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Spasms in head????
I wrote yesterday about headahces. Today, I'm not experiancing any, BUT I'm having constant weird sensations in my head, my like muscles are spasing in my head. I dunno what they are. Has anyone else had these? Is it a responce to aprin or something? They dont hurt...they just feel weird and are annoying. Is this something serious?
Same symptoms here. My next step was to get tested for lupus, or another autoimmune-type disease. Doesn't help that I have a bad case of TMJ and grind my teeth while I sleep. I went to two different dentists. Both told me they would not remove the fillings because it could compromise the surrounding teeth that is healthy. I'm at my wit's end. I am suffering from so many symptoms... Real, concerning illnesses with no explanation.
i understand i have those , well not as often as i did .but they were about to drive me crazy..doctors done test.i had to ware this stupied cone on my head for 24 hours ,i look like a cone head but, he said it was brain spaum i take xanax to come them down .still dont know why i have them.or why it happens .
i understand i have those , well not as often as i did .but they were about to drive me crazy..doctors done test.i had to ware this stupied cone on my head for 24 hours ,i look like a cone head but, he said it was brain spasms i take xanax to come them down .still dont know why i have them.or why it happens .really wish i did ..does anyone know
I'm a 24 y/o male, and I'm experiencing the same problem for more than a year. My problem started June of last year (2010). It started after I took an antibiotic without having an infection. First, for one whole month, I would feel spasms on my left temporal artery, especially when standing up from sitting or lying position. I knew it was the temporal artery because when I placed my fingers there I could feel the heart beat. Then I started to have pressure on that spot. Went to a neuro and I gave a brain MRI scan that came out normal thank God. I also gave ultrasound (color doppler) of the arteries going into the neck, and the neuro diagnosed me with vertebrobasilar insufficiency. He told me to take gingko biloba for thinning blood but I never took it. My head pressure and spasms became worse and I had other neurological symptoms to like numbness in the little finger of my left hand. I would also get sudden tinnitus for about 2-3 seconds in one of the ears. I would also now get vertigo sometimes, especially when stretching my head forwards.
These symptoms remained for about three weeks (after one month of spams), then they were gone! The head pressure on my left temporal artery was completely gone. I would only occasionally get spasms. The numbness had also gone. The artery has now become stiff and expanded. It is more raised than the right temporal artery.
Until now, I still occasionally have spasms on the artery but now they occur at the base of the artery (near the ear), and they are associated with movement. I still get tinnitus in one of the years. At this time around I was diagnosed with Gilbert's Syndrome (not related).
Eight months ago I also developed something strange. If I keep one hand down and the other one raised up, the lowered hand becomes mottled pink and white while the raised hands becomes very white. Also, if I work with my both hands raised overhead I get dizziness and nausea.
Anyway, last month I went to another neuro who ordered brain MRI and MRA scan (without contrast). That came out normal. But he prescribed Sibelium to me, which is for treating basilar migranes. But since I've never had headaches I never took it. I went to yet another neuro who ordered a ABR (Auditory brainstem response) for tinnitus, but that came out normal too. I also gave vitamin B-12, vitamin D, and thyroid tests--all came out normal except for vitamin D which was low. He said there was nothing wrong with me and he prescribed Cipralex for anxiety!! I never took it.
Speaking of Cipralex, two years ago I suffered from panic attacks for which I took Paxil for 6 months. This is why I want to ask all of you: Had there been any stressful period in your lives before your problem started? Could it really be related to stress?
It has been only one year with this disease and I'm looking for answers. I tell you all that these spams could be in the arteries or veins in the head. There are no muscles in the head. As I said my spams have gone but now I only sometimes feel them when walking and turning my head. I still sometimes have sudden tinnitus in one of the ears for 2-3 seconds (lessens gradually).
Has anyone thought of blood related disorders, such as antiphospholipid antibodies syndrome (Hughes syndrome)? Please keep this thread updated with doctor visits, test results, etc. At this thread to your watch list.
I also posted all this here:
http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Neurology/HEAD-PRESSURE/show/496650
These symptoms remained for about three weeks (after one month of spams), then they were gone! The head pressure on my left temporal artery was completely gone. I would only occasionally get spasms. The numbness had also gone. The artery has now become stiff and expanded. It is more raised than the right temporal artery.
Until now, I still occasionally have spasms on the artery but now they occur at the base of the artery (near the ear), and they are associated with movement. I still get tinnitus in one of the years. At this time around I was diagnosed with Gilbert's Syndrome (not related).
Eight months ago I also developed something strange. If I keep one hand down and the other one raised up, the lowered hand becomes mottled pink and white while the raised hands becomes very white. Also, if I work with my both hands raised overhead I get dizziness and nausea.
Anyway, last month I went to another neuro who ordered brain MRI and MRA scan (without contrast). That came out normal. But he prescribed Sibelium to me, which is for treating basilar migranes. But since I've never had headaches I never took it. I went to yet another neuro who ordered a ABR (Auditory brainstem response) for tinnitus, but that came out normal too. I also gave vitamin B-12, vitamin D, and thyroid tests--all came out normal except for vitamin D which was low. He said there was nothing wrong with me and he prescribed Cipralex for anxiety!! I never took it.
Speaking of Cipralex, two years ago I suffered from panic attacks for which I took Paxil for 6 months. This is why I want to ask all of you: Had there been any stressful period in your lives before your problem started? Could it really be related to stress?
It has been only one year with this disease and I'm looking for answers. I tell you all that these spams could be in the arteries or veins in the head. There are no muscles in the head. As I said my spams have gone but now I only sometimes feel them when walking and turning my head. I still sometimes have sudden tinnitus in one of the ears for 2-3 seconds (lessens gradually).
Has anyone thought of blood related disorders, such as antiphospholipid antibodies syndrome (Hughes syndrome)? Please keep this thread updated with doctor visits, test results, etc. At this thread to your watch list.
I also posted all this here:
http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Neurology/HEAD-PRESSURE/show/496650
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Absolutely Stress!
I have just been researching APS for almost exactly what you described so took note of your post. I haven't officially been diagnosed with APS, but had 1 positive test and had HELLP syndrome, pre-eclampsia & IUGR when I was pregnant 4 years ago, so they suspect APS but not official.
More recently a couple months ago, I had this random unsettling jolt in my brain, it didn't really hurt, just felt like electricity or pressure. Along with it, there was a bright flash of white light then my vision went black for about 30 seconds. But then came the extreme vertigo. I had to hold onto the floor because I felt like I was going to be flung across the room. That lasted for about 5 minutes then went away.
Over the day it happened another 3 times until the last time the vertigo was so severe I couldn't lift my head from the ground. Then my face started tingling, then my neck and eventually my entire left side was tingling. Not necessarily numb, but that pins & needles feeling after your leg has fallen asleep and is regaining feeling.
I went to the ER and they did a CT, MRI, lumbar puncture and ruled out everything. They said I did show non-consistent eye movements but everything else came back normal. They said it seemed like positional vertigo but they didn't know what the electric impulse was and dismissed it then sent me home.
The following 2 weeks the vertigo remained constant and severe. Even moving my head a mm would cause the spinning. I am normally near-sighted but during this period anything closer than arms length was blurry. I had an extremely intense headache while in the hospital but that was following the lumbar puncture and eventually resolved so I think it is unrelated? My throat was hoarse and I don't really know why but it seemed related. I feel like my neck is stiff & swollen which started just before all of these symptoms did. I don't have hearing loss but I have a constant ringing in my ears.
The original episode & the subsequent episodes that same day all happened when I was in a position or doing something where my head was tilted backward. I also noticed the spot at the base of my head where my head connects to my neck was extremely tender and if I pushed on it would give a similar sensation to the electric shock feeling.
I researched vertigo and found an article on Bow Hunter's, a cause of vertebrobasilar insufficiency which is caused by cutting off the blood flow to your brain when the head is turned. This seemed to fit and I noticed many people in this thread with similar symptoms noted they had been diagnosed with vertebrobasilar insufficiency as well. However, when looking into that, I came across articles for Antiphospholipid Syndrome (APS) related to vertigo symptoms that rang true...and that's when I landed on this thread.
These events started two months ago and since got mostly better for about a week and have come back again full force. So any answers or suggestions are appreciated!
More recently a couple months ago, I had this random unsettling jolt in my brain, it didn't really hurt, just felt like electricity or pressure. Along with it, there was a bright flash of white light then my vision went black for about 30 seconds. But then came the extreme vertigo. I had to hold onto the floor because I felt like I was going to be flung across the room. That lasted for about 5 minutes then went away.
Over the day it happened another 3 times until the last time the vertigo was so severe I couldn't lift my head from the ground. Then my face started tingling, then my neck and eventually my entire left side was tingling. Not necessarily numb, but that pins & needles feeling after your leg has fallen asleep and is regaining feeling.
I went to the ER and they did a CT, MRI, lumbar puncture and ruled out everything. They said I did show non-consistent eye movements but everything else came back normal. They said it seemed like positional vertigo but they didn't know what the electric impulse was and dismissed it then sent me home.
The following 2 weeks the vertigo remained constant and severe. Even moving my head a mm would cause the spinning. I am normally near-sighted but during this period anything closer than arms length was blurry. I had an extremely intense headache while in the hospital but that was following the lumbar puncture and eventually resolved so I think it is unrelated? My throat was hoarse and I don't really know why but it seemed related. I feel like my neck is stiff & swollen which started just before all of these symptoms did. I don't have hearing loss but I have a constant ringing in my ears.
The original episode & the subsequent episodes that same day all happened when I was in a position or doing something where my head was tilted backward. I also noticed the spot at the base of my head where my head connects to my neck was extremely tender and if I pushed on it would give a similar sensation to the electric shock feeling.
I researched vertigo and found an article on Bow Hunter's, a cause of vertebrobasilar insufficiency which is caused by cutting off the blood flow to your brain when the head is turned. This seemed to fit and I noticed many people in this thread with similar symptoms noted they had been diagnosed with vertebrobasilar insufficiency as well. However, when looking into that, I came across articles for Antiphospholipid Syndrome (APS) related to vertigo symptoms that rang true...and that's when I landed on this thread.
These events started two months ago and since got mostly better for about a week and have come back again full force. So any answers or suggestions are appreciated!
about a week ago i got a huge pain on the back of my head. Any little movement I made with my body would create a huge spasm, something I had never felt ever before. I do not suffer from migraines and I went to the ER and all they could say was it was a head spasm due to a sleeping position or stress related. I can honestly say it is stress but I am worried that they did not run any xrays any further tests especially since the pain is in the back part of my head and would shoot a painful sensation up. They gave me medicine but that only numbs it. Im currently doing ok but I am getting headaches now and still feel some soreness on my head were the spasm would be.
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I get spasms I'm head too. My imagination gets the better of me an feels like a big work wiggling. But I'm almost certain it's just a vain spasming. My skin along the hair line feels sensitive to touch like a lite burning feeling,.on the side that's getting spasms. I also get tremmers in the back of my neck witch cause my head to shake like I'm saying no! Lol I have had a neck injury in my 20 s now I have arthritis in c4&5. Doctors have yet to diagnose anyone with these symptoms that I've ever heard of. Nice to know I'm not crazy and lots of others feel my concern. Hope a doctor figure it all out one day but for now , we live life and take care of ourselves eat right an exercise. I assume.
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