Feels like Im dying...

[LETZRIDE]

So this all started about 1.5 months before exams started, and has been getting more or less worse...Been in to see the doctor, they don't know whats going on....had a bunch of tests done on my heart and crap...all came back negative...but I'm just feeling out of it and not myself, so I know there is no way I am ok...Everyday I seem to feel light headed, and nauseated...Sometimes the room starts to spin around me as if I am drunk...I usually start to feel a weird tingly sensation in my left leg/foot and left arm when this happens. It almost feels as if I am loosing feeling in those areas, but I can still feel a touch. I dont really know how to explain it, but those limbs feel much heavier and weaker...I get tightness in my chest in the upper middle portion.

I've stopped drinking coffee because I now almost pass out when I have it, and it amplifies all my symptoms...Also makes my heart beat ridiculously fast. Whats weird though is sometimes I feel for my heart when I start to feel light headed, and I can't feel the beat of it like I normally can... It's like it stopped or is non existent...which I know is not true because I would be dead...but raises concerns....

I dunno whats going on...I got 2 other friends with similar symptoms...there doctors don't know anything either other then they think it's stress related...non of us feel stressed (except from this)

Honestly starting to get worried and a little scared from this...Really rattling having to deal with these symptoms that seem to impair me throughout the day...

I doubt anyone can help, and I'm not looking for sympathy or w.e...just thought I would mention what I'm feelin incase I come across someone else who gets the same feelings and can maybe shed some light from what they learned...

[jimmysprinkle]

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I've had a case just like that before, last summer actually. It wasn't really stress, I just didn't feel like I was living out my summer the way I wanted to. I spent a few days completely inside, drinking tons of water and other detoxifying foods.I spent most of those days sitting around/sleeping. The last day I ate a healthy and filling breakfast, packed a nice lunch, and went out on a solo hike with some of my favorite music. I camped the night, and came home the next day feeling completely different. All aymptoms went away.

This could help if your symptoms are infact being caused by some kind of inner dysfunction or stress, the kind you can't realize you have.

I think you're just feeding this stress by worrying. If the doctors say your fie, don't sweat it. Carry some asprin with you, just in case you have a heart attack or some else horrible, but live without concern.

[96RS Alex]

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Good excercise and sweating out the bad toxins in your body does help your body regulate itself in a major way. Stress is the bodys way of telling you that youre either sitting way too much in front of the TV, PC, in the Camaro or Firebird lol.

My neighbor recently purchased a mountain trail bike and set the Harley Davidson away in the garage to destress and work his body out. I think that's a good clue he wanted to be physically fit all the time than morph into a burly biker.

I like walking and hiking in parks, usualy a good place to see hot women glistening in sweat and in shorts with muscular legs. Makes the heart beat faster. ;)

[Mighty Thor]

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i dunno, it sounds like a burn out feeling to me. Too much work and not enough sleep maybe. Or too much internal stress that never be detected by any test.

How's your Cholesterol?

I would recommend you sleep 8-10 hours a day. Try eating like this:

Breakfast
1. Banana
2. Apple
3. 1 cup of Cranberry Juice
4. Oatmeal

Lunch
1. Very large Chicken Salad
2. Mix Vegetable

Snack
1. Whole Grain Bar

Dinner
1. Very large Chicken Salad
2. Mix Vegetable

Snack
1. Yogurt or a 6oz can of Tuna with a little mayo


Try to drink 2 gallons of water a day. Yes, you'll be peeing a lot. And do a moderate exercise like 30 mins. walking or stationary bike a day.

Try this for a week. I'm sure it will make you feel good. Also try listening to an upbeat or mellow classical music instead of heavy metal or rock. Music does seem to have a physiological effect on the body. Same thing goes with movies -- turn the volume down. Too much action movies can physically drain you. Even watching the news too much and getting into all the negative stuff that's going on around the world can get you.

[kristen]

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either your pregnant like me or


sounds like stress, lack of health sugar and your diets off.

if you find one way to sweat everyday, you'll be good

[devilsalmostfree]

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one of my friends had simular symptoms a while back. something was wrong with his blood, he had to start having blood transfusions once a week, until his blood started stabalizing. hope u get to feeling better, & hope there really isnt anything wrong with ya!

[LETZRIDE]

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I get tons of excersise...My job requires me to drive to several parks and neighbourhoods a day and scower the trails collecting water samples from ditches, creeks, culverts, etc... I have been trying to change my diet and eat a little better...I dunno if maybe my blood sugar might be low, my doctor told me I do have low blood pressure...Im not sure what my cholesteral is...The test I have had done are an echo doppler, holter monitor, stress test, urine sample, and ECG...I refuse to have a blood test unless they can knock me out for it...so ya.

Mighty Thor, I think I may try that diet for a bit...my buddy was saying something to me about eatting too many simple sugars and that could cause the light headedness...

Despite the fact that the doctors say my hearts fine, I know somethings wrong...sometimes I feel normal...then all of a sudden the ground can start moving on me....I also think I am getting a little sensitive to light now to...

My doc thinks it all stemed from my eatting habits....when I was going to school I wouldn't have much time to eat, so I would grab a coffee and just have that. For those of you who drink coffee, you know that coffee actually fills you up...or makes it feel that way anyways....I would drink like 4-5 coffees a day, and really only eat dinner. On top of this, I am a small guy to start with...120lbs...very, very little of that 120 is fat...most of it is muscle. I used to do a lot of sports, and was in pretty good condition...I know I have tried to gain weight before, but virtually nothing puts the lbs on other then working out at the gym...which I have now resumed doing since school is over...

[v6mOtOrhEAdftOp]

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stress and poor dieting. I take 20 credit horus per quarter and work fulltime and feel like this sometimes. Just relax and eat lots of fruits and veggies. Try eating some mangos, they seem to work best for me

[devilsalmostfree]

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yeah man, fruits & veggies all the way. get some fish & chicken in ur diet as much as u can too, that protien will help put weight on u, in muscle. also, drink some milk, i drink skim milk, but in ur case u could prolly go with whole or 2%. when i graduated from high school i weighed a whopping 117 lbs, now im up to 165, been a few years, but excersice & a clean diet will help u alot!

[vanbibber]

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get some sex. that always makes my ill's turn for the better.

[LETZRIDE]

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get some sex. that always makes my ill's turn for the better.

doesn't help in this case unfortunatly...

and Im lactose intolerant...so ya, no milk other then soy milk for me...

[3.4grapeofwrath]

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I had a similar problem, for me it was drinking coffee for the first time. I had never drank it before then I started a new job where it was free so I started to drink it for a couple of months. I noticed after awhile I was getting a rapid heart beat even laying down watching tv. I went to see my doctor and found out I had border line high blood pressure and was having heart palputations.
He put me on typrol which is a high blood pressure med it lowers your blood pressure and also regulates your heart beat. You really need to get your blood work done in order to check for other problems though. Did you have your blood pressure checked? What age are you?

[LETZRIDE]

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Im 21, too young to feel like this...I did get my blood pressure done, doc said I got low blood pressure but I cant remember the numbers...When I wore the holtermoniter my heart beat got as low as 50/minute at some point in time...coffee now does the same thing to me...makes my chest hurt, my legs loose feeling, and sometimes I get a quickened heart beat, but usually I feel dead tired, and dizzy/nauseated...

[3.4grapeofwrath]

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You got to get your blood tested. My wife also has the needle fear just tell your doctor to give you a anti anxiety pill before the test. Don't play around with your life.

[LETZRIDE]

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those pills dont work...not for me anyways...I've had some bad experiences with surgery, even while under laughing gas...its not the pain of the needle...I just get a deathly sick feeling from it...similar to what I feel now, except amplified by atleast 1000... Blood test is my absolute last resort...