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Spaced out, high, Drunk Feeling. Please help me. (5 MONTHS)

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ecdirtdevil
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Hi everyone.

My name is Erik. I am a 20 year old male, thin build. 6' 2'' at 170 lbs. I have had really debilitating issues for the last 5 months. The issue is that I feel drunk, spacey, loopy, high and dizzy all the time. It basically feels the same as if you were tipsy or the high feeling you can get. I also have visual disturbances. My vision has become blurry and I have somewhat tunnel vision. I just feel all around out of it. I find myself daydream, when I say this I mean my eyes don't focus on anything (go blurry) and just look at nothing. I think it might be slight double vision. Sounds are also very werid and it takes alot of energy to focus on visual and audio stimulants. Additionally, I am tired all the time. Extremely tired. Some days I will sleep very well for 10-11 hours and still be tired when I wake up and exercise will not wake me up. It is like the type of good solid sleep you have when your body is sick.. My memory has gotten really bad as well as my ability to process thoughts and engage in conversation. Imagine being drunk all the time...first I have been reading on boards like this for a long time now and have seen some people with these symptoms but no answers!! People seem to disappear. I hope hey have solved this problem but please let me know how!

Let me start by giving some background information. In August 2015 I was in an indoor rock climbing gym and fell from 15 feet straight onto my back. I could not move for a good 15 minutes because it hurt so bad. I wasn't able to do anything athletic after that day for at least a month. However, I did not have my current symptoms after this fall. 

Fast forward to December 15th 2015. I got really sick, was in bed for 4 days. Sore throat, eyes hurt like crazy, and super tired. It was during and after these 4 days that I developed a headache. This headache causes a pressure/dull/sharp pain behind my eyes, the upper bridge of my nose and right in between my eyes on my forehead. This headache lasted for about 4 months. 

At about 3 weeks into the headache I went and saw an ENT as I thought it was a sinus infection. i took multiple sets of antibiotics over the course of the next month to no avail. I got blood tests and liver test at around 2 months into the headache and nothing showed abnormal. I then was able to get into a nuerologist. They were unable to find anything after taking an MRI of my head with a barium contrast. 

Since the beginning of my headache I have been seeing a (PT) physical therapist mostly for my neck and back since after the fall my back is sore constantly. I had a neck injury about 5 years ago on a trampoline so I have a sore neck, tight muscles alot from that. 

At about 3 months into the headache (3/15/2015) I developed a new symptom, the drunk/high, dizziness, loopiness. I had the headache at the same time at this point. My PT suggested that I may have a blood vessel being pinched in my neck or a nerve being pinched in my mid back area where my rock climbing fall pain is mostly at.

I have been to 3 different chiropractors since this has occured about 5 times to each one. It has not helped so far. My PT gave me massages in my affected back and neck areas. 

Also a new thing I've noticed recently is that when I look up (bend my neck to look at the sky) I seem to get some sort of relief? Also ever since the loopy part started (this did not happen when I just had the headache) any amount of alcohol at all will make me SUPER DRUNK, literally like 2 sips. I used to be able to drink 3 full beers before getting buzzed.

I am thinking I want my doctor to give me a full head (brain/upper atlas) to lower back (tailbone) MRI so that my nerves and blood vessels going to my brain can be evaluated. Do you think this is a good idea? Has anyone had these symptoms before? I am now 5 months into this and it is debilitating. 

No doctor is taking me seriously because I am so young and the chances of having a serious problem are supposedly slim because of my age. PLEASE HELP!!! I feel like I'm caught in a dream and losing my awareness and my IQ. I am afraid something is damaging my brain and this is going to be permanent.

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  • jess86198
    jess86198 ecdirtdevil

    Posted

    HI Guys, im so glad i came across this! I have been experiencing the same symptoms for 4 months straight now ! It’s was off and on for 5 months prior but now the symptoms have not gone away! I have had 2 MRI scans i honestly thought i had a brain tumor, 3 ECG as lately i have been experiencing heart pain, i have had multiple blood tests, eyes have been checked twice and have had multiple drs check ups! Everything comes back normal. I Have even gone to hospital because the first time this has happened I also lost feeling to my whole right arm and has tingling sensations. They tried to say I was having an anxiety attack and they have blamed it on that ever since ( I never had anxiety before and i dont feel anxious ) no one takes me seriously and it’s so scary because the feeling never goes away. I always feel that drunk fuzzy head feeling from the moment I wake up! Vision is almost blurry hazy kind of feeling. I am always tired no matter how much sleep I get and I’m getting a lot of headaches. Please tell me someone has answers for this! It’s effecting my life so much , I even get heart pain sometimes. I’m a 27 year old female and just want to go back to feeling normal again. Any advise would be so much help ❤

    • sebastian79880
      sebastian79880 jess86198

      Posted

      hello, i feel sorry for what you're going through, but i understand it, i have the same symptoms, they only go away when i sleep, its 24/7 dizzyness and tiredness, feeling like im going to pass out and a weird drunken/high feeling and like my head is floating or full of air, also y feel lost or disoriented and with bad equilibrium, this started 5 years ago, and hasn't stopped since, i have been to countless specialist and also been diagnosed with disautonomy which treatment hasn't helped at all, after trying everything the doctors just say its probably anxiety/depression, but i have never been depressed, i have an appointment to a psychiatrist because they feel like with antidepressants I'll feel better, i know its not gonna work because i already took antidepressants for 1 year without improvement only withdrawal symptoms that made my life worse, i currently have 21 years, and I'm desperate because this is destroying my life and no one seems to know what is happening.

      I hope you find someone or some kind of diagnosis and tell me, so i can star over with some background information.

      all the luck to you

    • jess86198
      jess86198 sebastian79880

      Posted

      Im so sorry your going through this too, its comforting to know we are not alone and to hope that someone out there will have an answer! its so strange and i dont get it. They say the same to me its anxiety which i have never had before and dont feel anxious! I Hope we somehow get down to the bottom of this. I WILL let you know if i get any answers and please let me know if you do also. Wishing you all the best hang in there, ❤

    • jung97
      jung97 jess86198

      Posted

      Hi. I am sorry to hear what you are going through. I am actually going through similar symptoms and it is really taking a toll on my life as well. I made a post seeking for help last week and I wonder if you can relate to some of the symptoms I am going through. You can find the post right here: https://patient.info/forums/discuss/feeling-zoned-out-drunk-with-head-pressure-please-help--715099?page=0#3593684 . Please let me know if you have found out the cause behind your condition and/or how you are dealing with it. I hope you get better soon.

    • jeffrey36526
      jeffrey36526 jung97

      Posted

      u proably have cerebellar ataxia thats what i found out at mayo clinic slur lost of balance

    • jt12608
      jt12608 jess86198

      Posted

      I know this was awhile ago, but how are you feeling?? Been feeling the exact same way and have had AWFUL anxiety for awhile now .

  • joel98831
    joel98831 ecdirtdevil

    Posted

    hello, ive had the same symptoms as this, i especially understand the drink any amount of alcohol and get hammered now and whatever this is has just destroyed my life. please help

  • joel98831
    joel98831 ecdirtdevil

    Posted

    my symptoms:

    1: HORRIBLE brain fog

    2: feeling a type of high or drunk, dissconnected

    3:trouble falling asleep, but when i finally do i sleep very well but i almost get nothing out of sleep, i wake up tired.

    4: anxiety

    5.sharp abdominal pains

    6.a lot of pressure behind my eyes and a lot of eye problems like blurred vision

    7. horrible pressure in my head and pains in my temples

    8. back pains whenever i look down

    9. fluttering heart/ tachycardia

    10. ears ringing

    11. chest pains

    12. pins and needles sensations that go down my whole body and some headaches

    13. always feel dizzy and tired

    14. no energy, weight loss

    pls someone help me

    • joel98831
      joel98831

      Posted

      also whenever i drink no matter how much alcohol after like 2 sips i feel drunk and have never been like that

    • alina04647
      alina04647 joel98831

      Posted

      you have just described me. i did food sensitivity testing, it appears i got MANY food sensitivities. as i replied to another post, try antihistamines to is if it helps

    • jeffrey36526
      jeffrey36526 joel98831

      Posted

      u got cerebellum ataxia i got the same problem plus bad balance and slur speech

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