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lightheadedness, pressure in head, tingling

During the last six weeks I
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not sure whats going on with me -48 yr old male, on Friday I sat down at home to look up a number on my cell phone, and for about 4 seconds had double vision and light headedness pretty bad.
it went away when i put my reading glasses on,  but for 2 days I had a "muggy head" not a headache just kinda muggy.left me with my appetite gone and  now and again feelings of nausea.

not sure what it was but scared me.
my BP is ok( im on BP pills), I didnt have any heart pain or  stroke signs etc.
today (monday) 3 days after im a bit light headed but thats it
although I need glasses for work (I stare at a computer screen all day)
and that makes my eyes ache.

Im confused !
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I just left the ER.  I started having these attacks on sunday and they progressively got worse.  I was talking to one of my coWorkers today and felt like fainting/passing out.  I go see the neurologist tomorrow and get the MRI.  They did a catScan and nothing showed up.  This also happened on my left side....it only last for me for about 15 minutes and then the numbness went away and my feelings came back.  The ER doctor said it may be Paresthesias...numbness of part arms, legs, feet.  I thought i had a stroke or was about to have a heartAttack....scared me Crazy!  Luckily I had a GPS which could find the nearest hospital....because i was in the middle of Rush Hour in D.C. and my leg and arm were going numb Quick! when i start to panic, i started breathing hard and seem like i was about to pass out while driving....ughhhh makes me not want to drive anymore.  

Keep me posted on any updates
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Danny,
Have you, in the past year, been treated with a fluoroquinolone-based antibiotic (levaquin, tequin, cipro, floxin, etc)? If so, you may be suffering from an adverse reaction to that drug. These reactions can come on long after you are treated, and cause long-lasting pain and other symptoms. Very often those hurt think they have MS, or ALS, or fibromyalgia, or a host of other maladies.

If you are suffering these weird symptoms, I suggest you check out the following sites:
www.medicationsense.com
www.fqvictims.org
http://******.******.*****.com/group/quinolones
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Hi there everyone.  The last couple of nights I have been waking up and having this tingling sensation in my head.  The first night I thought I was having a panic attack and I have been having the tingling sensation in accordance to the panic attacks before but it was different this time.  I had trouble with feeling in my face, and there was numbness and I thought for sure I was having a stroke.  However the only thing i have against me at the ripe age of 30 is obesity, and Insulin Resistence.  So I put it towards a panic attack however...

Lastnight I had it again but this time it was much different.  I woke up and my whole head and neck and parts of my arms and it almost felt like my whole body was tingling at one point, but my heart wasn't racing like panic attack, and on top of that I was seeing double and everything was like garbled...my hearing was messed up, and I felt lightheaded.  I'm really worried about this...because I'm scared this is going to happen again tonight.  

Any ideas what it might be?  I have this constant pressure in my head all the time, and it's like there is more in my head that should be there you know what I mean?  Let me know.

Thanks
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i also feel your pain i'm the ripe old age of 34 and in very good shape and on 3/31/06 i landed on head head after sparring in a jiujitsu match. i shook it off and after four days of headaches i went to the ER got a CT scan they told me i was good and i split. After 2 weeks of daily headache, tingling in the head and face and sensitivity to light in my eyes. My PCP gave me a series of nuero tests said i was cool and discharged me. After another two weaks i went again and the same thing. then it felt better for a week and i self "cracked" my neck and it is back again. any thoughts.
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Hello all,

My story starts Feb 11th and has continued until present and none of the 15 plus doctors I have seen have any idea what I might have. Many of the symptoms expressed by danny7 and others on this forum are similar to what I am experiencing. Here it is:

1. Fatigue (on and off)

2. Numbness and Tingling in left side and it usually feels heavy. This also comes and goes as if they were episodes. So far, I have not lost mobility.

3. Pressure in my neck and head.

4. Numbness and tingling in my head.

5. Sensitivity in my temples also a constant low lying headache unlike any I
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