HI guys,

ok, I was just sitting here watching tv, and suddenly I began to feel this weird feeling come over me....i started to feel "mad", very aggitated for no reason whatsoever, but I realized it was probably anxiety, so I jumped up and took a xanax to head it off at the pass, at least somewhat. THEN, within a few minutes, I started to get this weird sore spot on the back of my head, ON THE LEFT (as usual, latley everything is on the LEFT). Now, I've gotten that sore spot before, and in the same place, it comes and goes....but when it happens, it makes me feel really "sick" in my head, like queasy up in the head, ..... well, tonight was no different.

Now, I think the way it happened, was that the anxiety feeling started up first, and THEN the sore spot....my son was sitting here watching tv with me, so I just asked him now to help me remember what came first ... he reminded me that I had mentined to him that I was having that "mad" anxious feeling because I had brought it up to him, and he said "remember mom, you said you felt very anxious, and you jumped up to get the xanax" and I agreed with him, and then he said "you didn't have the sore spot then, you were fine in your head then, you never said anythingabout your head then, mom"...so, yeah, I think he's right, I think the anxiety started first, THEN the head sore spot . This is so darn weird. I hate all this!

ok does anyone else get this? or something similar? my stupid problem is that I ALWAYS think I have a brain tumor..LOL..I know, that seems to be the favorite fear here...but I can't blame us, I mean, these HEAD symptoms really do seem like that. If anyone here gets sore spots on the back of their head, please let me know, this comes and goes in teh same place, and always makes me feel kinda "sick", queasy......and with the anxiety attack as well,,,,oh man!

thank you ladies, for all your help!!! Sincerely,MyDarling

P.S - I forgot to mention in the first post that the left side of my head begins to get tingly, and hot, and my left ear gets hot as well. sometimes, not always, but sometimes, I get detached.

I would think the anxiety is causing a nerve to be pinched,causing the problems on the left side.I would be very careful with the xanax.They can actually make things worse if you take them too often,I am not saying don't ever take them,we all need help sometimes,just be careful of overdoing it.Please try to take some time and relax,this stuff will get better.Have you thought of a low estrogen bcp?My yasmin is helping a lot with the anxiety.They have several different brands and doses.I think lo estrin 1/20 is often recomended for perimeno.and now there is Yaz as well.They are helping me a lot.It takes around two months for the full effect,but it is worth it.GOD has blessed me with something that helps-he will do the same for you.Take back your life.GOD bless.

Two of the times I ended up in the ER, I had excruciating pain at the back of my head, where my head meets my neck. They did a CAT scan the first time, and everything was fine, thank God. The doctor said he believes the pain is tension--a response to the fear that something bad is happening to my body. And it makes sense, as I carry a lot of tension in my neck anyway...I think the fear just causes it to "grab", if that makes sense. I tend to feel more tension on the right side than the left.

I get the pain only it's on the right side...pretty consistently, sometimes it comes with a migraine sometimes with anxiety, sometimes with both. I have begun meditating to deal with the anxiety as I am really trying to not take prescription medications ( that's my own personal opinion)

i too get so upset that I think I have a brain tumor, but I don't just crappy periomenopause. Since I started a migraine diet I am getting them less and less.

Today was good, I got offered an interview for a job I would be perfect for, only it scared me into a panic attack on the way home... Nice huh? I can't even get excited about a job without throwing myself into an attack..

Norm

Hi everyone,

oh thank you ladies! yeah, well that sore spot has gone away again, it's not down by my neck, although I too carry lots of tension in my neck and shoulders, no this is sort of up on the back of the had more, on the left side, everything with me latley is on my left! what the heck is with that? Now, today however, I've got sinus to beat the band! I try to space taking the Benedryl as long as I can, but some days, I have to take it more than others, that's all there is to it. For a few days there, I was only taking Benedryl once a day, which was great! But, for the past two days, I've been having to take it more frequently darn it. The xanax I only take when I need it, the dr. wants me to take it twice a day, I think he is trying to head it off at the pass, so to speak.....and I do understand that - but I try to only take it when I need it. Again, for a few days there, I was doing great, I think I only took xanax once during each of those days! But, as of yesterday again, I'm back to taking about two xanax at this point.

This really does stink! It's depressing. I don't know what happened to the real "me", where did I go?
I'm always so tired, and just doing your basic chores around the house makes me so tired, I have to take a "rest", I feel like sleeping a lot too...so I do. It does help actually. I think it's also an escape for my mind. As of yesterday I've been getting that weird sickening head feeling on my left temple area, then it goes over to my left eyebrow, and left side of my nose. It makes me feel sick. THEN THE ANXIETY COMES ON! I'm sitting here typing this, and I can feel the anxiety building, and I'm tyring to ignore it, trying to keep myself occupied...sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. I already know that I'll be taking a xanax in a little while, because I don't want that panic attack to happen again.

Sometimes it feels as though the joint right outside my left ear, is squeezing, as if there's a muscle in there that squeezes. It's right below the left temple, that bone that becomes your cheek bone if you follow it into your face more. Well, right outside the ear it feels like it's squeezing, on and off.....then it goes up into my temple. I didn't have this for almost two full weeks, and then, a few days ago, back it came! I wish I knew what the heck this is! It's got to be hormonal.

ok ladies, thank you all for your input, I hope some other people chime in here with their experiences too!

Sincerely, MyDarling

When my anxiety was bad I would drop everything and walk.Just walk till it started going away-refocus your thoughts and body.To me that works better than meds-except for the middle of the night of course!I hate all the wild symptoms,sometimes they make no sense-like dry mouth?Dry lips?I think it is so crazy what hormones affect!!