Chloe2828
10-01-20, 18:26
Hi,
I’m hoping someone could offer some guidance (and reassurance wouldn’t hurt either!:)) but for the past 3 weeks my head has been feeling “off”. Im a 41 year old female in relatively good health. I eat well, workout 4-5x a week and am in a healthy weight/BMI group. I’ve had a few health scares in the past couple years (abnormal mammogram and thyroid nodules- all turned out fine) but that left me with health anxiety, which is the worst!
I noticed I started feeling out of it about 3 weeks ago, but chalked it up to the holidays. Then I noticed my brain felt like it was shaking- like someone injected caffeine in it. It would come/go, and never lasted long. There’s been pressure on various parts of my head- back, sides, and lately it’s been just on one spot on top of my head. Imagine if someone were pressing their finger on the top of your scalp, mostly in the center (maybe slightly to the left). It’s not painful, just annoying and constant. It did go away for the majority of the day yesterday which was great, but then came back in the evening. As I mentioned, I’m prone to headaches and in Dec 2018 I had a MRI and all was good. In August 2019 I had a back MRI, all good and I’ve recently had a high resolution neck ultrasound (for the thyroid nodules) and nothing else was wrong. I’ve been going to the chiro regularly, and getting massages as my neck muscles are super tight since I sit at a PC all day for work. In April 2019 I had my vitamin levels checked and all was good save my Vitamin D which was slightly low, but I’m taking a daily supplement.
As you can imagine, this is kicking my anxiety into high gear - and now I’m in panic mode. I’m having a hard time finding anyone who had/has similar symptoms as me, and of course googling this is not doing me any favors. I do want to note that I recorded a similar feeling last year but it only lasted a few days, and I’m going on 3 weeks of this. Thanks for reading- I really appreciate any insight you may have.
-Chloe
I’m hoping someone could offer some guidance (and reassurance wouldn’t hurt either!:)) but for the past 3 weeks my head has been feeling “off”. Im a 41 year old female in relatively good health. I eat well, workout 4-5x a week and am in a healthy weight/BMI group. I’ve had a few health scares in the past couple years (abnormal mammogram and thyroid nodules- all turned out fine) but that left me with health anxiety, which is the worst!
I noticed I started feeling out of it about 3 weeks ago, but chalked it up to the holidays. Then I noticed my brain felt like it was shaking- like someone injected caffeine in it. It would come/go, and never lasted long. There’s been pressure on various parts of my head- back, sides, and lately it’s been just on one spot on top of my head. Imagine if someone were pressing their finger on the top of your scalp, mostly in the center (maybe slightly to the left). It’s not painful, just annoying and constant. It did go away for the majority of the day yesterday which was great, but then came back in the evening. As I mentioned, I’m prone to headaches and in Dec 2018 I had a MRI and all was good. In August 2019 I had a back MRI, all good and I’ve recently had a high resolution neck ultrasound (for the thyroid nodules) and nothing else was wrong. I’ve been going to the chiro regularly, and getting massages as my neck muscles are super tight since I sit at a PC all day for work. In April 2019 I had my vitamin levels checked and all was good save my Vitamin D which was slightly low, but I’m taking a daily supplement.
As you can imagine, this is kicking my anxiety into high gear - and now I’m in panic mode. I’m having a hard time finding anyone who had/has similar symptoms as me, and of course googling this is not doing me any favors. I do want to note that I recorded a similar feeling last year but it only lasted a few days, and I’m going on 3 weeks of this. Thanks for reading- I really appreciate any insight you may have.
-Chloe