Just wondering. Today I feel like I can't think at all. Remember anything at all and My head feels weird. Kinda full, dizzy and at the store today I was standing at the checkout and it felt like my body swayed really fast to the left. Although it really didn't. I feel kinda depressed, spacey, just really weird feelings. I feel like I kinda have pms though I haven't had a period for 8 months. Also I feel like I could just break down and cry. Anyone else have these weird head feelings?

Susie

Hi Susie, I also can't think most of the time -- nor remember anything! My head always feels weird, dizzy, mushy, strange! I especially hate these feelings while driving or sitting at work, makes me crazy! I can't think of the right words to say most of the time, mush usually comes out of this mouth. So, I am with you on these weird head feelings girlfriend

My head has been feeling weird for the last 2 months. At first it was dizzy, lightheaded for days on end. Then I felt pressure behind and sometimes between my temples. It was so awful that I thought I had a brain tumour. I went to 4 doctors including a neurologist to rule out anything serious. I guess this is all part of perimenopause.

hi girls.....

oh yeah, this is my FAVORITE topic! lol .... because that's all I'm dealing with now, for the past 2 mos.! WEIRD HEAD FEELINGS!
anything from, temple pressure and squeezing, to bad sinus problems, to pain and pressure on top of my head on the left side,
(and by the way, i only get all of this on the LEFT side, which i think is weird), ... let's see, oh yeah, that detached, spaced out feeling like I'm not really "there", off balance, not being able to concentrate or focus, sore spots on the back of my head taht come and go, ... etc....so, don't worry, you're not alone!

sincerely, my darling

I have just posted a topic myself on this, i hate the dizzy lighthead feeling it has to be one of the worst there are, as if the balance is out and the anxiety i get with this is awful which seems too make it far worse have you found this also, its never as bad when i am driving i wonder its its hormones or stress that does this as it all seems to be connected, you get anxious the lightheads dizzy feeling are not far behind and vice versa, i dont mind the sweats the palps horirble red skin on my face when my hormones change the period madness mood swings, i now have weight gain also which i dont mind as i was always very small but these heads get me eveytime,. as soon as they start thats it i have a tumour a clot or something,

is this just me or are others the same?

Glad I'm not alone with this but not glad we all have this. I had that weird feeling on Friday and now yesterday my LEFT side of the back of my neck hurts so bad and it goes down into my left shoulder blade. It is so painful when I try to lift my head from a laying down position. I feel like I pulled a muscle but can't recall doing anything. What is it with the left side anyway????? Still having the spaced out feelings in my head too. I didn't go to church this morning cause I thought I wouldn't be able to sit in one position too long. Thanks girls, I'm not alone.

Susie

Hi Susie and all,

I'm back again, lol , to add to this forum, that now I feel this weirdo off balance feeling. It hit me last night while just sitting on my couch talking to my husband, and all of a sudden, my balance just went for it. I got this weird kind of stepping out of reality moment, i get that sometimes too. And as far as the left side, I agree, whats with that?! I always, ALWAYS have problems on the LEFT side of my head and face, now just a few days ago however, it decided to move to the right side of my head, and so I ended up with swollen glands on the RIGHT side, well, at least it's a change..LOL! I have that muscle thing in the back of my head too Susie, I don't know what triggers that, for me, it's the muscle that kind of starts where the hairline begins, and goes up the back of my head too.

Thank goodness for power surge, or I'd be a baskt case! MyDarling

mine is going through to my chest. I can't even tell you how wonderful all these pains and wierd feelings are. LOL. Every day seems something different is happening in my body to scare me.

Susie

I agree with all that is said here!! I get these head feelings and it can cause a bit of anxiety and then the pains, dizzyness etc gets worse until I get a grip on it. Then when I stop thinking about what happened I slowly come back to earth!! I hate not being able to get my words out or completely forgetting what I was going to say or having a conversation and then mid sentence forget what I was saying sheesh!

choco

Hi Susie
Oh yes, you just told my life story for the last four months. Weird feelings in my ears, forehead, back of head. Ears full and I try to yawn to pop them. I feel dizzy (like a drunk feeling), my eyes get blurry at times when I try to read something. I noticed ALL of these changes ever since May. I cannot believe that stuff like this happened out of the blue. I feel for you and hope you feel better.
Sherri

As i speak right now i am feeling foggy headed and weird today.Makes me cry and just anxious to were i want to scream. Hope it goes away. Goodluck Lizardlover

The past couple months, this "weird head" has been so bothersome for me. And like a couple others have mentioned, any strange feelings are always on my left side, too. I get a "dizzy" feeling like I'm moving when I'm not. Of course, that gives way to all sorts of horrible thoughts of what could possibly be wrong with me..and it's always bad. Then it goes away, and I feel better about it....then it comes back, and it's like it was never gone--the anxiety returns immediately. What could cause such a sway in hormone levels that causes this to happen? I'm so puzzled--thought I had all the symptoms figured out until this new, wonderfully unnerving one hit me. So scary.

YES YES weird is one word i use for it. Feeling like im fading away energetically. Totally drained. Can have a side dish of palpitations. Or not. Maybe 'just' a soupcon of feeling like 'who am I?' I feel detached from my own life. And scared by that.
Nothing touches me emotionally during these bouts in that i cannot connect with my normal feelings. Though i do feel fear, trepidation, impending doom, lost. Almost how people feel in extreme grief. What is it? I am so vulnerable, feel young and like i cannot cope. Like having a bucket of depression dumped on my head.
Had it happen yesterday after i finished having dinner with my kids, a friend and her kids. JUst needed her to go, lie down and have my partner take care of the kids. Very scary stuff. And i feel like an idiot having this all appear as if from nowhere. Noone else around me feels like this - even my friends who are in meno. Thank god for all of you!

My head (in particular my forehead) feels like it is going to pop today and I feel kind of spacey. My head feels heavy like I just want to lay it down on my desk. I feel a little light headed too. I appear to have a lot of sinus drainage this week and my ears are ringing so I think it is allergy related. I really hate this feeling. I think I am ovulating too so that probably factors into this somehow.

I know the feeling ladies! It is Horrible! I have also been in grief about my Mom's death for the past 16 months and that just complicates the whole thing as grief also causes similar feelings as peri so I have a double whammy! Also just sold my house that was my Mom's home too and have bought a smaller house for my son, animals and I so am going through all the stuff deciding what to keep and what to part with so that alone can make your head spin. You have all described that off kilter dizzy feeling perfectly -- it hits you out of nowhere and often with me brings on a feeling of spaceyness and like" do do do do you have just entered the twilight zone!" Then the anxiety immediatley hits to complicate it all and the feeling like you are going to pass out or die follows! And my son is only 9 in a few days ( his birthday is next week) and the poor kid has to cope with a peri / grieving Mother! I have explained it all to him and I just hope he understands it as much as he claims he does and that it all doesn't have some adverse effects on him as I can't bear the thought that he could one day be in a support group as an adult taking about how his peri Mother was a psycho lady who damaged his childhood!

OH MY!! Did someone just read my diary?? Well, I don't keep a diary, but if I did, someone just read it!!! I don't feel the impending doom the way I use to, but my motivation has completely gone out the window. I am very content to be a recluse................. for the rest of my life. It's a good feeling thought cause it's at least peaceful. Don't know how long that will last before I get hit in the face by another brick wall!! OH WELL!! Welcome to my world!!!

bev

OH MY!! Did someone just read my diary?? Well, I don't keep a diary, but if I did, someone just read it!!! I don't feel the impending doom the way I use to, but my motivation has completely gone out the window. I am very content to be a recluse................. for the rest of my life. It's a good feeling though cause it's at least peaceful. Don't know how long that will last before I get hit in the face by another brick wall!! OH WELL!! Welcome to my world!!!

bev

I know exactly what you all mean. My head feels stuffy, full, my eyes always feel heavy and tired and just last night, my right ear was swooshing for about 15 seconds when I put my head down on my pillow. I am so tired of all of it. (And I haven't even mentioned the aches and pains, occasional dizziness, etc.) Thank the Lord that "this, too, shall pass." DebM.

I just found this thread. This is exactly what is happening to me and is my most dreaded symptom of peri. I feel off balance, light headed, just a weird feeling that those 2 words really don't describe. I get them all the time, for the majority of the day. This has been happening for several months now. I wish someone knew how to correct this symptom or make it better. I feel like I am losing my mind!

I have been on this site for some time but never replied. Thank God for this site. I am 52 yrs old (ugh) don't know where the time went - but I have the fuzzy headed feelings, fullness in the head, especially forehead area; also feel lightheadedness kinda like I had a few drinks but unfortunately didn't. However, when I do have a drink or two this usually makes me feel better. I haven't had my period for about 10 months. I have a great husband (no children-regret this at times). I feel at times like I have no one to talk to about this. Oh yea, palpitations. I have them. I had them prior to menopause but now they are more pronounced. I do have a cardiologist and have been diagnosed with artrial fibilation. But sometimes I wonder - you know - you see a male doctor and they don't understand. I did have test so I may have a combination of regular palps and artrial fib. I work as a legal secretary and at times I feel brain dead. I don't have the same interest, and feel like I lose my concentration and I also feel like I am in slow mode. Anyways, thank you for listening. Thank goodness for this sight. It is nice and comforting to know that others are sharing this way of life - at least for a while - hopefully a short while.

I agree, Lisa. This is just the greatest site, and I come here whenever I start feeling really off. I mostly just read but have been posting a little more. It just helps to read what others say, and to feel like you aren't crazy anymore, and know you are not alone. I am praying for you, and everyone else also. I am right there with you!

Oh MY Word!! This is exactly what happened to me today. It's like I dont' even notice this as a symptom until someone else mentions it. I had this very brief feeling that I was losing my balance. Then later, a feeling of fullness in my head. It's happened many times before, but I don't usually have time to notice them.

I'm even having trouble getting my thoughts down here. I find that I cannot spell words that I had no problem with before. My mind draws a complete blank.

sigh!!!

bev

It is a blessing to read this thread. Along with insomnia, the lightheaded, dizzy feeling is the worst. My ears ring sometimes and I just feel spaced out. When this first started happening, I'd be in line at the store and wonder what in the world was happening to me. I've been told it is anxiety but have noticed it is worse around my period. I'm going to start a journal to see if there is a definite pattern. Now when I feel this way and I'm shopping, I wonder if any other women feel that way. Know what I mean? Everyone looks so normal and I'm standing there feeling ditzy and weird. Thank goodness for this board!
Dianne

Hi: This weird head feeling happens any where. I'll walk into a store and if I think about it, it really bothers me. Like you say, you look around at the people there and wonder are they feeling the same. I do not (at least so far) get the hot flashes. But I get the weird head feeling, lightheadedness, dizzy feeling (I don't feel like I am going to fall just like if I had 2-3 drinks and am off balanced). That along with my palps makes me a nervous wreck. I have a cardio dr. and have taken all sorts of tests. I do have atrial fib but of course he is a man and doesn't understand that from what I read going to menopause can accelerate the palps. They just dismiss it. I should find myself a female cardiologist. As you said, thank goodness for this site and the postings. Lisa

My head was feeling so normal yesterday. I felt really good. Today, different story. I am hot, and my head feels weird again. Does anyone have a way to describe this head stuff. I am not sure off balance is the right word. Almost like a full feeling, not like a head cold. I have an appointment with a GYN on 9/4 and I want to list all my symptoms. This is my worst one but I just cannot find the right words to describe it.

amithereyet, I have exactly the same thing going on. All day yesterday--fine today. Feeling like my head is overloaded. I get waves of dizzy or feeling like objects around me are moving. Let us know what your dr. has to say.

bev

Thanks, bev. I'll keep everyone posted. For the 1st time in my life, I can't wait to go to the doctor!

I have the same thing as all of you! I call it "numb-skull" - feels like my head is not connected and buzzing. People I have know my whole life - I can't rememnber their names. I have to go through the alphabet and then I'll remember that the person's name starts with "C" and then figure out that her name is Cathy, etc. Also, while driving anywhere I have to stop and say "Where am I going again?" - I sometimes drive to places I drive to often - like the junior high - when I'm supposed to be driving to someplace entirely different. Hope it's just brain fog and not alzheimer's.
Love Daisy

[quote name='daisy chain' date='Aug 23 2007, 10:58 PM' post='183991']
I have the same thing as all of you! I call it "numb-skull" - feels like my head is not connected and buzzing. People I have know my whole life - I can't rememnber their names. I have to go through the alphabet and then I'll remember that the person's name starts with "C" and then figure out that her name is Cathy, etc. Also, while driving anywhere I have to stop and say "Where am I going again?" - I sometimes drive to places I drive to often - like the junior high - when I'm supposed to be driving to someplace entirely different. Hope it's just brain fog and not alzheimer's.
Love Daisy
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Hi Daisy
Yeah, I have the "numbskull" feel too. I get really foggy headed and forget peoples names that I work with or call them a different name of a coworker. The other day while I was at work answering phones, I couldn't even recall the name of where I worked. How embarrassing!!! Just glad this was over the phone and no one knew me...ha, ha I also have problems remembering the names of common terms we use at work. I am surprised I can even function!!! I thank God for all I have everyday and I realize it could be worse. Of course I pray to God it never does.

Sherri

Has anyone suffering like this with the dizzy off balance feeling that even the good days now are about 99% better i looked in my diary never used to have one now i do trying to make sense of this mess, but i never see 100% normal in there, i have been suffering with all this a year now, and the lightheaded feeling is the worst i cant even explain it really, i am not swaying but in my head i know its not right, i had my eyes tested and yes needed new glasses but its not that, my eyesight isnt as good, it feels like i need a bang on the head to push it all back were it should be, some days its like walking around with someone elses glasses on, everythings a little out of line or slower. I get this at times 24/7 my dr says anxiety its a circle you get anxious it starts you get anxious because you have it keeps it going?

I definitely believe anxiety makes it worse and makes it a viscous cycle. I finally found a doctor yesterday who took me seriously. He said it could be a hormonal thing, possibly due to some type of fluid retention in the body with hormones. He is sending me for a whole lot of lab and if all is normal, he wants me to get a CT of my brain. He just wants to make sure it is nothing else, which makes me feel really good. He does not believe it is anything else, due to how mine is so cyclical, BTW. Since I have been on the progesterone cream, my weird head feelings are better, but not gone. I have had 2 good weeks without any of the feeling at all. Then, yesterday, day 22 of my cycle, it started again. Not as bad as before and not lasting all day long. I'll keep you all posted on all of the findings from my doctor and what his thoughts are as my work-up progresses.

You sound like mine I am due to start my period any day i take tablets to regulate my periods and find it worse around this time, i try to ignore it but its not easy is it, my Dr said if i worried all the time about it then he would do something else just to put my mind at rest he doesnt believe there is anything wrong but anxiety triggering my hormone imbalance causing this and other things such as dry skin - erratic periods - terrible period pains - mid month cramps - crying to name but a few. mine is so like yours never really goes properly now please let me know how you get on, i am of back to the Drs begining of october i have had this just over a year now if it was something awful i believe it would have happened by now, but i am going to talk to him again. i am keeping evrything crossed for us both xx

After reading what everyone has written it's like I'm reading my own words...thats exactly how I've felt off and on for almost a year. My head feels like it's stuffed with cotton, I get that swaying feeling, like everything keeps moving even when I've stopped. Then there's the headache or whatever it is. I tend to call it the menopausal head - it's rather like a tension, sinus head all rolled into one. Like mydarling and several others, mine is also in the left neck muscles. It starts at the base of the skull, goes down the neck and into the shoulder but at the same time, it creates a band of tension around my head that usually results in an almost burning pain/ache. However I do know these headaches/lightheadedness is hormonal and it does go away, altho it really is frustrating & scary, isn't it?? I bend my head and it increases the pressure. Sometimes I get the sensation all the blood suddenly either rushes into my brain or rushes out...not sure which. Then there's times when I get the headaches -

But like I said, I do know it's hormonal because every post menopausal woman I've talked to has had this 'feeling'. My aunt said she used to cry because the headache was so bad. Another friend said her head felt so stuffed she used to tell her hubby she was having a 'sock head' day since she felt as if her skull had been stuffed with socks. And each one had the lightheaded, swaying off balance sensations as well. (I guess it comes with the 'menopausal mayhem' territory)...

However, I really do believe these sensations ARE caused by muscle tension & anxiety - even tho we may not feel the anxiety. Anxiety is dececptive - we think we have to feel anxious in our minds to be anxious, and that's not true. Many times it's our bodies that respond to the anxiety even tho our minds are quiet - like in muscle tension.

Anyway, I do know it passes...so hang in there...it will eventually get better - ok??

dear susie:
yes i 2 get the spacey feeling , but not all the time . at least u can go 2 the store . since meno i have not been able 2 go anywhere alone . the anxiety is 2 much and i think i would have panic if i went anywhere alone . i gei frustrated bc no dr seems 2 b able 2 help any of us in a natural way . i do not believe in meds . i know we will get thru i just wish it was now !

roxanne

I cannot remember who told me this. DUH!! But someone read somewhere that Alzheimer's is more than just forgetting where you are going or what you are doing, but it's when you cannot remember WHAT a shoe is or that a set of car keys are a set of car keys. It's like everything is brand new to you and you cannot remember long enough to even relearn. My dad often forgets whose house he is in when he in his own home. He has to have mom show him where the bathroom is. He thinks I'm his sister and on and on.

Very sad to watch your parents deteriorate in that manner.

bev

Bev, if you need info on Alzheimer's I'd be glad to help! Just click on my name & it will take you to my personal page where send me a note. I'll give you the address to my website where you'll find lots of info on Alzheimer's & numerous other dementia related diseases...ok??

THANKS SO MUCH!!!!! from Australia! - for the empathy/fellowship/whatever you call all these helpful messages!!

This month even more than usual (just after my period) I've been feeling EXTRA WEIRD HEAD FEELINGS too, like someone said like you've taken some weird drug or something. It feels as though I'm walking around in a movie - everything seems surreal and I thought to myself today as I was about to cry a few more tears (they just seem to leak out atm), I thought hmmmm, things are definitely getting worse. I've had the dizziness etc and once went to bed because I felt as though I was on a park roundabout whhhooaahh! But these weird head feelings with no certainty of memory (I used to have a pretty good memory) are really freaky! Thank goodness for google maps or I wouldn't know where things are at all!

I mentioned it to the dr today and he recommended a consult talked about HRT, he seemed to think this would last for about a year. I have had symptoms for some time but they are definitely intensifying this year.

THANK YOU AGAIN SOOOOO MUCH!!!!

For this site and for being out there and contributing! I'll be reading and learning and getting comfort from you all.

Janette

Hello everyone. I'm almost 50. I have had the weird head feelings/pressures/dizziness for over a year now with accompanying off-balance dizziness, anxiety that is not necessarily provoked by my thinking, crying jags from fear of all this or just nothing. Also I have these shudder-like jolts that go along with all this. Hot flashes-- not so much. I never knew meno could be like this. Lately, I've tried to ignore it, roll with it, do something to distract myself. Yesterday I went for a bike ride, humming "Take It Easy" (the Eagles) to myself and bursted out in tears! While riding a bike on a fine sunny day! So, I twitch and cry as much as I need to and take the damn Ativan--that's what it's there for, and that's what works the best despite my tries at eating a good diet, bc pills, expensive vitamins and supplements, SSRIs. Actually, I'm now trying Revival soy, but I don't know if it will work on my stuffed, dizzy head, but it can't hurt. Sometimes my head feels like a raw egg turning around with the yolk going in its own direction. On bad days, it gives me great comfort to read all these posts with the same hard to describe symptoms. It's no fun to suffer silently, nor is it fun to be dead. So I'll take this crap. Focus and concentration are harder for me now too, I must stop. See you around!

Well, my weird head feelings are back in the worst sort of way today. I felt so bad that I had to go lay down. When I got up I did not feel much better. Feel so "tipsy" and keeping hoping I don't fall down. I am on day 14 of my cycle. I thought I had some kind of a pattern going, but last month was a good month, now this stuff is back. I just got all my lab work results back. They all appear normal. I go to see the doctor tomorrow morning. Wonder what he will suggest now! I cannot deal with this feeling very well. When I get it, I am so preoccupied by the feeling that I can't seem to do anything else. Anyway, I am starting to wonder if some of this is from my blood pressure pill. I just can't remember if these symptoms started before or after starting the medicine, but it has been 2 years on that pill. I don't know. I guess I am grasping at straws here, but I feel like I have to find a "cure" for this. I cannot deal with this for another however many years. Hope everyone else is doing better! Just had to vent.

I wanted to add that I have been keeping a calendar for 2 months now. Anyway, what I noticed this month was that the times I had the weird head feeling, I will follow this with a hot flash. It is not always immediately after the weird head feeling, but within a few hours of the feeling, I will get a hot flash - and I mean that lasts for quite a while. Just thought I would mention that and see if anyone else has this. I never paid attention to hot flashes before, too busy being scared over the head feeling, but since keeping the calendar, I can at least start seeing different things.

I have kept a diary on this and i get it worse the week before my period, but it never goes totally, it crept up on me really, now i am trying to just live with it, it isnt easy as it runs my life, i tried to find the right words to explain it and cant really its not dizzy more like ive been on a boat and never got of, this is the one symptom i wish would just go, i have had it a year and at times 24/7 but i see on here i am not the only one that makes me feel better, the anxiety i get is terrible, i have always suffered with anxiety but nothing like this, this is as i get it for nothing, in the past i could justify it now it happens when it feels like it. I wish i new when this would end, x

I wish I knew when it would end, also, Someone! I am very tired of this feeling. Just got back from the doc, all lab normal, except B-12 a little on the low side. He said this feeling could be perimenopausal, allergies, stress, something in my brain, etc. He does not know. So, for now we are switching times when I take my medicines to see if this makes any difference and I am supposed to start on a B-12 supplement. I go back in 6 weeks, and I think he will send me for a CT scan of my brain and probably a stress test. I guess if both of these are normal, this will be something that I will just have to live with, but it is horrible.

Just wanted to mention that when I saw my doc, he had me switch the time of my meds around. Since Friday, I have been taking Vytorin at bed time. This feeling has been with me almost all the day, even in the morning when I wake up, which is very unusual. Also, I have had major insomnia while on this dosing schedule. I think part of this weird head feeling could be my Vytorin. I checked side effects, sure enough some of the things I am having that I have just chalked up to peri are listed as side effects from this med. I am going to stop this and call the doc. Just thought I would throw that in. I'll let you know if this feeling continues once I stop the med or not!

I Just thought I would let you all know that I am 2 years Post Menopause and the horrible dizzy feeling went completely about 6 months ago, although i was only getting occasional bouts even then. (Have still got other symptoms but that's another story!!) I was at its worse for about a year (before my periods stopped completely)I only wish I had known about this site then, and then just came back from time to time. ... ... It really worried me. I used to lie in bed with the room swaying and going around. I think people must have thought I was drunk sometimes as I staggered about a lot! It was just like everything had shifted out of kilter a bit very dificult to describe.... I think it was one of the most distressing symptoms I had. As I didn't know what it was at the time I was terrified it wasn't going to go away... be reasurred it does!!!!! Love and hugs Lindyxxxxxxx

YES!! THIS IS MY THREAD!! Thank you thank you thank you. Finally, everything I feel is right here. This morning was particularly bad because of the stupid newspaper. I finally started feeling like this is something that might pass and I read in the paper, "Good news about the Pill." Seems it protects against cancer unless you have been taking it for more than 8 years! Me? 25 years because of fibroids that cause dysmenorrhea. In those cases, uterine and brain cancer were higher! What the....? I HATE the media, I really do.

Now, my symptoms are fuzzy head, wooziness, dizzy spells, pressure in front of head, behind eyes (sometimes my teeth hurt), forgetfulness, feeling like someone is tickling my brain from the inside, anxiety (I had it before, but NOTHING like now), fear, cry at the drop of a hat at inappropriate times...I could go on. I had one good day out of the past 6 weeks and it was my second day taking progesterone to stop my intense bleeding for 33 days. Then yesterday it was a little worse, now today it is horrible. My daughter wants me to go to Babies R Us to help with her registry. I am SOOOOO dreading it, but am tired of saying no to everyone. I guess I'll just fall over if the mood strikes me.

The biggest problem is stress adds and I MUST get a job. I have an interview with someone for my DREAM job finally - Days/RN Mother Baby unit. I have wanted to be an OB nurse forever! I am afraid I won't get it, and afraid I will. What if I finally get it and can't do it cuz I am dizzy. I sure don't wanna hurt anyone. I am SOOOOOOO upset.

I had someone tell me that they tried some kind of natural progesterone cream and her symptoms (like ours) disappeared in a week. Anyone try these??

Hi, Rita. I am trying the ProGest cream that my GYN told me to get. I have been using it for about 1 1/2 months approximately. I felt great the first month of use, but then this horrible weird head feel started again. I think the progesterone cream has helped diminish hot flashes, but so far, that is all it has really done for me. On a side note, my doc told me to stop the Vytorin for 2 weeks to see if this is the cause or at least contributing to my weird head feel (which I think it is contributing, as well as the Lisinopril I am on). May be if you get the job your stress will go down and the feelings won't be quite as bad? I feel for you. This is just a horrible feeling to have. It has been weeks now, almost non-stop for me of the goofy head issue! Today, it is still here, but much better than in quite a while.

Ya know what I wish? I wish I could meet someone who is going through this. This board has helped me tremendously, but I am tired of seeing normal people and would really love to see someone like me. I feel trapped in this head. This pressurized, woozy head. All it feels like doing is lying down and going to sleep. HOW am I going to work. Oh well, did I really think menopause would be easy for me? Nothing else ever was.

Rita, we will all get through this and be OK again! Those "normal" people you see probably have a lot of hidden stuff going on also! Hang in there, Rita. We are all here for each other.

On a side note, could you all please say a prayer for my pup. He was bit by a snake tonight. I had to take him to the emergency vet. He is there now getting antivenom through an IV. The vet thinks it was a pit viper that bit him. This was a horrible experience, as 2 1/2 years ago I lost another pup to a coral snake bite. It brings back lots of horrific memories and I am scared for my little boy.

I need head replacement surgery! I am so sick of fighting my weird-dizzy-off-center-anxious-oppressive-weird-pressure-filled head every day! And the weird twitching/shaking in my head and shoulders when the "pressure" builds up and I have to let it out like little earthquakes (an unpleasant orgasm of the head) This has been going on for over a year. It lets up, it gets worse. I too, document what level of weird I am every day. Lately, I might be having a "good" day, but later on, when I can relax, I get an "attack". Like today. Then a flood of tears. It doesn't help that I am not happy with my or my kids schedule this year either. It's not fair. I exercise, don't smoke, drink or eat crap. My blood pressure is low. I take expensive good vitamins and oils. I also take Buspar (mild anxiety med) and Yaz bc, which don't seem to work anymore. Only Ativan takes the edge off. Good days, I don't take it, but I average .25 mg per day. I'm almost 50, I'm pretty well sure this is all related to menopause, but the relentless weird dizzy head and accompanying twitching has me worried about brain tumors and seizures. Something else to fill up my full head with!! I had a bad "attack" picking up kids from school today and I needed to vent here, at the Weird head feelings thread! (Thank you everyone)

Hi!

I laughed out loud when I read your first sentence. I have been telling anyone who will listen that I need a brain transplant.

I have the weird head feeling less now that I got a period after 18 months (body spontaneously began producing estrogen again) but I know the feeling so well. It is like every dust ball that ever lived in your house has taken up residence in your head. Fuzzy, detached, like there is a great divide between you and the rest of the world. Like watching a movie of yourself and you can't get into the action. Like, like, like--ok enough with the metaphors.

In my case, I am sure that estrogen deficiency is to blame. Because I had such a rough time, I am going to try low dose HRT. Yes, I know the risks. But my quallity of life has been shot to h***. It's a risk I am willing to take.

Sending good thoughts everyone's way,
Marcy