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Suggest Treatment For Pressure At The Back Of The Head And Nausea
Question: hello doctor,
Three months back i delivered a baby girl and i have a elder son of 4 yrs . from last 2 months i am in constant stress on how to take care of both the kids. this is inducing lot of stress and tension on me . i could control it with meditation but there is headache on back of head ( not like pain but more like pressure or blood rushing up fast)which will come immediately when i am stressed and also nausea sensation is there. As soon as i calm down both headache and vomitings are in control. before 2 months i never had headaches. How to deal with it? please help.
Three months back i delivered a baby girl and i have a elder son of 4 yrs . from last 2 months i am in constant stress on how to take care of both the kids. this is inducing lot of stress and tension on me . i could control it with meditation but there is headache on back of head ( not like pain but more like pressure or blood rushing up fast)which will come immediately when i am stressed and also nausea sensation is there. As soon as i calm down both headache and vomitings are in control. before 2 months i never had headaches. How to deal with it? please help.
Brief Answer:
Stress headache/Migraine
Detailed Answer:
Hi XXXXXXX
Thanks for being on healthcaremagic.com.
I am Dr.Ajay Panwar,a neurologist, here to answer your query.
Headache like pressure at the back of the head precipitated with stress is very classical for Tension type headache(TTH).However, nausea indicates that migranous features may be overlapping for which stress acts as a trigger factor.
Meditation and other mental relaxation exercises like Yoga will be of help.You can be put up on 'amitriptyline' which will benefit considering features of TTH as well as Migraine.
Hope that helps.If you have any further questions,I shall be glad to have you in follow-up else please close the thread,rate it and write a review.
Regards
Dr.Ajay Panwar,
MD,DM(Neurology)
Stress headache/Migraine
Detailed Answer:
Hi XXXXXXX
Thanks for being on healthcaremagic.com.
I am Dr.Ajay Panwar,a neurologist, here to answer your query.
Headache like pressure at the back of the head precipitated with stress is very classical for Tension type headache(TTH).However, nausea indicates that migranous features may be overlapping for which stress acts as a trigger factor.
Meditation and other mental relaxation exercises like Yoga will be of help.You can be put up on 'amitriptyline' which will benefit considering features of TTH as well as Migraine.
Hope that helps.If you have any further questions,I shall be glad to have you in follow-up else please close the thread,rate it and write a review.
Regards
Dr.Ajay Panwar,
MD,DM(Neurology)
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
thanks for briefing doctor. i have the nausea sensation when ever i got stressed from childhood only for a day . however i was just curious whether there are any sideeffects for the prescribed medicine. what is the dosage or how many days i have to take?
Brief Answer:
Sleepiness.
Detailed Answer:
Hi XXXXXXX
Thanks for being in follow-up.
Amitriptyline's most common side effect is Sleepiness, that too improves after a few days.
It can be started at 10 mg per day during bedtime.
However, ANY MEDICINE MUST BE TAKEN UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF A PHYSICIAN ONLY.
Hope that helps.If you have any further questions,I shall be glad to have you in follow-up else please close the thread,rate it and write a review.
Regards
Dr.Ajay Panwar,
MD,DM(Neurology)
Sleepiness.
Detailed Answer:
Hi XXXXXXX
Thanks for being in follow-up.
Amitriptyline's most common side effect is Sleepiness, that too improves after a few days.
It can be started at 10 mg per day during bedtime.
However, ANY MEDICINE MUST BE TAKEN UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF A PHYSICIAN ONLY.
Hope that helps.If you have any further questions,I shall be glad to have you in follow-up else please close the thread,rate it and write a review.
Regards
Dr.Ajay Panwar,
MD,DM(Neurology)
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
will that medicine becomes addictive or i could able to stop after my headache got better? sorry to bother you doctor with another question.
Brief Answer:
It can be gradually stopped.
Detailed Answer:
Hi XXXXXXX
Thanks for being in follow-up.
This medicine can be gradually tapered in dose and stopped.No problem in that.
Hope that helps.If you have any further questions,I shall be glad to have you in follow-up else please close the thread,rate it and write a review.
Regards
Dr.Ajay Panwar,
MD,DM(Neurology)
It can be gradually stopped.
Detailed Answer:
Hi XXXXXXX
Thanks for being in follow-up.
This medicine can be gradually tapered in dose and stopped.No problem in that.
Hope that helps.If you have any further questions,I shall be glad to have you in follow-up else please close the thread,rate it and write a review.
Regards
Dr.Ajay Panwar,
MD,DM(Neurology)
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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