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Originally Posted by Miyot  I believe I would see a doctor if I were you. It couldn't hurt and would at least give you piece of mind. |
Oh, it could hurt... A LOT (your wallet). With doctor rates soaring, good luck trying to find one to give you a check up for under $300, which is WAY more than I'm willing to pay to find out nothing is wrong with me (which is always what they tell you, even when you ARE sick, at least the ones in my region, whom are terrible doctors).
Your best bet is to do all you can NOT to use pressure on your lips. Gradually exercise using no pressure on more and more material, until it always comes natural to you, THEN you start working on your range, but not before you've eliminated pressure. I know from experience that that's exactly what's causing your headaches and that using no pressure is exactly how to fix it. You'll also notice that your tone will improve drastically when you don't use pressure and aren't all tensed up. Only as a last resort should you see a doctor if this still happens, or gets worse after you've been laying off the pressure, but that's after you've been avoiding pressure. I'm glad I decided to avoid pressure rather than see the doctor, I'm no millionaire.
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Originally Posted by Graham After you play high notes in that manner, exhale and let your diaphragmatic muscles all RELAX VERY SLOWLY. The backpressure that is generated up there by the air-pressure your using makes a lot of blood rush up to your head, and if you let all of it drop suddenly, it's not pleasant. People have been known to pass out that way. |
That sounds like what I used to experience. During jazz band at least 4-5 times a day I would play too high and feel like I was about to pass out, sometimes to the point that I really didn't know whether or not I would pass out, although I never did pass out. This would follow with a headache, but it would ALWAYS go away within a minute, except once, when I really blacked out and nearly passed out, that time I had a really bad headache that lasted 2 days, I almost considered seeing the school nurse or leaving school. Pressure is bad, just use less and less every day then work on your range after you've mastered pressure.