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At a loss, could really use some direction.

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devon10898
devon10898

I‘m a 27 going on 28 year old Caucasian male  6’2” 294 pounds (Down from 315, making slow but steady progress) 

Since July of 2017 I’ve been dealing with dizziness, balance issues (often feels like I’m swaying) faint feeling and weakness, chest pain both sides but more frequently over the heart and under the left side breast, palpations, fast heart rate, extreme shortness of breath, and headaches. 

I’ve seen my primary care doctor, neurologist, cardiologist, and my eye doctor.  I’ve had a comprehensive and basic metabolic panel, full CBC, lipid panel, A1C, T4 and TSH, Vitamin 25- D, B12, magnesium, urine culture and analysis. I’ve also had multiple EKG, chest X-ray, CT scan of my chest, CT of my head with and without contrast, an MRI of my head, a CTA of my neck and head, an EEG, and echo of my heart, a 7 day heart monitor, a month and half of daily blood pressure readings and the only abnormal thing was my b12 came back at 990 pg/ml. Every other test has come back completely normal and yet I feel sick as ever - I am now having daily occurrences of dizziness, imbalance, headaches, shortness of breath ... etc

Are my doctors missing something? I’m at a complete loss and it seems so are they.  Any advice or direction would be so appreciated. 

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  • Cnut
    Cnut devon10898

    Posted

    Hi Devon.  Sounds to me like you have everything covered try a good foot spa if nothing else it will help you relax xx
    • devon10898
      devon10898 Cnut

      Posted

      I mean, honestly, not really.  Whatever is happening has gotten significantly worse since it started back in July - the dizziness has progressed to the point it’s almost a struggle to even walk.  

      But yeah, relaxing is always helpful.  

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