I have had a similar experience when I was 17 except I wasn't drinking heavily, I was smoking a lot. When I gave up smoking I was dealing with emotional problems and one day I woke up and it felt like a switch in my head was unplugged. I didn't understand what was going on and I after going to doctors and having them tell me there was nothing wrong, I believed them as my condition developed into fibromyalgia. It kept getting worse until I was put on Cymbalta which took me to a whole new level of pain, but I didn't realize it until a year later bc SSRIs screw with your head. I'm 19 now and am finally recovering from it all. I made some major steps in my life to take back my health but first was diet. I won't get into detail but my diet was horrendous, I first removed processed foods like fast food, chips, candy, soda(basically anything that wouldn't have existed 70 years ago), I stopped cooking my meals with the microwave and tried cooking all of my meals fresh, then I became a vegetarian which made me feel a lot better, but then I went vegan(it's a lot easier then you would think, please educate yourself about what the American meat and dairy industry is really about), and I felt like the old me before my early sysmptoms of fibro started. I also am detoxing my body(esp my liver, colon, and kidneys), and dealing with past emotional blockages.

I suggest you first clean up your diet, I think one of the main things that is helping me recover is eating around 50-75 percent of my diet as raw organic fruits and veggies. It's cheaper then you would think and you can get them from places like Farmers Markets, Co ops, Whole Foods(although it's generally more expensive then other places I've been to in my town). You can do what ever you want with your diet, but personally for me, I try to eat all of my food as undenatured as possible, the way it comes out of the earth(raw veggies aren't for everyone, some people do better with cooked/steamed).

Second, I recommend you read a book called Timeless Secrets of Health and Rejuvination by Andreas Moritz . It has a huge amount of valuable knowledge to anyone dealing with health issues, especially his method of doing something called a liver flush. Basically, a Liver Flush is done by prepping a week in advance, only eating as a vegan, avoiding fats starting the day before on the 6th day, and drinking 32 oz of fresh organic apple cider/4oz of raw apple cider vinegar a day up until the 7th day. Then, you go through a procedure where you eat very lightly up until 2 and you fast, then at 6pm and 8pm you drink a mix of Epsom Salts and water then at 10pm you drink a mix of olive oil and grapefruit juice which will cause your liver and gall bladder to purge cholestorol stones, which Andreas thinks(thought, he passed away not to long ago) is the root or at least part of the root of all disease. I was skepitcal at first, esp after hearing the nay sayers tell me it doesn't really do anything. After trying the flush myself, and having the remnants of the extreme fibromyalgia and Chronic-Fatigue-Syndrome I lived with disappear over night, I can't say enough good things about it.

Third, you have to learn to deal with past emotions. No body goes on a binge drinking spree for no reason what so ever, whether you needed an outlet from school or stress, peer pressure, addictive personality, what ever the cause it has put you in the situation you are in. Emotional Trauma doesn't just leave the body, it is stored in your subconscious. A good way to deal with it is to just talk about it with someone who is close to you, who you can really trust, or someone who relates to your situation. Also, I think Binaural Beats help tremendously, here's the link for I guy on Youtube I like, I think his are really good, almost second to none.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0valOEctII


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFcrMbKX8PM


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0CE-u0vdOY


Those were just a few from his channel I thought would help but he has many more, you have to listen with headphones and make sure you use the right side.

4th. Detatch yourself from useless technology. If something isn't helping you educate yourself and learn who you really are(something highschool could and will never do nor be able to teach you, then it isn't helping you. That said, you should ditch your TV, Netflix account, Facebook etc(esp your TV, though I don't know if you own one, just in general).

4th. Spend more time outside in the real world. Go get some sun on, vitamin D is VERY IMPORTANT(your body has to make it, not the stuff in supplements or food additives ). If you live up north a sun lamp might help. Sungazing and grounding your feet on the earth is very helpful too. Meditating is as well(basically, try 20 minutes a day, if you don't have time to meditate you should meditate an hour a day).

I hope anything I just wrote resonated with you and helped you innerstand what you are going through and what you can do to help. If I could highlight anything I just wrote, I would say Liver Flush, Whole Foods Vegan diet(giving up wheat products might help too, not that you are celiac, it's just gluten is hard to digest), Detox, Dealing with Emotional Trauma and repressed emotions, throw out your TV, get out in the sunshine.

Sorry if it comes of as over personalized, too much info, etc. If you are going through what I was 2 years ago I only wish to help, because I know how painful it can be to watch your life collapse around you and be left feeling like there is nothing you can do about it. Have doctors say there's nothing wrong with you, and to go on with life. If you do have Menengitis I hope you get that fixed, but if not, then I hope you do take into consideration some of the things I just mentioned. Hope everything works out for you :)

Go to the ER right now is my recommendation

absolutely INSIST that you are tested for meningitis. Don't take no for an answer.

This is a very serious disease, you can die from it!

Please go now thank you

I'm going to PM you.

If you had either of these, you would be a lot sicker by now. I pm'd you.

I started to make a list for this response, but then realized that there are only two of the listed symptoms that I feel are more Limey than Morgey- jaw pain and neck pain. Her account perfectly describes a time I went through 8 years before I began sprouting fibers and learned the word Morgellons. Except my story included really swoollen lymph nodes and bullseye style hives as well.
Best bet IMO would be a full Lyme panel ($475) from Igenex labs, and a $100 electric microscope from Amazon. With this observe your skin where you feel these pricks. You're obviously a smart girl, figure it out and so you can manage it and realize your potential back in school.
BTW, you're not the first poster to describe symptom onset happening just a little while after cleaning up your act with substance abuse; it's a common theme.

I'm sorry to hear about your situation.

Your long list of symptoms may seem strange to you but it is what we expect to see in members of the heavy metal detox groups. That is how heavy metals work, they affect many systems in the body.

Dr Hal Huggins, a pioneer in mercury (Hg) free dentistry, addresses the issue of mystery ailments in his somewhat humorous article on Chronic Fatigue. I'm confident you will identify with it!
http://www.hugginsappliedhealing.com/mercury-symptoms.php


Check out the symptom lists under the 800+ hair tests at this site used by members of the heavy metal (HM) groups.
http://livingnetwork.co.za/chelationnetwork/hairtest/hairtest3/


I'm confident you will identify with this 1 yr progress report by a teen member of a detox group. He had to drop out of school in his senior year but is now able to do some college studies. I'm sure he'd be happy to chat with you if you'd like.
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/frequent-dose-chelation/message/64260


Did you have any dental work done on silver fillings (50% Hg!) around that time or did someone break a CFL bulb in your home and spread the Hg by using a vacuum cleaner?

This is a good example of the symptoms of chronic Hg poisoning in a female.

This man has one the best documented cases of recovery from chronic Hg poisoning that I've seen. He testified at one of the US FDA hearings on Amalgams in 2010 and his ppt was posted on the net for a while.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wE_bjZ4kdJI


This female reporter also has a rather well documented case. She also testified at a 2010 hearing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3OZIgjGHH0


Some of us started our downward spiral after getting a biological related illness such as Lyme or Epstein Barr, etc. We later realized our body was handling detox reasonably well until it also had to handle the infection. for example Dr Mark Hyman in his book, The Ultramind Solution writes that he had to go to 10 other doctors before someone realized he had a heavy metal problem.

My situation was similar to Dr Hyman's although I had more of a lead and cadmium problem due to exposure in my family's business since early teen years.

It is so common for people with HM problems to have mood problems. The brain is one of the target organs of HMs. You don't have to be embarrassed, it is just chemistry!

However you'd be wise to act promptly. If indeed HMs are involved, they don't sit idle as seen in this video from the U. of Calgary.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDnfeIwd0wI


I, like BillyM and RitaM at the links above, used Cutler's detox protocol. Cutler addresses some of the basic concepts at the following link but there is so much more available in the Cutler support groups here and at Yahoo
http://www.letstalkrealhealth.com/dr-andrew-cutler-phd-mercury-detoxification/


HMs also affect magnesium retention which is involved in production of brain chemicals related to Depression and anxiety.

The adrenals and related components of the stress response system are very vulnerable to mercury. You have many symptoms of adrenal fatigue. Was your sodium and blood pressure low-norm?

HMs affect your immune system, much of which is in our digestive tracts. It also affects certain digestive enzymes, including the one involved in breakdown of gluten. Many of us HM toxic folks feel better on a lower gluten diet.

Alcohol will put stress on your liver and also feed candida. The latter is so common in females in the HM groups!. You may need more molybdenum to help with sulfate production and breakdown of acetaldehyde. Look up sulfite (with an I) sensitivities.

The liver is one of the most vulnerable organs to Hg. I tend to see these symptoms in those who were also exposed to some arsenic as well. Remember Hg damages the body's detox system and so levels of other toxins can build up.

I assume you are using alcohol to try to relax and be more calm. There are much healthier ways to do that! Mg, GABA and adrenal support were wonderful for a close female friend--hair test #368 at the above link. I have much more for you on that if requested.

I could go on for a long time with your list of symptoms but I need to prepare for Christmas church services and dinner!

Don't give up hope! Just because your current doctor does not have an answer, it does not mean there is no answer! I'm not suggesting that HMs are the only thing that could be causing or contributing to those symptoms. However if your doctors are not making progress with the underlying cause of your symptoms, and the symptoms could have Hms as a cause or contributing factor, doesn't it make sense to consider HMs?!

Best regards,

Joe
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