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Hey my name is Amber , I am 19 years old and I am having a really difficult time. I guess the only way that i can really explain how i feel is to start at the very beginning so i hope you all have time. I have no one else to ask and no one else is taking me seriously. So i decided that i would try one more time to talk to someone. Since around the age of 13 i was on paxil, it helped A LOT with anxiety, i never found a need to get off of it until i accidentally found myself pregnant at age 18. When i was at the OBGYN the nurse told me that i could not be on paxil while i was pregnant and that i needed to try Zoloft. I never saw the Dr, i never talked to them or anything, i just discontinued my paxil and i began zoloft. The first few days i didn’t feel too bad, i didn’t feel quite right, but i didn’t feel terrible. Than for the next month almost (give or take) after that i had every bad side effect that i could have imagined. I read the side effects for the zoloft and i had 90% of what was listed. I told the Drs several times that i didn’t feel good and that i didn’t want to try any other pill i just wanted to stop taking all of them. After i stopped taking everything all together i felt like i was having withdrawal. I have not felt good since. I am no longer pregnant... i did have an abortion.. but that is a touchy subject.. but i figured that’s also involved with health so i needed to not leave out any details. It has been about 8 months since i have stopped all together and i still to this day do not feel good, every single day i have this odd headache. It feels like pressure in my head. I still have some of the issues that i developed while taking zoloft, which i was told would go away once i stopped and 8 months later i am still dealing with, such as my ears ringing, constantly. I never had that problem before this. I have had countless problems since zoloft and i have been trying to feel better without resulting back to paxil, i like being able to know that i can live without it, i no longer have panic attacks, and if i do on a rare occasion i can control it. I feel i have no need to go back on to paxil, but my dr pretty much insists that i go back on it because he is convinced the way that i feel now is all because of that. The way that i feel right now is a pressure in my head, mainly in my forehead and in the back of my head. If i press on certain parts of my head its sore as if its a soft spot. I have a chronic sinus infection that i have had to treat on and off the allergy seasons with antibiotics, which make that clear up, and strangely enough make my head feel completely better. Many of the Dr's thought that it was the sinus infections that was making my head feel weird. But i asked them why than would i feel pressure in the back of my head when i have no sinus's there? So that blew that theory out. I have also had bacterial and yeast infections every once in a while that also had to be treated with antibiotics, and again, (no sinus infection issues at the time) my head would feel better. Another example of this was when i had another bacterial or yeast infection of some kind and while i was taking my antibiotic it began to make my head feel better, but before i was done taking them it started to feel weird again... So talking with my nose dr he decided that it would be a bad idea to take anymore antibiotics because he thought that they were treating SOMETHING in my head, but no one knew for sure what that SOMETHING was. But he said that if we kept miss treating it with antibiotics than it would soon become immune to them. So since then i have refused to take another antibiotic because i do not want to make anything any worse, but the problem is we have made ZERO progress on what is actually wrong, i have spent over 500 dollars trying to find out what exactly is wrong and we have gotten no where. I began to get worried and i asked for an MRI, and a CT scan, apparently they both came back normal, but i had no one read them to me or go over what exactly there was... but they did assure me that i had no tumor or anything. So that helped reassure me for the time being. I have had multiple blood tests for many different things and they assure me that i have no infections or anything, (which confuses me, because if i have a chronic sinus infection.. shouldn’t that show up?..) but either way they assure me that there is no infection. So i am feeling like i am on my own. I have done research trying to find something, anything that could give the same kind of symptoms of what i am feeling, and i stumbled across meningitis. Now i understand that meningitis is usually severe and can do damage in as little as one day... but i have also found and i will quote it exactly as i found it "Occasionally, if someone has been on antibiotics for another infection, the symptoms can take longer to develop or may be less intense" my source is  from WEBMD. "Meningitis can also be caused by the spread of an infection occurring near the brain, such as from the ears or the sinuses. It is also an occasional complication of brain, head, or neck surgery." which i was thinking could have something to do with my sinus infection ( which i now have AGAIN, but cant treat because i cant take antibiotics until we find out what is wrong with my head and why it feels better with antibiotics). I have tried talking to 3 different doctors. My primary, My ear nose and throat doctor, and they both ended up sending me to another doctor... which i cant quite remember who or what he is suppose to do.. but all i remember is him being extremely rude and ignored anything and everything that i had to say.. so i got absolutely no where with him. I left his office in tears and had to pay 80 or more dollars just to be in the same exact spot I’ve been in for months. I have had blood work done and many other things done, i asked my primary doctor out of desperation and last measures to see if i could get a spinal tap to make absolutely sure that it was not meningitis. I am exhausting every option, i am running out of money and i am desperately searching for an answer. I am 19 years old and i have no idea what is wrong with me, it is effecting my everyday life and i have spent so much time, energy and money into figuring out the possible cause of what is going on. I feel like no one is taking me seriously now because my primary doctor has just suggested that i try taking my paxil again. Its very frustrating because i feel like no one takes me seriously once they learn that i have anxiety and they assume that it is all in my head or just taking a simple pill with help make everything better. It just seems like whatever it is, is getting worse, and i would really appreciate help from anyone that is willing to help. I have not taken antibiotics in many months and i feel like my head just keeps getting worse. I don’t know how to explain it... i have been told that it could be cluster headaches... but i have had headaches, i have had migraines.. they are nothing like this. It is a constant, all day everyday, from the second that i wake up to the minute before i fall asleep the same feeling. Lately i have felt extremely tired, my eyes have started to hurt.. i had to go to the eye dr because my vision has been doing weird things, but they said that i have perfect vision and the only problem i have is i have hard corneas.. or whatever that is that causes you to have higher pressure in your eyes without having glaucoma. I have been noticing trails, i see halos around objects mostly people, i see something that i would consider visual static.. and this has all started just recently.. about maybe a month its been happening and getting worse. At first i could see visual static and maybe every once in a while i would see trails, than i started to see halos. I try to ignore it, because i don’t have enough money to go in for a check up any more, i don’t know whets wrong so i don’t know how to have anyone fix it. The reason that i decided to write to you today and not try to ignore it like i do every other day is because i was in the shower today and out of no where i felt like i was going to pass out, i felt this weird sensation that the room was just getting dark and i was just going to pass out, so i jumped out of the shower and sat on the floor for a minute. I had this stabbing pain in my back and my stomach and i felt like i was going to puke, when i felt as if i could stand i did so, and i left the room to get some fresh air, immediately i felt as if i was going to puke again and i ran into the bathroom and i had one dry heave... and felt completely normal again. That is the first time anything like that has ever happened to me before. So please, i am completely lost on what to do. All i want to know is how do i find out what could be wrong with how my head feels. What could be causing it, why does it feel better with antibiotics and what can i do. Please if you have any words of advice please let me know. I am sorry for such a long note but i am running out of people to talk to. Please and thank you. Amber

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You've listed a ton of symptoms. So you feel bad quite a bit, huh. Don't know how you are, but try eating a lot more fresh veggies & fruit, cut back on junk food & get some excersise, especially with the nicer weather coming up ( I know it has not been so good this past week). Get an MP3 player, IPOD, phone, put on some songs that will get you pumped up & go for a walk or jog. Drink a good amount of water too & get enough sleep. It sounds like BS, it's so simple, but do you take care of yourself as good as you can??? If you have chronic problems that are not going away, getting your body in the best working order you can should lessen your symptoms or at least make them more manageable and less severe, I would think. You may be overthinking your symptoms too. The more you concentrate on them, the more you will notice them. I'm not saying you don't have some chronic problem, but the healthier you are, the smoother your body runs, the less things will bother you (stress & physical illness). Don't forget to ease into things if you havent been eating healthy/exercising much lately.

Might not be exactly what you're looking for, but I hope it helps a little.

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Thank you very much :), it helps to have anyone to talk to at all about it lol. I have actually started to eat better in the past few months, ive lost at least 25 pounds all together which is really exciting to me, ive been eating vegetables and have cut the bad food in half, i noticed that it makes me feel like i have more energy, but it doesnt really help how my heads been feeling. i might go to the ear nose and throat dr and see if i have another sinus infection and maybe i can get that all figured out. idk its a terrible situation. But thank you very much for replying :)
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Amber,

WOW!!! I am sorry you feel that bad. I know how you feel though. I have had a headach for 11 weeks now, and gotten no answers to what it is. My head MRI has come back as normal as well and they are telling me it is a symptom of my "depression" and no one seems to listen to me either. I went to go see a neurologist about a week ago and she had me get a brain MRI with and without contrast as well as a MRA(it shows the blood vessels) and put me on a medication that blocks the pain signals so that I can somewhat function adn not want to blow my head off. When I started reading your message, I was thinking some type of tumor, but after I continued and read how you feel better with antibiotics, I feel like you have some type of brain infection. I know that it is SUPPOSE to show up in your blood work, but sometimes it doesnt. Dont ask me how that happens, but it has happened to me, only not a brain infection. these doctors need to get off their dang im the best pedistal and listen to you. Next time you go to a neurologist ask them about amitripitylin to help stop the pain signals until you can get to the bottom of why you are having the headach and so that you can live your life to some extent..... I also believe that the Zoloft has something to do with it. My mom works in a Pharmacy and when I was prescribed it, she went and told the doctor HELL NO. It has some pretty bad reviews and can cause some serious health issues. On top of that too, you are probably going through some withdraw symptoms, but I dont believe they are the biggest part of it. Hope I helped a little bit.

P.S. I am almost 19 as well and a medical major, but have most of my knowledge from 1st hand. I truly hope that you get some relief soon.

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Thank you so much :), that helped me smile at least, but its good to have someone out there willing to listen. Its just really frustrating because its like hello i am 19 years old and i would rather be spending 500 dollars on something else, i mean i wouldn't mind as much if it was getting me somewhere or at least CLOSER to something, but its not sadly. The infection thing is totally where i was trying to go with it, i was like okay meningitis seems like a bit of a stretch ya know, but its like i need to do SOMETHING. Does it not make sense with what i'm saying though? my head feels better ONLY when i take an antibiotic, which to me means there is some kind of infection in that area, and if it WAS simply a sinus infection i would not be feeling pressure or any kind of weird feeling in the BACK PART of my head.. Of course i asked the dr if i could do a spinal tap because that is the only other way that i know of to find out if there was any kind of problem dealing with my head and if there was any kind of infection AT ALL in my head that i know of and he refused it. i'm getting rather annoyed.. I'm thinking that it might not be showing up in blood tests (because ive had many) because of the amount of times that i have been on antibiotics and if they have tamed it to the point to where it wouldnt show up.. could be like the only thing that i can think of. I really feel like i'm losing my mind sometimes because the drs have all pretty much written me off as a joke because they have told me they have no idea what it could be.
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well im glad you smiled, and I am always willing to listen. I am one person who knows the value of wanting somwone or anyone to just listen to what is being said. Also, while menengitis may have been a stretch, the doctor should not have pushed u off so lightly like he did. that is bad on his part, and you have a very good point on the fact with the antibiotics helping so long that it wouldnt show up on a blood test. essentially what I think is happening is whatever it is you have is being masked or hidden behind the antibiotics or as something else. O and for a sinus infection, you WOULDN'T feel the pressure or whatever in the BACK of your head. Unfortunatly, doctors do start to simply look at you and not listen to a thing you say or take you as a joke, adn that is wrong. I can tell you people will tell you it is all in your head or that you are the one creating the pain, that you are only trying to get attention, but im sorry, when you are spending more money than you earn adn have to give your arrms, legs, and part of your soul to doctors just to see if you can get a diagnosis, it is not for nothing. I think you should go see a new neurologist, and tell them EVERY symptom and what you think.... start out new and look with fresh eyes, and hopefully they can bring you relief and answers.... just out of curiosity, do you live in Florida? 
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I mean i wish i could just run with what the drs are saying, i wish i could blame it all on anxiety or something all in my head, but if it was all in my head im sure that i would have snapped out of it by now lol. I want to start fresh and talk to a new dr but the problem is i dont have much money to go talk to any more drs or start fresh... so i'm really at a loss. I hate it, i mean i just feel like its getting worse. I mean i feel dizzy everyday and as much as i try to hide it and act completely normal it does freak me out quite a bit. I hate walking around feeling as if someone is trying to push me over, or when i sit down it feels like the bed is shifting. Another thing that i never mentioned to the dr's ( partially because i doubt they'd believe me anyways ) is i have started seeing trails and halos around objects, after images and a bunch of rather annoying things you would normally see if you took some kind of drugs. Funny thing is i don't do drugs, and i haven't been on any kind of pills of any kind besides Tylenol like once a month when i feel like i cant stand how my head feels anymore (which does nothing but make me feel even weirder). So i'm really at a loss. Ive written to my dr trying to explain everything through a letter because i don't have enough money to go to another 80 dollar dr appointment if its not going to get me anywhere. I have looked up certain things trying to figure out why my eyes would be doing this.. because ive been to the eye dr and i have perfect vision based on what they have to say and they dont see anything wrong... but ive looked it up and so far the only thing that i have found that matches exactly to how my eyes feel is something called HPPD. I read somewhere that HPPD symptoms could also be caused by a brain infection. Everywhere that i look it seems like it points to a brain infection of some kind. But what do i do when the dr's refuse to believe its that? P.s. No i'm in New York lol.
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Well, I can understand the money issue, and dont blame you for not wanting to waste it on no answers. HPPD does sound like it would fit based on what I have read on here and what I have read on HPPD. As for the halos and trails you have been seeing, OMG ide be freaked out. I am sorry to say I dont know what to tell you about the doctors not believing anything you say, or that there is even a possibility it could be HPPD. It really pisses me off though. New York, wouldnt have guessed lol, the doctors you are seeing sound like the c**p I've run into here in Florida.
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Hi Amber, first i want to say im truly sorry and know it must be frustrating for you, the not knowing? have you ever hit your head before? because it sounds like reocurring concussion? and i agree w/ the other reply eat healthy! have you ever been checked for diabetes? are frutose intolerent? that is where you cant have anything that contains, sugar, honey corn syrup, barley oats wheat. and you should have your central nervous system checked? but look up concussion! or MS , diabetes. the symptons sound so much like what you are going through. and also the tender spot on the back of your head is swelling does your scalp hurt at times to the touch? do you have tingling on top of your head? or the back. was you like this before your abortion? read up on the vagus nerve too! please keep me informed! oh almost forgot to mention the most important thing, Megan, find a doctor, who has a degree in science and infectious dieases you can research on your pc for your home town. that is the doctor you need to see and we will also give referrals where he might need to send you! and check for toxins or chemicals in your body. they can do that by blood work. i know it sounds like alot but research this on your pc and narrow it down and get a better understanding. and next time when you see a doctor, and he treats you like that don't tolerate it and put him in his place remember patients like you is who pays for is BMW or big fancy house! and tell him straight up it is not in your head! he will then listen to you.

BEST WISHES!!
SINCERELY VirginiaGrl1
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Wow. Your symptoms. Of ringing in the ears and I just not feeling righting eyed sold a like mine. I took Zoloft for eight yrs(25 mgs) daily. I stopped over a year ago and about two moths ago I started experiencing severe panic/ anxiety and a month ago ringing in ears and fuzzy feeling in the head 24 hrs a day. I've modified my diet to include omega 3 foods, anti inflammatory fruits and vegetables to help with my sinuses (which I suffer from so it's making the problem worse, it being allergy season) I am doing yoga and trying to exercise at the gym. I get some small relief but not much. The daily grind of running around dulls the fuzziness and ringing because the external noise drowns out the internal, but at night it's a nightmare because of the quiet. Mabel should sleep with the radio on to some lite music. I looked up tinnitus, thinking it was a withdrawal symptom of Zoloft. I am looking into seeing an ENT specialist that can treat me for it because the ringing is nuts. My regular ENT doesn't believe in herbal supplements or natural cures, he wants me on Zyrtec and nasal sprays for the sinus which he thinks is the cause of it all. Had sinus scan, shows mild polyps and blockage, he does not seem concerned. He mAkes me nuts. About to change. Been researching natural herbs , remedies, supplements, treatments for sinus to help with the sinus pressure And possibly with the ringing. Google holistic/natural remedies for sinus and maybe you can do something to help yourself because doctors just want to fill you up with meds. Also I read the magnesium, zinc , and ginkgo Bilbao are food for the ringing. Will try it. Tried treating the anxiety with 5 http, some Passion flower, niacin,niacinamide, all,of these are natural supplements. Have yet to find the right mix or right product to help. But I will continue searching because I do not want to go back to Zoloft or Allegra d, which I also took for eight years. Good luck!
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Leslysan, yea i don't blame you for not wanting to put drugs into your system and that is your right! have you ever thought of seeing a chicropractic, they don't believe in medications either! and there might be something that could be off in your body? that they can alined, sounds crazy but true story! they are amazing, and they know what they are doing, they can tell you what is wrong and if they cant help you? they can steer you in the right direction and give you some great advice!! give it a shot you'll never know? until you at least check it out. i have to be on meds, i have neuropathy, due to a head and neck injury. i have bilateral cts in both hands and im having surgery on the left hand 1st. and believe me there is noway out of it. mine hands are pretty server. but good luck in your travels and im proud of you in believing in natural medicine (herbs) mother nature as i call it shes been around for along time before meds ever wer'e! take care and best wishes! 2 u oxox

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You have no idea what you are on about. Exercise and eat fruit and veg? It is quite obvious that this person is either suffering from HPPD or Candida overgrowth, or something similar. Go find better things to waste your time on than making people feel worse.
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Amber, I am so sorry you have to go through such frustration to find out what is wrong.  I have gone through years of frustration trying to figure out why I have such weakness and fatigue at times.  Diagnosis 20 years ago was "chronic fatigue syndrome".  I was given Prozac at first, took it for 1.5 years, and quit because I couldn't stand the way it made me feel so wired.   Most of the antidepressants make me feel wired or exhausted.  Maybe getting off street drugs is easier than SSRIs, and these drugs are so easy to get!  The withdrawals force people to get back on them.  I really wonder what they do to the brain.  We are told they are not addictive, but I don't believe it.  It sounds like you could have some sort of low grade infection somewhere in your system that is affecting your nervous system.  Have you been checked for Epstein Barr?  I would totally eliminate all junk food and eat only the foods like God made them.  There are so many additives in processed foods that you could be sensitive to as well.  It's just so hard to tell what this is.  Have you had an oral glucose tolerance test?  Could your blood sugar be dipping too low at times?  Personally, I wish I had never allowed myself to be put on any antidepressant.  I haven't felt right since.  I was initially put on Prozac when going through the final stage of a divorce.  Grief is a natural response to a loss, and is best left to run its course.  The Prozac interferred with my sleep, made me so I couldn't sit still, etc.  Right now there are only two antidepressants approved for people under the age of 24, and Prozac is one of them.  Please keep talking to those who understand.  Otherwise you could wind up feeling like a nutcake, which you don't need.  I wish you the best.  Hang in there.

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Honestly eatting healthy and drinking the proper amount of water is sound advise for anyone, walking and getting enough fresh air and sun when weather permits all will help balance depression for which Paxil and Zoloft are prescribed. I'm battling the same headaches only never took Paxil or Zoloft and im 34 and I've had ever brain scan they thought to put me through (ct with and w/o contrast, mri, mra) and now a lumbar puncture. Don't do a spinal tap or lumbar puncture, it's so very very excruciating painful. I had it done 4 days ago can't sit, stand, walk around, my eyes weep and I'm taking oxycodon every 8 hrs with ibuprofen every 8 hrs. They can't find what's wrong, I couldnt do household chores like dishes or toy pickup or laundry sorting and folding before this. I'll give you some sound advice. Follow the migraine diet for 3 weeks then add your most loved food one at a time weekly to figure out which foods trigger. *this is so necessary* Don't take over the counter ibuprofen, aleve, or pain medication or pain killers more than 3 times a week. Do yoga 3 times a week and drink you recommended daily water intake. Yoga is great for your muscles and nerves and spine and brain and stress. Try using a paper notebook or journal and write down 5 things your thankful for each day and make a list of calming or relaxing or enjoyable things in your life...this can be super simple stuff like reading on your Kindle or walking at a certain place or sunshine on your face or counting stars or seeing the moon. These simple things can help you remember life's not about money or what you have or don't have or who is or isn't in your life. I've battled depression so it's my guide and help to you. Ps. All my advice I got through nuerologist and psychologist.
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Hey, I’ve had all your symptoms and I cured it. Steady high doses of methylcobolamin, a type of b12 gets rid of it for good.
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