For a few months I’ve had tension like headaches a lot. I didn’t think much of them, thought it was maybe wearing my contact lenses too much or stress etc. 

Back in April I got woken from my sleep with a really bad throbbing pain deep in my head. It went away with painkillers and I forgot about it. Until last week and it happened again, went to bed fine and woke with a horrendous throbbing in my head in the middle of the night, it went away when I got out of bed. Since then I’ve had a constant dull, tension like headache. All day my head hurts in some form, pains in my forehead and eyes etc.

Went to the Optician and they see nothing wrong. Blood pressure normal. Seeing the doctor this Friday. 

The only other thing is I have pulsatile tinnitus which I’ve had over 10 years. Got an mri when it started and it was normal. I feel like it’s worse recently, in the mornings etc and changing positions I can hear my pulse really loudly in my head. 

I have health anxiety and I’m finding it hard not to panic about this. I know I shouldn’t google but I have and read that tumours can cause a constant dull headache and pulsatile tinnitus. Also that it’s a red flag to have a headache that wakes you from your sleep. 

I guess I need somewhere to turn. Has anyone else experienced issues like this? Thank you