unexplained dizziness, contstant heavy head, extreme fatigue, subtle nausea

on the roof · Newbie Joined: 17 Mar 2008 Posts: 2

"I had the tooth taken out about a month ago and I have been feeling better and better each day."

John from Kelowna ... did the tooth have a filling? Just curious.
Thanks

No, it was impacted but I get where you are coming from.

Poland · Newbie Joined: 18 Mar 2008 Posts: 1

My problems started a few years ago. After flying i started feeling sick and had to lay in bed most of the holiday. Then since then i have always felt dizzy, find it hard to stand up for more than 5 minutes periods, felt fatigued and also get as red flushed face. Since then i have flew a number of times and this always next day makes my symptoms a lot worse. Half the time i cant look at someone and have a conversation without holding onto a chair or a table in case i collapse

I have had vertigo tablets from the doctor but they dont seem to help. They also syringed my ears but this done nothing either. I feel like i am going to faint whilst typing this. Can anyone help?

mysteryillnesses · Newbie Joined: 02 Apr 2008 Posts: 1

Sounds to me like Meniere's disease, if your Dr hasn't mentioned it, get a new Dr. I went to over 20, yes 20 Dr's before one would even address an autoimmune issue. all standard chem panel blood tests come out normal. Have your ANA tested. Some people get this after flying or riding a train and it never goes away. please know there are soo many people with various auto immune issues out there and you will find more Dr's who think you are a hypochondriac than ones who will actually listen, but don't give up.

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i ahve been experiencing the same symptoms for quite some time. i feel dizzy, tired, sore swolen abdomen, feverish, & my eyes seem to bother me alot. i have been constipated, normally i have loose stools. Please COMMENT.

WJRT · Newbie Joined: 20 Apr 2008 Posts: 14

I know how you feel, constant faint feeling, feverish, eye troubles.

Make sure you get your eyes tested, you might need some new glasses.

I've been feeling like this for over 8 days now and it seems to get worse at night, with fever and general a uncomfortable feeling.

I'm 19 years old, I have an essay to write, for 3pm tomorrow . . . it's near enough midnight and I haven't began, so tomorrow during university it is.

I've been to the doctor twice, he thinks it was alcohol and cannabis, from a party I was at 8 days ago. I managed to hit my head on a door too, which obviously wouldn't have helped matters, but here I am.

Another member of the dizzy troupe. I hope to get a MRI scan within the next week. Until then, I urge you all to stay as positive and up beat as you can. Talk to your friends, go out and just try to enjoy yourself. Life is full of troubles and such things of the like, you just need to stand tall and embrace the good times and not let these issues get you down. There's people out there that care about you, I know this illness can allow you to become apathetic and cranky but just ease yourself through it.

I wish you guys all the best.

P.S. Isn't the internet great? I mean, here we are all sharing and finding comfort in our words from across the globe. I'm from Scotland btw, cool huh? Lol.

Oh - and don't go googling your symptoms too much, unless you want to lose a lot of sleep and give yourself a severe anxiety attack.

Trust me on that.

Peace out for now. All the best.

WJRT · Newbie Joined: 20 Apr 2008 Posts: 14

Symptoms
Fever—this varies from mild to severe, but is seen in nearly all cases.
Tender and enlarged/swollen lymph nodes—particularly the posterior cervical lymph nodes.
Sore throat—White patches on the tonsils and back of the throat are often seen
Muscle weakness and Mental fatigue (sometimes extreme)
Some patients also display:

Enlarged spleen (splenomegaly, which may lead to rupture) and/or liver (hepatomegaly)
Petechial hemorrhage
Abdominal pain - a possible symptom of a potentially fatal rupture of the spleen.[1]
Aching muscles
Headache
Loss of appetite
Depression
Skin rash
Diarrhea
Dizziness or disorientation
Uncontrolled shaking at times
Unable to swallow due to enlarged tonsils
Dry cough
Supra-orbital oedema—the eyes become puffy and swollen—may occur in the early stages of infection

Sound familiar? It may be infectious mononucleosis, also known as kissing disease, or Pfeiffer's disease known in North America as mono and more commonly known as glandular fever in other English-speaking countries.

I was kissing, sharing bottles a couple days before symptoms hit me. Check this out on wikipedia, the longer the symptoms last, the longer it'll take to heal. Go to your GP/doctor and get tested . . . and don't let them make you walk out that door with any doubt in your mind, I feel they are to smug to take us patients seriously at times. It can cost lives. Should start a club or something . . . anyways.

All the best to you.
God bless.

pabreeves77 · Newbie Joined: 25 Apr 2008 Posts: 1

I have had dizzy heads for the past 13years but have been able to cope but over the last few years the symptoms have got much worse, when im out in busy places my hearing goes all echoey and i feel like my brain cant take in all the information and i feel like im going to pass out and sometimes have to hold on to things to stop me falling over,i also get the feeling that im sometimes just a pair of eyes floating around, whenever i get all these symptoms i get sinus pressure on both sides of my head. this is a daily occurance and sometimes i find it really hard to cope. can anybody help??????

maharaj_s · Newbie Joined: 26 Apr 2008 Posts: 1

Okay People, all of you are just posting your struggles and no one is answering the question "how to solve it"

I have the same problem for the past two months. And I also had these feelings throughout my late childhood and early adulthood.

No doctors have helped me! So I guess I have to research on my own.

Ankylosing spondylitis

It is a problem associated with joints and spine. If let untreated, it will start from lower back pain and slowly move up to neck and shoulder.

My stage is now in Neck. When using my laptop or lying in the bed reading a book, my neck can bend 90 degree from the body. Then I get severe pain in the neck and in the lower back when i wake up. After a hot shower, I often feel good. But then I will feel dizzy and heavy headed.

Dizziness, heavy head and shortness of breath episodes all of them can be an episode of this disease. Why because this disease affect many other organs such as heart, lungs, colon, and kidney. Affected organ in a person will create such problems.

A gene called HLA-B27 is suspected responsible for this disease. Untreated disease will make your spine into a "bamboo" like spine. Bamboo like spines are easy to break so better treat now.

Another cause of this disease is Autoimmunity. Where your immune system does not know when to stop and keep on going destroying body cells.

If you are still not convinced that you may be having this disease consider this: ask your doctor about heart failure or weak heart, that is associated with Ankylosing spondylitis. (this explains your dizzyness and heavy headedness since not enough blood is pumped to your head and your neck and the spine in the neck is less supportive because of the pain)

Check Wikipedia for more details. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ankylosing_spondylitis

Treatments are simple :

funkyjar · Newbie Joined: 02 May 2008 Posts: 1

I feel relieved to know that I am not alone or just imagining these symptoms. I used to think that I was just sleep-deprived from having 2 small children (4 and 1 ½) who don’t sleep well. Then I realized that I have been having a lot of these problems for a long time. My first vertigo episode was when I was 19, and I had the scans and everything for brain tumors and such, of course everything was clean. About 4 years later the symptoms started to come back, starting mostly with the FATIGUE! It has been pretty constant since then, slowly getting worse (so almost 7 years now). My memory is terrible! I can’t seem to remember anything. Combine that with my occasional migraines when I speak gibberish, and I feel like an idiot, scared to do any public speaking. I am constantly giving disclaimers that I might not make any sense. I feel guilty, that I can’t accomplish the things that I want to during the day and even worse that I can’t do the things that I NEED to. There are times when I won’t dare drive. I want to feel like a real person again, not a zombie.

o 30 year old mom of 2
o FORGETFUL – I used to be smart, I think…BRAIN FOG!!
o Always fatigued – sometimes severely
o Blurred vision – hard to focus or read – recently checked 20/20
o Extremely sensitive to light
o Constant dizziness – takes a second to focus or gain balance
o Occasional vertigo – about 4 BAD episodes
o Numbness/tingling in thumb for about a week (twice)
o Occasional mild nausea – usually if I stay up too late
o Only 2 instances of any ear pain/ringing/pressure
o Sinus pressure - Only recently
o Definite neck issues – waterskiing accidents in high school, car accident in early 20’s
o Suffered migraines since the age of 12 – Those symptom include - First floating and/or flashing lights then loss of vision (expect peripheral – usually), Loss of any coherent speech, Numbness/tingling on one side of the body (sometimes losing complete function) even down to one side of my tongue/nose, Extreme pain in head (obviously!) – Sometimes it is a bit milder, with not every symptom.

I feel better just trying to explain how I feel to anyone who can sympathize. My husband and family don't understand how I feel. I am going to try limiting the salt, caffiene and sweeteners and also testing for allergies.

unexplained dizziness, contstant heavy head, extreme fatigue, subtle nausea

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