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Light headed/dizzy, shaking, weak, numb/tingling on fingers and toes, flushed

Two weeks ago around 6pm I had an episode of multiple symptoms that precipitated very quickly, within about three minutes, without warning.  These included feeling very weak, shaking all over, light headed/dizzy,numbness/tingling on fingertips and toes, slight shortness of breath and chill.  I felt like passing out, flushed.  I figured it was from not eating so I grabbed a burger and it seemed to alleviate the problems.  Well, it happened again around the same time of day a few days later. But this time, eating didn't help as much.  Eventually the symptoms went away.  My colleagues observed that I looked very pale.  Since then, I have been experiencing episodes every day in the evening.  I keep a pile of energy bars in the office and gulp one down at the very first hint of weakness, shaking, which seems to go away in about ten minutes.  If I don't, the symptoms quickly intensify until I am so shaky and weak that I can't remain in a sitting position.
I've had blood/urine test and was told all is ok.  
Here's the curious part.   Last two days, instead of gulping down an energy bar, I've been taking Vitamin B-12 that dissolves under the tongue.  This seems to help alleviate the symptoms as well as the energy bar.
Any thoughts or guesses on this will be gratefully appreciated.
Thank you
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my lhymes came back neg but i had that thought not the doc of course id had to ask for almost all the tests ive had
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parasites came back neg for me i experience similar symptoms to everyone here almost for almost 2 years now i even had a seizure from it over a year ago
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call me skitzo but i think theres a strange virus been going around for aq few years ive seen many docs and on to a thyroid doc next i went to bed feeling 20 woke up feeling 70 ive had ctis mris xrays blood tests i was used to working hard every day and it was not stressful to me if anything it re;lieved stress...only thing i did different in my life was donate plasma four times and receive a vaccine called tdap after i already had a tetanus shot minutes before the tdap/tetanus w whooping cough which they dont have the tetanus on file  so supposively i wasnt given two shots that day even though i remember the convo distinctly because i first had denied the tdap and only wanted the regular tetanus they came in a second time to explain how supposively it was greatly important to get since i was working in a school at the time and there had been a cpl confirmed cases well a few months went by i had a sinus and then a ear infection seemed to mostly clear up but never quite kicked the phlehm completely from what seems in my lungs a couple more months went by and i woke up feeling 70 was dizzy extra hungry even when already ate sore achy tired joints and muscles extreme dizziness would come and go about 20 times a day strange confusion and exhaustion of sorts in my brain and pain in my skull which felt like in my bones and in my neck i was hit by an suv 8 years prior so thought i had a tumor its been a little over a year since i had what i believe was a seizure which took about 6 months of other symptoms to have a seizure (i believe) docs wont admit) during the seizure stroke like episode both of my legs and arms went numb after a harsh pain in my forehead my vision went out and room went dim eighty percent blind id say and 80 percent deaf heart was pounding out my chest as i somehoiw made it down a flight of stairs also unable to breathe or tell my bf what was wrong i couldnt even speak the whole episode lasted about 40 seconds i didnt pass out and remained awake through the whole thing when i could breathe again i was gasping for about 3 minutes before i could breathe norm again for 6 mo after that i couldnt barely lift my laundry baskets or go up n down stairs cuz i was extremely weak  and trying to lift would turn my facered and bring on more discomfort i am slowly getting stronger its been over a year now in the last year ive had two or three antibiotic courses none of which fully got rid of the phlem in my lungs the last course of antibiotics was given for what looked like infection in my throat left from a bad cold that came back neg for flu and strep although first day of that cold felt like strep seems like theres a strange ignorance or denial going on in the medical field because when i had that seizure my docs tried to say anxiety or asthma caused that well im calling ******** anyone who knows me knows i dont have anxiety plus i know many ppl who do have anxiety many diff forms of it its not an unknown thing to me and i definitly am not suffering from that plus i dont think that hits u overnight and does what ive felt in last year and half also my oldset of symtoms has changed to a new set of symtoms ive started taking vitamins eating everything i can thats healthy and not and im considering getting a bottle of silver biotics just incase although ive drank a cpl bottles of it 5 years ago for no reason really just as a preventative but it made me really gassy so not looking forward to drinking it but docs have done nothing for me so far although tried prescribing me anxiety medicine ....*******....
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I'm sorry about your symptoms, and I can truly relate to being weak, wondering if I will ever feel "normal" again, have body shakes, feeling light-headed, feeling unbelievably hot in my chest and legs, but cold in like toes and fingers, insomnia sometimes, a feeling of dropping iron or just something unexplained going on, finally I looked my symptoms up online and found out I might be dehydrated, but with low sodium and electrolytes in my blood, so I started mixing 3 scoops of powered PowerAde (Gatorade does not work for me), and shaking a good amount of salt in it, and drinking things like distilled water with added electrolytes instead of tap water, lots of orange juice, eating bananas, and red meat, because my body responds to lots of protein, I take 65 mg iron pills (= to 325 mg ferrous sulfate), which I find those at WalMart for like $1.80 something, but I drink so much oj that I buy it concentrate frozen so I can get more of them...my way may not be the ideal diet, but it's been bringing me a lot more peace until the doctors figure out what's going on...it is survival, so I'm praying for all of us, and listen to your body and maybe pray and find out what it responds to...thanks for sharing, and you are not alone.
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I'm sorry about your symptoms, and I can truly relate to being weak, wondering if I will ever feel "normal" again, have body shakes, feeling light-headed, feeling unbelievably hot in my chest and legs, but cold in like toes and fingers, insomnia sometimes, a feeling of dropping iron or just something unexplained going on, finally I looked my symptoms up online and found out I might be dehydrated, but with low sodium and electrolytes in my blood, so I started mixing 3 scoops of powered PowerAde (Gatorade does not work for me), and shaking a good amount of salt in it, and drinking things like distilled water with added electrolytes instead of tap water, lots of orange juice, eating bananas, and red meat, because my body responds to lots of protein, I take 65 mg iron pills (= to 325 mg ferrous sulfate), which I find those at WalMart for like $1.80 something, but I drink so much oj that I buy it concentrate frozen so I can get more of them...my way may not be the ideal diet, but it's been bringing me a lot more peace until the doctors figure out what's going on...it is survival, so I'm praying for all of us, and listen to your body and maybe pray and find out what it responds to...thanks for sharing, and you are not alone.
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I am deeply  sorry  for  what your dealing with  and going through. I have  had anxiety  along with  panicked attacks  too,and your right , it feels  like  your gona die. But,DONT EVER GIVE UP! It's  NOT AN OPTION !  THIS TOO SHALL  PASS! I went through  that for about  3 years, and my doctor  suggest  that  I attend a teaching  class about  anxiety  and  panicked disorders at mental  health , which  was the best thing I ever did. Because  shortly  after attending  the  class I had the worst  panicked attack of my life! I knew it was a full blown  attack but  also knew it was something  else,I did what I was taught in the  class but I knew something was serious  when I felt like  I  was  going  to  throw  up and boo boo at the  same  time plus couldn't breathe, was sweating, felt like I was going to die,pass out, then I   tried  to  stand up and fell down  because  I  had no control  of  my  limbs. My hands  curled at the  wrist and my thumb was dam near touching  my wrist. My ankles were bent too. I couldn't  speak  either, all while trying  to  breathe  the way I was taught,when  I  fell down my daughter  heard. The parametics said, I hypo ventilated. Later found  out  I had a seizure, I was so scared  I thought  I  was  having  a  stroke.  Eventually  I was healed from  panick disorder and anxiety after about 1 year. There's  hope and it will  go away, despair  offers NOTHING. With prayer and faith, knowledge  is power. Learn everything  you can about  what's going on keep a diary  every time  you have a symptom . We have  to  be  our own advocate . We're stronger  than  we know . I will  keep  you in prayer.Take care,God bless  you

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