Head issues

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Hi everyone

I really don’t know how to explain the way I feel, but I really struggle on and off with how my head feels.
It feels ‘vulnerable’ kind of like a headache I guess like a tension which makes me feel bit dizzy (not lightheaded) and not like vertigo. I can be sensitive to bright lights (sometimes noise). It’s like the feeling that you get in your head when you’re either brewing a cold virus or when you are really hungry or if you’re hungover etc….

For example, I went to the supermarket today and I especially notice it and almost straight away I get those feelings and struggle to finish the shop. I can’t think straight either. I don’t know whether it’s the fluorescent lights? or because im walking about more than I usually do being just at home?. It’s quite debilitating I have to walk much slower and I am ok when I sit down. Even if I was sitting in the suppermarket, it’s just when I walk.

I’ve had tension head feeling for about 4 days it’s not sharp just pressure. I have noticed that I’m ok for say 3 weeks, then have a week like this. I can’t relate it to anything I’ve eaten or sleep etc…… and don’t know if it’s just one of those things people with ms deal with ?! Or migraine ? Or something else? …. It’s my worse symptom. And paracetamol doesn’t touch it really. I don’t want to take any medication stronger. I’d rather try something natural.

Any advice would be appreciated thanks

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What you are describing sound like some of my first symptoms. I would come home from work and have such annoying headaches and blurred vision that I would just lie in the dark all evening. I removed all air fresheners from my flat (read on the internet that was a cause), bought various gadgets off the internet to help with headaches (the magnet headband was a personal favourite but I’m not sure it worked).

In the end, I think the rest is what helped and gradually they eased. I started listening to audio books so I could rest my eyes but also not get too bored, I also gave up coffee and just tried to sleep as much as I could in the evenings. At some point they went away… I’m not sure it was because of what I was doing but I do think the actions I took (not the headband) helped me cope with them at the time.

Stay strong and hope things get better soon

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