doctor and had an EKG done and the results came back ok, but now i've been getting headaches instead of chest pain and heart palpitations, and all the anxiety came back because of this.  At least I hope that's what it is.  I HATE feeling this way and just want to feel good and normal again!!!

[r9c]

Very TRUE,i couldnt agreed less with what u have mentioned about anxiety.
Anxiety makes us feel inward focus instead of outward wat i meant is...24/7 we focused on wat we feel,checking our pulse,bodily symptoms..and guess wat? a little pain or lump,we think something is else is causing this,therefore we pump adrenaline to our system thus causing more symptoms.wat really happened is just that our nerves is really tired,because we try to fight our feelings,symptoms of anxiety 24/7 therefore it explained why people can suffer from anxiety for years because ur stuck in this vicious cycle.Accept and floating and let more times for ur symptoms to pass is the way to recovery.Think about this if fighting against ur feelings and symptoms works you will probably be cured by now.One thing i like to stress out is go for a full health checkup and if the doctors cant find anything wrong with you,then its more likely anxiety panic causing all those symptoms.Its fear that is our worst enemy,a gud example..u can see on all forums on different website..all topics starts with why do i feel like this,when will this stop,i cant handle this anymore..see for urself..its urself that trigger and sets off adrenaline into ur body..causing bodily sensations and a tired sensitive nerves dosent requires much adrenaline to give u a very bad symptoms.

[amez27]

Hi there, i just wanted to say that im glad you have found a site like this to show you that what you have is anxiety, not something life threatening like a tumor. I say this as a relief, i dont want you to go years being silent about this when it is very common and treatable. You can move on from this , some people do only have a handful of attacks of panic in their life time. if you feel yourself getting light headed or breathless just stop and remind yourself that your ok, take some slow deep breaths and most importantly "dont become afraid "- easier said than done i know, but if you can convince yourself that its just your anxiety and act as though its no big deal...........in time it will fade. I fully believe that the more you feed anxiety with the hours of worry, the bigger it will build and the more symptoms will pop up. Its taken me over 10 years to realise this.............and i'd love to help at least one person. Anxiety isn't an aweful taboo disease, its simply a symptom to how an individuals body can over-react to stress. If you walk out your back door and just miss treading on a deadly snake, then jump back inside where its safe, your heart would beat 1000 times a minute! you would sweat and pass out, and that would be ok.........an appropriate response. Well anxiety makes people like us sometimes react in that way to very simple things like walking into a lift, hopping on a plane, being stuck in traffic, even going out with some new friends. Anxiety can make us start seeing everything we do as that snake...........it all becomes a threat. You find a lump on your body that is most probably nothing, though to the anxious person we think fear straight away and spend the day thinking its cancer....................or you convince yourself you have a brain tumor, or you get a ache in your left arm and your convinced its a warning of a heart attack. Always remember that you are in control of your body and with the help of a good doctor and/or counciler you can beat this annoying anxiety. I will always believe knowledge is power, if you are worried about something, go straight to the doc let him clear it up, dont sit at home and let the fear and panic take over you. You have a great life to live so say "F### You Anxiety" ..........Dont ignore it, your worth so much more than that. cheers.

[laydeechaz]

I think one main symptom of anxiety is worrying that whatever pain/feeling you're experiencing is caused by something else! I just cannot help but think it everytime.
My body is so sensitive to anxiety now that even little things bring on the symptoms. Like for instance earlier today my pet cat wouldn't stay inside the kitchen whilst i hoovered up cos' she hate's the hoover and has a panic attack of her own if she's near it or hears it and that made me stress out very quickly, and i got that horrible feeling throughtout your body (fight or flight?), my upper body felt weak, my stomach felt like it had butterflie's in it, felt lightheaded, got a headache and felt a bit breathless. I think my body just react's with adrenaline really unnecessarily most of the time, and it take's awhile for me to get over it.
I am seeing a councillor but even she told me when your body start's doing this as a reaction to stress it's so hard to train it not to do it anymore, it's so difficult. Basically i have a panic disorder which is really hard to treat.
I get alot of weird head sensation's whilst i'm trying to sleep, really unhelpful ofcourse.