cranial bulging / dizziness / headaches

mrelusive

Tried this in the headache forum, haven't gotten anything from it... figured i'd try my luck here.

for the past few years now i have have a few areas on my skull that swell out a good .5"-.75" at times. there are two on the back of my head at the same 'latitude' as my ears, two on the top of my head at the same 'longitude' as my ears, two above / in my eyebrows, and one as kind of a 'point' on the top of my head, a lil bit towards the back. At any given time, they are generally swollen out about a 1/4" or so, but at times one side or a certain area will be more swollen than others. They are always pretty tender.

Often times, I will feel an area start to become more swollen, and then a headache will occur, localized in that area. Sometimes the headache will occur first, though. I can rub on these areas and my sinuses feel like they start to drain some, but never a whole lot. I genarlly have a lot of sinus pressure anyway, and pressing anywhere on my head / face can start this draining thing... so i don't know if the bulges are sinus-related or what. When i get bulging or a localized headache in the back of my head, i tend to get weak and slow.

A couple mornings ago i got out of bed to turn my alarm off and i felt a few little fuzzy kinda 'charges' in the back of head, and with each one i heard a static. piercing kind of noise and a wave of dizziness came over me. Not like my normal dizziness, but a near-blackout kind of thing. The noise was sort of like two marbles hitting together, that kinda thing. I tried walking slowly to my computer chair, and i very nearly collapsed several times. It didn't seem to be based on my movement, because i sat down and was still, and the waves continued to come. I even laid back down in my bed on my back and the waves continued, with gradually increasing intervals of time between them. through out the rest of the day i'd get small, faint charges and waves and lighter spells that were more like my normal dizziness.

It doesn't seem to be a sleep-related thing, although i do not sleep well (i'm going to a sleep clinic soon to be assessed by a fifth doctor...) The bulging and dizziness happen often and at any given point in the day, the near-blackouts only happen every once in a while, but do not seem to be affected by time either...

does this sound like anything in particular to you guys? i'm not up on my medical terminology so if anyone needs clarifciation, just ask...

edit: i also have eye discomfort / pain if i close them and move them in any direction... the muscles feel very tired or under pressure, and when i move them it feels like i am 'stretching' them as i would my arms or legs after a long workout...