Migraines/Vision Issues after birth?
As a teenager and during college I had monthly migraines. Luckily they stopped occurring about two years prior to the birth of my son. Three days after giving birth I starting getting them again. The only difference was I only got the visual "aura" and not the debilitating headache. It would get to the point that my vision was so blurred I couldn’t see to function. Which is pretty scary when at home alone with a newborn. Anyway after checking my blood pressure and other factors my doctor determined that these "transient migraines" were do to the lack of estrogen from breast feeding. For this reason and because my son was tongue-tied and inefficient, we discontinued nursing and switched to formula.

I’m curious how many others have experienced something similar to this? Also, did anyone notice that their vision was different after having a baby? It seemed like my vision did not return to normal until my little guy was about 6 months old.

**I just realized I initially sent this question to parenting instead of newborn/infant**

I donate blood on a regular basis, at least once a quarte, and have never had aproblem donating. Today I went to donate and could not because my blood pressure was too high. The lady said it could have a little to do with my two cups of coffee and bottle of coke I drank this morning, because of the caffeine. But then I also remembered that I took Sudafed PE last night for a bad headache. It is maximum strength Sinus & Allergy formula. I took one does at 6 pm, then another at 11 pm and tried to donate at noon today. Could this effect my blood pressure? I usually stay away from ANY medications for at least three days before a donation, but I just completely forgot, probably because my headache was so bad I was not thinking.

My blood pressure was 174/82 and I have a headache and sleepy

ok can some one pleas try and help me i got no idea what wrong with me
i got really bad pain in my head its hard to explain its not like a headache its like my head is getting crushed but its not constantly its worse in the afternoon/ at night my eyes ache but im not tired, im not hungry or thirsty but ive got no stomach pain
its been of and on for well over 2 weeks but its getting more frequent and its lasting for longer and longer its gone from a couple of minutes to a couple of hours and the loss of my apatite has cased me to loose about 10kg
my friend said it might be blood pressure cas it make the head pain go away when i sit down and gets worse when i stand up
i also have lost a proportion of my balance and my co-ordination
so got any ideas or treatments?

i might add that im 17 very fit
6′3 was around 95kg
and have no previous history of anything like this

thanks in advance
its been over 2 weeks and i tried drinking a lot of water it didnt help

I was caught in the rain yesterday then when I get back at my office my head started aching…..
But the headache I had felt so different from the usual headache I have. My backneck was all stiff and I felt like it was engorged with blood ready to explode anytime. I can’t even turn my head up/down or even side ways.
What could it be? It could be a sign of me starting to have high-blood? Thanks!
p.s.our family has a high blood problem history
P.S. I went to lay to bed and all seemed fine, but when I stood up, the head ache and backache came again last night.

Now, this morning, when I woke up, I thought I was okay, it came back again for a bit. But now I am okay.

I looked up in a book what kind of headache I’ve been experiencing based on the symptoms, and it looks like a hypertension headache. It didn’t even sound like any other headache listed. I understand this means high blood pressure, but I was wondering… saving myself a trip to a doctor, how can I diagnose this myself?

I’m thinking I’d have to buy a blood pressure monitor, and take regular readings… totally doable. That would be better than making an appointment, waiting 2 weeks, and paying a co-pay to have him tell me to do that.

What I’m looking for from you is a website giving information on self-diagnosis of hypertension, and treatment options. At what point should I see a doctor? Etc.

Thank you

Why is this happening to me? I work at a restaurant to support myself while im going to college. Rececently like 3 or 4 days ago I noticed that everytime i lift a heavy object or bend down (which i have to do a lot!!) my head feels like it’s going to explode and I can feel the pulse on my forehead and my whole head starts to hurt….if i bend down too many times in a day the headache stays for thw hole day or even more… also something more strange is that I’ve noticed that I see less sharp the things that are far away…i use glasses and all but I ‘ve noticed a slight change in my eyesight anfd I went to the doc a few weeks ago…supposedly everything normal! but why is this happening??? i also get dizzy….help??

oh anfd both of my parents have high blood prrssure..my grandparents too….is it hereditary?