# why do I feel pressure in my head? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 1, 2011, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-feel-pressure-in-my-head/604744 "2011-12-01T20:37:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![desiree7790](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ab097/32.png) [@desiree7790](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/desiree7790)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-feel-pressure-in-my-head/604744/1 "2011-12-01T20:37:10Z")
The last month Oct, 20th I came from my work as always, but something weird happened to me, I had the most horrible throbbling head that I’ve ever have. I went to my family doctor, he sent me to ER, for a ct scan, because he didn’t know what was that. He thought could be migranes but the light didnt bother me. Ct-scan was completely fine, just gave me pills to low my pressure in my head, and see a neurology…so far I didn’t go. The pills that he gave me works good but ultimately I have problem when I’m using the computer or watching tv, for long time, when the pictures in my computer change or move drastically I feel a bad pressure in my head. I can’t be long time watching something, specially if it small, because i feel my eyes tired or presure… What does it can be? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-feel-pressure-in-my-head/604744/2 "2011-12-01T20:54:25Z")
Split from an existing thread, and moved to IMHO since it is on a specific medical problem. Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-feel-pressure-in-my-head/604744/3 "2011-12-01T21:14:08Z")
The obvious advice is to go to the neurologist. Throbbing pain and messed-up vision don’t sound like something to wait around on. ---
**Author:** ![PandaBear77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@PandaBear77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PandaBear77)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-feel-pressure-in-my-head/604744/4 "2011-12-01T22:27:30Z")
What medication did they put you on? ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-feel-pressure-in-my-head/604744/5 "2011-12-01T22:29:58Z")
It’s probably a sea witch that’s coming to take your voice. Or you should go to a real doctor and not just someone on a message board who is a big fan of Disney movies. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-feel-pressure-in-my-head/604744/6 "2011-12-01T22:53:24Z")
See your neurologist, as soon as possible. It could be a lot of things, especially because it’s hard to tell from your post what kind of medication you were given. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-feel-pressure-in-my-head/604744/7 "2011-12-01T23:00:45Z")
> [@PandaBear77](#): > > What medication did they put you on? I’m curious too— I had a sustained problem with unexplained pressure on one side of my head and face for a couple of years (and still do, to a lesser extent), the cause of which was not revealed by CT or MRI scans, which were normal. I wasn’t offered any medication, I presume because I described it (truthfully) not as pain so much as constant pressure. ---
**Author:** ![FlyByNight512](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/82dd89/32.png) [@FlyByNight512](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyByNight512)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-feel-pressure-in-my-head/604744/8 "2011-12-01T23:37:59Z")
I’ve heard people describe wisdom teeth coming in as ‘pressure’, but it was isolated to the jaw/sinus areas and not in the crown of the head. Do as your doctor tells you and go see the neurologist. ---
**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2011, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-feel-pressure-in-my-head/604744/9 "2011-12-03T23:03:52Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > I’m curious too— I had a sustained problem with unexplained pressure on one side of my head and face for a couple of years (and still do, to a lesser extent), the cause of which was not revealed by CT or MRI scans, which were normal. I wasn’t offered any medication, I presume because I described it (truthfully) not as pain so much as constant pressure. A diuretic could be used – I was given one for pseudotumor.