The shimmering eye thing on the periphery of your vision definitely sounds like an aura.Usually, they start in the middle and you see a little blurry and they wiggle then the get bigger and then end up on the periphery. You may want to get that EEG I mentioned above. Well, it can't hurt test your fasting blood sugar and get a hemoglobin A1 C . But you could also be hypoglycemic. But it also sounds food allergy like. The migraines I get hurt in one eye and right side of my head. They can be mild to severe. Also, I have had the auras without migraine headaches many times. Right now I see a yellow light that zips across my vision and it isn't always there. I had an eye exam and it was normal. Weird. I also get eczema but haven't traced it to food rather than seasonal and dry skin and too much hand washing etc.
I had a lot of the same symptoms late last year...so fatigued, in pain & dizzy I could hardly get out of bed for a month. Felt like someone punched me in the stomach, it was just a knot all of the time, and then I'd get vertigo too. Had many of the other symptoms, sudden hearing & vision changes, sudden sensitivity to alcohol, also an itchy rash on my back. I had all sorts of blood tests, stool samples, went ahead and got a colonoscopy since I was due for one and it would clean me out. They didn't find anything, and could not come up with any diagnosis for me AT ALL. Drs. just kept telling me to take things out of my diet, everything from dairy, nuts, cooked fruit, raw vegetables, deep fried food, alcohol, meat, etc. etc. and had me take Florajen for probiotic digestive support & an over-the-counter remedy for dizziness. Finally, I was just fed up as I was leaving the office & went to Culver's for a beef sandwich, fries, & a shake with walnuts in it [all stuff they told me not to eat] and I swear, I felt better the next day and it never came back. I live in fear that it will. I do think it may be basically allergy-related but that can be so difficult to track down definitively. Good luck..
I do think some of my issues are related to either digestion or allergies. I used to have really bad eczema as a child. If I ate certain foods, I would break out in rashes (IE shrimp, peanuts, chocolate). By the time entered into my late teen years, the eczema issues subsided however possibly my allergies are still there, just now more of a digestion thing rather that an external rash. Maybe I should visit with a nutritionist and/or allergist? I think I will ask my doctor to test me for Lyme disease, just to see if we can rule that out (I’m willing to try anything). I have had thoughts that these symptoms could be blood sugar related (maybe I’m becoming diabetic?). Some of the symptoms that I experience seem to fit a diabetic when an insulin shot is required. In some situations, where I get the extreme fatigue/dizzy feeling, after eating some food the feeling does goes away. I have been focusing on snacking throughout the day, however I still seem to get these episodes regardless. Last evening, we were at a family friend’s house for dinner. I had some snacks (apple, cheese and some nuts) prior to leaving. When we arrived, I continued to snack on some offered bread with cream cheese and smoked salmon. When I sat down for dinner, I could feel that same disconnected\dizzy feeling as well a very tight feeling in my chest. I could feel my heart beating and a ridged feeling in my throat. To add, for most of the afternoon that day, I had that throbbing feeling in my left eye and also weird involuntary twitching in my right eyelid & brow. The dizziness and chest stiffness did eventually subside about an hour after dinner although just prior and during dinner, I did start to get a bit worried that I was going to need to visit the ER. I figure if this is a blood sugar\glucose thing, my snacking should help but doesn’t seem to make much difference. My doctor has also suggested that I am experiencing a “silent” migraine. I never really get headaches, other than the eye pressure problem. I have had a few instances during the spells of extreme fatigue where I get weird auras, to the point where I can barely see. I get this shimmering effect all along the left side of my peripheral vision. I have experienced this maybe three or four times in the last five or six years, the last time being maybe about a year ago. I have had my eyes and optic nerve checked twice in the last five years, everything has come out normal, other than a bit of dryness in my eyes which some drops were prescribed. I do not wear glasses or contact lenses.
I appreciate all the feedback. I am hoping that from tips from others that are experiencing similar symptoms will assist me in the right path to determining the cause and hopefully figure out a cure.
Best Regards
I had a lot of the same symptoms late last year...so fatigued, in pain & dizzy I could hardly get out of bed for a month. Felt like someone punched me in the stomach, it was just a knot all of the time, and then I'd get vertigo too. Had many of the other symptoms, sudden hearing & vision changes, sudden sensitivity to alcohol, also an itchy rash on my back. I had all sorts of blood tests, stool samples, went ahead and got a colonoscopy since I was due for one and it would clean me out. They didn't find anything, and could not come up with any diagnosis for me AT ALL. Drs. just kept telling me to take things out of my diet, everything from dairy, nuts, cooked fruit, raw vegetables, deep fried food, alcohol, meat, etc. etc. and had me take Florajen for probiotic digestive support & an over-the-counter remedy for dizziness. Finally, I was just fed up as I was leaving the office & went to Culver's for a beef sandwich, fries, & a shake with walnuts in it [all stuff they told me not to eat] and I swear, I felt better the next day and it never came back. I live in fear that it will. I do think it may be basically allergy-related but that can be so difficult to track down definitively. Good luck...
Some of the symptoms sound like a heart problem. So it is good you are getting the heart monitor done. It is good your bp is normal. I don' t know if all the symtoms are related but some may be. Such as the chest pain, eye issue, dizzyness could be related to a heart issue. I would rule that out first as you are, Perhaps you are also allergic to wheat gluten? The wine issue could be migraine or seizure. Seizures (not grand mal) can give you an out of body like feeling, strange smells etc. If the heart monitor is negative, I might also do a follow up echocardiogram for structural problems. Also, see a neurologist to get an EEG for the migraine/seizures.Then an allergist. I am sorry I can't give you a definite answer. Also, sorry for all your problems. I have a migraine variant where if I drink a glass or two of red wine I will get very sick and throw up with abdominal pain all night. Stress will do this too for me. So, then they did an EEG and it was abdnormal. I wasn't getting a migraine headache or aura. I was put on an anti anxiety/seizure drug (Klonopin) and it solved my problem after 8 years trying to get diagnosed. Now in my 40's I have other problems in addition to now getting the migrane headaches. Did they do a brain CT? It sounds like of neurologigal too. I think you are just going to have to go through a bunch of doctors to try to get diagnosed like I did.Ironically, I thought I was going crazy because I went to all the doctors and had all the tests they gave up and I sent myself to a psychiatrist. He diagnosed me with this somewhat rare migraine variant which is now more understood. So, I hope you can find out what it is but those are my thoughts.
Have you been tested for Lyme Disease (borrellia)? I believe all of your symptoms are on the comprehensive list of chronic Lyme symptoms. If you have had it for a long time, you might test negative in a screening test. See if your doctor will run a Western Blot for Lyme, but know that you could also be neagtive on that test and still have Lyme. It takes a doctor with experience with the disease to make a clinical diagnosis. You can try getting tested at IGeneX, even if you're not in the US, as they have advanced testing standards that find more infections than other labs. Check out www.ilads.org to see if you can find a referral to a Lyme Literate Medical Doctor (LLMD) in your area. There is much misinformation and ignorance out there about Lyme, including significant disagreements about treatment. Short term antibiotic treatments have a high failure rate. My doctor will treat me until I'm well, which could be 9 months or it could be multiple years. It's worth it to get my health and my life back! Also, search for Dr. Burrascano's 2008 paper on Lyme. It has a symptoms list and gives a great overview of the disease, common coinfections, and treatments that work. Good luck!