20th May 2005
Hi,
I've been getting pressure headaches for the last few weeks, almost every
day. I went to my doctor tuesday and he feels it is stress related. I will be
getting a battery of blood and neurological tests soon. I'm a little freaked out
though and am imagining the worst. I do feel some tension in my neck and
shoulders and am trying to work it out with trigger-point therapy. I do it myself with a thing called a Theracane, and book about this kind of therapy. It seems to help the pressure while I'm doing the treatment, but they come back shortly after. I am also taking meds for high blood pressure, Vasotec and Metoprolol (Metoprolol can have all kinds of nasty side effects, and I'm wondering if it is causing my headaches, it's a beta-blocker). I also take
Xanax, Prevacid, and was just started on Effexor XR for depression. I would love to get off of all this stuff, but they are all things you can't just stop taking. And my BP has been in a good range. Any advice welcome.
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I've been getting pressure headaches for the last few weeks, almost every
day. I went to my doctor tuesday and he feels it is stress related. I will be
getting a battery of blood and neurological tests soon. I'm a little freaked out
though and am imagining the worst. I do feel some tension in my neck and
shoulders and am trying to work it out with trigger-point therapy. I do it myself with a thing called a Theracane, and book about this kind of therapy. It seems to help the pressure while I'm doing the treatment, but they come back shortly after. I am also taking meds for high blood pressure, Vasotec and Metoprolol (Metoprolol can have all kinds of nasty side effects, and I'm wondering if it is causing my headaches, it's a beta-blocker). I also take
Xanax, Prevacid, and was just started on Effexor XR for depression. I would love to get off of all this stuff, but they are all things you can't just stop taking. And my BP has been in a good range. Any advice welcome.
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