Can anyone help?

[Tim1982]

Hi all.

does anyone else get like weird feelings on one side of there head and it seems to never go away? When I say it never goes away, sometimes it feels like it does and then comes back.

The sensation is like tension on one side of my head? Sometimes feels cold in a spot and also feel like numbness.

I've been so scared it's something serious but the doctors have told me I don't need a scan because they're sure it's anxiety and stress.

I googled and the worse results appeared and it's been getting worried.

Yesterday I felt it disappeared for about 10mins or so and then it came back. A couple of other times it's gone but only briefly and then returns. I feel like it's gotten worse after I googled. I'm constantly fixated/focused on it.

I just want to know if anyone has the same sensations? ... It's quite a scary feeling.

This is started 3/4 weeks ago... I got blocked ears and developed a ringing and turns out of have fluid behind my ear which can cause these sensations but the doctor has put it down to also Anxiety/stress. I've also been to emergency and 2 other doctors before that and they said the sensation is normal.

[james1]

Hey Tim1982,

It sounds like you're really worried about these symptoms you're getting. It sounds really scary to worry that it may be a symptom of something quite bad.

To be honest, I am not sure if anyone here could tell you definitively whether it is anxiety/stress, or another physical problem. As you've alluded to, only a scan would probably tell you for certain. I have been getting very pinpoint headaches on one side of my head for the past 15 odd years and I've never worked out what they are. I think they might be tension headaches, but googling it never seems to give me any clarity.

I am not sure, but I think you could get a scan if you are concerned. That might give you the certainty you're looking for. Do you think it would help if you did a scan and got a (hopefully) negative result?

And have you been able to unblock your ears to see if that helps?

James

[geoff]

Hello Tim, when we google our symptoms we take on board the worse possibilities, that's our nature and have experienced blocked ears myself, where the debris had to be removed by an audiologist because washing them out didn't work this time.

The feeling would come and go but it was difficult to listen to people speaking, once this was removed my ear senses suddenly came back and the tinnitus stopped.

It is very frustrating when our ears are blocked as it's something we're not used to, so that's why struggling with this seems to create other issues we're not used to.

I was told to put a couple of drops of hydrogen peroxide as per instructions in each ear but you need to follow the directions on the bottle that's important or ask your pharmacist.

Geoff.

[therising]

Hi Tim

Doctors can be questionable people at times. Should add, not all doctors are like that. In my opinion, it can't hurt to do a scan, just to rule out anything that may need attention. A good doctor will put your mind at ease. A good doctor will wonder about a variety of possibilities. A good doctor is happy to rule out anything serious.

Personally, I'm not a medical person but I am sensitive enough to feel blood pressure and sinus pressure changes in my head and they definitely feel weird. I used to get 'Silent migranes' with some pretty bizarre side effects. While my regular doctor (who I no longer see) insisted I was experiencing anxiety and panic attacks and wanted to put me on medication, I wouldn't stand for it. I had to know what was really going on with my brain, why it was doing what it was doing. Another GP sent me for an MRI scan. It was a miracle, I was experiencing one of these migranes while in the machine. The timing was incredible.

Sounds like it could be sinus related, based on the fluid factor. Could also be tension related. Who knows. One thing you do know is that you're entitled to have anything serious ruled out, if you're that concerned. If you're happy to pay for a scan and there's no good reason as to why a doctor won't send you for one, perhaps consider finding a GP who'll order a scan for you. An open minded GP is the best one to have in my opinion, based on my own experience. You could always consider asking for the scan as a way of helping you manage your growing overwhelming stress.

Hope someone's able to put your mind at ease and give you the answers you need 🙂

[Tim1982]

Hi James.

The doctor said I have fluid behind my ear drum and it will take up to 6 weeks... Maybe 8 before it dissolves. She said this would explain the feelings in my head and the ringing.

Did you experience anything any kind of numbness or pressure in your head from it when your ears where blocked?

[Doberman38]

Hi Tim.

I'm really glad you were able to get that all sorted out, must be a great relief! Also, remember, anxiety can do very weird things, make us feel very odd, and also make us put a lot of attention on feelings which are otherwise normal. Just try to keep that in mind if you ever feel like this again.

Wishing you all the best!

[james1]

Hey Tim,

I got earaches and ringing when my ears were blocked after an ear infection, but I think it's just as likely we simply had different symptoms. Are you still concerned there could be something more going on?

James

[Tim1982]

Hi James,

Im not gonna lie, I do keep thinking the worse but I try to keep telling myself this only happened after I blocked ears. The doctor is sure it's my ears which is causing some of the symptoms and everything else is due to build up of stress/anxiety.

Im not wanting to google anymore because it only gives you the worse outcomes.

But my symptoms are bizarre.

Tightness in nose, jaw and temple, eye area.

Eyes feel like this do want to focus.

Aches in arms and legs. Currently just one arm feels slightly heavier, almost like a ache.

Constant light head pressure on one side of my head, goes down but it's like I can always feel it which is now doing it on the other side.

Numbness in face and back of neck and head but feels like it goes and always comes back.

Ringing in the ears but I can't always hear it. Mainly worse at night.

And feeling like I always need to blow my nose.

I just don't know if I'm going crazy and I'm focusing to much on it or now im too zoned in or if it's something serious.

They say I'm not showing the key symptoms for the things I'm concerned about but every day I wake up, twenty minutes afterwards I feel like I have another symptom.

This has been going on for about a month.

Originally both my ears starting getting better, until I poked a cotton tip in my right ear, which is when I started getting the ringing, numbing and pressure feeling in my head.

[therising]

Hi Tim

If there's one thing I've discovered over time it's the body is highly reactive and interactive. It is said that the body has it's own intelligence. So I think, with the interactive aspect, a lot of it comes down to 'What is my body trying to tell me?' and 'What am I telling it?' Am I telling it to stress, through my way of thinking.

Different parts of the body can be communicating different issues at once sometimes, which can lead to the feeling of 'My entire body's shutting down or doing something seriously weird'. Sometimes, breaking it all down can lead to making better sense of things. With the cotton bud incident, unless there's some pain, maybe you've simply unblocked it or shifted things. Perhaps this has triggered some sinus based reaction and your sinuses are also desperate to unblock. Who knows? Seeing different parts of our nervous system interact with various parts of our body, under stress we can feel a lot of different sensations - muscle tension, a shift of blood pressure in our head, buzzing on occasion and so on.

Having developed a love for the absolute basics of quantum physics, learning that our cells vibrate at a subatomic level and we can alter the vibration in a whole stack of ways, helps in figuring out why things are vibrating more intensely to the point of 'buzzing'. Believe it or not, drinking plenty of water does this for me, creates a bit of a buzz. They say water creates higher levels of energy for the cells. Numbness or sharp aches here and there can be the body communicating stuff like 'I have a pinched nerve that needs seeing to' or 'Stress is generating issues that stem from muscle tension through my neck region'.

A bit of a different take on things but are you scanning your body? Some folk consciously scan for good reason. Some people who practice Yoga do this. It's kind of like 'How am I feeling, from head to toe?'. They'll scan from head to toe for anything that feels off. If anything does feel out of whack, they'll give it their full attention in the process of bringing it back into balance.

Our body is performing an enormous amount of functions every second of the day. Typically we can't feel what's going on. Our body is so intelligent in the way it keeps our heart beating, lungs functioning, immune system working at its peak and so on. When you feel it working, doing what it's doing, you could say you're consciously tuning into it. Is this the first time you've tuned into it at such a conscious level?

[james1]

Hey Tim

Just wanted to see how you are doing? Have the symptoms reduced at all?

James