Allergies ruining my life!

[CaramelMammi_26]

I am a 26-year old female that has been dealing with very weird symptoms that i believe are all stemming from allergies. I suffer from severe dizziness pretty much every day for the last 4 months, burning sensation type pain that moves around throughout my head, popping feeling in ears, pressure and fullness feeling in head, sore neck and other muscles in the body , naseau, tingling and weakness in my lower legs almost as if when I stand I am going to faint ( but I never do ). I can deal with sneezing, the tickle in the throat, itchy eyes, runny nose, but this is driving me crazy!
I have been to the doctor's & ER so many times for this they think I'm crazy. I 've had an MRI of my brain and sinuses (nada), chest x-rays for shortness of breath (nada), EKG's, bloodwork you name it, they say I'm perfectly healthy.
My family and doctors just say it's stress and that have anxiety, but who wouldn't have anxiety over waking up everyday of your life dizzy and just not feeling well all around. I've been on Allegra D, zyrtec, claritin, flonase, singular, saline drops for dryness, NO RESULTS. I am lucky if I've had a good nights sleep in the last 4months just from the stress of not feeling well. I even had a doctor tell me that I may be suffering from a herniated disk, or trigeminal neuralgia which they prescribed nabumetone 500 mg ( anti-inflammatory) and flexerill ( muscle relaxer), that I took and it did absolutely nothing for me . My muscles were still sore everyday and i still wasn't sleeping well at night. My fear is that I will keep being misdiagnosed and suffer with this thing that I got going on forever, and it scares me that I go to work everyday feeling like this( i work in a prison , locked in a dorm with 60 inmates alone). SOMEONE PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!

[VICKILOU]

HI, BOY CAN I EVER RELATE TO WHAT YOU ARE GOING THRU. I TOO HAVE THESE WEIRD SYMPTOMS SO THAT I EVEN WONDER IF I AM JUST GOING CRAZY!! I HAVE THESE FEELINGS..AND HONEST I AM NOT CRAZY
FIRST STARTED OUT LIKE I HAD SOMETHIN IN MY EYES ..OF COURE DRY EYES WAS THE DIAG. THEN I HAD TEAR DUCT PLUGS PUT IN. RIGHT AFTER HAVING THE TOP DUCTS PLUGGED I HAD THE WEIRDEST SENSATION OF HOT SPOTS ON ARMS AND SHOULDERS. WENT BACK TO THE EYE DR AND THE ASSISANT SAID OH HOT SPOTS HUH? I'VE HEARD THAT BEFORE!! THEN HE LEFT AND THE DR WOULD NOT SAY ANYTHING ABOUT IT..STRANGE. AT ANY RATE MONTHS WENT BY AND I JUST KEPT FEELING STRANGE SENSATIONS AND MOSTLY ON MY FACE AND SCALP. SO THEN IT WAS ALLERGIES CAUSING THIS SO I TOO HAVE TRIED EVERY THING OUT THERE AND STILL FEEL WEIRD. CRAZY ALL CONSUMED BY THIS..EVEN TO RUN MY HANDS THRU MY HAIR FEELS LIKE ITS STICKY, GOONKY, THAT THERES SOMETHING IN IT..DO YOU EVEN SORTA KNOW WHAT I MEAN?? I HAVE EVEN BEEN TO A SHRINK AND HE SAID NO I AM NOT NUTS BUT YOUR MIND CAN DO STRANGE THINGS. NOW LIKE THAT WAS A REAL ANSWER..SO MORE OR LESS JUST TRY NOT TO THINK ABOUT IT ...HA THAT S A JOKE..THIS HAS BEEN GOIN ON FOR SO LONG I DONT' REMEMBER NOT FEELING LIKE THIS..MAYBE I AM LOSING IT...

I KNOW THIS PROBABLY DIDNT' HELP AND NOW YOU TOO ARE WONDERING IF I AM NUTS TOO ANYHOW JUST JOINED THIS BOARD SO ANY ADVICE FROM ANYONE WOULD BE GOOD..THANKS VICKILOU

[ar58]

Caramelmami26,

You may like to take a few doses of Arnica 30c and see if that helps. Arnica 30c is a herbal homeopathic remedy that has been used for the conditions you have described including dizziness and muscular soreness. You can get it from any health food store. It just might help

[Titchou]

Do you use synthetic sweeteners? Diet drinks, etc? A large number of these symptoms sound like sensitivity to synthetic sweeteners.

[suzyisdizzy]

I am in the exact same boat as you!
I have had severe dizziness for 3 years now. I too have allergies and I am now extremely allergic to any chemical scents at all. Mostly perfume air fresheners and cleaning products as well as fabric softener sheets.
I don't know if they have anything to do with my problems or not....but they sure aren't helping any.
Have you been to a neurotologist? They specialize in the balance center of the inner ear. The know more about dizziness than an ENT does. I hope you find the help you need.