Headaches, Dizziness, Heavy Head, Fatigue, Difficulty Focusing

I've been reading through some of your emails. I'm trying to figure out what is going on with my body. I've been having all of the above symptoms for a few weeks now and I'm getting concerned. I keep thinking it's due to a long standing level of stress, but it just doesn't seem normal to me. I completed a graduate program last year and I started having very erratic and difficulty menstral cycles and it was really difficulty to focus and get up in the morning. But I made it through and didn't feel like this. This year my mother become ill suddenly and a series of events lead to her death a couple of months ago. This has been stressful, and I've had a lot of financial issues as well due to taking care of my mother most of the year. But I don't feel like how I feel is normal. It's something I've never feIt before.

I feel worse when I first wake up. My head feels so incredibly heavy. The base of my head and heck aches, and I feel pressure on the front of my head. I thought it might be sinus related or allergies, but my nose is dry and the usual medicine doesn't really help. Mentally I feel alert and want to do a lot, but physically I don't feel like doing anything at all. I push myself to do things every day. Some days it seems like the symptoms lessen quite a bit, but I don't know if it's because I'm distracted by activity. I am going through menopause, so I wonder if there's a hormonal component? That is the one big physical change that has occurred in the past year or so. I don't do well on prescription medications, so I'm not sure what I should do. My symptoms seem kind of vague, but are really bothersome.

Any ideas???