Weird head feeling (dizzy/lightheaded), nauseous, irritable, brain fog, etc.; very very sick!

Update: New doctor, new MRI. Showed inflammation of the sinuses, was put on antibiotics for 10 days. Big mistake. Brain fog is worse. Migraines. Congestion that wasn't there before the antibiotics. Neck and back hurt, can't sleep well. Being referred to all new neuro, etc., bs I already went through. Perhaps I lost hope, but it is not worth the stress and being someone's experiment. I feel too shitty to take someone's guess in what this could be to risk feeling worse than I already am. Hope all of you have better luck with this.

Hey ya I have been having very similar mental symptoms and deppresion that has been lasting for quite some time now its pushing 5 years now, and admitance to a hospital is one of my fears because I've regressed so much lately that I'm almost in agreeance with myself i am vegefied and I bet that ppl who take notice of me can see there is some issues with the way I am ticking inside, that makes it all the more of an addition to my problem maybe as well as yours but the difference between us is I am a 23 year old male, if you would like to here out my opinions well... genetic mental dissorder, poise of a bad person, recreational hobbies like illegal drug use, the use of prescribed mental meds like seroquil or atavan or abilify that treats depresion or anxiety etc., also lung disfunction maybe that can cause lack of oxygen to the brain, sexual malnourishment, poor medical care providers, crossed wires in the brain to cause a paradox like opposite effect with things thought, consumed, or sleep habit, for instance drinking coffee and planeing out as feeling for a nap instead of gaining a sense of alertness like normal or being tired at the wrong times. not being honest with oneself or fooling your own mind like paranoia or not feeling true or knowing your own emotions... yep there's just a lot of variables to consider when diagnosing anything so these dang doctors and phsyc providers are pissing in the wind with there meddicle advise towards our similar like problems we share but I'm going for an evaluation in two days to give a pro cause they are, my confidence in them to help my situation..... there are 3 other big health factors to all humans that I'll say to that might cause some symptoms and that's maintaining friendships, maturity fit with age(witch can be tricky), and trust in the loyalty with those around u in well let's say your heart ones you love.,........ now I am done :- see I've got somethings f!!!!d with me to sorry about your pains, if you want to team up and be friend counselors, that could be beneficial plus I'm kind of intrigued and would like to here of your getting better oh and my calming trick is to lay down and think of whatever but have some kind of background noise not music I use a fan and that's my peak in comfort from my issues hope to here more. Bye

Omg , I feel the same way I have all those symptoms , but I kind of ignore them since no one believes me or believes its all together , Its like claustrophobia , but worse , I honestly dont know what to do I feel weak every morning especially in summer , there have been many days where I have been so close to pasaing out its really scary , when im in crowded places I just want to.run or yell , I get like an anxiety attack , I feel dizzy, weak , light headed , lost , annoyed, I feel trapped like im running out of air when im in closed places, at night I cant even cuddle with my gf I feel like shes taking air from me like im suffocating, I can't sleep witg clothes for the same reason... what is this ? What do I do ?

I think the reason this is so difficult to figure out is because it's physical, emotional and mental all in one. Don't let doctors diagnose you as a psych case because this is definitely more than that. I've been on anti-depressants, went to therapy, for years, it's all bs. Drugs make it worse; whether they're OTC, prescribed or recreational. I can't eat without feeling worse and I've done the elimination and all kinds of diets. The depersonalization is horrible; even a "relaxing" vacation didn't help one bit. Five years ago I was hopeful, after doing some research, but now that I've literally tried all of those things without a glimmer of hope, I can't stand the thought of living this way any longer. Please update with your results; support/"friend counselors" sounds like a great idea.

Hi, I'm feeling like that tonight and was checking posts on my Fibro site and saw a link to this thread on google. Just wondering if your doctors have suggested that you might have Fibromyalgia? I have been diagnosed for over two years and your symptoms match those of so many of is who suffer from this disorder. The fog you describe is exactly what we suffer along with 20 millon other symptoms, it can also be bought on by an accident. Anyway good luck and hope they find out for you.

I had severe virtigo twice in my life, once at the age of 16 and the other was at the age of 32 and both times it lasted 2 to 4 weeks and made me very sick...... I am now 40 and have fairly cronic light dizziness which feels like your eyes are moving in slow motion.....My chiropractor said it was caused from the nerves in my neck, all my other doctors said it was an inner ear issue, but that it was like lightning striking twice in the same place.....In my opinion, i believe it is a neck issue, due to both times the severe virtigo happened to me, it was shortly after a day of intense exercise including a lot more sit ups than i normally would do...it could be due to something with the nerver in the inner ear as well.......I am a high anxiety person with hypertention, so some of the light dizziness i deal wiith now, i think comes from that also....there are days i dont have any dizziness, but the days i get the most dizziness seems to be on the days i have had less sleep while being at work....I come more near believing my chiropractors assessment due to if i move my neck to one side, i will feel more dizzy then if i move it in opposite direction...i believe it has to have something to do with the nerves that connect the neck to the inner ear but I have never been told by any doctor what is the true cause of the severe virtigo, they just tell me what they think the cause is......My chiropractor was the only one to tell me it was caused from neck and he seemed to be 100% positive in his assessment......I hope that this explination may help someone to better deal with this problem and to have a better undernderstanding of it

That is litteratly happening to me righnow but I'm taking pisotifin it's not helping either and I'm getting addicted.School is getting really difficult and my symptoms began around 8 months ago.Im 16 now but I was 15 when is started and I get migraines everyday and my hands tingle.I mainly feel dizzy and horrible when I'm in a crowded room but I suffer from claustrophobia but I used to be able to put up with it beforehand but now I cant.Im vomiting weekly and I see a pedetriciain every three months and I'm due to see them in a few weeks time.My attendance at school is getting bad and I can't do anything without getting dizzy and the room spins a lot.When I'm have a dizzy spell the room will literally move around and laying down makes me dizzy too.My heart beats randomly too fast even without doing anything and I panic every time I have a dizzy spell.Im drinking water but that doesn't help and eating things like chocolate makes me feel sick.I can't sleep anymore and I'm getting stressed because I'm doing exams at school and because of some people that pick on me.Home is effecting me too but I can't stop the dizzy spells or the migraines.My periods are iregular too I'm getting my period every ten weeks or so and I'm only on it for two days and the amount of blood is what I would normally have if I was on my period for the full week.My school doesn't believe me on how bad this is and Its getting to the point where anything is affecting me especially bright light.Im normally fine at home but when I'm at school I feel like c**p.

Boost your vitamin 3 to 2000 units per day during the winter months you'll see a huge difference and maybe after that what's really going on will surface.

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i have something o most the same thing i dont get dizzy drs cant find out what it is had mri ct done nothing showed up all good this started about 8yrs ago went off and on most of the day went a way came back in feb of 2015 and last week it starts on the left side of my head i get weak kinda of sick and i half to lay down on the floor tell it passes maby somebody can help it happen once well taking abath layed there tell it passed

No one give up. Been there with you diagnosis didn't come until age 51. I have multiple sclerosis. The treatments do help. But it is incurable but manageable. Get good help and enjoy each day, if you are not well, respect it. Get rest. Vitamin D helps. Spinal tap revealed years with the issues. My best to all of you

Hi there I don't know if anyone still reads this but I have had similar symptoms for about a year now and it took a while going back and forwards to doctors as they all automatically think you have depression or anxiety but mine resulted to be my neck, apparently I was born with less of a curve in my neck than most people. Most doctors ignore it as they don't know a lot about it. The only reason i was diagnosed correctly was thanks to a doctor who had suffered from it first hand. A slightly straightened neck can cause no problem for years but without treatment eventually causes dizziness migraines feeling sick losing appetite,not wanting to leave the house, it disorientates you. Because of its symptoms it causes paranoia agoraphobia etc. When I was finally diagnosed I tried many different tablets to help. In the end the best treatment for me was an anti inflammatory tablet combined with a tablet for motion sickness and anxiety tablets to help calm my nerves and relax my neck. The thing that actually made me feel much better was an orthopaedic pillow and massage from qualified chiropractic. It never goes away so I have to be careful with my neck of course but I was lucky to be diagnose as many others haven't. I hope this helps someone x

Hey, talk to your cardiologist about pot syndrome. Look it up first. Also YouTube has a really great video about it Its about a half hour 45 minutes a long. Not a lot of people have even heard of it before. Even my cardiologist told me he had to consult with someone else to figure it out. I have periods where I'm great hardly any symptoms and then other weeks it really effects me. I went about 10 years of being misdiagnosed. I had the brain fog light headed and so on anything you can think of I probably felt. I was diagnosed with vertigo syncope anxiety depression and many more. Email me if you would like. I know it's frustrating. They done numerous ekg, tilt tables other testing admitted and nothing ever showed up.

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Thank you for your post. I have experienced nearly all of what you described. I am lucky that mine is episodic, generally every 6-8 months or so. Sometimes mild sometimes extreme. It does help to see what others go through and not feel so alone in this.

Hi I was searching the Internet and came across this site. I have a lot of similar symptoms that are mentioned here and glad of all the information that I'm reading. My symptoms started on November of 2014 and was told that it was BPPV vertigo and had the maneuvers performed. It seemed to have helped but felt weird for about 2 weeks after. Well I started to feel good and all my symptoms had disappeared but on March of 2015 everything came back but this time it hasn't gone away. I did have the spinning sensation like the BPPV vertigo I had the first time but it only happened once. Now all I feel is foggy, unbalanced, weir(head), and now I'm even getting nauseous. Some days I feel better than others but it's not the same. I noticed that if I have lorazepam it helps me up to the point that I can do more things and feel my head a lot better. I've had cat scans, MRI, so much blood work and nothing found very depressing. Well if anyone has any ideas please let us know, thanks to everyone.......