Scary head rushes

[Poppingfresh]

I've been trying to figure out what's happening with my head and if anybody else has the same symtoms.

About 3 months ago I started getting these unsettling rushes in my head. The best I can explain it is that it starts of as a pressure in my temple or around my eye and an empty ticklish/scratchy feeling in the top of my head at this point I feel super sensitive to any outside stimulation such as talking to somebody walking through a busy place,if I don't manage to keep it together my head goes off with these waves of pressure like I'm about to have a stroke starting from the bottom of my brain and pushing into the top. I don't feel dizzy or lose my vision but I tend to run my hand through my hair and breath heavily, after it starts its hard to stop and i get sweaty and my heart rate goes crazy. It's encredibly scary when this happens and can last for hours.

I was just wondering if anybody gets anything like this cos it's hard to find much information on these type of symtoms

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Yes I get them when I stand up. They reckon it’s caused by low Blood Pressure.

[Poppingfresh in reply to Hidden]

Ye I'm going back to the doctor this week he took a blood test from me last time I was there. Can'tremember him checking my pressure. I thought I had high blood pressure cos I've also been getting a throbbing inside my ear and I already have tinnitus. Also mine isn't triggered by standing up or anything the worst is when I'm sitting talking to somebody or start thinking about it when the initial symtoms start such as the last time I was at the doctor i was trying to explain it to him and that brought it on really bad and I found it hard to tell him my full history ect.

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Did "something" happen lately? When I first went through my divorce, traumatic event. I felt like my brain was going through a funnel, on my idle time. If I was busy, I was fine. Idle time, I would be in agony. I would always try to keep busy, even chosing unhealthy forms of ways to keep myself occupied. I was a hot mess. Thankfully, it passed once divorce was on its way.

Not sure if that helped. I hope you are feeling better.

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It sounds like a panic attack. We are so overly sensitive (OMG, I hear my mother's voice telling me that as a child) to sensations. Unfortunately, as soon as we feel the smallest sensation we then body scan which then creates adrenaline and the vicious cycle starts. I have lots of tools I've learned over the years through counseling and YouTubing. I self talk.

One thing to do to see if you're having a panic attack is to stop in place. Tell yourself "I am having a panic attack", "This is just a panic attack and panic attacks won't kill me they are just really uncomfortable". Then I stand there until I stop wanting to escape and then move on.

Some tools are slowing down my breathing and then getting the focus OFF my breath.

Another tool is to stop in my tracks and try to read labels. Be in the here and now. I look at things on the shelves and say "that's corn, that's rice, that's beans, these are shelves, there's the floor, there's the roof" until I am in the now and not looking for an escape route. I know it sounds weird or crazy but my counselor said I have to be in the now. I remember taking a shower (and I used to be panicky there) and say "this is soap, here's the shampoo, this is water" and so on.

I hope something I have said has helped.

I am working on getting OFF caffeine...slowly. 10-8-6-4 oz of coffee over the last 4 weeks. Reducing each day. After I can get off coffee I will then work on the iced teas a day I drink. Slowly. I also gave up sugar in 2019. I try to walk an hour as many days as possible. I used to be afraid to walk alone and I still have places that are challenging (away from my car) but I use the same skills as grocery, "that's a tree", "I hear the birds", etc.