I NEED HELP..BAD

[angjor]

MY NAME IS ANGELA. IM A 20 YEAR OLD HEALTHY GIRL. THE LAST YEAR OF MY LIFE HAS BEEN HORRIBLE. IT ALL STARTED WHEN MY HUSBAND GOT BACK FROM AFGHANISTAN IN MARCH. WE WENT ON A TRIP FOR ABOUT A MONTH. ON THE WAY HOME I GOT THIS FEELING THAT I CANT EXPLAIN. IT WAS ALMOST LIKE MY UPPER BODY WENT LIMP AND I HAD NO CONTROL OF IT. IT CAME AND WENT FAST AND SOON I FORGOT ALL ABOUT IT. OVER THE NEXT 7-10 DAYS I KEPT GETTING THIS BAD FEELING IN MY LEFT ARM. IT KINDA FELT LIKE I HAD GOT A TETANUS SHOT AND IT WAS VERY TINGLEY. I WOULD JOKE AROUND TO MY FRIENDS THAT I WAS GETTING READY FOR A HEART ATTACK. IT REALLY DID BOTHER ME BUT I JUST FIGURED I WAS GETTING THE FLU AND WAS HAVING BODY ACHE. AT THE END OF THE 7-10 DAYS ( IT WAS APRIL 1-5 OF 2007, SOMEWHERE IN THERE) I HAD GONE DOWN TO WALGREENS TO GET MY HUSBAND A GIFT.  I FELT KINDA SICK BUT NOTHING TO SCARY. I WENT DOWN TO HIS WORK TO DROP OF THE GIFT AND IT ALL HIT ME. I FELT SO DRUNK OR HIGH. I WAS LOOKING AT EVERYTHING AROUND ME AND FELT LIKE I WAS ON SOME KIND OF CRAZY DRUG. EVERYTHING LOOKED REALLY FAR AWAY AND I FELT LIKE IT WASNT REAL, THAT THE WORLD WASNT REAL. I WAS SO SCARED. NOTHING HURT..I JUST FELT VERY DRUNK OR HIGH. WE CALLED AN AMBULANCE TO COME GET ME. WHEN THEY GOT THERE THEY TOOK MY VITALS AND SAID I WAS PERFECT. THEY DID A BUNCH OF TESTS  AND SAID I LOOKED GREAT. AT THIS POINT I DIDNT FEEL AS BAD..MORE LIKE A BUZZ FROM BEER. THEY SAID I SHOULD GO TO THE HOSPITAL TO BE SURE..SO WE DID. THEY SAID I LOOKED FINE AT THE HOSPITAL.. I WOULD GO BACK AND FORTH FROM A VERY DRUNK FEELING TO A BUZZED FEELING. ALMOST LIKE I WAS GONNA PASS OUT IF I GOT UP. THEY PUT ME ON ZOLOFT AND SAID YOUR HAVING PANIC ATTACKS AND ANXIETY. I SAW MY DOCTOR THE NEXT DAY AND HE SAID HE THOUGHT SO TO. HE PUT ME ON VALUM AS WELL AS THE ZOLOFT. I TOOK BOTH FOR A WHILE AND IT JUST MADE ME FEEL MORE HIGH. ABOUT 2 WEEKS LATER HE TOOK ME OFF AND SAID I SHOULD BE FINE BUT  I WASNT. THE DRUNK FEELING WAS HORRIBLE ALONG WITH OTHER THINGS.
IN THE PAST YEAR I HAVE BEEN TO THE HOSPITAL MANY TIMES.
I HAVE HAD BLOOD TEST FOR -
1)ANEMIA
2)DIABETES
3)LUPIS
4)LYME DISEASE
AND MANY MANY MORE. I DONT EVEN KNOW EVERYTHING IVE BEEN TESTED FOR BUT THEY HAVE SAID ITS BEEN EVERYTHING
5)IVE HAS AN MRI OF MY NECK AND BRAIN
6) 3 EKG
7) CARPAL TUNNEL
8)IVE BEEN ON FLONASE FOR ALLERGYS
9)2 CT SCANS
9) BEEN TO THE EYE DR
10)BEEN TO AN ENT DR
11) BEEN TO AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE DR
12) SEEN 2 PSYCHOLOGISTS WHO SAID THEY DONT THINK ITS MENTAL.
13) BEEN ON DOXYCYCLIN TO SEE IF ITS AN INFECTION..
MY SYMPTOMS CHANGE. THEY COME AND GO TO DIFFERENT AREAS. THE DRUNKNESS IS ALWAYS THERE BUT WHEN I STARTED OUT IT WAS LIKE PATCHES OF PAIN. IT WAS LIKE A BUG THAT WAS TRAVELING IN ME. IT STARTED IN MY LEFT ARM,WENT  TO MY NECK,THEN TO MY OTHER ARM, THEN TO MY HAND, TO MY LEG,TO MY FOOT,AND SO ON.
I WAS SUPER SENSATIVE TO THINGS. CLOTHES BOTHERED ME. I GOT MOTION SICKNESS ALOT AND I NEVER DID BEFORE. I SEE FLOATING THINGS ALOT. LIKE GLITTER OR "STARS" . IF I DONT GET ENOUGH SLEEP OR ENOUGH FOOD IT IS EXTREME. I GET PIN PRICKS OR TINGLES IN MY LEFT THUMB,POINTER AND MIDDLE FINGER ( WHICH WAS THE REASON FOR THE CARPAL TUNNEL TEST). I GET THE TETANUS SHOT FEELING IN MY ARMS ALOT AND I HAVE TINGLING SPOTS ON MY BODY. SOMETIMES ITS LIKE THE SIZE OF A PIN NEEDLE. JUST A LITTLE POKE ON MY CHEECK OR LIP. I WOULD GET LITTLE HEAD PAINS BUT THE DIDNT LAST LONG AT ALL. SOMETIMES ITS LIKE MY LIMBS DONT FEEL ATTACHED, I CAN MOVE THEM BUT THEY DONT FEEL LIKE THEY ARE MINE
I DONT DRIVE,GO OUT MUCH, WORK OR GO TO SCHOOL. ITS VERY SCARY. ITS GIVEN ME A BAD CASE OF ANXIETY WHICH I HAVE GOTTEN BETTER WITH OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS. IF ANYONE FEELS THE SAME OR HAS ANY IDEA PLEASE HELP ME.
        THANKS ANGELA

[JennyVit]

This sounds totally strange, but you said it started after your husband got home from AFGHANISTAN.  Was your husband exposed to anything that his body may have built up resistance to, but you are exposed and it is making you ill. Some kind or radation so something. When all those boys came back from the Middle East in 1992ish they had been exposed to chemicals, that did not make them directly ill, but many of them had deformaties in there children conceived upon their return.  Very strange and never publisized of course. But my boyfriend at that time a captian in the Army told me all about it. Anyways, very random, but mabye worth looking into. I was sick with meningitis 6 years ago.  But after I recovered (and not right away), I was sick again for 3 years and nobody could figure it out, I felt crazy, my main issue was servere fatigue, no matter how much I slept, and severe pain all over randomly, sometime the legs, neck whatever.......anyway they said I had Chronic fatigue..........what is that !!  It's a default sickness, whenthay have nothing else.  So I understand how frustrating it is.

[angjor]

im not on the flonase. ive been off of it for months now. just last night my left hand and arm were dead asleep for hours. id be almost asleep and id jerk really hard and wake up. it felt like someone was sitting on my body.

[ggreg]

Dear Angjor,
There's a possibility that the Flonase you take for allergy is causing your symptoms.  Several websites talk about rare reactions to it, including your dizziness, flu symptoms, skin sensitivity, eye problems.  That far-away feeling you had is the dizzy thing, and the spots in your vision is the eye thing.  

I would talk to the doctor who gives you the Flonase about possibly getting off it, to see if you'll feel better.  You'll need his guidance in doing this, because of the steroid component of the medicine, that is, you can't just go off it out of the blue or you'll have unwanted reactions, so he'll probably have you lower the amount you use slowly.

He might have you alternate days of using Flonase, for example, with an ordinary saline nose spray with nothing else in it.  This would progress to more days in between use of the medicine, until you're all the way off.  I think it's worth a try, and if you feel better as you reduce usage of the spray, then that was probably what was causing your symptoms.  Then the doc can prescribe something else for your allergies or he can treat them in some other way.
GG  

[angjor]

its kinda a odd story. they were going to do the contrast and the dr missed my vein and put it in my arm. it hurt so bad they didnt do it and let me leave. at the next visit the dr said everything looked great and i didnt need to redo it with contrast

[vikki25]

heyy have u had a contrast MRI??? it would allow them to see even the smallest things...... im not sure where u are from, but im fron canada and if you really want you can ask for a full body MRI... they wil problly do it in sperate stages but with contrast in each one you might find what you are looking for.

[auntb41164]

Hi Angela, Just wanted to let you know I've experinced the pin pricks on my face and lips...the disoriented feeling you described...I was diagnose with having neuropathy..I'm no doctor ...Hope you get help soon