Head Issues

[Talon39]

My problem started two weeks ago this coming Saturday. I had been standing outside for 4 1/2 hours at work and the wind was whipping at about 35-40 miles an hour almost constantly. It was a mostly cloudy day. When it was time to go home, as I was leaving, I started getting this almost drunk feeling in my head. I have not touched a drop of alcohol since 2004. My equilibrium has been way off since that day. I thought that it may have been allergies, since tree pollen is way high here in North Texas. But, I'm concerned that it might be something else. When I walk, it's really like the feeling of being drunk. When I drive, I almost have to drive purely on instinct, and it scares the heck out of me sometimes.  It really scares me when I have to drive my 8 year old son to school and my wife to work. When I sit at home, it's there, but not as bad.

There is no spinning feeling at all. It's more like a shaking feeling in my head.

[Talon39]

Jerry, it will be 2 Weeks since it started this Saturday. Someone I talked to mentioned it possibly being an ear infection. I am completely deaf in my left ear and have been since the age of 3. But I can hear normally out of my right ear just as well as I did before this happened. As far as seeing a doctor, I have no insurance until my wife adds me to hers when open enrollment happens later this year. I feel fine otherwise, it's just this annoying drunk-like feeling that's causing concern. I tend to associate ear pain to ear infections, since I had a year's worth of ear infections between the ages of two and three, and those were very painful. I just wish I could better explain this.

[Jerry_NJ]

What is your heart rate and blood pressure?  Can you hear normally, as before the problem symptoms developed?

If you have an infection in one or both ears I think it could cause some of the symptoms you listed.  

If this goes on more than a day or two you need to see your/a doctor.

[Talon39]

I forgot to add as well, that when I have laid down, I have gotten the feeling that the room is spinning and have broken out in sweats.

[Talon39]

Also, to add to my post, I'm 43, a half a pack to a full pack a day smoker, am about 5'6" tall and about 190lbs. I also am not a healthy eater by any means. I only eat at most twice a day. However, I am active at work and when I'm on the go, but at home I'm pretty much stationary, in front of the video game system or TV. I have never felt like this before. Sure, I've had dizzy spells, or headaches, or even had head colds before, but this really worries me.