I've been sick for something around three months now. Chills, shaking, dizzy spells and vertigo, nausea, profuse sweating, tremors in my hands, and tachycardia.
The doctors can't figure out whats wrong with me - I've been tested for lupus, other autoimmune diseases, hypothyroidism, Lyme disease, adrenal gland tumors, MS, brain tumors, etc. It took me a lot of effort just to try and get them to test me for anything at all!
The only test I've had come back abnormal is a test of my vestibular (balance) system which revealed a lesion on one side in my vestibular nerve, which might explain the vertigo, but we have no reason for the damage. They tried to treat me for Meniere's, and gave me steroid shots in my ears. I was on diuretics for that for awhile, but they had to take me off because my blood pressure was falling too low, so now I'm just on a low-salt diet for the Meniere's, and finished the course of steroid shots.
My symptoms are coming back now though - I'm getting sweating spells again, and flashes of vertigo and just feeling plain awful. Now my chest is starting to ache and my ribs hurt (not a heart-type pain). I've felt like I'm going to come down with a cold for the past week, without actually getting any cold symptoms other than the aching chest.
I was supposed to see a dizziness specialist on Friday which I was really looking forward to, hoping he'd come up with something, but my appointment has just been pushed back another week, to October 2!
Now I'm left feeling awful, afraid it's going to get worse, and not sure if I should maybe make an appointment with my general practitioner (who I havent actually seen for any of this) or just sit it out and wait until next Friday and hope things dont get so bad that I have to start missing work again.
What do you guys think? Call and make an appointment or tough it out until next week? I don't want to just be going to doctors all the time, but I'm tired of feeling sick too, and I just want someone to tell me what's wrong with me!
The doctors can't figure out whats wrong with me - I've been tested for lupus, other autoimmune diseases, hypothyroidism, Lyme disease, adrenal gland tumors, MS, brain tumors, etc. It took me a lot of effort just to try and get them to test me for anything at all!
The only test I've had come back abnormal is a test of my vestibular (balance) system which revealed a lesion on one side in my vestibular nerve, which might explain the vertigo, but we have no reason for the damage. They tried to treat me for Meniere's, and gave me steroid shots in my ears. I was on diuretics for that for awhile, but they had to take me off because my blood pressure was falling too low, so now I'm just on a low-salt diet for the Meniere's, and finished the course of steroid shots.
My symptoms are coming back now though - I'm getting sweating spells again, and flashes of vertigo and just feeling plain awful. Now my chest is starting to ache and my ribs hurt (not a heart-type pain). I've felt like I'm going to come down with a cold for the past week, without actually getting any cold symptoms other than the aching chest.
I was supposed to see a dizziness specialist on Friday which I was really looking forward to, hoping he'd come up with something, but my appointment has just been pushed back another week, to October 2!
Now I'm left feeling awful, afraid it's going to get worse, and not sure if I should maybe make an appointment with my general practitioner (who I havent actually seen for any of this) or just sit it out and wait until next Friday and hope things dont get so bad that I have to start missing work again.
What do you guys think? Call and make an appointment or tough it out until next week? I don't want to just be going to doctors all the time, but I'm tired of feeling sick too, and I just want someone to tell me what's wrong with me!