Headaches when standing up?

Thanks @ShyShyShyDelilah - that's a relief to hear. I don't usually get migraines, and hormones should be ticking by just fine (not pregnant or any new hormonal meds, and I'm 39 so not expecting menopause yet), but they've not been tested recently.

It's not an urgent referral for the scan, so I assume GP isn't too worried about it. I hope the wait won't be very long, all the same.

@GrrrAaargh - sorry for bombarding you with posts. Is anything unusual going on for you hormonally at the moment? This is all strongly related to hormones for me. I'm dreading menopause for this reason.

@GrrrAaargh I've just remembered - I did once have an MRI after I had a concerning aura during pregnancy about a decade ago. They wanted to rule out TIA. It came back normal, and they said "migraine". Can't believe I forgot that!

@GrrrAaargh, sorry you have this worry.

I clicked on this because I thought "ooh I have that". When I have a headache (during a headachy phase this is quite frequent), it's usually worse when I stand up - as I stand up, I get an horrid extra throbbing pain. I've also had a tendency for years to have periods of nausea and exhaustion. From time to time I have a few hours of vomiting or dizziness which no one else ever seems to catch, which also tends to happen in a headachy phase.

I also get migraine auras sometimes (though at different times from the above) so have put all of this down to being a bit of a migrainey person. Not sure I've ever mentioned all of this to a doctor, to be honest, and it's been going on from time to time for all my adult life (in phases).

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