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Jackie83

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Similar Experiences Posted: 01-02-08 00:02am


I feel so relieved reading this -- I get pressure headaches, occasional sharp pains, and the dizziness and I get afraid that it's something unrelated to Hypoglycemia. By what you're all saying, I'm now convinced that it IS from having severe Hypoglycemia since the symptoms are fleeting. Something else to keep in mind, when I get the symptoms I start worrying that something is wrong with me, which causes severe anxiety only making the initial symptoms worse. Speaking from personal experience, having Hypoglycemia and being predisposed to anxiety go hand in hand.

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Posted: 01-02-08 01:06am


I disagree, hypoglycemia simply makes it easier to become anxious. You ARE NOT predisposed to anxiety, that is simply one of your symptoms. Trust me, I am so good now I can't even believe some of the things I would get scared of. Now, nothing, just normal stress and such.

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Re: Pressure Headaches In Back of Head, Vertigo Feelings..help
Posted: 01-06-08 19:20pm

professionalfemale wrote:

Hello to everyone and thank you for reading. I am getting very depressed about these feelings. It was about 2 months ago I had this feeling come over me like when my sugar levels drop(hypoglycemic). It came so fast and I thought that is what it was. I did what I needed to do but the symptoms have become bad pressure on the base of head with these headaches that feel like deep dull aching pain. I also get these striking feelings in my brain. But mostly in a certain spot right in the bottom middle of the head (deep). I have vertigo and I feel strange shaking feeling inside,like tremore in my head,anxiety, and not feeling like myself anymore. My heart beats weird sometimes (like when I bend over and come back up). Since I have been feeling this way it feels like when my sugar drops. But the headaches, and pressure and vertigo is the worse. I not really tired or have feelings of weakness in limbs. I have had mri, catscan but both came back normal. I did have a lumbar epidural about 2half months ago and since that my sypmtoms totally got worse or that is when I felt all of this. I am seeing a great neurologist and ent. Is it normal to hurt still where the epidural was done. Could this be the spinal fluid? I never felt this before and I need serious help..Feel like dieing. I have had my thyroid,parathyroid, calcuim checked..Hormone test..Normal. Please can anyone help. I asked the doc if I had ms..Or parkinsons, huntingtons, he says no..

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This sounds similar to what I experience...how are you coping with it?? have you found anything that is helping you at all....have you actually been diagnoses with anything...I have been through so many tests and doctors as well with no complete resuts on a specific diagnosis...

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hypoglycemia Posted: 02-26-08 16:13pm


I am a new subscriber. I was looking for websites that gave info on headaches in back of the head. I have had hypoglyemia for many years. It is still scary when the symptoms strike. I have had the headaches everyday for over two weeks. I am going to re-evaluate my diet again. I have been on good carbs but maybe my system doesn't like them at this point. I have been vegetarian but am considering going back to meats. Any suggestions on that? Thank you all for sharing about the headaches. These were not part of my symptoms before but I may have other factors like stress, posture, etc.

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Posted: 02-26-08 20:01pm


Sure, try to eat eggs (perhaps one or two in the morning) and lean meats like fish, turkey and chicken, that should help.

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What do you think, Stan? Posted: 04-11-08 08:31am


Hey Stan, I too get a dull ache/pain on the base of my skull when my hypoglycemia is acting up. It is in a very specific spot on the left side behind my neck. How can low blood sugar cause this? It really is annoying. Thanks!

Stan

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Posted: 04-12-08 18:04pm


I don't have an answer for that, unfortunately.

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Posted: 07-07-08 07:05am


Hi All, so glad I popped in... this past weekend I ended up going into emergency because I got so worried about the pressure in the back of my head and these tremors I had been getting. I am so relieved to find there are other people with the same symptoms I have been getting. When I went in they did a ct scan and tested my blood and couldn't find anything. I am going to for a dr check up this morning... I haven't been to the dr. in years so I am curious; how do they figure out if it is hypoglycemia for sure?

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Posted: 07-07-08 08:55am


Before a diagnosis is made your doctor will need a blood sugar reading of 2.4mmol or under, this is a hypoglycemic blood sugar level. The value may vary slightly depending on where you are. You should also experience symptoms which are relieved by consuming glucose. Typically your doctor will call for a GTT first off. If this doesn't show anything, you'll need a 72 hour fasting test for fasting hypoglycemia. If this is negative, you may be diagnosed with reactive hypoglycemia depending on your doctor and what evidence he has for the diagnosis at that point. Or further investigation may be done. Describe all your symptoms to your doctor, what times of the day that they occur etc. It's very important that both the type of hypoglycemia, and the cause are found.

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Same thing here Posted: 07-08-08 16:43pm


For the last year my symptoms have been sparatic, it's like none of them link together to find a diagnosis. Last year they found a 4mm nodule in my right lung, a nodule in my right breast. The one in my lung is too small for a biopsy however the one in my breast was removed and is not cancerous. They also found small " Infarcts " on my brain during a CT , yet nothing showed up on the MRI. I have these headaches where the back of my head burns and it often feels tight. It seems to come and go but when they strike it hurts so bad. This headaches burn the back of my head and then are regular headaches towards the front and top of my head. Some times it almost feels as though something is leaking onto my brain. So it helps to know others experience similar situations and can often help find ideas as to what could cause it...Thanks for suggesting being checked for hypoglycemia I will defiantly check into that.

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Posted: 07-09-08 04:14am


Persistent headaches are a concern and need to be investigated by specialists if no cause has been found. I assume investigations are still ongoing? If you have no other symptoms of hypoglycemia then it's unlikely that this is the cause.

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Posted: 07-10-08 20:08pm


I can relate to this to some degree... I was recently just told that I've had a sinus infection for the past 3 months and have finally been put on some antibiotics. The striking feeling you describe in your head is something I just started to experience... and the way I describe it, almost feels like small bursts of adrenaline that could possibly be my body's way of telling me to "HEY, WAKE UP!", but that's just a guess to what it actually is. The sensation doesn't last for more than a second, but it happens often when I am feeling very low. Kind of reminds me of the sensation you get just before sneezing.. like a head rush or something.... But I find myself nearly falling over from exhaustion and these striking feelings I think save me from doing that.