Dealing With Chest Pain And Many Symptoms For 4 Years - I'm Scared Need Advice.
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I'm male 49, 5ft.6. 225lbs. I've been dealing with scary symptoms for 4 years now.
My head/ body feels as if I am floating. Like I'm gonna tip over my balance not right and unsteady on my feet. A weak faint feeling wether I am standing, laying or sitting. It gets worse the more I move/walk around.
The only relief I get is when I'm sleeping.
When I roll my eyes in a circular motion I can feel the head floating sensation every time.
My vision doesn't seem right at times. I do wear glasses. I recently got a complete eye exam. The health of the eyes are good.
The optometrist did referred me for further testing to be sure eyes are not causing my discomfort. That isn't till July.
I rarely ever get headaches. The last few months I've been getting some random "mini shots" 1-3 second headaches.
I get random dull left side chest pain (that catches my attention) just below the pec area that comes and goes on a daily basis wether I'm standing, laying, sitting, moving.
Also get tickling or itching sensations under the skin in random parts of body-arms, across chest upper area and down left side. Sometimes pins or pricking feeling neck area.
I'm also experiencing random slight nausea that can last from 5 min to couple hours.
I've had several tests MRI, chest scans, heart ultrasound, stress test, cardiac scans, EEG, ECG, ENT, blood work, 2 endoscopies. Saw many specialists and nobody knows anything. All tests are negative.
Fortunately, I work from home although it's still a challenge with all this discomfort.
The only meds I was taking are tecta for mild case of esophagitis. I was on anxiety meds which didn't help. I am not currently taking any meds or supplements.
I recently saw my GP for annual routine blood work check up. Was pleading to her my symptoms need to get sorted out.
She is sending me to go see a ENT again as my left sinus looked a little blocked.
I don't know if this will give me any answers about my discomfort however, I am still waiting for the ENT schedule.
I was a smoker for 30 years. I quit to see if it would make me feel better. It did not. I've been smoke free though going on my 3rd year.
I tried getting a massage in hopes it would help my discomfort. I even saw a chiropractor. Will try acupuncture next.
I am very open to any suggestions, comments or questions.
Thanks for taking the time to read my post.
Stephane
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manolis stephane34172
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I have exactly the same symptoms (male, 43 years). Please read the following. I do not know what to do!!!
I am suffering from left chest heaviness/discomfort for the last 10 months since February 2018 on a daily basis lasting almost all hours of the day. I am a male, 42 years old, smoking many years, not known health issues– only cystitis on the bladder removed through cystoscopy last year.
This left chest discomfort is mostly beclow the left nipple and sometimes move to the left (on the armpit) or to the right (close to center of chest). This feeling/pain makes be miserable and prevent me from every day
activities including work. When happens sometimes I feel like to faint and seek emergency advise as soon as possible. Not much stress at work. AT times I do not have that feeling heavy headaches are coming.
When initially started (February 2018) I went to the emergency and made all related exams (ECG, blood testing, X ray) which came back fine. After for a period of three months I went another 4 times to the emergency doing the same with same results. In addition, I have been to various professions (cardiac, gastro, pulmonologist, neurologist, neurosurgeon, rheumatologist, physical therapy). All related tests including ECGs, echo, Trend mill, CT heart with dye (cardiac), CT thoracic, CT chest with contrast 2 No, fluoroscopy, endoscopy, colonoscopy (gastro), various blood tests including prostate, thyroid etc., CT chest, various X rays at numerous directions, X ray neck, and physical examination by neurologist were found ok. In addition, I did physical therapy including TENS, magnetic fields, laser, and massage.
However, although the results of all tests were ok I was having the same chest discomfort on a daily basis which was a bit relieved only by placing hot plaster at chest. At early June 2018, the gastro doctor has prescribed amitriptyline (at 10mg daily before sleep which later on increased to 20mg).
After some time (2 weeks) chest heaviness/discomfort was reduced in frequency to the half (instead of daily it was every two to three days). However, at mid-September I realize that amitriptyline was not adding any value and thus I stopped it. A week after the chest heaviness/discomfort came back more
intense every day lasting the whole day and did not go away with ibuprofen, paracetamol, etc. The only thing which a bit produce a relief was capsicum plasters placed either on the back or chest side (due to the heat the discomfort was felt taken off).
I went the last three weeks again to the emergency and GP and prescribed with baclofen which I took for almost two weeks with no results at all. Then, last week, the gastro doctor advise to start again the amitriptyline (initially to 10mg).
As a conclusion, after having all these exams and pills nothing has been improved and the chest heaviness/discomfort is still here all day every day. Doctors told me that is something muscular/neuro, however, when I asked them whether it is costochondritis, fibromyalgia, or rheumatic polymyalgia they told me that they do not believe. As such the matter was left open with diagnosis of atypical chest pain.
moon53540 stephane34172
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Maybe you need to see a neurologist if you haven't already.
manolis stephane34172
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a week back I went again to the GP since I was having a flare on the symptoms. He re-assured that all these are not related to heart, lungs, stomach, etc. but most probably is a neuropathic pain. He told me to start liryca, take a fool cholesterol blood testing (since I did not have one) while at the same time he will speak to clinical phycologist as well as to specialty doctors about nerve blocks.
After I have search on the net about the neuropathic pain and found that my symptoms (as well as yours) are maybe Multiple sclerosis Hub. Please read about that.