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Anxiety and head problems

Does anyone else have head issues and have been told that it is anxiety?  I am about tired of this constant head pressure/pain that I keep getting.  Its very weird.  I will wake up in the morning and feel ok, then about 1/2 hour later this pressure/pain will start on the left side of my head near the top.  It will seem to intensify and then lessen itself throughout the day with no real rhyme or reason to when it is worse or better.  If I ignore it and go about my business it seems to get slightly better but if I acknowledge it.. it seems to get worse.  Is this all from anxiety?  I am so worried that it is something so serious.  I have seen 4 different doctors and had blood work and urinalysis done and always given anxiety as diagnosis.  I am currently taking lexapro for about 3 weeks now.. seems to help a little but annoying head pressure/pain will not seem to go away.  Does anyone have any advice?
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I have all those same symptoms for like 5 years now, my head wants to blow up with so much pressure on my left side too, i went to the doctors and they say is sinus pressure and they end up giving me antibiotics, then after a few days there goes again, i am scared too that something is wrong with me, i have been on medication for anxiety and panic attacks and it relaxes me but then there it goes again i really dont know what else to do.
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Hey Jonathonwoodsfansite, hope you are doing great but I am having varied symptoms ranging from stomach issues then right side of my body. One day I felt a panicky feeling with no palpitations with pressure on right side of my head which strained one point on my eye and some days later same thing happened but this time right cheek and right leg was also involved and were paining. This kind of attack ranges for some seconds and makes me feel that I am going to pass out.
I have feelings of something bad happening with me and now there is constant slightly weak feeling in my right cheek. Hoping you can give me some insight.
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Hi Megan, do you still have the same symptoms? I was just wondering because i have all the same symptoms as you.. you have described me to a "T"
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Hey everyone I'm a 28 year old male and I have read most of these comments and I have something similar to what most of you are experiencing or have experienced. I have this very heave feeling on the right side of my head and it's always there for like hours on in at times, usually it doesn't start when I wake up but it kicks in after an hr or so. The more I put my mind to it the more I find myself feeling negative, I have this fear of having some sort of brain tumor or something and I'm scared for my life a lot. My folks don't understand me and neither does my fiance, she thinks that I'm overthinking. Although my chiropractic said that this is happening due to a car accident that I was in last November but to be honest it wasn't that major. Someone rear ended my car while I was stopped at a light but then again I was stopped at an angle because I was looking for oncoming traffic so I can turn right onto the road, So I was hit an angle, usually people experience headaches and this numbness feeling a few weeks right after the accident but I started experiencing it after some months. I have lost appetite for eating, for practically doing normal things that most people do because of this heaviness feeling. I'm afraid to get checked up and have some sort of tumor turn out (as bad as that sounds) so I wanted to get your guys opinions on this, does this seem like anxiety to you guys? or is this a part of the recovery process? because I'm having really negative thoughts and feeling scared for my life with this heaviness feeling...
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(I did not read all of the comment I may miss some point) I think we really understood this problem well. This problem 'attack' our head and causing difficulty to us everyday (study, working even hell even all of the routine). But, I will be very pleased to know that if anyone had gotten better out of this by him/herself (without doctor treatment, medicine, etc..). It would be very motivating to hear it from one.
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Hi my name is sherif and about 5 years ago i had a pop on my left side head and since then I've been having tension like headaches or pressure felling.my eye get sensitive to light i had ct scans done and earlier this year i had ct scan with dye shot in me to see every blood vessel in my head and it came back negative im nervous now because im looking for answers can anyone help me
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Can anxiety cause you to feel like you are shaking on the inside. It mostly happens when relaxing or laying down.
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