Yes I know. Sometimes when I do weight lifting (which isn't often) I sometimes get hives, and get a buildup of pressure around my lips (they go slightly darker and more puffy) and get that cold, tingly sensation then as well. Don't know if that was worth mentioning. The weird visual disturbances kinda look like this:
http://en.wikipedia....ptic_phenomenon
I remember a few years ago, it got to the point where I got up from my bed, and then I had to sit back down again and (as I lost consciousness) and my hands started to move without me moving them. I know that when I do faint (mostly in the summer when it's hot), I end up falling down for a few seconds and when I get back up, everything is even hotter and I get all sweaty when I get back up and the weird tingling sensation again.
Now, in comparison to my symptoms based on the link you gave me, I have these symptoms:
- Lightheadedness
- (I don't get the nausea)
- the feeling of being extremely hot or cold (accompanied by sweating) > I'm always cold! ( like I seem to be more sensitive and go pale more quickly) if I'm in cold weather, I get tunnel vision and also start to feel a bit weak.
- ringing in the ears (tinnitus) ( I don't get this that much)
- an uncomfortable feeling in the heart (I only get this if I have been kneeling down for too long. My heart beats faster when I get up, and the visual disturbances begin.)
- fuzzy thoughts (all the time) really difficult to concentrate and think of anything.
- confusion (yes, mild confusion) e.g. Find it difficult to stay "in the moment", difficult to know what just happened etc.
- a slight inability to speak/form words (sometimes I say the opposite word to what I was thinking, and then realize what I just said, as well as a slight inability to speak/form words).
- weakness and visual disturbances such as lights seeming too bright (My vision is sensitive to light, some days it's worse than others) Visual disturbances, yes indeed!
- fuzzy or tunnel vision (only get tunnel vision when I have been in the cold weather for to long. Don't get it on a daily basis like the other symptoms)
- black cloud-like spots in vision (only get one that appears once a few months and lasts a few minutes, stays fixed to vision)
When I saw a neurologist, they didn't really do much apart from getting me to write down symptoms and telling me what they were going to do. The first thing was a blood test. I have had the belief that my symptoms might be related to addison's disease before, and am curious if the blood test would pick it up. I'm not sure what they're actually testing me for, and if it's just the same as a standard doctors blood test e.g. CBC etc.
I'm supposed to get a letter soon telling me to go to my GP and get blood test results. They also said that they want me to get a retina test done or something like that where they will put me in a dark room and flash lights at me to see how I respond to the stimuli.
Thanks. :-)