Hi, I'm 30 years old and I've been very healthy all my life up until 2 1/2 years ago when I developed a chronic persistant headache. Next, about 3 months ago I started having heart palps and near syncope, along with episodes of extreme malaise, lethargy, bradycardia alternation with tachycardia, (dizziness during bradycardia and syncope during tachycardia)...A very odd feeling in my abdomen and chest area similar to the feeling you get on a roller coaster...this feeling alternates with fluttering chest discomfort.....which is very sensitive to any sort of unexpected surprises or stress....Also the whole 2.5 years I've had chronic 'brain fog'
I haven't been anywhere in 5 years, but during my life I've been to the Carribean (jamaica, bahamas)...Central america (south mexico, honduras).
What I'm getting at is could I have contracted a disease during my time living in these places? (I wasn't a tourist I actually lived among the poor natives and ate their food, and went hiking in their woods).
I have been worked up at a major hospital with no diagnosis and am at wit's end, this is just another thing I am trying to rule out.
My illness reminds me of "charles darwin's illness" in some respects, you can read about it on wikipedia.org