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intermittent nausea, headaches, lightheadedness
by starfruit, Dec 26, 2006 12:00AM
For the past four months I have been suffering from symptoms such as nausea, occasional blinding headaches, and dizzyness and lightheadedness. The best way to describe how I feel is extreme motion sickness, though I have never actually vomited (just felt like it, which seems worse). The symptoms are not constant: they go through a cycle in which for about a week I feel perfectly fine, and then I feel completely sick and nauseated for the next week, then I feel fine for a week, and on and on.
I have gone to a total of 5 doctors, none of whom have given me a satisfactory answer. They tell me whatever diagnosis seems convenient at that time: in the summer, when I went to the first doctor, she told me it must be heatstroke. After that the diagnosis alternated between heatstroke, stress, anemia(all blood tests came out negative), and something about the inner ear(tests were also negative).
I would buy what they're saying if the symptoms were the least bit different, but when they appear they're always the same. The latest doctor (after I told her I would scream if one more doctor blamed it on stress) told me there might be a neurological problem and that I should get a CT scan. So naturally I'm rather worried, and while I'm waiting for my appointment I thought I would ask if anyone here has had similar symptoms before and what they turned out to mean. Thank you.
I have gone to a total of 5 doctors, none of whom have given me a satisfactory answer. They tell me whatever diagnosis seems convenient at that time: in the summer, when I went to the first doctor, she told me it must be heatstroke. After that the diagnosis alternated between heatstroke, stress, anemia(all blood tests came out negative), and something about the inner ear(tests were also negative).
I would buy what they're saying if the symptoms were the least bit different, but when they appear they're always the same. The latest doctor (after I told her I would scream if one more doctor blamed it on stress) told me there might be a neurological problem and that I should get a CT scan. So naturally I'm rather worried, and while I'm waiting for my appointment I thought I would ask if anyone here has had similar symptoms before and what they turned out to mean. Thank you.
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I have slightly similar symptoms to you and every time i have been to the doctors, i get some lame-*** answer or basically an "i dont know".. I have seen about 10 different doctors and have had a CT scan and stil i am left clueless. I get dibilitating headaches/migraines and have recently starting suffering light headedness, nausea and loss of appetite. For me this is worrying because i have always had such a healthy appetite. Now even if my favourite food is put in front of me i can only eat about 4 mouthfuls before i feel like im gonna vomit.. The worst thing about all this is im only 21.
I wish you the best of luck and hope you find out whats wrong with you so you can start enjoying life again.....
I have slightly similar symptoms to you and every time i have been to the doctors, i get some lame-*** answer or basically an "i dont know".. I have seen about 10 different doctors and have had a CT scan and stil i am left clueless. I get dibilitating headaches/migraines and have recently starting suffering light headedness, nausea and loss of appetite. For me this is worrying because i have always had such a healthy appetite. Now even if my favourite food is put in front of me i can only eat about 4 mouthfuls before i feel like im gonna vomit.. The worst thing about all this is im only 21.
I wish you the best of luck and hope you find out whats wrong with you so you can start enjoying life again.....
I think you might be describing vertigo.
There are various causes of vertigo.
You need to see another ENT specialist and physician to check your symptoms.
Vertigo is an illusion of movement, most commonly a sensation of spinning. You described the feeling of extreme motion sickness. It is usually due to a disturbance in the vestibular system; abnormalities in the visual or somatosensory systems may also contribute to vertigo. Frequently accompanied by nausea, postural unsteadiness, and gait ataxia, and may be provoked or worsened by head movement.
How severe are your symptoms? How long your symptoms have been? Do you hear ringing in ear or buzzing sound? Do you have headache, seizures, severe vomiting etc?
How much time it takes for you between attaining head position and onset of symptoms?
Do you feel lessening of symptoms with repeated trials?
How intense is this feeling of spinning and what is the likelihood of symptom production during any examination session?
There is well defined treatment for vertigo.
Keep me informed about your thoughts on this.
Bye.
I’ve been having episodes of some sort for years now and I’ve tried many changes in my life to see if they’ll go away yet nothing worked. What happens is that sometime during the day all of a sudden I feel some nausea along with some strange feeling in my head, a pressure or heaviness, and moving my eyes just makes it worse. I don’t get a headache and I never vomit. I just become very weak and all I want to do is lay down. At this point I can fall asleep easily but it’s more like severe dizziness should I close my eyes while tilting my head upwards.
It’s not a vertigo because I don’t get the spinning sensation but if while I’m sitting in my chair I tilts my head back and close my eyes I do get a spinning sensation.
This can happen at any time and after or between meals. I’ve tested my blood sugar many times when I get this but it’s normal and no changes take place. It’s not due to any medication, type of food, sugars, etc. I’ve eliminated all of that as well. It can happen if I’m fasting completely but the episodes decreased significantly while fasting from food.
These episodes are debilitating. I’ll be excited to get things done at work or at home and once I get them I can’t get anything done. I sometimes push myself because I have to and it feels like I’m dying while moving around. It’s worst than feeling tired & worst that feeling very sleepy.
I’ve wasted too many days and weekends due to this feeling when I had so much I wanted to get done. I’m an active person who doesn’t like to just sit or lay down.
I had sleep problems that I addressed in the past years and now use the CPAP. I fall asleep easily now because I’m always dead tired when I get to bed. Staying asleep is a challenge since I wake up a few times at night. I almost never wake up rested and my back wakes me up if I try to sleep longer than 6hrs. Sometimes it wakes me up in less time and sometimes after 7hrs. I feel the best when I sleep 8.5-9hrs which happens only in the weekend whenever possible.
I can also describe this feeling as almost equal to taking a strong sleeping pill.
I'm hating my life due to this and wish I can fix it soon so I can enjoy my kids and my life.
It took the new Gastroenterologist about two minutes to make the diagnosis. In fact, the diagnosis has only been recognized in adults for about ten years.
While there isn't a cure for the disease, there are treatments, including antidepressents, anti-epileptics, etc. You don't have to suffer.