tired, lightheaded, something wrong with my eyes?

I have had similar symptoms for 2 years and still don't have an answer to why they continue. I have right-sided head pain, mostly in the back of my head, but the pain moves around to the top of my head, in my ear, around my right eye, and the right side of my neck. I experience mild facial, hand and feet numbness, and feel light-headed at some time every day, some days are worse than others. The light-headedness feels like I'm just on the verge of spinning dizziness, but I don't end up with vertigo. My vision feels "off" and is difficult to describe, like I'm sort of not in the room, or distant, or depth perception is messed up with intermittent blurriness in right eye. I've been to numerous doctors: family practice, ENT, neurologist, cardiologist, mental health nurse practitioner. All tests came back negative 2 years ago (blood work, MRI brain, echocardiogram, doppler of carotids, holter monitor, ENG) except the ENG which showed a milk vestibular disturbance and holter monitor that showed many PVC's that are non-life threatening, just a nuisance. I had vestibular rehab with physical therapy which did not help. I have taken meclizine for dizziness (no improvement), ativan and zoloft for anxiety (took zoloft for 6 months without improvement, just gave me brain zaps that were awful; do not take ativan any longer), NSAIDS for possibe occipital neuralgia (no change). Went back to neurologist two weeks ago to follow-up on continued symptoms and increasing fatigue and they just want to wait another 6 months.....take mobic (NSAID), try ice to neck, use firm pillow and don't sleep on stomach. They do not think I need another MRI at present. I asked about an aneurysm and an MRA, and they also do not think this is necessary. I am so frustrated and don't quite no where to go next. I just feel like somebody is missing something. I know I have anxiety about feeling this way and often worry that I have something life-threatening going on inside my head. I try to not think about it, but it is hard when your vision and head constantly remind you of how you don't feel right. I continue to exercise daily and try to eat right, but it is often hard to do when you don't feel good. I am going to research the aspartame angle that someone mentioned in a previous post because I do use a lot of artificial sweetener, but if anyone has any good suggestions, I would appreciate it.

I have the same feelings too!! I have been to the Dr had blood test and all that jazz and have been told that it's just my personality!!! A good friend of mine suggested that I go and see an osteopath as some times our backs are all out of wack and maybe back muscles are swollen and are pushing against our nerves?! Because I really feel that this is a nerve issue!! Does anyone feel tingling sensations in their back or have mild-strong back pain? Anyways I have not made an appointment as yet but lets hope it is the case!

someone should answer this because i have had that feeling too! only now i have Sharp chest pains and find i hard to breath most of the time :-(

I have felt the exact same way for like 6 months now and have no idea what it is either. If any of you figure something out email me please! ***this post is edited by moderator *** *** private e-mails not allowed **
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I have had dizziness loss of where im at for a couple a seconds problems with my eyes and am always sleepy started feeling wierd about 3 weeks ago go and comes through the day.

Could someone please post any successful ways to help this? I've been suffering for months now.

Wow! its amazing people are feeling how i am.
i thought i was the only person who felt like this
sometimes i cant even sleep at night cause i feel as if this is going to kill me im always nervous and can never concentrate
im only 17 and trying to live a normal life but this stops me i am also a cheerleader and i work out normally so my fitness isnt a problem but i am going to take vitamins and eat healthier.

i have had all the same symptoms as you and been suffering with this for about 15 years, the worst thing about it is not been able to describe how you feel to the doctor i have been searching the internet for answers and just come across what might be the answer. the first 1 is DEPERSONALIZATION DISORDER and the other one is TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY all the info is on wikipedia hope this helps

i have had all the same symptoms as you and been suffering with this for about 15 years, the worst thing about it is not been able to describe how you feel to the doctor i have been searching the internet for answers and just come across what might be the answer. the first 1 is DEPERSONALIZATION DISORDER and the other one is TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY all the info is on wikipedia hope this helps

Hey Everyone!
So nice to read everyones comments to eachother, makes me feel like i'm not alone!! I'm 22, had anxiety since i was 16, but it was usually just a breathless uncomfortable feeling which I could make go away by distracting myself!

However when I had my little girl 7 months ago (I had a traumatic labour) I've been seeing weird spots in my eyes, they mostly come about the more tired i am, Have had my eyes tested and apparantly my eyes are healthy. I get light headed and I feel a bit like a zombie, it's like i'm sittin in the room but it's almost as if i'm on autopilot, or in a dream watching everyone, I jus dont feel with it! I get tired easily, feel off balance... It's a horrible feeling, especially as GP says my bloods have come back normal and my BP is good. I hate being 22 and feeling like an old lady, It's pushing my boyfriend away, i'm not a fun person anymore, can't go out anywhere to spontanious incase i get the dizzy/light headed feeling and I panic, so that rules out anywhere busy...which rules out anywhere fun!

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GUYS OMG I AM NOT ALONE... I KNOW IT SOUNDS STUPID BUT AT LEAST I AM NOT ALONE ON THIS TOPIC AS I KNOW HOW YOU ALL FEEL.... I HAVE BEEN FEELING LIKE THIS NOW FOR 2 YEARS.... I THINK IT ALL STARTED WITH MY EAR PROBLEM HAD SOME HEARING LOSS...  CAUSED MY SELF ANXIETY CAUSE OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING WITH MY HEARING AND THEN MY HEAD STARTED GETTING FUNNY... LIKE DIZZY, SPACED OUT ZOMBYFIED AND EYES BEING BLURRY LIKE.... CAUSES PROBLEMS FOR ME TO CONCENTRATE AT WORK, WITH FAMILY AND EVEN MY SOCIAL LIFE... SEEN NEUROLOGIST WAITING FOR MRI SCAN RESULTS IN JUNE... HAD BLOOD TESTS OVER AND OVER SEEM FINE... I BELIEVE IT COULD BE A BUILT UP OF ANXIETY AND THEREFORE HAS TRIGGERED THE HEAD PROBLEMS... PLEASE CONSIDER MEDITATION AND YOGA... I BELIEVE THIS IS OUR HELP TO GET THROUGH... I HOPE YOU ALL GET BETTER AND I WILL DO THE SAME.... ONE THING MAKE SURE YOU STAY POSITIVE TRY TO THINK IT WILL GET BETTER DONT TRY TO LET IN ANY NEGATIVE THINKING AS I THINK IT CAUSES THE HEAD PROBLEM EVEN MORE AND LACK OF SLEEP... TRUST ME I KNOW HOW YOU ALL FEEL AS I AM GOING THROUGH IT TOO. IF I GET ANY INFORMATION ON THE CAUSES AND IF I GET BETTER I WILL PASS IT ONTO YOU ALL TO. GOD BLESS. KEEP HOPE AND FAITH... LOL SARIKAx

I feel the same way. I'm always tired, even if I get like 12 hours of sleep, I seem to be sleepy all the time. When I go out, I get dizzy and lightheaded, my eyes hurt for some reason and I don't understand why. I'm not depressed or stressed, I'm a runner and pretty sure I'm completely healthy, but this has been going on for months and it's pretty annoying.

Thanks for all the validation. Are any of you vegetarian or alcoholic?  Do you eat good/bad? what do you eat...a lot of carbs? protien? veggies?  Are you overweight?  Just wondering what other characteristics we have in common.....

HI everyone,

 I have been diagnosed with anxiety for about five years now :( I am currently 21 at the moment. I have hypothyroid also which supposeably has something to do with the cause of it. Lately I haven't been feeling to great myself, I have a sore throat and my ears have been clogging up so when I get out of bed every morning I seem to start panicking cuz I feel dizzy and lightheaded and I also feel like I am out of it all the time. I cried today because It has been such a really really long time since I have felt normal. I am constantly worried about myself and sometimes even swear to myself that there is something wrong with me. My mother goes through the same thing i do, she also has a thyroid problem. The reason why I am commenting is to keep in touch with someone who goes through the same thing cuz when I tell a doctor or someone what is wrong or if i freak out they think im crazy or that I am losing my mind. I guess if there is no cure for anxiety then we have to find ways to make it easier on ourselves, when ever i feel panicky I sit on the floor and rest my head on the couch, I never drink anything cuz then I feel like my throat is closing up and then I worry that I cant breathe, Keep in mind that when we have our episodes we tend to start hyperventilating so breathing is the most important thing, breath as slowly and normally as you can. I also have my husband rub my back and talk to me to distract me and get it off my mind. It needs to be someone u trust and feel that understands u, I have had my moms boyfriend yell at me once and it makes u freak out more. I will post more later I hope this advice helps.

I'm a 14 year old girl. Just thought I'd state that. I'm in good health though I should probably eat better even though I'm as skinny as a pole. When I stand, I usually feel dizzy and light headed and my vision goes gray and fuzzy. I feel like I'm going to collapse and quickly lean on something. The weird thing is that my arms feel strong and i can hold myself up but my legs feel very weak and almost spaztic. After this, I get a strange headache. Another starnge thing is that it can happen at random times, like the grocery store. Everything will feel not real and dream like. My parents think that it's low blood pressure and that i need to eat something,but eating never helps. What I haven't told them and probably should is that it now happens everyday several times. I stopped telling them when it happens around 6 months ago. Some times its worse than others. I've never passed out. I just rub my eyes or adjust my shoe until it passes if it passes, or I just try to ignore it. I know I should tell them and talk to a doctor but I'm scared. Some people have posted saying that they feel their throat tighten. I think that might also be happening. My parents got my an inhaler because we all thought it was asthma, but doesn't really help.  I don't know what to do!