I am reading your posts and feel similar symptoms. Here are a couple of my suggestions:
First, even though you have had numerous blood tests and nothing was found, ask for another one to check your thyroid levels. Also, request your doctor physically touch your thyroid and check for abnormalities. If he still finds nothing wrongs at that point, request an ultrasound of your thyroid. My thyroid came back after switching doctors and having a thyroid ultrasound as having abnormalities.
Second, do you have low blood pressure? I just found out that I have low blood pressure. My doctor asked if I feel faint a lot when I stand up. I told him I didn't but there could be more to low blood pressure and I need to find out.
Thirdly, I am deficit in vitamin D and calcium. Also, after further research I think potassium might be on that list too. You might want to look more closely at your diet.
Finally, I'm thinking about getting a filtration system installed on my shower head. It might sound crazy but after I take showers I feel exhausted and weak. I found some info online about chlorine and other minerals that come out of the shower and how they may not be good for you.
Has anyone in the forum tried accupuncture? ;-)
First, even though you have had numerous blood tests and nothing was found, ask for another one to check your thyroid levels. Also, request your doctor physically touch your thyroid and check for abnormalities. If he still finds nothing wrongs at that point, request an ultrasound of your thyroid. My thyroid came back after switching doctors and having a thyroid ultrasound as having abnormalities.
Second, do you have low blood pressure? I just found out that I have low blood pressure. My doctor asked if I feel faint a lot when I stand up. I told him I didn't but there could be more to low blood pressure and I need to find out.
Thirdly, I am deficit in vitamin D and calcium. Also, after further research I think potassium might be on that list too. You might want to look more closely at your diet.
Finally, I'm thinking about getting a filtration system installed on my shower head. It might sound crazy but after I take showers I feel exhausted and weak. I found some info online about chlorine and other minerals that come out of the shower and how they may not be good for you.
Has anyone in the forum tried accupuncture? ;-)
Hi every one
was just reading through all the dreadful symptoms you all seem to be suffering. well i am much older than all of you guys at 47 but when i was around 30 i took unwell and basically never recovered!! i went from doc to doc and i am sure they all thought me mad suffering from anxiety or just wanted to be ill???/ I had my own business and 2 children to raise and boy did i want to feel well strong and happy, but could not shift all those dreadful symptoms and dragged myself around from day to day. Eventually i went to another doctor who cared enough to want to investigate deeper, Lupus tests etc, to cut a long story short guys it took years but i was eventually diagnosed as having M.E, The symptoms are bizare and fightening and caus all you mention and many more but all the time regardless of how many new symptoms arise i was always feeling ill and never really well!
Just a thought maybe it is something worth looking into, beware not all docs recognise it, good luck you all i really feel for you Meg xx :-(
was just reading through all the dreadful symptoms you all seem to be suffering. well i am much older than all of you guys at 47 but when i was around 30 i took unwell and basically never recovered!! i went from doc to doc and i am sure they all thought me mad suffering from anxiety or just wanted to be ill???/ I had my own business and 2 children to raise and boy did i want to feel well strong and happy, but could not shift all those dreadful symptoms and dragged myself around from day to day. Eventually i went to another doctor who cared enough to want to investigate deeper, Lupus tests etc, to cut a long story short guys it took years but i was eventually diagnosed as having M.E, The symptoms are bizare and fightening and caus all you mention and many more but all the time regardless of how many new symptoms arise i was always feeling ill and never really well!
Just a thought maybe it is something worth looking into, beware not all docs recognise it, good luck you all i really feel for you Meg xx :-(
Has anyone thought about the possibility of having a yeast overgrowth in your body? I too have suffered from alot of the symptoms that many of you have and I also deal with panic attacks and depression. Something started to occur to me when reading up on Candida infections and how they can become unhealthy in the body of you have use antibiotics for a period of time...so it really didn't occur to me until then that all of these symptoms that I have been having didn't start until after I took those antibiotics for inflammed tonsils. I have been to the ER so many times about chest pain and other things and they never have an answer...I also went to my family doctor and she didn't take any test she just told me that my blood pressure was elevated. I told her of my depression and all she did was prescribe Prozac,zantac for acid reflux and ibuprofen for my TMJ. I was looking for a more extensive answer seeing as that I am paying you to help me!!!!! but I look at it as this you first have to learn to take care of yourself and if you live a life full of junk food,fast food and processed goods you are going to eventually have problems. So if there is no other test that have shown anything wrong with you then it could indeed be a yeast overgrowth that has thrown your body off imbalance and you could find people that can hel pget you on a plan so that you can start killing off the candida yeast and start replacing it with new healthy bacteria:) 8-|
Thank god its not just me that feels this way , Im 33 years old and since about the age of 18 ive had this going on , i have days where i get headaches that feel as if my head is all empty , i know it sounds mad but thats what it feels like. When im stressed and worrying about things i get these headaches and the more i worry about them the worse i feel , like everyone else u think you got something major wrong with you and then you worry more . Ive noticed recently when i get one these headaches come on they can last for days until i take myseof into my bedroom and sit in the dark and try relax my mind , which after a while does help. I dont get them all the time but when i do i so hate it because it does disturb my day today routine ,because if i go out i feel like im going to hit the flooor even though im not going to so that makes me panic and then my head feels worse .
Ive felt worse lately as ive got so much stress due to my husband leaving me so i feel all alone then i worry then i get a bad head .
I got told doing meditation can help to stop worrying as it relaxes the body and mind so im going to try that.
Ive felt worse lately as ive got so much stress due to my husband leaving me so i feel all alone then i worry then i get a bad head .
I got told doing meditation can help to stop worrying as it relaxes the body and mind so im going to try that.
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This isn't the answer for everyone but I had many many of these symptoms and feelings, heart racing for no reason, then tired all the time up and down etc etc... a good friend of mine suggested I try going Gluten free I did it and within a few days I was bouncing off the walls with energy and haven't looked back. it isn't easy as many of our favourite food have gluten in them, but I just replace it with 3-4 fresh juices every day plenty of water and heaps of chicken and fish foods. like I said its probably not the answer for most of you but it is worth a try. you can get tested for gluten intolerence but i never bothered for me it so obvious it was the cause of my problems as soon as I stopped eating food with gluten in them all my health probs disappeared my mind was clear and my energy levels were up.
good luck guys...
This isn't the answer for everyone but I had many many of these symptoms and feelings, heart racing for no reason, then tired all the time up and down etc etc... a good friend of mine suggested I try going Gluten free I did it and within a few days I was bouncing off the walls with energy and haven't looked back. it isn't easy as many of our favourite food have gluten in them, but I just replace it with 3-4 fresh juices every day plenty of water and heaps of chicken and fish foods. like I said its probably not the answer for most of you but it is worth a try. you can get tested for gluten intolerence but i never bothered for me it so obvious it was the cause of my problems as soon as I stopped eating food with gluten in them all my health probs disappeared my mind was clear and my energy levels were up.
good luck guys...
I can't tell you how glad I am I came across this website. I know what most of your are going through. I wish you all the best. I am now 28 years old but first experienced anxiety/panic when I went away to college at 18. Ever since then it has been off and on. I had two years of feeling well, but then went to law school in 2007. Since then I have felt miserable - probably being away from my family and the pressures of law school didn't help. But even when I am home with my family I have symptoms so I think it may be more biologic than environmental. Lately, my generalized symptoms include constant fatigue, headaches, dizzyness, and just a weird feeling - especially my vision which can sometimes be blurry. It's almost like what I am looking at is not reality - or I am drunk but I don't drink. I also have ear pressure (which is new). I had a battery of tests run in 2003 and they all came back normal. I think it is time to go through them again, at least for my own piece of mind. I also have more severe and acute anxiety where my heart races, i sweat, i am dizzy, and want to run to the ER. However, it is the generalized symptoms which are wearing me down. I wake up with them, and I battle them throughout the day. Law school was hard enough, but having these symptoms and not being able to concentrate or think clearly, I would assume made it much harder. Anyway, thanks for letting me speak on here. I am glad to see I am not alone - a feeling I have had for a very long time.
Hi everyone, Im 44 and for years I have put up with feeling all of these things but with myself I can definetely say its worse in the winter months so I put mine down to SAD (seasonal affective disorder) its very basically a lack of sunshine. I noticed that a couple of you mentioned fog like symptoms, you might want to look at a site for fibromyalgia which is a little like M.E. I'm no expert so I will let you look for yourself. I do know that all sufferers of fibromyalgia have real trouble getting diagnosed as the doctors say its all in their heads, sound familier!!
Good luck everyone xx
Good luck everyone xx
Hi everyone!
I'm so glad im not the only one with these symptoms! (yet sorry you all have to deal with them too!) Im 17 and have been sick like this for 4 years now. In fact i have missed 2yrs of school because of it. Ive been pretty sick nearly my entire life, diagnosed with coeliac disease in grade 3. Starting in the end of grade though i started suffering from the extreme tiredness, nausea all the time, dizziness to the point of almost fainting and having no vision, aching joints and muscles, i also have various other problems to do with the bladder and so forth.
My first year i was diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome, by Dr, (hmm lets call him Bill. Dr Bill.) which has no treatements for it, so i pretty much lived with it for 2 years, struggling to find out what was wrong with me (had 2 endoscopy's, colanoscopy, laparoscopy and cyctoscopy pretty much anything ending in oscopy. also had my tonsils removed in the hope they would make some difference) they all came back fine, and the doctors told me it was depression/ anxiety school avoidance, which i knew was totally ridiculous because i terribly missed school and wanted to be back there, it seems that this is what doctors put it down to if they can't find out the true answer.
So even though i am very against anti depressants, i trialed them for some time, and had the most horrible and bizarre side effects, such as hallucinating, stabbing pains and panic attacks. So i stopped them and continued slugging along, feeling down missing school and carefree fun.
Then last year i went back to the same doctor whom took my heartrate and bloodpressure again and singed me up for a headup tilt test. The results were that i have Vasovagal Syncope, POTS and NMH, that all have to with fainting when standing, sitting too long. Unfortunately there is no known cure for this either. So i am not to drive walk by myself, but have a normal life so the doctors say! and if i go out and feel dizzy, just lie straight down on the ground! yeah sure, i could see a 17yr old doing that in the middle of the shops. So ATM i am trialing some MORE antidepressants, for the side effects mind you and not for the depression side, and i can honestly say that i have been so much worse while on them. I seriously dont know what to do anymore and i feel like an 80yr old woman when i just want to feel like a kid again. i seriously feel i have missed some of the best years. im 18 in 4 months, and repeating grade 12 through distance education which i can do from home, but i have no idea how or what to do, i cant just live like this forever. Tried Accupuncture, Homeopathy,(which i very much believe in natural therapy's) Vitamin injections and all kinds of wacky stuff, but have found no relief yet. if anyone has any ideas, I'd be very thankful for suggestions. Also if you guys can take anything from my little spiel, whether it be a headup tilt test, or chronic fatigue i hope it helps you get some answers.
Oh one last thing, i find that the thing that keeps me going is my councilor, i think its important for anyone who is suffering from illness to just have someone that they can share all there feelings with no matter how strange, and its disappointing that "seeing someone" is considered such a "crazy" thing. If anything your more sane when you see somebody then if you don't. i would most definitely not be here without mine.
thanks!
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I'm so glad im not the only one with these symptoms! (yet sorry you all have to deal with them too!) Im 17 and have been sick like this for 4 years now. In fact i have missed 2yrs of school because of it. Ive been pretty sick nearly my entire life, diagnosed with coeliac disease in grade 3. Starting in the end of grade though i started suffering from the extreme tiredness, nausea all the time, dizziness to the point of almost fainting and having no vision, aching joints and muscles, i also have various other problems to do with the bladder and so forth.
My first year i was diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome, by Dr, (hmm lets call him Bill. Dr Bill.) which has no treatements for it, so i pretty much lived with it for 2 years, struggling to find out what was wrong with me (had 2 endoscopy's, colanoscopy, laparoscopy and cyctoscopy pretty much anything ending in oscopy. also had my tonsils removed in the hope they would make some difference) they all came back fine, and the doctors told me it was depression/ anxiety school avoidance, which i knew was totally ridiculous because i terribly missed school and wanted to be back there, it seems that this is what doctors put it down to if they can't find out the true answer.
So even though i am very against anti depressants, i trialed them for some time, and had the most horrible and bizarre side effects, such as hallucinating, stabbing pains and panic attacks. So i stopped them and continued slugging along, feeling down missing school and carefree fun.
Then last year i went back to the same doctor whom took my heartrate and bloodpressure again and singed me up for a headup tilt test. The results were that i have Vasovagal Syncope, POTS and NMH, that all have to with fainting when standing, sitting too long. Unfortunately there is no known cure for this either. So i am not to drive walk by myself, but have a normal life so the doctors say! and if i go out and feel dizzy, just lie straight down on the ground! yeah sure, i could see a 17yr old doing that in the middle of the shops. So ATM i am trialing some MORE antidepressants, for the side effects mind you and not for the depression side, and i can honestly say that i have been so much worse while on them. I seriously dont know what to do anymore and i feel like an 80yr old woman when i just want to feel like a kid again. i seriously feel i have missed some of the best years. im 18 in 4 months, and repeating grade 12 through distance education which i can do from home, but i have no idea how or what to do, i cant just live like this forever. Tried Accupuncture, Homeopathy,(which i very much believe in natural therapy's) Vitamin injections and all kinds of wacky stuff, but have found no relief yet. if anyone has any ideas, I'd be very thankful for suggestions. Also if you guys can take anything from my little spiel, whether it be a headup tilt test, or chronic fatigue i hope it helps you get some answers.
Oh one last thing, i find that the thing that keeps me going is my councilor, i think its important for anyone who is suffering from illness to just have someone that they can share all there feelings with no matter how strange, and its disappointing that "seeing someone" is considered such a "crazy" thing. If anything your more sane when you see somebody then if you don't. i would most definitely not be here without mine.
thanks!
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I had regular dizziness and strange feeling like wanting to die and I couldn't get myself to sleep for hours on end. I discovered it was due to hypertension. My blood pressure was extremely high. After taking propanolol, my blood pressure returned to normal. And all the symptoms went away.
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Iturned 18 in November and ever since then i have not felt the same at all. i had blood tests done and everything was normal. I went to a doc in Jan to see about maybe panic or anxiety attacks and while the excercises he's given have really helped me i am still not the same. I still will feel light headed and dizzy and weirdish in my head and have chest pains sometimes nauseuia feeling sick in my stomachweak in my arms and legs no energy no nothing. I used to be happy peppy full of energy wantitnng to go and do everything now i just feel like sleeping or just sick. I am just dealing with it not or at least trying to not et me be affected by it but i miss the way things were so much i feel like breaking down someimes. So seeing how yours was the most recent reply haha i was wondering if maybe you ever found anything out or if it was just somethingthat you outgrow or....Oh i am not on or ever have been on meds or anything sooooo OH yeah another symptom is a weird deaf sensation in my ear.
Iturned 18 in November and ever since then i have not felt the same at all. i had blood tests done and everything was normal. I went to a doc in Jan to see about maybe panic or anxiety attacks and while the excercises he's given have really helped me i am still not the same. I still will feel light headed and dizzy and weirdish in my head and have chest pains sometimes nauseuia feeling sick in my stomachweak in my arms and legs no energy no nothing. I used to be happy peppy full of energy wantitnng to go and do everything now i just feel like sleeping or just sick. I am just dealing with it not or at least trying to not et me be affected by it but i miss the way things were so much i feel like breaking down someimes. So seeing how yours was the most recent reply haha i was wondering if maybe you ever found anything out or if it was just somethingthat you outgrow or....Oh i am not on or ever have been on meds or anything sooooo OH yeah another symptom is a weird deaf sensation in my ear.
hi my name is sam and im 18 i get this same thing and it is so scary i also suffer from anixiety attacks and panic attacks i left school in grade nine because i was having them everyday, i wasnt being bullied or anything i just would get them when i would go to school but over the years they have got worse i get them when i leave the house, and in the shops around big crouuds every day i feel the same no matter what i do i feel like im going to die and it makes me so upset because im not ready to leave yet i dont want to leave my family and friends, i went to the doctor about this and she gave me a blood test and i had low iron so i started taking the iron tablets i have been on them for about 7 months now and still feeling the same i keep telling my mum but i think she is just thinking its in my head and im just trying to get attension but its not i wouldnt keep on about it if i was just trying to get attention i would of giving up on it ages ago we all feel the same i just wish someone new how we could feel better without having to try thousands of things that arnt working, i want to be myself again the bubbly fun loving girl who always loved to go out with friends and be myself and not care what people thought but it all changed im not myself anymore i feel like a stranger in my own body, i dont know what it is doing and i carnt stop it from what it is doing, it is so frustrating and scary i have lost jobs over this from being sick and not being able to go into work and they dont understand what im going through i just want to be my old self again i would do anything to feel like i wasnt going to die everyday. please if you know anyone who can help or knows what to do, i would love to know?
I HAVE BEEN FEELING THE SAME WAY, ITS SEEMS LIKE EVA SINCE I GOT THE DEPO PROVERIA BIRTH CONTROL SHOT I HAVE BEEN FEELING SO TIRED AND DOWN...I WENT TO THE HOSPITAL IN JANUARY AND THEY TOLD ME I HAD A SINUS INFECTION THEY GAVE ME ANTIBIOTICS BUT THAT DIDNT WORK I WENT BACK A SECOND TIME THEY SAID I DIDNT HAVE A SINUS INFECTION BUT GAVE ME MORE ANTIBIOTICS I STILL WERE GETTING BAD HEADACHES SO I WENT BACK TO THE HOSPITAL AND THE DOCTOR GAVE ME TYLENOL CODEINE FOR MY HEADACHES. I WAS SO FRUSTRATED I WENT TO MY DOCTOR AND HE SAID MY GLANDS WERE SWOLLEN AND HE GAVE ME A ZPACK AND COUGH SYRUP, NOW MY CHEST HURTS SO BAD THE LEFT SIDE UNDER MY BREAST GIVE ME SO MUCH PAIN AND I STILL GET HEADACHES AND MY ARMS FEEL HEAVY AND TINGLY AND IM SO TIRED OF IT, PLEASE SOMEONE HELP IMMA GO BACK TO MY DOCTORS OFFICE TOMMORROW AND SEE WHAT HE SAYS CAUSE THE HOSPITAL HASNT DONE ANYTHING BUT SAYS U ARE A HEALTHY 23 YEAR OLD AND YOUR CAT SCAN CAME BACK GOOD I NEED MORE CAUSE IM TIRED OF JUST LOUNGING AROUND AND FEELING DOWN ALL THE TIME I NEED ANSWERS
all i can say is ive been there/done that..i have seen therapists, doctors, taken medication, chiropractors, everything..nothing has helped me...i was afraid to leave my house. Im 21 now i got this problem when i was 18 until now, i couldnt drink, i basically didnt want to leave my house. I called in sick to work..believe me i know your pain. Lets just say it got so bad i became a hermit...Medication, i dont believe in, i dont want ot be on medication all my life. This is my advice for all of you, after reading every and any books... change your life, right now you are in control of your feelings.. try what i did, i feel GREAT now...and i didnt think it was possible. Eat healthy, fruits, vegetables, meat...avoid dairy but its not hte end of the world if you eat it. Take a multi vitamin everyday. Make sure you push yourself no matter how bad you feel and exercise for an hour everyday. Go to yoga once a week. Motivate yourself. If you believe you will get better...i promise you, you will get better. I am not just saying this..no one should have to feel this way..i hate to say it but its all in your head and until you can change your thoughts and your life style its going to be hard. Its how you approach a situation..you have to be able to convince yourself that you are fine. I used to get panic attacks so bad i would shake and throw up..i weighed about 97 pounds because i threw up everyday. Trust me from experence..never over eat..it can trigger anxesity. Stay strong, eat right, drink water with freshly squeezed lemons...dont drink coffee...drink tea..make simple changes..and remember nothing bad is going to happen to you..you have to sit yourself down in these situations..take deep stomach breathes and smile because you are all fine!! If anyone needs more advice you can email me do whatever..im 21 years old and not only in the best shape but those panic and anxesity days are behind me...dont let it take over your life..i wasted 2 years letting it bring me down.
hi 2 everyone whos posted all these awful symptoms on this page,iv been having alot of these problems myself chest pains,numb and tingling feet and hands,stomach cramps,lightheadedness an the most dreaded feeling like your about 2 die :-( and lots more than i can mention,iv been struggling with doctors and hospitals not wanting 2 listen and putting it down 2 anxiety but u know when there is somethin wrong wiv u and dont stop pesterin your doctor till u get 2 the bottom of it,thats wot iv done and they now know wot is wrong wiv me,iv got an overactive thyroid and it can cause all of these problems,im now almost ready 2 receive treatment 4 this,iv had mri scans and all came back normal also blood tests came back normal,it was only when i demanded they check my thyroid that it became apparent it was that what was causin these problems,its been a nitemare and hopefully il be on the road 2 recovery very soon,hope this as helped and takecare. :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)
I AM 37 YEARS OLD . THE DAY AFTER VALENTINES DAY THIS YEAR I END UP IN TH HOSPITAL BECAUSE I THOUGHT I WAS HAVING A HEART ATTACK. I FELT VERY LIGHTHEADED EARLIER PART OF THE DAY AND HAS HEARTBURN SO I TOOK AN ALKA SELTZER. LATER ON THAT DAY WALKING THROUGH THE SUPERMARKET MY LEFT ARM WENT NUMB AND MY HEAD TILTED TO THE LEFT SIDE . IT WAS VERY HEAVY. I THOUGHT I WAS GONNA PASS OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SUPERMARKET. MY THOUGHTS WERE GOING CRAZY. :-( I MADE IT HOME BUT FELT WEIRD I WAS GOING THROUGH A LOT OF STRESS THOUGH TOO. WENT TO THE HOSPITAL THAT NIGHT MY BLOOD PRESSURE WAS SKY HIGH. TURNED OUT I WASNT HAVING AN HEART ATTACK I WAS HAVING A PANIC/ ANXIETY ATTACK WHICH I NEVER HAD BEFORE AND I WAS FULL OF DUMP. I WENT AND GOT A COLONICS DONE ATE FRUIT AND SALAD FOR A FEW WEEKS , EVERYTHING WENT BACK TO NORMAL. SO FOR EVERYONE WHO IS HAVING PANIC/ ANXIETY ATTACKS REMOVE STRESSFUL PEOPLE FROM YOUR LIFE THEY WILL HURT YOU. ALSO TRY GETTING A COLONICS TO CLEAN OUT THAT OLD FECAL THAT IS PUTTING TOXIC IN YOUR BLOOD IT WORKS TOO. :-)