Migraine Headaches Support Group

Migraine is a neurological disease, of which the most common symptom is an intense and disabling episodic headache. Migraine headaches are usually characterized by severe pain on one or both sides of the head and are often accompanied by photophobia (hypersensitivity to light), phonophobia (hypersensitivity to sound) and nausea.

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e4shannon
e4shannon
I know this is not the anxiety forum but I thought i would look for an answer her...I have anxiety and off and on for the last 2 weeks I have been feeling a pressure in my head not aheadache and it scares me to death I keep thinking all these things are going tohelp me. Any thoughts...My dr has said its just anxiety
deleted_user
deleted_user
my doc said the same exact thing to me, well pretty much. wanted to put me on a diff. anxiety med to help - maybe that could work for u?
deleted_user
deleted_user
It could be anxiety - because of the way you are breathing (hyperventilating can cause that sense of things folding in on you), or depersonalization during an attack. During anxiety attacks it isn't uncommon to detach from the body and then end up focusing on one area.

Keep pursuing anxiety treatment, but definitely keep an eye on it. You might need a different med, yes - but you also may need to pursue some methods of grounding to push through the attack.