A weird symptom I wonder if anyone else can relate to. (Iāve tried searching for it on here, but I donāt really know what to type in.)
When Iām lying in bed at night, maybe before Iāve gone to sleep, or if Iāve woken up in the early hoursā¦ I sometimes get a strange feeling of liquid rushing through my headā¦ or, more specifically, liquid thundering violently through my head. Itās located around the temples, in the general ear area, usually on both sides.
Iām assuming itās blood rushing through (contracted?) vessels, and the sensation is magnified.
On nights when this happens, if I also dreamā¦ the dream tends to be of some sort of movement or something that challenges balance. So Iāll dream that Iām in a car chase, or driving up a vertical road, or standing on top of a skyscraper and looking down etcā¦ and I assume this is an unconscious elaboration on the ārushingā movement I notice when Iām awake. Though, when Iām awake, I donāt notice any dizziness alongside the feeling.
my mind (inside my head) does not feel Relaxed. Just the opposite. Another way to describe the symptoms are (for example)ā¦if you were to slightly Jar a Fish Bowlā¦you know how the water would swish back and forth & every which wayā¦that is how it feels
Canāt say itās something I have experienced however I can resonate with the dream connection. I have often dreamt I am having vertigo only to awake to find it wasnāt a dream after all. The mind is a very complex thing but it sure reflects the state of our subconscious often long before we ourselves actually realise the effect things are having on us.
The āwater sloshingā probably not at all significant. Just another result of the hypersensitivities we experience with MAV I guess. Or perhaps maybe itās more the ābrains rolling around inside the skullā feeling. Plenty of references to that one.
Thanks, itās not quite what Iām thinking of, but itās all in the same ball park! My symptom is very localised to just inside the ear, on one or both sides, and itās purely a forward-rushing liquid. So, imagine a thin rusty pipe, and water is gushing through it, but the pipe is too thin and the water is bursting and damming upā¦ with no dizziness or rocking or anything alongside it. Purely a sensation of furiously flowing liquid.
Yes, I think just more migraine hypersensitivity. I do suspect itās blood rushing through some sort of dilated or constricted vessel. Probably not coincidental that it seems to be next to the earā¦
Canāt really grasp that one. I always knew I was bit devoid of imagination. Certainly a new one on me and hoping it might remain that way. We certainly get to experience some strange sensations. Makes us see the world in a wholely different light. Perhaps one day in the overall scheme of things it will prove beneficial. We can only hope so!
Yes Iāve experienced it too, at night lying down. Tbh it frightened the life out of me at first. Thankfully it was just once. Sorry its happening frequently and like you I think thereās a vascular element to it. Take care. Hope it eases for you.
