A throbbing sensation in the head

I’ve had something similar several times over the last couple of weeks. I thought it was a twitch. I have occasional twitches other places too. I’m not concerned about mine. I suspect it’s anxiety causing mine.

thank you. I thing twitch too

Hello, @kuyt. I see you've recently joined Mayo Clinic Connect, so welcome.

What kinds of twitching are you experiencing? Is there anything you've noted prompts the twitching?

I don't understand what you mean, what kind of neck twitch? I don't know what triggers them, but today I went to the doctor (although there was no twitching) and he said that it is a completely benign condition and that there is nothing to worry about. Some people feel them more and more often, while others less often and less. In addition, when panic and mental tension sets in, the feeling itself intensifies, that's what the doctor said.

The Doctor said that 'cause he doesn't know what it is?!

Everyone knows what fasciculations are, including me, but I didn't know that fasciculations are what they really are. Checked today. 🤫

@kuyt, I'm sorry to hear that you suffer from hypochondria, also know as illness anxiety disorder. Worrying that symptoms or body sensations might mean you have a serious illness is exhausting and undermines your trust in your care providers. I'm glad that you had things checked out by a qualified doctor to rule out any serious health issue.

Given your known tendancy to jump to the worst case scenario, please being careful with online health forums. People can and likely will share personal experiences and thoughts to investigate. But I'm concerned that this may lead you to going down different paths of worry and self-diagnosing. Stress and worry may further contribute to your symptoms. I think you can see how this can become a vicious cycle.

@kuyt, I take your symptoms seriously and think the illness anxiety should also be addressed. Are you able to accept your doctor's assessment that this is a benign condition? If your worry continues, would you consider working with a trained therapist to address illness anxiety? Might that be a good place to start?

I am on my 4th rewrite, ugh.
1st, I am sorry your Drs are not seeming to be taking you seriously. A good Dr, one not so enamored w/ their title that they feel that anyone w/o that title is cannot possibly be intelligent, won't just say crap like 'oh we don't bother with what you are describing'.
The sensation you are experiencing is freaky enough to you to possibly have to take off a full day of work to adhere to Dr's hours and the deal with the annoyance of scheduling and travel to and from their practice. You have PAID for that time w/ that Dr and deserve to be treated seriously, even if it is only to go into detail about whatbis likely causing the sensation and why it has been happening for so long. They should also be telling you any potential future escalations in your symptoms to watch out for.
A good way to truly to flip the "ALL Important DR to insignificant patient" dynamic is to bring an advocate. Every one of the dozens of specialists, even the good ones, to which I've brought my spouse to speak for me has been like a kid in front if the school principal. They're suddenly much more polite and attentive.
It may be the custom at whatever practice to have a separate consultation scheduled when you bring your advocate.
The problem with Medical Science is it's more of a 'practice' as there's no limit to what humankind has yet to understand about the human body. The throbbing you feel today could simply 'go away' like you're unknowingly allergic to the road works two miles from your home that's giving off some gas you're having an odd reaction to. On the other hand, it could also be the syndrome of tomorrow that would have turned out better if it had actually been diagnosed (or at least given a good explanation for) today.
Good luck to you and may God bless.

yes, I’ve had pulsating on my scalp and none of the doctors that I’ve been to and it’s four know what this is about. I can test to it pulsating to the beat of my heart.

Are you taking a PPI such as omeprozole. I started that a few months ago but and had a twitch in my right forearm once in a while. Once the Dr increased my dose I started to get a twitch in the same area of my head behind the ear as yours. I took myself back to the reduced does as so far no head twitch. The PPI’s are known for causing twitch.