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What Causes Chronic Dizziness, Anxiety, Depression, Tight Chest Muscles And Acid Reflux?
Question: for the past year iv had horrible symptoms. i went to bed fine and woke up feeling hungover. dizzy lightheaded over the course of the year it went from that to severe anxiety and depression because of it. tight chest muscles horrible acid reflux pressure in head and a feeling of floating with horrible tinnitus. my vision is weird sometimes not quit blurry but just weird. i get occasional vertigo. muscle weakness and horrible fatigue and sleepiness. coffee seems to make it worse as well as nicotine. prior to this my ears felt like the closed at night before bed and started to get a foul smell. went to ent and was diagnosed with a fungal ear infection which has been difficult to get rid of . i had a eng done to test inner ear and has a slight weakness on left side. iv had numerous blood test for lyme and everything else under the sun all came out fine. im lost please help this is very depressing and deeply dabilitating
Brief Answer:
Is it Fibromyalgia
Detailed Answer:
Good evening
Thank you for writing on health care magic
Well i have gone through your history and there seems to multiple problems affecting your quality of life. I would like to ask you a few more details before guiding you further?
1. DO you experience any joint pains and swellings?
2. Do you experience any dryness in the eyes or mouth?
3. Have you been experiencing forgetfullness recently
4. How are the stress levels in your life apart from the health part
5. Any history of recurrent sinusitis
6. ANy symptoms of increased loose stools/frequent urination
7. Did you get any blood tests done recently
Do let me know these queries. Would try to guide you further from here
Regards
Dr Naval
Is it Fibromyalgia
Detailed Answer:
Good evening
Thank you for writing on health care magic
Well i have gone through your history and there seems to multiple problems affecting your quality of life. I would like to ask you a few more details before guiding you further?
1. DO you experience any joint pains and swellings?
2. Do you experience any dryness in the eyes or mouth?
3. Have you been experiencing forgetfullness recently
4. How are the stress levels in your life apart from the health part
5. Any history of recurrent sinusitis
6. ANy symptoms of increased loose stools/frequent urination
7. Did you get any blood tests done recently
Do let me know these queries. Would try to guide you further from here
Regards
Dr Naval
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Dr. Prasad
i get pain in chest rib area all the time at one specific spot no dry eyes or mouth i have experienced alittle memory problems but nothing terible. i have moderate stress between work and home but nothing out of the ordinary. iv never really had sinus or alergy problems before. loose stool on occasion but not often and the last blood test was about 2
months ago it was for something to do with inner ear and lyme also tsh test with cbc all normal. my biggest issue is this constant dizzy numbness feeling in head makes it hard to focus. sometimes make me feel l8ke fainting. occasional shortness of breath but thats completely random. i can go to the gym work out real hard and never have a issue but then i could be walking threw my house and feel like i cant catch my breath. the best way i can describe the dizziness is if i would breath really fast it is like a lightheaded feeling
months ago it was for something to do with inner ear and lyme also tsh test with cbc all normal. my biggest issue is this constant dizzy numbness feeling in head makes it hard to focus. sometimes make me feel l8ke fainting. occasional shortness of breath but thats completely random. i can go to the gym work out real hard and never have a issue but then i could be walking threw my house and feel like i cant catch my breath. the best way i can describe the dizziness is if i would breath really fast it is like a lightheaded feeling
Brief Answer:
Cause of dizziness
Detailed Answer:
Good evening
Sorry for the late reply. Was caught up in hospital shift
Well I feel we really need to exclude any organic cause of dizziness. The dizziness usually comes from brain or from the inner ear( Vestibular Apparatus) or rarely the neck. Considering you have had an ear infection along with persistent dizziness, I would suggest you to consult your doctor and get an MRI of brain done. Let your neurologist examine you and see if he can figure out any signs due to brain involvement. We need to rule out any pathological cause before labeling it as functional. Considering young age, sometimes it is very common to have Cerbello-pontine lesions which can present in the way you are experiencing the symptoms.
Hope the information was useful
Do let me know for more queries
Regards
Dr Naval
Cause of dizziness
Detailed Answer:
Good evening
Sorry for the late reply. Was caught up in hospital shift
Well I feel we really need to exclude any organic cause of dizziness. The dizziness usually comes from brain or from the inner ear( Vestibular Apparatus) or rarely the neck. Considering you have had an ear infection along with persistent dizziness, I would suggest you to consult your doctor and get an MRI of brain done. Let your neurologist examine you and see if he can figure out any signs due to brain involvement. We need to rule out any pathological cause before labeling it as functional. Considering young age, sometimes it is very common to have Cerbello-pontine lesions which can present in the way you are experiencing the symptoms.
Hope the information was useful
Do let me know for more queries
Regards
Dr Naval
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Prasad
i made a appointment but it will be over a month i had forgot to mention that i do get relief from my symptoms randomly they will subside for a week or two then come back and towards night they go away a little. since this has started iv had light sensitivity and louder noises have been bothering me.
Brief Answer:
Cause of dizziness
Detailed Answer:
Good evening
Well yes, the waxing and waning can be a part of any organic cause as well. The symptoms of hyperacusis( intolerance to louder sounds) and along with dizziness does call for the need to investigate for Inner ear pathology.
1 Month is a pretty long time. But make sure you schedule an appointment with an ENT and a neurologist as well. So, at least a common diagnosis can be reached without wasting further time.
If you can get your hands on Stugeron or Vertin( Betahistine) you can try that for a few days . These medications help increase the blood flow to the inner ear and may help you with some relief of symptoms.
Hope the information was useful. But i do want to rule out CP angle lesion
Do let me know for more queries
REgards
Dr Naval
Cause of dizziness
Detailed Answer:
Good evening
Well yes, the waxing and waning can be a part of any organic cause as well. The symptoms of hyperacusis( intolerance to louder sounds) and along with dizziness does call for the need to investigate for Inner ear pathology.
1 Month is a pretty long time. But make sure you schedule an appointment with an ENT and a neurologist as well. So, at least a common diagnosis can be reached without wasting further time.
If you can get your hands on Stugeron or Vertin( Betahistine) you can try that for a few days . These medications help increase the blood flow to the inner ear and may help you with some relief of symptoms.
Hope the information was useful. But i do want to rule out CP angle lesion
Do let me know for more queries
REgards
Dr Naval
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Prasad
i have seen a ent he had suspected meneirs but never confirmed it i had a eng done and he said there was slight weakness in inner ear on my affected ear. i will schedule with a nueroligist monday. would this be typical for meneirs? to have none stop symptoms for a year. also is it possible this could be anxiety related. and thank you for all your advice
Brief Answer:
Cause of dizziness
Detailed Answer:
Good evening
Meneirs disease is more of a dumping diagnosis in ENT. It is labelled as meniers once you have ruled out all other causes of Inner ear pathology which are giving you such symptoms. The treatment for meniers is not so difficult with Betahistine being the drug of choice.
I can say it can be due to anxiety as well, but once you label as patient with anxiety you tend to overlook lot of things and we may miss the actual cause. From what your personality seems like, it may not be all due to anxiety. Never the less, i would like to rule out any Inner ear and Brain cause before treating it as a functional etiology.
So whenever you visit your doctor, make sure they look at both the possible etiology
Hope the information was useful
Regards
Dr Naval
Cause of dizziness
Detailed Answer:
Good evening
Meneirs disease is more of a dumping diagnosis in ENT. It is labelled as meniers once you have ruled out all other causes of Inner ear pathology which are giving you such symptoms. The treatment for meniers is not so difficult with Betahistine being the drug of choice.
I can say it can be due to anxiety as well, but once you label as patient with anxiety you tend to overlook lot of things and we may miss the actual cause. From what your personality seems like, it may not be all due to anxiety. Never the less, i would like to rule out any Inner ear and Brain cause before treating it as a functional etiology.
So whenever you visit your doctor, make sure they look at both the possible etiology
Hope the information was useful
Regards
Dr Naval
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Pradeep Vitta
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