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Q: Heart Beat Pounding In My Head?
asked by: Unipeg on January 29th, 2007
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Hello

i am not sure if this is the right place to put this, but I have been having for some time now, a wooshing pounding sound inside my head. When I get up from a sitting postion a few seconds later it starts wooshing and at some moments sounds like it is coming right from my ears. My head feels like it may explode and never mind bending over to pick something up off the floor. If I get startled it does it. I hate the sound of my heart beating, it freaks me out. I have anxiety problems and have a really heard time relaxing. As well because of my anxiety my blood pressure can be a little up at the doctors office.

I was wondering if anyone else has had these symptoms and if so what is causing this to happen. Any direction would help. Thankyou for your time.

Tamara
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healthy-model
replied on February 28th, 2007
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the symptoms that you are experiencing comes from your anxiety disorder. my friend used to have panic disorder and she started taking a supplement containing valerian, which helps with her condition. if u want, u can ask me and i can recommend it to you.
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Jez3a
replied on March 14th, 2007
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Hmm..
I'm not sure if my condition is similar to yours; in certain body positions, I can feel my heart pounding (ex. my head, hand). Sometimes I even shake/ move for a few seconds while the heart pound. And I can't control it. (See post written by me)

Jeremy
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albert_1
replied on April 11th, 2008
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Re: Heart Beat Pounding In My Head?
HI, I have EXACTLY the same issue, have you found anything? God, this is making me crazy, it gets worse sometimes, others it doesnt happen at all. It happens to me also afterI climbing stairs, but only after a relaxed walking or starting from sitting.
I normally run and even though I endure good time and speed, the sounds rarely can be heard. The other day I noticed that if the stupid whooshing and the annoying high pitched sounds begins, if I hold my breath, it stops.

Also I read in another place that if you cover your nose and blow slowly your ears feel better. Please let me know if you have found anything new? as far as I know I have a good heart (no problems from ECG) My BP also increase with stress.

Unipeg wrote:
Hello

i am not sure if this is the right place to put this, but I have been having for some time now, a wooshing pounding sound inside my head. When I get up from a sitting postion a few seconds later it starts wooshing and at some moments sounds like it is coming right from my ears. My head feels like it may explode and never mind bending over to pick something up off the floor. If I get startled it does it. I hate the sound of my heart beating, it freaks me out. I have anxiety problems and have a really heard time relaxing. As well because of my anxiety my blood pressure can be a little up at the doctors office.

I was wondering if anyone else has had these symptoms and if so what is causing this to happen. Any direction would help. Thankyou for your time.


Tamara
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md1234
replied on July 29th, 2008
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Heartbeat pounding in head
Did you ever find out what it is? I have been to different doctors and a cardioligist with no answers. I have had it for years but the episodes are getting more frequent.
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marji
replied on September 7th, 2008
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heart pounding in head !
It's freaky And annoying. I wonder if your also having head pain. Not head ache pain but a shooting pain that last seconds but enough to sit you down pain ?
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Kdub
replied on January 5th, 2009
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Re: Heart Beat Pounding In My Head?
albert_1 wrote:
HI, I have EXACTLY the same issue, have you found anything? God, this is making me crazy, it gets worse sometimes, others it doesnt happen at all. It happens to me also afterI climbing stairs, but only after a relaxed walking or starting from sitting.
I normally run and even though I endure good time and speed, the sounds rarely can be heard. The other day I noticed that if the stupid whooshing and the annoying high pitched sounds begins, if I hold my breath, it stops.

Also I read in another place that if you cover your nose and blow slowly your ears feel better. Please let me know if you have found anything new? as far as I know I have a good heart (no problems from ECG) My BP also increase with stress.

Unipeg wrote:
Hello

i am not sure if this is the right place to put this, but I have been having for some time now, a wooshing pounding sound inside my head. When I get up from a sitting postion a few seconds later it starts wooshing and at some moments sounds like it is coming right from my ears. My head feels like it may explode and never mind bending over to pick something up off the floor. If I get startled it does it. I hate the sound of my heart beating, it freaks me out. I have anxiety problems and have a really heard time relaxing. As well because of my anxiety my blood pressure can be a little up at the doctors office.

I was wondering if anyone else has had these symptoms and if so what is causing this to happen. Any direction would help. Thankyou for your time.


Tamara


Tamara, Albert, Unipeg, Doc!!
I too have the same wooshing sound in my ears. It comes and goes periodically. I do have some history of panic attacks and do have some high blood pressure but it is under control with a medication. I have recently put on more weight and that might have something to do with it. But my complaint is that no technical medical people have explained what is happening. My anxiety has been under control for some time so I am convinced it is not the cause. What I want to hear is someone telling me exactly what the wooshing noise I here is. In my opinion it is obviously a high rate of blood rushing through an artery or vein in my neck or head. I can take my pulse anytime I want when this is occurring without feeling for it. I can stop it right away if I apply pressure to my neck just below my ears. I does get worse when I bend over when I am hearing it. Maybe the main blood vessels contract for a period and the blood velocity goes up. The blood is always pulsing so maybe you hear that. I want to know if it is a possible sign of increased restriction in any of the blood vessels and should I do something about it. I am certain it is the sound of restricted blood flow. If it something to worry about or something not to worry about I still want to know why. I am suspecious that this is in fact a symptom marker for some unhealthy condition and no one has identified it as such. I am sure some good pulmonary or vascular doctor could explain all this to us.
Give it a shot, Doc. Thanks.

Kdub
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dizzie789
replied on April 29th, 2009
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Heart pounding
i get it to
after i have been runing
i feel my heart beat and i can hear it in my head
its horrile
is it normal ?
x
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