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Can someone tell me what might be causing all of this?

I'm going to see a doctor Wednesday because since around October I've been getting headaches. They started out just being once a week. Then increased till they were every day of the week. I only get them twice a week now  but the severity is 5x as worse and it's not getting better. The headaches I've been getting (like the one I've had this whole day) have been horrible. I can't stand light, noise, standing, moving, anything. I can't even exercise or bend over when I get them because it starts hurting so bad. Plus I get pretty nauseous.
Over the summer I was having this thing where I'd get really close to blacking out, but never actually completely black out. That doesn't happen anymore though. They checked my blood sugar and thyroid but never found anything wrong with either, so the doctors don't know why that was happening.
I'm always exhausted too. I can't even stay away an entire day without having to take a nap. This might sound weird but I've also felt really off-balance. I'll drop just about anything I pick up and I run into and trip over everything.
And I don't really know if it's brain fog or what, but I've had issues concentrating and stuff. All of the sudden I won't be able to think, focus, or anything.
Lately I've had alot of issues speaking too. I don't know how to put most of what I want to say into words, and most of what I say doesn't even make sense to anyone else when I try to explain it. This kind of comes and goes though, or else I probably wouldn't have been able to type this. Also, it seems to me like I'm talking a perfectly normal tone, but I get told to speak up. I guess I'm mumbling and don't realize it.
My eyesight's been weird the past two or three months also. I've never had any type of eye problems before. I don't really know how to explain it but it feels like there's some kind of pressure behind my right eye or something. And this comes and goes too, but things look blurry in that eye.
My moods have been completely messed up. I'll get really angry for no reason. I'll start crying when I don't even have a reason to. I'm annoyed and really impatient most of the time. I've been extremely anxious and I've had a couple of panic attacks. All of this isn't anything like the real me at all. I know I'm not like that and I never have been before.
I just want to know what's wrong and I want all of this to go away.
Does anyone have any idea what could be causing all of this?
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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (or CFIDS/ME) is a possibility.  I've been suffering with it for approx. 1 year and have had very similar symptoms.  Currently I have very severe migraines 24/7, cognitive dysfunction (or brain fog), extreme fatigue, dizziness/lightheadedness/nausea, muscle pain/aches and poor circulation.  It also hurts for me to talk, listen, hear, and move.  It all happened pretty fast...and I had no prior medical issues.  I also have very frustrating mood swings that did not exist before I became ill.  In my case, a virus basically attacked my central nervous system...there's more to it than that though.  CFS affects the heart, thyroid, adrenals, nervous system, and brain.  It's fairly common too, roughly 4 million Americans have it in one form or another.  I spent months going from doctor to doctor and despite my excruciating daily pain the diagnostic tests showed nothing wrong.  However, I have recently discovered several physicians who are CFS experts that have helped me quite a bit.  There are diagnostic tests that can be done and treatments that do show results (antiviral drugs, accupuncture, various supplements, CBT)  Most doctors are in the dark about CFS/ME though.  Many physicians assume that if you don't have anything serious show up on initial diagnostic tests, you aren't seriously ill (which is not the case at all).  It took awhile before I had any idea what was REALLY wrong with me and WHY my life was being so severely affected by something no one seemed to know anything about.  I hope that what you have is not CFS and can be resolved much more easily than was the case with me.  I was a healthy 20 at the onset of my symptoms, I'm 22 now but feel as though I've age at least 10 years in that span due to the severity of my symptoms and the new found challenges of day to day living.
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Hi you have all the symtoms of carbon monoxide poisoning { i have it } and all of your symtoms match do you have a carbon monoxide tester at home or work if not get a digital type they work the best  go to this website and check out your symtoms  co headquarters .com. good luck please respond back if you find it is co poisoning
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