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lightheadedness, pressure in head, tingling

During the last six weeks I
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Has anyone figured out what all of these symptoms mean?
I have the same symptoms, the dizziness, the pressure behind my nose, the back of my headache, and the occasional numbness and tingling. I have been to a neurologist, who suggested a CT scan, and MRI. All came back normal. I'm just waiting for my ENG results. I have been in perfect health up till this point, I'm only 30 years old.

Does anyone have any answers? Could this be a sinus issue, if I had my sinuses scanned and looked fine? This is very depressing... and any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks Guys!
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Hello Everyone,

I am also going thru something so horrible to me that I cant even describe and now its getting worst and worst which doesnt let me live my life anymore in a happy manner, it started at the beggining of the year in Jan 10 when i was having lunch and i felt a headache and numbness on the back of my head, right after that i passed out for a few minutes and when i came thru i was soaked wet in sweat and was really really cold. after that I got a physical,and eeg, and electrode and all came back normal.  I still dont know what it was but now things are worst. I get alot of the symptoms that you guys describe. I have the brain attacks as danny puts it, which feels like your going to pass out and like if your head is getting numb and you feel cold flashes passing thru your head and body. also i feel fatigue,numbness at times of the back of my head and jaw and face. my ears get stuffy and feels like im on a plane. i feel pain on my neck and back of my head, the muscles feel very tight. i get night sweats. shortness of breath due to this , i guess im starting to have panic attacks and my heart races due to not knowing whats wrong and thinking im going to pass out. I get trembling. I dont know what could be causing this, i have always been healthy and never had any problems till this year, its been 8 months and im still going thru this hell , I dont know what else to do. I feel sometimes like my head is going to burst and as if im going to pass out but i dont. Please help anyone or any info would be great.  Thanks you.
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I completely can understand what all of you are going through with the frustration of not knowing what is going on and having very real and even dangerous symptoms. I was out on an event 2 weeks ago during the humid weather, and literally had my legs go numb and tingly and weak and it started in my lower left forearm, since then I have not been able to drive or walk or stand or sit much without their return. The ER said peripheral neuropathy as a their best guess, and my rheumy had no clue.
Every night I wake up with a bizarre sensation in my legs pressure is down from my legs  to my ankles where it sits & then my legs start to tingle and get numb and then my back of skull feels numb and tingly, tongue feels swollen...final result I become faint...I have to get up walk around and massage my legs for it to calm down..sometimes elevating the head or legs helps.

After 2 weeks of this sudden disability, I had a massage therapist come to my home who did some deep tissue, so far she said I have an inflamed sciatica, but I don't know why my head is involved or arm. Anyhoo, all my labs for lyme, RA, CBC and back xray, are normal..I will have a brain scan Friday, which I hope is ok. I did sleep well for the first time in a week after the massage, so maybe it could help some of you as well.

It is frustrating I know. I will post if I find anything useful in my results. I only take aciphex and naprosyn for the moment..I have taken naprosyn for 3 years now.
My symptoms seemed to kinda start with jabs in the calves after taking Methylprednisolone (spelling)..5 day pack. It lowered my postassium without my knowledge and then a week after I finished this med...I started with all this weird stuff.

Best of luck to you!
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I am new at this so here it goes.  I have been having the following symptoms for 1 year with no luck on finding out what it is.
-balance problem (have fallen 3 times now)
-tingling in left and right arms
-foggy headed
-bluring in mainly left eye
-headache (not migrane)
-pressure in the back of my head

I have been to: ENT-Eye specialist-vertigo specialist-headache specialist-vascular doctor-nurogalist-Neurosurgeon.
I have taken the standard pills for veritgo and did the eppley (not sure of spelling) procedure for 3 months.  I have had a cat scan-MRI-MRA-sonagram.  All of these have show nothing.
I am getting very depressed and tired of feeling like this from the time I get up until I go to bed.
This affects my job because I am reluntant to go to certain places and if I have to walk for a long distance.
If anyone has any suggestions for me I would greatly appreciate letting me know.  If you can think of another type of doctor I should seek help from please let me know.
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hey im an 18 year old male and i suffer from really bad pressure in my head back and arms. Especially in the top of my head and middle of my back and its lasts for days. I also suffer from tinglyness and pins in needles in my body especially arms. My family says i suffer from severe anxiey and my gf says the same thing but it doesnt fell that way i havent been to the doctors yet cause my twin brother has for his heart all the time so i think they wont treat me like for real but i am really suffering with this its hard to work, think, and conduct my every day life some one tell me whats wrong and give suggestions i also have cracklin sounds in my head i fell like im the only one
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Hello
I am 28 year old , i have been experiencin panic attacks for now more then 4 years, but all of suddeen i started feeling sevre head ache and pressure feeling in my head which has made my life miserable i cannot concentrate on my work , i always have this pressure feelign on my head plus nausea and feelign i will faint
I have shown to the neurologist who says clinacally i nothign wroing and asked me to see for another month and if symptoms do not go away then he will conduct the MRI, I have been workign under lot of stress these days
I am not sure whether this part of the panic attack or some thing else
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