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Attacks! Multiple Syptoms
I'm a 37 year old female, I have been getting attacks where I start shaking uncontrolably and get very cold, my arms and legs tingle and then I get burning pain. I have pain in my knees. My eyes blur and get cloudy, my ears ring and parts of my face and head tingle. I also get like my heart is going to pound out of my chest. I get burning pain in my upper back. The attacks can last for a few hours and when I start to come out of it I get a headache on the right side of my head and pain in that ear. I also get very weak and feel like everything is in slow motion. During the attacks I have had slurred speech and loss of balance but not every time. After they go away the only thing I have consistantly is ringing in my ears and pain in my left knee. These attacks have sent me to many specialists and to the ER twice. My PCP thought it was aniexty attacks but meds were given without improvement. I have seen ENT Specialist, Nerologist, Cardiologist, Orthopedic Surgeon. I have had MRI with contrast of my head, MRI of my spine, CT scans of my head and chest, EKG, Stess Test, and a nerve test. All tests are normal. They come on without warning and nothing I do seems to help.
My doctor doesn't have a clue what this is. Does anyone have any suggestions?
Thank You!
My doctor doesn't have a clue what this is. Does anyone have any suggestions?
Thank You!
Hey,
Just got back from the cariologist who told me that he thinks I'm getting these symptoms from drinking too much diet soda.
He told me that he has had cases of young girls, 20-30 years old, come in with heart attacks and heart problems due to comsuming to much caffine.
I knew it wasnt the best thing for me, but I had no idea until recently that this could be so severe.
Anybody else heard of this?
Just got back from the cariologist who told me that he thinks I'm getting these symptoms from drinking too much diet soda.
He told me that he has had cases of young girls, 20-30 years old, come in with heart attacks and heart problems due to comsuming to much caffine.
I knew it wasnt the best thing for me, but I had no idea until recently that this could be so severe.
Anybody else heard of this?
The headaches are probably from the caffeine withdrawal from stopping the soda. The artificial sweeteners in diet pop (aspartame or nutra sweet) can cause neuro symptoms. I don't know about Splenda though.
I drink ALOT of diet soda, have for years. I have tried to stop many times and get very sick with severe headaches.
Could this be a connection?
Could this be a connection?
You're welcome. I used to get "reactive" hypoglycemia. This is when you eat something sweet, the body secretes too much insulin and then the blood sugar temporarily drops too low. It would happen to me when I worked night shift. I remember drinking a cup of coffe with sugar in it. A few minutes later I got blurred vision, shaking, nausea, tingling, rapid heart beat, almost passed out. I checked my sugar at work since I'm a nurse and it was 40. This happened to me numerous times. It was very scary. This doesn't seem to happen anymore. I felt horrible for hours after.
Also have had no blood work. I did have the regular blood work up twice when I visited the ER.
Not sure if sugar testing is done then.
Not sure if sugar testing is done then.
I did have a doctor think that I was having migraines. My PCP put me on Amitriptyline HCL and they made them worse and more often.
I had terrible migraines when I was younger, regular pain on one side with nausea, vomitting. No relief. I went to a chiropractor and saw him over the coarse of a year, no more headaches!
This strarted last April with dizzyness, like vertigo, no infection in the ear. PCP said that some people who had migraines early in life can get permanent vertigo. The migraines can damage the innner ear, and cause this latter on.
Have you ever heard of that?
Will check out simple migraines.
Is there a special doctor to go to for that?
Thanks for response!
I had terrible migraines when I was younger, regular pain on one side with nausea, vomitting. No relief. I went to a chiropractor and saw him over the coarse of a year, no more headaches!
This strarted last April with dizzyness, like vertigo, no infection in the ear. PCP said that some people who had migraines early in life can get permanent vertigo. The migraines can damage the innner ear, and cause this latter on.
Have you ever heard of that?
Will check out simple migraines.
Is there a special doctor to go to for that?
Thanks for response!
I don't know about the migraine/vertigo connection. I know migraines can cause small vessel disease in the brain , showing on MRI.
It's a migraine where you don't actually get the headache but you get the other migraine symptoms the go along with it. I have actual migraines. I get blurred vision, yawning, can't think straight and other things. It would be all those symptoms without the pain. Google silent migraines and see what you find. Not saying you have this, just a thought. What made me think this you could have this is the that your symptoms are so temporary. All the bad neuro things cause longer lasting symptoms...not just a few hours. Also, what about your blood sugar? Low blood sugar cause cause weird, temporary symptoms too.
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