first post so lemme say hi to everyone.
I have been suffering from headaches sicne the last 3 years now. Am currently on depression medication and it works great. however it all started 3 years ago. downhill I mean. I fell really sick and felt depressed. had a really nasty throat infection which I got from my then girlfriend. after 4 days of some really nasty antibiotics i felt better but never came back to normal.
basically since then I have this huge sense of fear and numbness. The numbness is the worst. its like I have become a zombie. I cant react to normal questions and life just seems to be passing me by. i had tow sinus surgeries and they didnt help at all. I smoke which may be making my sinuses worse. but I never had sinus problems before in my life so am not sure why it isnt going away now.
I usually have a lot of pain and tightness in my head. also have extreme soreness in my throat. like right where the neck meets the chest. it the back of the throat and front. sometimes it clears up and I feel very normal.
I read about it and it seems that it could be gerd of post nasal drip. but I have no clue what it is and doctors just seem to prescribe medicine to no end without helping at all. I literally have gone nowhere in the last 3 years of my life with this depression and anxiety. i know for sure that the depression medicine works fine because I have times when the headache goes away and I fell totally normal.
also have the feeling that I cant bear the pressure of my head and keep tending to hunch leading to other problems.
The root cause of my problems is probably
1. Sinus infection
2. TMJ
3. Chest or throat infection
4. GERD
5. something else
anit biotics havent helped and giving up smoking also doesnt really help. its better than not smoking but I still am miserable.
any advice or help will be greatly appreciated.
P.S. am currently seeing a chiropractor how runs the muscle relaxing machine on muscles behind ears but it isnt helping much.