Painful Neck, Sharp Pain in Brain, Pressure Headache

[DrWazzock]

About ten days ago I woke in the night with a very sharp pain in my brain/head. Ever since then I’ve had this feeling if dull pressure in my head which is worse when I lie down and it also wakes me in the night. I’ve had on going neck pain annd stiffness before and during all of this. I’d suspect arthritis as it’s in the family. Just wondered what if anybody can shed any light. I am still working but the constant feeling of pressure on my head and what can only be described as fog or wooziness is getting a bit wearing. Have contacted the doc but they are very slow and I really don’t want the hassle with them. ibuprofen helps the neck pain but not so much the strange pressure feeling in my head.

 

[Cowabunga]

About ten days ago I woke in the night with a very sharp pain in my brain/head. Ever since then I’ve had this feeling if dull pressure in my head which is worse when I lie down and it also wakes me in the night. I’ve had on going neck pain annd stiffness before and during all of this. I’d suspect arthritis as it’s in the family. Just wondered what if anybody can shed any light. I am still working but the constant feeling of pressure on my head and what can only be described as fog or wooziness is getting a bit wearing. Have contacted the doc but they are very slow and I really don’t want the hassle with them. ibuprofen helps the neck pain but not so much the strange pressure feeling in my head.

Stick with the doctor’s appointment or, as is the fashion these days, go to your hospital’s casualty department. But be persistent with them because there have been instances locally where a stroke was not deemed worthy of an emergency ambulance and a friend went in with severe chest/back pain and was sent home from casualty with some pain killer and told to come back in the morning. He died at home three hours later of a heart attack.

Easy for me to say when I’ve a lump at the back of my neck that should be inspected. I need to book an appointment soon, just in case.

 

[Dry Rot]

Hassle the doc. That's what they get paid for. They won't thank you for waiting until it means a long stay in hospital. Hope you get better soon.

I also get head aches, but that probably is arthritis, plus some CO from the stove!

 

[DrWazzock]

The doc has suggested turmeric and cod liver oil and more physio. Seems to be the answer to everything nowadays. My bladder seemed to get better on its own … after six months of problems. Hopefully my head and neck will as well. The student suggested I needed and brain scan but was quickly slapped down. You get the feeling there’s just no capacity for anything nowadays and they are just winging it leaving us to “natural causes”. Well actually I’m quite relaxed about that.

 

[JCB_JCR]

More stressed lately? That's what sets off similar symptoms for me, but related to vertigo attacks.

 

[Flatlander]

I had bad headaches and thought it was stress or just being tired. Blood pressure was thru the roof. But I do think the op should get checked for a mild stroke. Dr should be ashamed of themselves for the advice they gave. Drs are certainly not helped by so many wanting a drs nite to skip work these days

 

[Oliveau]

About ten days ago I woke in the night with a very sharp pain in my brain/head. Ever since then I’ve had this feeling if dull pressure in my head which is worse when I lie down and it also wakes me in the night. I’ve had on going neck pain annd stiffness before and during all of this. I’d suspect arthritis as it’s in the family. Just wondered what if anybody can shed any light. I am still working but the constant feeling of pressure on my head and what can only be described as fog or wooziness is getting a bit wearing. Have contacted the doc but they are very slow and I really don’t want the hassle with them. ibuprofen helps the neck pain but not so much the strange pressure feeling in my head.

Get yourself to A&E pronto Doc in case it’s a potential stroke or Meningitis.

 

[flinty123]

Don't rule stress out, hope you make a quick recovery

 

[DrWazzock]

Follow up appointment at the docs tomorrow after the telephone consultation yesterday. Struggled a bit with balance today. Felt like I was walking on the deck of a ship in a heavy sea. Comes and goes. Sometimes I feel OK. Lots of stress over last two years with wife’s terminal illness hasnt/isn’t helping. Could be a build up of stress but will get checked out tomorrow. Could be virus etc. Feel crap generally.

 

[primmiemoo]

Follow up appointment at the docs tomorrow after the telephone consultation yesterday. Struggled a bit with balance today. Felt like I was walking on the deck of a ship in a heavy sea. Comes and goes. Sometimes I feel OK. Lots of stress over last two years with wife’s terminal illness hasnt/isn’t helping. Could be a build up of stress but will get checked out tomorrow. Could be virus etc. Feel crap generally.

Take things as steady as you can, and do allow yourself to be looked after. Hope all goes well with your appointment.

 

[Kidds]

Definitely not migraine?
Symptoms sound similar to what I get with migraine. I don't suffer very often but had loads, presumably brought on by stress, when I was looking after my Mum in her last weeks/months.
Telltale for me is if it hurts my head when I cough.
Hope you get sorted soon.

Easy for me to say when I’ve a lump at the back of my neck that should be inspected. I need to book an appointment soon, just in case.

I did the same thing and avoided the docs for 12 months, it was cancer. Treatment was awful but also successful, sooner the better with cancer.
Get it checked and hopefully it's just your hump growing back.

 

[workin f nowt]

Follow up appointment at the docs tomorrow after the telephone consultation yesterday. Struggled a bit with balance today. Felt like I was walking on the deck of a ship in a heavy sea. Comes and goes. Sometimes I feel OK. Lots of stress over last two years with wife’s terminal illness hasnt/isn’t helping. Could be a build up of stress but will get checked out tomorrow. Could be virus etc. Feel crap generally.

Had same symptoms a couple of years ago. Went off my legs ride in ambulance they thought stroke but mri was clear. Put down to vertigo and told time is all it'd take to sort. Took a good 12 months for balance to get right and about 6 months before I felt confident to drive on roads. Started with a dull head as if been in a draft which I had for 3 or 4 months but just ignored. Not saying if I'd gone to the quack outcome would have been any different

 

[Ffermer Bach]

The doc has suggested turmeric and cod liver oil and more physio. Seems to be the answer to everything nowadays. My bladder seemed to get better on its own … after six months of problems. Hopefully my head and neck will as well. The student suggested I needed and brain scan but was quickly slapped down. You get the feeling there’s just no capacity for anything nowadays and they are just winging it leaving us to “natural causes”. Well actually I’m quite relaxed about that.

my late father in law was referred to the physio for knee problems, eventually he died of a stroke, and I believe his knee issues were actually the results of a mini stroke

 

[DrWazzock]

Thanks for thoughts and info. My shoulders and neck are incredibly tight. Just didn’t realise how stress causes me to tense muscles up. Anyway will see what the doc says tomorrow. But I’d guess it’s all stress/wear and tear/cold weather related or a virus.

 

[Cowabunga]

Had same symptoms a couple of years ago. Went off my legs ride in ambulance they thought stroke but mri was clear. Put down to vertigo and told time is all it'd take to sort. Took a good 12 months for balance to get right and about 6 months before I felt confident to drive on roads. Started with a dull head as if been in a draft which I had for 3 or 4 months but just ignored. Not saying if I'd gone to the quack outcome would have been any different

I woke up suddenly and very suddenly sat upright in bed some three years ago. Was physically sick that day and couldn’t get out of bed. Was very very wobbly for a few days and suffered from bad vertigo for a year and, like you, I didn’t feel safe to drive for the first few months. Oblique junctions which required my head turned at least 90 degree made me quite giddy. Even now, three years later it isn’t quite right or back to normal but for the most part it’s OK. When I turn very quickly I still get a bit giddy but it’s really nothing to worry about nowadays.
It is all to do with some kind of crystal being displaced in the ear apparently. I tried some turning stunts as instructed, to try and get the crystal back where it should be but that was not successful.

 

[Cowabunga]

Thanks for thoughts and info. My shoulders and neck are incredibly tight. Just didn’t realise how stress causes me to tense muscles up. Anyway will see what the doc says tomorrow. But I’d guess it’s all stress/wear and tear/cold weather related or a virus.

Get a massage booked. My daughter goes regularly to relieve stress in her neck and upper back. In fact she had a day off work today and went this morning.

 

[ollie989898]

You won't get an MRI done on a whim like that. You might get CT head maybe, which is a lot quicker. Would depend on the duration and symptoms and any other associated symptoms.

MRI- radiowaves in a tunnel that makes a lot of racket.

CT- xray from a projector that spins quietly inside a donut. Whilst a CT doesn't get the absolute detail of soft tissues an MRI does, it isn't far off for a lot of structures. Easy to confuse the two, a lot of people don't realise they aren't one and the same.

6 weeks of night sweats is a big red flag symptom. Things like that, you need to be getting in front of a GP asap.

Where people do tend to get an MRI is if we think they've got something trapping their spinal cord.

MRI:

CT:

If you want one of these jibbers pronto then you would need to get your wallet out and pay for one once you've got a doctor to recommend you have one. Probably cost you £500 for a CT.

 

[DrWazzock]

You won't get an MRI done on a whim like that. You might get CT head maybe, which is a lot quicker. Would depend on the duration and symptoms and any other associated symptoms.

MRI- radiowaves in a tunnel that makes a lot of racket.

CT- xray from a projector that spins quietly inside a donut. Whilst a CT doesn't get the absolute detail of soft tissues an MRI does, it isn't far off for a lot of structures. Easy to confuse the two, a lot of people don't realise they aren't one and the same.

6 weeks of night sweats is a big red flag symptom. Things like that, you need to be getting in front of a GP asap.

Where people do tend to get an MRI is if we think they've got something trapping their spinal cord.

MRI:

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CT:

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If you want one of these jibbers pronto then you would need to get your wallet out and pay for one once you've got a doctor to recommend you have one. Probably cost you £500 for a CT.

I’ll bet they’ve already spent more than £500 on me with fob off GP consultations and money for old rope physio.
Why put adverts on telly telling people to see their GP if something doesn’t feel right when all they do is fob us off with bulls**t if we make an appointment? And we know full well the hospital here is stacked out and overloaded so aren’t these adverts just another waste of money?

 

[DrWazzock]

My wife went back and forward to the GP for 14 months with severe symptoms. When they finally deigned to do a blood test she had a cancer marker in the thousands and it was too late to cure. That’s why I’m highly sceptical that they know what they are doing. Anyway rant over. I’m just entirely peed off with the whole NHS and just don’t trust it, most particularly the GP front end.

 

[Lincs Lass]

About ten days ago I woke in the night with a very sharp pain in my brain/head. Ever since then I’ve had this feeling if dull pressure in my head which is worse when I lie down and it also wakes me in the night. I’ve had on going neck pain annd stiffness before and during all of this. I’d suspect arthritis as it’s in the family. Just wondered what if anybody can shed any light. I am still working but the constant feeling of pressure on my head and what can only be described as fog or wooziness is getting a bit wearing. Have contacted the doc but they are very slow and I really don’t want the hassle with them. ibuprofen helps the neck pain but not so much the strange pressure feeling in my head.

Doctor asap ,,My ex landlord was only 56 when he collapsed and died of an aneurysm.
Headaches,neck pain for months that wouldn't go away .
Nicest bloke you would find ,would help anybody ,just too stubborn to go to the doctor's and then it was too late..
Had alot of time for him and miss him
Don't take any crap from your GP ,get it sorted