Hi everyone.. my first post here! So for the past 4 months or so I've been having a bunch of health problems. Here is what I've been experiencing:
- Nasal congestion
- Occasional chest discomfort
- Sinus pressure (comes and goes)
- Anxiety
- Red eyes (in the morning mostly)
- lightheadedness, it's usually there when I'm stressed
- Ringing ears, it usually lasts about 5 seconds then goes away at random times. If I am in complete silence I can hear it.
- Mood Swings
- insomnia (this is new), ive slept like a baby my entire life up until this week
- Post nasal drip (sometimes)
- A white coated tongue (about a month of this now, it used to smell bad but that comes and goes. It looks like either bacteria or mucous. My naturopath and dentist said it looks like bacteria and didn't seem too concerned).
- Breathing difficulty (not severe, just annoying at times)
- Brain fog
- Headaches (rarely)
- Feeling like I can't get enough air (occasionally)
- Numbness(if I sit a certain way or apply pressure.. usually arms or legs).
- Constipation (mostly gone through use of Probiotics and digestive enzymes).
- heartburn (only lasted a few days in this 4 month period, completely gone now)
- undigested stool (mostly gone through enzymes)
- no cough, fatigue or sneezing
I know with all these symptoms it looks like I could have some debilitating illness, but I don't believe that. All of these symptoms generally come and go (except a few) and during this 4 month period I've had complete relief for up to 10 days, but it always it seems to come back. The most frustrating thing about this is one week I'll have a new symptom, while the others aren't present and sometimes they don't even return which it makes it harder to pin point whats going on.
Some things to consider:
- I moved house in May, I started having problems in July
- I now live with 2 dogs (I had another dog previously and have been around other dogs in my life with no symptoms of anything.)
- I had problems with anxiety before any of these issues arose, but it was not severe.
- I found out I was vitamin D deficient, I am now taking a liquid D3 for that.
- I've been vegan about almost a year, I just started eating fish again recently though (I was taking a b12 supplement during this time)
- concentrated deep breathing exercises and yoga have helped tremendously but temporary
- I'm a 21 year old male whos had no other health problems in my life, besides some minor allergies, asthma and anxiety.
- The nasal sprays seemed to give some relief, but I experienced side effects so I stopped.
Things I've tried:
Netipots (just started)
Antihistamines
Nasal Sprays
Quercetin
Magnesium supplements
Blood tests were normal except Vit D.. havent been tested for any other vitamins/minerals except Iron which was fine.
Had a chest X-ray, completely normal
What I think I could have (I really don't know at this point):
An anxiety disorder
Allergies
Candida
A nutritional deficiency
Sinusitis
Any help or solutions would be greatly appreciated, I don't see my naturopath for another 2 weeks and my doctor wants to just throw a pill at every symptom.