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[ohdear1]

Help anyone? I feel lost and alone,always feel like crying, i think i am dying of a severe illness,see no future,my right eye is blurring and getting worse,my head is some where between dazed and non reality, i am physically fit and exercise regularly, but it's getting harder to get motivated, i've been to various hospitals and doctors and they all come to the same conclusion,panic,anxiety and depression, so i made the move to Zanax and remerom, they did not help, so i stopped taking them gradually after about 1 month, now i am worse than when i started them, is this really depression,can it make me feel so weak and useless and feel like i am going to die? Or,do i have an untraceable illness lurking inside?

[twintwo]

A close neighbor just sent me this info about Janet Jackson, as her recent vertigo symptoms that caused her to cancel appearances do sound similar to mine.  

http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=6043241    click on this link - it associates these symptoms with migraine pressure without headache pain.  

I don't have the spinning vertigo as others describe.  Janet J's vertigo symptoms of feeling as if she's on a boat or floating, mirrors my experience.   I often have intense pressure in my head but I would never have thought this pressure was headache or migraine related.

I just got back from a week long process workshop in Mesa AZ and each day was torturous.  I tried not to panic when the motion I felt sitting in a conference room all week just would not ease up.  I could really feel every "bob and dip" movement - fortunately I was able to get up often to take breaks.  I'm curious to find out how Janet Jackson's symptoms have been treated.  The article doesn't say if she's back on tour yet.

I have never heard of - and not one of the doctors I've seen have ever mentioned - " Mal de Debarquement or Floating Woman Syndrome" - I'm printing this article about Janet Jackson to take to my PCP, EN&T, and Naturepath.

I'm hoping this dizziness is just hormonal and related to the onset of menopause.  I've been battling this for a year now and I hope to find out how Janet Jackson was treated - I do feel hopeful!  I also just bought Suzanne Sommers book "Breakthrough" to read on the plane.  Very interesting and insightful.  She confirms the aspects of poor "gut / intestinal / digestive track" health as the root of all health problems.  Her book is getting good reviews.  I will share more as delve deeper into her book.

At the advice of the Naturepath I've been working with, I've been off of wheat and gluten for more than a month.  Unfortunately I had very painful inflammation of my mouth tissue two weeks ago, so she recommend removing processed sugar from my diet as well, to speed the healing process of having thrush/candida. I've never had that before - I thought it was a condition that just affected children - my mouth is fine now.  She said to keep up these diet constraints until she sees that my compromised immune system has improved.

Celiac Sprue runs in my family (cousins) and recent blood work showed I had sensitivity to wheat, almonds, dairy, pineapple and kidney beans.  With supplementing Vitamin D, my levels have been elevated to 23 - I was at 15 or 16.  I take 2000 units each day and try my best to get a little sun each day - not easy to do in this Seattle weather.   I'm hoping these diet adjustments will help lower my high thyroid antibodies as my Naturepath explained poor nutritional / gut health causes autoimmune problems. I'm off of Thyroid hormone as I reacted badly to the low amounts of Synthroid my PCP prescribed.   In a few months I return for more blood work to check levels.

Even with diet changes I'm still dizzy each and every day, still have tinnitus buzzing in my left ear for more than 4 years now and head pressure.

Hope all are doing better, I welcome any thoughts you may have.

[ohdear1]

Also, i guess the best description is ,like having a constant hangover, when i am on the move, like on a motor bike,it seems to disappear, when i stop, it's back,very strange!

[DrNoopurMD]

Hi,

Thanks for writing in.
Your symptoms can be due to sinusitis also which can cause watering of eyes and blurry vision. Since you are physically fit it does not seem to be serious medical problem, please do not think that way.
Continue with your exercises, eat healthy and maintain hydration. Also be positive and make sure you get adequate amounts of sleep.
Take care!

[ohdear1]

Thank you Carol, yes i am taking magnesium daily, also multi vitamins, no real change, i am getting worse,my head aches seem to be coming from the back of the neck,like a pinched nerve or some thing, i panic very easily and i am to frightened to go to the doctor at the moment, so i really don't know what to do.

[Carol in PA]

A magnesium deficiency can cause all kinds of mental health symptoms, such as depression, anxiety, and panic attacks.
You can take supplemental magnesium to help this, at least 400 to 600 mg daily.
Also, almonds are high in magnesium, and eating several ounces per day will help.
You should be able to find one pound bags of almonds at the grocery store.

The Importance of Magnesium to Human Nutrition
http://www.mbschachter.com/importance_of_magnesium_to_human.htm

An SSRI medication can relieve symptoms also, but will not address the underlying problem.

Wishing you the best,
Carol