purrsian
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I've been really struggling with my head symptoms in the past few months. I have pressure inside my head - sometimes it feels really deep, sometimes in my face, sometimes in the roof of my mouth. I sometimes get face pain, although only in certain periods. Sometimes I have periods of headaches, mainly occipital. One of the worst things is the lightheaded, dizzy type feeling. It isn't vertigo (as in room spinning). I have developed difficulty in seeing motion/flickering lights - I can't watch certain things on TV or play first person video games because the motion makes inside my head feel awful.
I told my doctor all of this and she initially was suggesting it was anxiety (which I adamantly refuted) and kept saying that anxiety can produce some very physical symptoms, even if you aren't specifically feeling anxious. Then she took my ear temperature and found a low grade fever, so prescribed me antibiotics and nasal sprays. The nasal sprays just produced nasal symptoms (blockage mainly) so I stopped after about a week when it was doing nothing to my actual symptoms.
So it impact this is having on my quality of life is really getting to me and I'm desperate for any kind of help. I've had a head MRI (re the headaches) which found nothing. Are there any other tests or medications I could ask for?
I do have POTS and was wondering if it was related to lack of blood flow. I had no head symptoms until a few years ago when I took a flight home from Sydney while I had a bad flu and during descent, my ears were really painful and then I couldn't hear properly for a few days. Initially, it was ear problems, then for about a year I had sinus and nasal symptoms, although my sinus CT scan showed no inflammation. It's been about 1.5 years since I had those symptoms. So maybe there is some kind of blockage or infection going on still... I don't know.
Any kinds of suggestions on tests, treatments, anything would be greatly appreciated. Doctors keep treating it like it's not a big deal, but it's ruining my life.
I told my doctor all of this and she initially was suggesting it was anxiety (which I adamantly refuted) and kept saying that anxiety can produce some very physical symptoms, even if you aren't specifically feeling anxious. Then she took my ear temperature and found a low grade fever, so prescribed me antibiotics and nasal sprays. The nasal sprays just produced nasal symptoms (blockage mainly) so I stopped after about a week when it was doing nothing to my actual symptoms.
So it impact this is having on my quality of life is really getting to me and I'm desperate for any kind of help. I've had a head MRI (re the headaches) which found nothing. Are there any other tests or medications I could ask for?
I do have POTS and was wondering if it was related to lack of blood flow. I had no head symptoms until a few years ago when I took a flight home from Sydney while I had a bad flu and during descent, my ears were really painful and then I couldn't hear properly for a few days. Initially, it was ear problems, then for about a year I had sinus and nasal symptoms, although my sinus CT scan showed no inflammation. It's been about 1.5 years since I had those symptoms. So maybe there is some kind of blockage or infection going on still... I don't know.
Any kinds of suggestions on tests, treatments, anything would be greatly appreciated. Doctors keep treating it like it's not a big deal, but it's ruining my life.