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I have head pressure + vertigo + other wierd feelings in head

I have an appointment with a neurologist in 2 weeks, but i am not sure if i should wait so long, so i would like your opinion. Here are my symptoms:

Over 3 weeks ago this started:
-When i wake up and sit up, i get vertigo for a few seconds
-Over the entire day i have pressures in my head in what seems to be between my brain and skull
-I also get this weird feeling (between my brain and skull or closer to the skull). The feeling is close to the feeling when your arms falls asleep and then it wakes up and this super weird burning sensation comes up.
-I get this weird feeling of dizzyness like i just want to fall to the ground (over the entire day)
-When i go to sleep, when i lie down on my back, the moment my head hits the pillow, the pressure intensifies and i get this super weird, uncomfortable and strong feeling of dizzyness (and i get vertigo for a few seconds). When i lie down on my side then these feeling are lesser. These feeling subside after a while.
-Sometimes my vision gets a little bit fuzzy, sometimes it feels like there is a film in front of my eyes, but i cant find anything in the mirror

I went to a doctor and she said i got Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo and she did the Epley maneuver which helped a lot with all my symptoms and said that i should go to Otology, Laryngology and Rhinology if the symptoms are still there (which i did). OLR confirmed that i have BPPV and that it should go away after some time, but that i should go to a neurologist for the head pressure. They said that i should not wait to long, because they tested me for double vision by moving a finger in front of my face that i should follow with my eyes and when the fingers goes to the upper left corner of my field of vision, i start seeing 2 fingers (but i can bring it back to 1 finger when i focus hard, but that hurts my eye).
Also, when i wake up, for a short while, when i close and open my eyes, i see double and it takes a fraction of a second my my vision to normalize.

What do your think? Is it safe to wait 2 weeks, or should i see a neurologist as soon as possible, cost be damned?
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Hello... I know this post is from a few years ago... But I am curious to know what became  of your condition and if you ever found out what was causing all of this.

I have been having similar symptoms lately ever since November of 2020. The thing is with mine is that I get a weird feeling headache on the upper left side of my head closer to the top like a bit above my ear. It gets worse like  if I lay on that side and now I am so worried that it might be a tumor. I have really bad health anxiety and just anxiety in general so I feel helpless. I also have noticed more floaters than usual and my eyes are really sensitive to light. I went to the eye doctor in November after noticing a persistent afterimage or light in my left eye every time I blinked and she dilated mu pupil and told me she sees nothing wrong.

I am just a 22 years old female in University and a bit stressed.
Please respond if you see this thank you.

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Hi,

sorry, now your response is a few years old, but here goes:
My symptoms got pretty bad for quite a few months. It was a pretty bad time in my life. The various head-pains started to lessen after a while. When the overall situation has got pretty mild i went to a back/neck massage for a unrelated reason. After that i notices that all head-stuff went away completely. Who know, maybe a massage would have saved me the trouble from the beginning.
The vertigo was more persistent but even that got better after a long while. (I did take medication for vertigo)
The double vision got worse, but then got better. I think it dosnt happen anymore, not sure, maybe i am just not noticing anymore.
Same thing with the floaters.

I have no idea what happened.
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