Suggest Treatment For Stress, Unclear Thoughts And Pressure In Head Feeling

Posted on Mon, 21 Sep 2015

Question: Hello, I am trying to help my husband. He is having troble thinking clearly. He was completely fine at work one day last week and the next minute he had the overwhelming feeling of stress, unclear thoughts, pressure in the head in a wave like feeling. Since then he has had pretty bad days with the same feelings. He has had the feeling let up a bit at times. He really has trouble in the morning and before bed. It has effected his sleep, and has created lots of anxiety. He was at the eye doctor a couple weeks ago and the found pressure behind his eyes. He has been worried about that as well. He is on 33 and is in good health. This is making him feel weak and like he is losing his mind. He is scared. He is a farmer he has never been afraid of heights before and t
he day this all began he had a panic attack on the leg of the grain bin. We did make a doctors appointment altough he doesn't feel like he can wait till then.

Thanks XXXXXXX

Answered by Dr. Dr. Erion Spaho (2 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Neurologic evaluation and MRI of brain needed.

Detailed Answer:
Hello XXXXXXX and thanks for using HCM.

I have read your query and understand your concerns.

I agree with the fact that these sudden changes of your husband's health should be evaluated further and perhaps soon.

It is necessary to clarify what you mean by pressure behind eyes, if it was intracranial pressure reflected on optic nerves (papilledema), neurologic evaluation and imaging studies of brain are needed (MRI) to diagnose correctly the condition and exclude potential serious conditions such intracranial mass.

If no problems found after these examinations, health issues that you describe, are most probably related to anxiety and stress disorder, in this case, there is need to discuss with a Psychologist about these concerns.

Hope you found the answer helpful.

Take care.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Raju A.T