PLEASE HELP????symptoms

[BROWNAPPLE]

Hi

For approx 9 months I have had recurring symptoms, which started of mildly and have got gradually worse.
It has now gotten to the point where it is now interfering too much within my life.

I have been to the doctors now around 10 times and I feel like I’m getting nowhere fast.

And now I’m starting to annoy my friends, family and girlfriend by constantly trying to find out on the internet what’s wrong with me, but it’s very difficult not too as it happens so frequently.

And the longer it goes on the more I think theres nothing wrong with me.

I start university in September and I really want to try and get it sorted by the time I go.

I’m male, aged 21, 6ft, 11 Stone.

Blood pressure is fine and is also fine after eating

I have had a series of blood tests which have all come back negative; I also got a diabetes test which came back fine as well.

I’m having one more blood test next week to get tested for iron and similar deficiencies.
My doctor has referred me to a neurologist to get tested for seizures, although I doubt it is this I still intend to go.


Symptoms.

1. Spells of extreme brain fog-almost like been drunk without alcohol, like half of my brain has shut off.
        -        During this I have difficulty concentrating on the most simple task such as reading or writing this.
        -        I have memory problems remembering things that happened 10 seconds ago or things that happen a week ago.
       -        I feel like I’m in a haze and worry that if i put something in the oven i may forget i put it in
       -       Most of the day I feel totally fine but I have spells of feeling like this throughout the day
      
2.    Feel frequently tired, lethargic, weak and lack get up and go where i just want to lay down and watch the TV, even though really i want to be out and about
      
3.    Agitation/Irritability, this is hard to explain but I really agitated even by my family and girlfriend to the point where   I  just want to climb in bed and be on my own until the symptoms go away.ght i was actually going to.
      
4.   In the past I have felt lightheaded and very faint to the point where i thought i was going to .
      
5.    I’m confused as to whether it is or not but im starting to think that it is linked to eating, after eating within 15 mins to 1 hour I start to feel these symptoms which suddenly come on out of the blue.

When I think back the majority of times when i have felt my worst it has been after eating a meal.

For example I woke up this morning feeling totally fine and did so for a few hours, I then had a chicken toastie with salad and some ice cream, around an hour later i started feeling all of my symptoms mildly which have pestered me all afternoon but nowhere near the worst I’ve had, this gradually got worse through the day, I ate at around 12 o’clock dinner time, and felt my worst at 6’oclock, I made some cheesy fries and whilst waiting I felt very spaced out, 10mins after eating them ive back to normal feeling how I should do and maybe now just tired.

Other seemingly unrelated symptoms
1.Ive had thrush frequently recently
2.Just got rid of a bad bout of mouth ulcers
3.Feel down because I’m not getting answers, i haven’t cried since i was young yet i’ve probably cried 4 times this year when it gets too much.
4. Always had mild insomnia
5. Need to urinate slightly more often than usual
6. A few times recently ive either had nightmares or woken up dazed and confused feeling a bit frightened
7.Sometimes feel nausea and have been sick
The longer this goes on the more i start to doubt myself and even though I know I’m not making it up its extremely distressing.

Thank you for your help


      

[Caryopteris]

I think food allergies are a strong possibility.  You should stop all dairy, including all that cheese you're eating, and see if it improves.  For a gluten allergy you need to get blood tests before you stop eating wheat because the test won't be reliable otherwise.  If you eat soy, you could cut that out, and nuts also.  

The mouth ulcers do suggest food allergy, as does the brain fog, nausea.  

The other thing I wonder about is absence seizures, where you stop and just appear to be staring blankly instead of having muscle twitching.  Don't give up.  We are the only ones who can persist and get to the bottom of our health problems.  

[SassyLassie]

Well, food allergies can certainly do a lot of what you mentioned. Try to keep a diary of what you eat, the time, and how you felt before and after. Also, ask the doctor to do a blood test for food allergies.

You have a wide array of symptoms, so, I would get checked, but, I would try not to worry too much, the more we worry, the more cortisol is released, the cortisol, the more we can have brain fog, etc etc. Cortisol also controls blood sugar, so, all are related.

[ToTired]

Im not sure, but a few things that really stand out are you have a lot of symptoms of lupus or diabetes. When they checked for diabetes, how did they do it? Did they just do a finger ***** or did you go in and have blood taken then drink some really sweet stuff and have more blood taken? Maybe just plain old hypoglycemia. Also, a lot of the symptoms are a lot of the same as depression and anxiety. And since you are in the allergy section then I guess you know it can be allergies. Try for one week going gluten free and one week lactose free with your meals (different weeks). It is hard to do, but the results are amazing if those are one of your problems. Also request to have allergy testing done. Hope some of that helps.