girlfrommars1999
29-03-10, 14:34
I’ve just had the all clear following another set of test results and I know I should be relieved but part of me would like to have something wrong with me just to put an end to all the worry!
I have been suffering from headaches for a year now. They originally started in March 2009 after I banged my head on a kitchen cupboard door – just a small bang, I wasn’t sick, didn’t black out etc and the headaches didn’t start until 3 days later.
I have felt dizzy, light headed, had out of body experiences. Concentrating at work is difficult and I have started to feel really detached from my personal life – I don’t get enjoyment out of things anymore and find it hard to socialise. My scalp is so tender and the crown of my head is sore, it feels like I have a lead weight on my head! I also have headache pain in my forehead and above my ears on both sides – doc seems to think this is tension headache but do they really last 1 year!
I have had several doctors appointments, even changed to a different practice. I have seen a neurologist and had an MRI scan which was normal. I just want a cause or reason for why I have a headache almost every day!
My GP has now prescribed me amitryptaline which is helping me to sleep but I don’t feel like it’s doing a lot for my headaches, I’ve only been taking it 2 weeks so far.
I have had tests for diabetes, thyroid (I had 2/3 of my thyroid gland removed 4 years ago but take no meds) and the latest test was to check for inflammation – rheumatoid etc.
I had a period of anxiety a few years back following the tyroid surgery, GP put this down to my body adjusting hormone levels etc but it took a good year and a half for me to stop having palpitations / panic attacks. After that life went back to normal and I had 2 years of nothing so can’t understand why it might have come back!
Everyone keeps telling me this is anxiety again but it feels so different to before, I'm terrified I have a brain tumour or MS or something which wasn’t picked up on the MRI and is going unnoticed which is going to affect me for the rest of my life. I feel like I'm going crazy I have so many thoughts spinning around in my head, I have seen a counsellor at work which help a little. I find it so hard to talk to friends or family about it because it just sounds like I’m moaning all the time but the chronic headache is making it hard to deal with normal day to day things.
If anyone has experienced / is experiencing a similar thing or has some words of wisdom I would love to hear from you.
I have been suffering from headaches for a year now. They originally started in March 2009 after I banged my head on a kitchen cupboard door – just a small bang, I wasn’t sick, didn’t black out etc and the headaches didn’t start until 3 days later.
I have felt dizzy, light headed, had out of body experiences. Concentrating at work is difficult and I have started to feel really detached from my personal life – I don’t get enjoyment out of things anymore and find it hard to socialise. My scalp is so tender and the crown of my head is sore, it feels like I have a lead weight on my head! I also have headache pain in my forehead and above my ears on both sides – doc seems to think this is tension headache but do they really last 1 year!
I have had several doctors appointments, even changed to a different practice. I have seen a neurologist and had an MRI scan which was normal. I just want a cause or reason for why I have a headache almost every day!
My GP has now prescribed me amitryptaline which is helping me to sleep but I don’t feel like it’s doing a lot for my headaches, I’ve only been taking it 2 weeks so far.
I have had tests for diabetes, thyroid (I had 2/3 of my thyroid gland removed 4 years ago but take no meds) and the latest test was to check for inflammation – rheumatoid etc.
I had a period of anxiety a few years back following the tyroid surgery, GP put this down to my body adjusting hormone levels etc but it took a good year and a half for me to stop having palpitations / panic attacks. After that life went back to normal and I had 2 years of nothing so can’t understand why it might have come back!
Everyone keeps telling me this is anxiety again but it feels so different to before, I'm terrified I have a brain tumour or MS or something which wasn’t picked up on the MRI and is going unnoticed which is going to affect me for the rest of my life. I feel like I'm going crazy I have so many thoughts spinning around in my head, I have seen a counsellor at work which help a little. I find it so hard to talk to friends or family about it because it just sounds like I’m moaning all the time but the chronic headache is making it hard to deal with normal day to day things.
If anyone has experienced / is experiencing a similar thing or has some words of wisdom I would love to hear from you.