I need your help!!! We've Exhausted Everything Physician Wise!!!

[VetTechJess]

Hello,

Im gonna just get straight and to the point. Since 2005, my boyfriend danny has had bouts of dizziness. Since 2005, we have been to to the following doctor specialties and had the following tests: (I will name as many as I can remember...)

Cardiologist--everything was Normal
CAT scan--everything was normal
MRI--everything was normal
Dizziness Test (i dont remember the name of it)--not dizziness, but allergies
ENT Physician--said it was his allergies
30 day Heart Monitor--everything was normal
24 hour heart monitor--4.2 second heart pause--later determined by Cardiologist to lead to a 30 day holter (heart) monitor which everything was normal.....
Echocardiogram--everything was normal
EKG--everything was normal

the list could go on and on as I am sure I may have missed a few tests.....
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Fast forward to NOW:

NEW set of symptoms:

facial numbness and tingliness ongoing since about Wednesday.

as of today: slight tingliness and numbness in fingers as well...

Special Note: this is on both sides, not one side such as a right or left side. NONE of this is accompanied by the classic stroke symptoms (paralysis of one side, slurred speech, etc...)

I took him to the dr again when he was first having the facial numbness a few months ago and the dr said it sounded like allergies. He prescribed claritin, singulair, and a nose spray....danny also takes vitamins (i think its flintstones or something of the sort....)

We have exhausted all physician options... and he still keeps having symptoms. The dr said that the next thing would be to get him to a neurologist. Ive been to a neurologist and from my experiences with them, theyll order an EEG, an MRI, maybe a CT scan, and say its a "seizure"...(they also say that eye twitching is a "seizure" but i know its not because eye twitching has a totally different diagnosis...etc...ive read it in medical journals.....)

NOW i turn to the psychic realm........I NEED YOUR HELP!!! I AM AT MY WITS END HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[{aspiring_to_clarity}]

It does sound neurological (disclaimer: I am not a doctor). My brother had symptoms like that related to migraines. I think going to see the neurologist is a good idea. Just not the one you went to before.

I don't really have any expertise in the psychic realm either, so I'll leave that to someone else. Maybe someone in Holisitc medicine will have an insight for you as well.

[mlc82]

Originally Posted by VetTechJess

Hello,

Im gonna just get straight and to the point. Since 2005, my boyfriend danny has had bouts of dizziness. Since 2005, we have been to to the following doctor specialties and had the following tests: (I will name as many as I can remember...)

Cardiologist--everything was Normal
CAT scan--everything was normal
MRI--everything was normal
Dizziness Test (i dont remember the name of it)--not dizziness, but allergies
ENT Physician--said it was his allergies
30 day Heart Monitor--everything was normal
24 hour heart monitor--4.2 second heart pause--later determined by Cardiologist to lead to a 30 day holter (heart) monitor which everything was normal.....
Echocardiogram--everything was normal
EKG--everything was normal

the list could go on and on as I am sure I may have missed a few tests.....
--------------------------

Fast forward to NOW:

NEW set of symptoms:

facial numbness and tingliness ongoing since about Wednesday.

as of today: slight tingliness and numbness in fingers as well...

Special Note: this is on both sides, not one side such as a right or left side. NONE of this is accompanied by the classic stroke symptoms (paralysis of one side, slurred speech, etc...)

I took him to the dr again when he was first having the facial numbness a few months ago and the dr said it sounded like allergies. He prescribed claritin, singulair, and a nose spray....danny also takes vitamins (i think its flintstones or something of the sort....)

We have exhausted all physician options... and he still keeps having symptoms. The dr said that the next thing would be to get him to a neurologist. Ive been to a neurologist and from my experiences with them, theyll order an EEG, an MRI, maybe a CT scan, and say its a "seizure"...(they also say that eye twitching is a "seizure" but i know its not because eye twitching has a totally different diagnosis...etc...ive read it in medical journals.....)

NOW i turn to the psychic realm........I NEED YOUR HELP!!! I AM AT MY WITS END HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Do you know if the dizziness happens at completely random times, or is it around a certain time of day, after eating (could even be certain dietary causes), or etc?

[Lynn 007]

I have been "suffering" from very similar symptons but only for the past three weeks. Today I am 90% better and have complete faith within the next two weeks I will be 100%. My family doctor and the doctor in the emergency department ruled out a stroke but eventually diagnosed me with "pressure headaches" which didn't explain the tingling sensation and advised me to take 2 advil every 4 hours.

My tingling was in my fingers and mid-point and forward in my skull down to my ears. The back of my head was fine but the front...ouch!!! I couldn't even towel dry my hair it was too painful. Historically I go to the doctors once per year for my yearly checkup and I might get one or two head-aches a year which have always been self- induced (too much wine) - I consider myself a healthy person so these headaches and tingling have appeared out of nowwhere.


After speaking with a friend he suggested I make an appointment with his kiniesologist / naturopath which I did. After I described all the symptons to him (similar to ones you described). He advised me it sounds as if I have a parasite. I original reaction was "Yuck" , then my next question was how did I get it? which he replied a number of ways such as visiting foreign countriesk drinking loads of tap water, not cooking food thoroughly, eating certain types of sushi. "He mentioned it was much more common that people realize.

He gave me a bottle of "Black Walnut Combination #1" produced by Genestra Brands (I think its about $25 in health food stores) and advised me to take 50 drops every morning with a small glass of water - it should be 30 minutes before my first meal. As a side note I don't work for Genestra just telling my story and what worked for me.

Today was my second visit and I can say most of the tingling has disappeared. I actually towel dried my hair today. I have gone from intense headaches all day to around two or three mild headaches throughout the day and most of the tinging is gone.

He mentioned it will take about 21 days to get rid of the parasite. I asked him if there was anything else I should do and he highly recommended I stay away from refined sugar.


Good Luck.

[Dharma]

Originally Posted by mlc82

Do you know if the dizziness happens at completely random times, or is it around a certain time of day, after eating (could even be certain dietary causes), or etc?

^^^ and any kind of circumstance that could bring it on. what's his age? any pertinent past medical history?

[Kaspian]

You might consider checking in with a skilled bodyworker--someone who does Positional Release Therapy, Structural Relief Therapy, Heller Work, Rolfing, etc. If there's some musculo-skeletal issue putting pressure on a nerve in the neck, that could cause numbness and tingling.

[VetTechJess]

Originally Posted by Lynn 007

I have been "suffering" from very similar symptons but only for the past three weeks. Today I am 90% better and have complete faith within the next two weeks I will be 100%. My family doctor and the doctor in the emergency department ruled out a stroke but eventually diagnosed me with "pressure headaches" which didn't explain the tingling sensation and advised me to take 2 advil every 4 hours.

My tingling was in my fingers and mid-point and forward in my skull down to my ears. The back of my head was fine but the front...ouch!!! I couldn't even towel dry my hair it was too painful. Historically I go to the doctors once per year for my yearly checkup and I might get one or two head-aches a year which have always been self- induced (too much wine) - I consider myself a healthy person so these headaches and tingling have appeared out of nowwhere.


After speaking with a friend he suggested I make an appointment with his kiniesologist / naturopath which I did. After I described all the symptons to him (similar to ones you described). He advised me it sounds as if I have a parasite. I original reaction was "Yuck" , then my next question was how did I get it? which he replied a number of ways such as visiting foreign countriesk drinking loads of tap water, not cooking food thoroughly, eating certain types of sushi. "He mentioned it was much more common that people realize.

He gave me a bottle of "Black Walnut Combination #1" produced by Genestra Brands (I think its about $25 in health food stores) and advised me to take 50 drops every morning with a small glass of water - it should be 30 minutes before my first meal. As a side note I don't work for Genestra just telling my story and what worked for me.

Today was my second visit and I can say most of the tingling has disappeared. I actually towel dried my hair today. I have gone from intense headaches all day to around two or three mild headaches throughout the day and most of the tinging is gone.

He mentioned it will take about 21 days to get rid of the parasite. I asked him if there was anything else I should do and he highly recommended I stay away from refined sugar.


Good Luck.

Hmmmm...it sounds interesting that he may have a parasite of all things....he can dry his hair without any problems...he does drink alot of sodas....could refined sugar cause the parasite, and if so, why hasnt it caused a similiar situation with me because we both drink alot of sodas everyday...

Originally Posted by Dharma

^^^ and any kind of circumstance that could bring it on. what's his age? any pertinent past medical history?

he is 27 years old, male, was in the military though not in Iraq (thank the Gods!!) his overseas location was a tiny minute island off the Pacific called Guam...lol he couldnt stand it being there for two years...he says the tingliness is very mild but can last all day when hes at work....usually in the past it would only happen to him while he was at work and go away when he got home, but he says lately hes been having face and finger tingliness at home too....

you think it could be carpal tunnel syndrome?? (for the fingers part??)

Originally Posted by Kaspian

You might consider checking in with a skilled bodyworker--someone who does Positional Release Therapy, Structural Relief Therapy, Heller Work, Rolfing, etc. If there's some musculo-skeletal issue putting pressure on a nerve in the neck, that could cause numbness and tingling.

I might check into that only problem is my bf calls that "new age" stuff and he thinks its a load of crap...

I will suggest that tho.....

[Dharma]

Ok, so he's still over in Guam then or in the states now? Did any of his xrays, MRI's, CAT scans look at his cervical spine? I'm thinking c7-c8 for the fingers.

Yeah it could be carpel tunnel, that's always stress related from what I've seen.

I dislike using medical diagnosis because it never takes into account what the body it trying to tell the person. And actually the story of his problem tells me even more. I mean the part I really zoom into is the non-reception for his choice to be in Guam. We create our reality and his choice, rather unconscious I'm sure, was to be in Guam. Not receiving that choice will sooner or later effect the body. I'm thinking he might have started separating his etheric body from his physical body. I've only seen this once, and the person was a weird-city of symptoms.

Does he still get the dizzy spells?

[infinitethoughts]

Vet Tech Jess.

Possibly he has slight radioactive poisoning from being in Guam.

(French do and have done Atomic testing in that area.)

1. Stop sodas cold turkey. (Chemicals and sugars in the drinks tax body incredibly.)

2. Drink lots of water, lots. (To flush out chemicals and pesticides in the body.)

3. Stay away from any fast food.

4. Stay away from buying vegetables in from Safeway, Albertsons, etc.
(Pesticides take away all nutrition in the food.)

5. Eat more dark green vegetable and fruits, without pesticides sprayed on them.

6. Stay away from Doctors. The pharmaceudical companies own modern medicine. They wil prescribe more chemicals.......which defeats the purpose. (To get rid of the toxic chemicals already in the body.)

7. Watch out for overtaxation of the body from the fur of animals in the house. (Cats especially.)

You don't have to radically change diet, just be more aware of what you put into the body. Eat meat, but not full of toxins.

You do this, you'll see a huge change in your boyfriends condition.

[maclinda]

Have any of the doctors had him try breathing into a paper bag when he has these symptoms? It sounds like hyperventilation.

This is not offered as a diagnosis!!! (legal disclaimer, there) but heck it couldn't hurt to try.

[MagnusTapping]

I don't like to promote my own site in forums, but no-one else has suggested this and I don't know if you've read my PM.

Emotional Freedom Technique works especially well on things that Doctors can't help with.

If Doctors can't find a cause, it means there's probably nothing physiological - so the problem is emotional/energetic/in the nervous system.

Sit down and try the front page video on tapping.com, it will take ten minutes to know if it offers relief or not. When it asks you for a feeling, have your boyfriend focus on the strongest symptom.

Magnus

[Beloved]

I'm leaning towards parasite infection too, they can affect any part of the body. Try asking about it at Cure Zone - cleanse and cure cancer allergies colitis psoriasis gallstones.

He probably picked up the parasite while Guam.

[AndreaHess]

Hi,

I agree with many who've posted - detox would be a very good thing, as well as going to a skilled rolfer.

So detox means getting off anything processed - I would advise doing this slowly, because otherwise, it can leave him feeling worse, rather than better.

Also, get him to a very, very good bodyworker - your average massage therapist will not do. Rolfing would be the best option. I'm an ex-massage therapist myself, and have seen firsthand how some symptoms that baffle modern medicine are actually related to muscular imbalance. If he's at a desk all day or at a computer, there may indeed be nerve compression somewhere.

But I would also look at his diet and clean that up.

I don't think a psychic intervention is called for (and that's coming from my current area of expertise ...). I'm sure there's some energetic root cause, because everything is related, but this issue needs to be addressed in the physical.

No matter, by the way, if your bf isn't into the "funky-woo-woo" - Rolfing has a very sound anatomical foundation, and I don't think eating less processed food would be too "out there," either.

Best of luck and blessings,
Andrea
Intuitive Consulting with Andrea Hess: Soul Profile and Spirit Guide Readings, Intuitive Development, Unlock Your Intuition

[CFPurpose]

There is a disease that forms in the brain that will cause individuals to lose feeling in their extremities. I'll get the name for you tonight.

[CFPurpose]

Sorry. My mother is the one who knows the name. She went in for surgery on her spine and has not exited the hospital yet. I'll get the name for you just as soon as I can.

[Holistic Star]

I would suggest cutting aspartame out of your diet. It can cause neurological problems and will affect everybody differently depending on what part of the brain it attacks.

It isn't just in diet drinks either. Any food product labeled 'no added sugar' nearly always has it as a sweetner.

An I agree with with increading green vegetables as they are so good for your health in so many ways.

[Amadeus]

Has he been to a chiropractor who does spine realignment adjustments. He could have minor or even serious subluxations of the spine. Our spines are designed to be perfectly aligned and placed like the structure of a perfectly made building. Losing feeling in the head and face is one of the symptoms having your back out of alignment.
My wife use to have severe migraine headaches for years and was taking Paxil. After a couple of months going to a chiropractor her headaches completely went away.
The great thing about going to a chiropractor therapist is they work your spine like you would tune a piano. They will not just crack your back for a one time feel good experience. Usually they adjust your spine by putting pressure on your back and twisting your legs and hips due to your exact subluxation. They of course do x-rays to diagnose what needs to be done. After a few months of therapy your back should be perfectly aligned. You may want to go every couple of months just to keep it in place. It wouldn't hurt for him to go get checked out.

[Shamou]

Amadeus... as a Chiropractor myself I would like to thank you for this post... you are right on target...

.

[Amadeus]

Yea, I also went to a chiropractor for a couple of years. Before, I use to pop my back by twisting my waist in a chair. It would sound like bubbles popping. I actually thought this was normal. After being x-rayed and subluxations spotted, it took two weeks for the chiropractor to make this completely go away. It was crazy, because they are able to weight both sides of your body symmetrically. One side of my body weighed 15 pounds more than the other due to the lower subluxation in my back.
I haven't been to a chiropractor in 4 years, but my lower back is still normal. They completely fixed it for good. Worth every penny. My insurance covered it, but I wasn't covered for the first year due to my job. It only cost me about 30 bucks per visit twice a month. I was going every week starting out. Eventually it cuts down to once a month, bimonthly, then maybe once a quarter. It's like tuning a piano.
Think about it, the spine is the central nervous system's pipeline. If it has subluxations, you are getting less blood circulation to all parts of the body. I would say the majority of people have subluxations. You get them from fender benders, falling, or even after you have been born.

[Shamou]

Originally Posted by Amadeus

Think about it, the spine is the central nervous system's pipeline. If it has subluxations, you are getting less blood circulation to all parts of the body.

Let's make a few corrections here...

The spine is indeed the nervous system's system pipeline... (the spinal cord goes through the spinal canal and carries the nerve impulse) you get an "A" for that...

However, if you have a subluxation... (a vertebra that is a little out of wack) it will reduce the "nerve impulse" and not the "blood supply" to some parts of the body... you flunked that part...

Still, I commend you for your understanding of how Chiropractic works...

.

[VetTechJess]

I recently asked him to clarify what hes feeling.....so he tells me that the feeling of pins and needles is in his scalp...and that it sometimes radiates to his face....and sometimes maybe a couple fingers are affected.....

damn it why cant males give adequate description as to how theyre feeling?!?!?!(as far as what ails them)

[MagnusTapping]

What's stopping you try the tapping?

It works on problems exactly like this all the time.

[Paul E Coughlin]

A few years ago I had similar symptoms and I would even get a kind of cramp except there was no pain, in one hand my thumb would be pulled inwards. I thought, suspected, I had something like a minor stroke but a few weeks later it happened to the other hand (meaning it was the other side of the brain, first the left brain, second time the right brain) which made me realize it was not a brain event.

Anyway, to try and cut this long story down a bit, I ended up moving, because my life was just too difficult.

After that move I realized, that I had been "Losing My Grip" on life.

Can you believe that? I was losing my grip, my own control of my own life (it took a major move to regain it) and the TRUE but difficult to accept LIFE situation was being communicated to me by this "message". Strange symtoms that have no conventional explanation are often like this - a metaphorical but physical representation of the actual life situation: In my case, just I was Losing Control and Grip on my own life so my symptom (quite dramatic to me) reflected that by my hands losing the ability to grip and being forced into a griplike distortion.

I also suspect the eye thing is the same kind of message because I get that too and I know from decades of this that as the twitches get worse so my INTERNAL STRESS LEVEL is higher.

Given this, I would suspect, but like others here I have no expertise beyond my own personal experience, that your boyfriend's SELF is signalling him that some things are not right in his life.

We tend to analyse our lives in a logical way but if the emotional estimation is contradictory then it will keep signalling, stronger and stronger until something changes.

I could add a lot more but I hope this much is helpful

Paul E. Coughlin
SaneThinking.com

[VetTechJess]

Originally Posted by MagnusTapping

What's stopping you try the tapping?

It works on problems exactly like this all the time.

Im gonna try to have him try it when he gets home. I say it like that because I may spend the majority of the night trying to convince a skeptic to try something new.....

[Shamou]

Originally Posted by VetTechJess

Im gonna try to have him try it when he gets home. I say it like that because I may spend the majority of the night trying to convince a skeptic to try something new.....

This is just a thought... but why don't you let him take care of his own problem... who knows... you may be the one getting on his nerves... hate to say that... but, I've seen it before in my practice...

.

[Old Soul]

Have they tested for Vertigo? my daughter has that, and her balance goes way off ,

[sassydarlyn]

That last post could help more than you realize, you need to discern if he is dizzy, as in vertigo, or off balance as in ataxia. Ataxia. feeling off balance usually finds a cause in the ears as in the disease of Airline Pilots as in Meniere's Disease. There are several conditions in the brain in the Cerebellum that can be inherited affecting tingling in hands arms and the symptoms can progress to urinary or bowel problems. I would never hesitate to take him to a neurologist, they may put him through more M.R. I.'s but some of the disorders can be treated medically to alliviate his symptoms.These types of symptoms can be caused by anxiety - the brain can react in different ways to stress etc, and because the brain has control over all the nerves, you can experience most kinds of neurological symptoms from this. It is a diagnosis of exclusion though as more serious causes of disease need to be ruled out. Nonetheless if stress is the cause, then treatment is available so its important that it be identified and treated or else it may become chronic. My first sense was the Meniere's disease, although there is not a specific symptom of numbness and tingling with it always, the anxiety from the not knowing could be a factor and simply put any pressure physically in the brain, especially in the Cella can cause many Neuro smptoms. I hope this helps. Oh, and from the tests they have done thus far, this Meniere's does not seem to have been ruled out.

[Love]

Strength, may you have strength. I know what it is like to be at your whit's end because you can't name a disorder. I'm so glad the others on this board are so kind as to offer suggestions. Strength, strength, strength.

[VetTechJess]

we're going to the neurologist on september 5. An appt. was made for him a couple weeks ago I think? He tells me now hes only had the tingling in his scalp region that causes him to be dizzy. (Sometimes I wish he would be more specific!!!) With that being said, what do you think the neurologist would say/test for?

[mentalmosaic]

Have you looked into the following possibilities:

MS
Candida
Bell's Palsy
Guillaume Beret Syndrome

I have also known people with all of these conditions - surprisingly, they all felt dizziness and facial tingling!

I know someone with MS, the mainstream rx for MS is awful, but he has gotten a lot of relief by dealing with Candida.

Oh - have you considered seeing a Chinese herbalist, too? I once had a terrible sore throat cured by a couple cups of chrysanthemum tea that a Chinese friend said her herbalist had given her. This was after my western dr had told me there was nothing to do and that I might have to go to the hospital for dehydration!

I know how frustrating it is when you can't figure out the underlying cause of discomfort. Best wishes to you and your boyfriend. I hope you find a successful treatment plan soon!

Hang in there!