Heavy head feeling and eye focusing problem

[Nikkie Ann]

Hie, for the past 2 weeks i have had this heavy headed feeling, sometimes at the back of my head, sometimes it feels like the whole head. The feeling will be there constantly. Throughout the day, sometimes i feel throbbing pain at both sides of my temple. Apart from that, my eyes focus seems to be getting weird - don't really know how to explain the feeling, but it feels like my focus expands and then shrinks. My eyes also feels tired easily since this whole episode started. Before this happens, i've had a few other worries regarding my health, and hav been getting up several hours before i am suppose to be up. I have done a renal blood test (the doctor thought i might be anaemic) and a CT scan, both of which came back negative. I've been asked to go to an eye doctor instead. Should i be worried about brain tumour?

[sometimessleepy111]

I didn't read all of these comments but some of the symptoms seem quite similar to what has been bothering me for years: ANXIETY AND NARCOLEPSY.  Before you roll your eyes, consider if you meet some of the criteria (you do not HAVE to have cataplexy either).  Complete the Epsworth Sleepiness Scale, think about is the heaviness that you feel (brain fog, forgetfulness) caused by maybe feeling "sleepy". I'm on medication now but for at least a year I felt like I was losing my mind (I'm a grad student, 4.0 graduate, full-time Social Worker, so it was uncharacteristic) when I began having a hard time focusing more, forgetting a lot, wanting to withdraw from others, I could barely get through the day, go to the gym and I would go right to bed, I felt depressed because all I wanted to do was sleep and I felt out of it all the time.  FINALLY I got a referral from my doctor to see a Sleep Specialist - I have a sleep study and MSLT (Multiple Sleep Latency Test) with showed that I fall asleep so quickly that sometimes I might not even feel it because I often also go directly into REM sleep ... also abnormal).  SOOO ... before ruling it out, PLEASE be aware of how sleep and any sleep problems can highly impact your functionality and most always impact the severity of any other co-occurring disorders you may have (Anxiety, depression, chronic pain, etc.) that you may already have.

[zexton]

I agree with this 100%. I also clench my teeth, then my heavy head keeps me from sleeping. I don't always get heavy head feeling, but when I do I always think I have a brain tumor or something-then I remind myself its just my anxiety. It a hard cycle, but we just have to learn to work with it

[pawlee624]

26 years ago my problem started, i just started my new job and everything was going well. bam i woke up one day and felt weird, started the doctor thing which led to ent for all the ear tests,then nuerologist for brain scan then more ear dr's more nuerologists, the weird feeling led to scared feelings which manifested to panic attacks all while trying to keep my new job. finally after a few years of just getting by everyday i got an arrythmia,ah finally a real symptom. as bad as it was i finally had something that was real,eventually my mind came off the other heavy headed feeling  as it lessened. i finally got very used to that feeling that i new it would go away after a while and next day id be fine,but always was afraid to do certain things,promotions etc,.in the last 10 years ive been tolerating it well,a couple of beers would even help a lot until about a month ago things started coming back with a vengance, i am, back to square one all over,dont know what to do

[Scorpjun]

This is so reassuring. Thanks s0 much!

[rakesh11]

people who feels that their right brain is heavy is because your left brain is more active than right part. If you want to activate right brain just buy this book"Tony Buzane-the power of creative intelligence" dont overthink on this problem it is a minor problem.

[birdie0907]

Phil and Mik haven't posted since 2009 so I don't think they will get your message.