About 1 and a half years ago I started feeling chest pains. It got so bad that I went to A&E one day and got checked up with heart monitors. The doctor advised that it is likely stress related with too much caffeine consumption. I cut out caffeiene and try to relax more and felt a bit better for a few weeks. Then I started feeling dizzy most of the day. I would feel like I was about to fall over at times. Again I went to A&E one night and they did the same tests. The doctor said it might be an inner ear infection and gave me Betahistine. I took these and it didn't really make me feel better completly, but seemed to stop me from feeling like I was going to collapse.
About 4 weeks ago I started feeling quite bad again. I have the feeling thar I can't feel my arms and have to pinch them to make sure I can feel them. My face feels like it can't really move as well and have to smile to confirm it can. Basically, everythinf does work but I get it in my head that they don't. I went to the GP and advised that I get these feelings and she done a few stroke tests and gave me Betahistine again. I took these for 2 weeks and seemed to feel better but rhe next day. I got a blood test too and it came back fine. The next day after being signed off, at one point I felt panic waves going up my stomach and chest and my legs. When I walk sometimes it either feels like I'm being pulled to the ground and loosing my balance, or that I can't lift my legs over a certain height (even tho I can). Sometimes, very suddenly, I get the feeling that if I begin to move or continue to walk I'm going to fall over (a kind of stuck on the spot waiting to collapse feeling). Tonight, I was one a date and we drank a coffee. I was sitting down and suddenly started to loose concentration on my eyes (nothing went blurry, it was just I couldn't concentrate on anything) followed by my head going blank for a few seconds and then the panic waves going through me. I stood up suddenly, explained to her I was feeling dizzy and we walked outside. When I get outzide the waves started to calm down but my legs felt like they were going to give way anytime I stood still. I just had to end the date there, very awkward haha, and walked for the train. The walk to thr train, and whole journey home on the train, I had the same problem with being able to concentrate with my eyes, feeling like my face wasnt able to move and feeling like I was about to fall over and that my legs couldnt go up high enough to climb stairs (tho they could - just the feeling that they couldn't).
Sorry to write so much, but has anyone had these symptoms? Does the panic waves through the body sound like a panic attack (I didn't feel like I couldn't breathe or that I had problems in my chest)?
Any feedback would be great as I'm starting to avoid doing things in case I take a turn.
Thanks,
Johnny