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Strange headaches

I have been having strange headaches on and off. I am a 28 yr old mother of 3. I had a CT scan about 9 months ago and it was normal. At times I can feel my heart beating in my head and feels like the top of my head is going to blow off. I constantly feel a pressure in my head, but at times it get worse. When I stand up from sitting or lying down, I almost feel like I'm going to black out. I can almost forget about trying to bend over to pick up something because I feel like I will definately pass out if I did. Can someone please give me some ideas of what this might be?!
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1093617 tn?1279302002
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Thank you for your question. Although without being able to examine you I can not offer you the specific advice on diagnosis and treatment that you need, but I would try to provide you some relevant information about your health concern.

Generally, one sided throbbing (or sharp) headache with dizziness symptoms could be suggestive of migraine. Few women experience headache more commonly during the time of their menstrual periods & at the time of hormonal imbalance. Factors that may induce your migraine attack may be excessive pills, stress or depression, bright lights, loud noise and traveling. The mainstay of the migraine treatment is always to identify the triggering factors and to avoid them. On the other hand, few patients experience similar pain with sinusitis (sinus with infected mucus), cervical spine nerve impingement and any neurological disorder.  I would suggest careful record of events that have proceeded with the attack and avoid those factors. In addition, try to rest in a dark & quiet room, meditate, have a balanced diet, avoid taking unnecessary drugs and consult a neurologist. Hope this helps.

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hi,
just wondering if you have had any test for this?
I have this same problem
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Possibly you have excess spinal/brain (whatever you want to call it) fluid in your brain that is causing the pressure? I don't know if a CT scan would detect that. I heard someone else mention that you can get something called or similar to a spinal tap where they can measure how much fluid there is and if it is too much by measuring how strong it comes out when they do the tap.
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