Dizziness accompanied by feeling of rapid eye movement and general body ache

[tmt731]

Last night, I was laying in bed watching TV and all of a sudden, I felt a wave of dizziness hit me and my whole body suddenly got really uncomfortable feeling.. kind of prickly and weak. About a minute later, I started feeling like what seemed to be rapid eye movements and had trouble focusing. It lasted about a minute, then the feeling of eye movments went away and about a few minutes after that the dizziness stopped. I was fine after. Today I had a pretty bad headache and body ache but that's all. Does anyone know what's going on?

[Cpl_jones]

I have the same thing happen sometimes. I wake up at night with rapid eye movement and it wont stop. it accompanies elevated heart rate and shortness of breath. Its happen a few time and scares me really bad. I dont know what it is or what to do. Today however it went longer than normal and ended up causing me severe nausua all day. I also have tingeling arms and feel worn out. Any help doc? im only 31.

[tmt731]

Dr. Oyakawa -

I have Behcet's disease. A vascular inflammatory disease that can affect the brain. Do you think this is linked? I started flaring today and am having severe swelling and stiffness in my joints.

Thanks.

[Ray T Oyakawa, MD]

This is probably a vascular problem in your brain.  See a neurologist.

Dr. O.