Throbbing pressure in head upon standing and walking

[BoosMama]

I am a 38 yr old female.  About a year ago I started to experience a very strange feeling that occurs periodically when I move from a sitting to a standing position and start to walk.  The sensation is as if my head and neck are throbbing with pressure and I have to stop walking or slow down and stop and stand still for a minute or so to make the sensation stop.  Sounds are muffled in rhythm with the pulsations and I sometimes feel as if I will pass out, but never have.  There is no pain.

I have been checked throughly by my GP, a cardiologist, and an electrophysiologist  and none of them could find a cause.  It does seem to happen sometimes when I am hungry and have missed a meal or eaten later than usual.

Any and all help would be greatly appreciated.  Thank you for your time.

[Namron66]

Had it happen to me today,  went to the ER because it only got worse.  My O2 saturation levels were 30 when i got there, additional testing ruled out heart attack. My heart rate and pulse was elevated. I have restricted breathing due to intense seasonal allergies from mountain cedar pollen. I was given a nitro patch for angina, Ativan to lower BP and HR, steroids (IV & Inhalation) for restricted airways, potassium for hypokalemia, and something for vertigo. I was given a prescription for antibiotics for bronchitis and steroids for various allergens. Even after all that, it still continues with symptoms of asthma. I will make an appointment with my Primary Care Physician for further diagnosis then let you all known what i find out. ***@****

[raron]

I have this condition for about 10 years on and off.
I work in front of computers sometimes many hours a day and had problems with my neck.
I had b12 deficiency.
I have Hashimoto.
The most common is that when I get out of my car after a minute or twoI  would start hearing the pounding in my ears , I would feel pressure on my head , my right leg would get numb and I would start feeling a strong headache in the inside of my head. After 2-4 minutes it would pass, in rare cases it would develop into a Migraine that day.
This usually happens once per day when it happens.
I have hashimoto, usually my thyroid is stable but when it is not stable the symptoms would get worse.
When I am sick the symptoms got worse
What I found out is that when I had anti fungal treatment versus candida the symptoms would lessen and sometimes disappear completly for month even if the candida came back.(I used lamicil and flucanzol)
Lately afer a few months without any incident I suddenly started getting these attacks in mass.
When I tried to understand what has changed , I remembered that I started in the last four month to eat fish at least once every two weeks(usually I eat none) so I started avoiding any kind of seafood and the attacks are starting  to lessen considerably (month and a half without any kind of seafood)
What I know is the iodine in fish irritates the thyroid even thou in tests the thyroid results were stable.
I also read the sympthoms of mercury poisoning (there is some mercury in fish)  and I had four of them , I didn't consume enough fish to suffer from it but maybe I am more sensitive to it.
The reason most of you can't find a cure is that to understand and identify the problem you need a team of doctors to identify the root causes. You need orthopedist(for neck and spine) , internal medicine, (dermatologist  and gastrologist for candida) , neurologist and naturopath and you need them to work together to make sense of all the sympthoms and understand the root cause, but the chances for that  are slim to none.
So my advise is check if you havbe any kind of thyrods problem (check of antigens) even if it's stable.
Check for candida in specialized labs.
Check if you suffer from any kind of metal poisoning
Check your b12
I am not sure if I found the root cause but I found the some of the links in the vicious cycle and broke them, So I am getting better.
Hope that helps

[Namron66]

Wow, a definite correlation to my symptoms and diet. I will definitely look into this as a cause.  Thanks!

[jzmatt]

I have been experiencing the same symptoms, only it is rising from a low position (car seat or my recliner.)
I spoke with my family doctor today and he thinks it may be spine related.  I also have arthritis of my tail bone from a long ago fracture.
I am being referred to a physical therapist.  Has anyone gone this route?
Sorry, I am just reading this and see most of these posts are quite old.

[TomOB]

Jzmatt. I have these symptoms and arthritis in my neck. I have a feeling it's related. Haven't got a conclusion yet. Been treating it as intracranial hypertension.

[TomOB]

I had the symptoms of throbbing head upon standing that would last 2-3 minutes before subsiding. I've been using 40mg of lasix for 6 years now with very few reoccurring symptoms

[bubblybubbles]

You may have a tumor on your brain. I would go to the doctor as soon as possible if you haven't had this problem resolved yet.

[dolpic2]

You're ******* stupid.

[Jorja1254]

Hi,
Have you been tested for POTS? (Postural tachycardia syndrome)
As this is one of the common symptoms that most people have.
Hope this helps.