Lightheaded, tremor, shaky, feeling faint, sore eyes, blurred vision

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For the past 8 months I've been feeling lightheaded and faint, along with eye strain, blurred vision as if I'm in a daydream / bubble all the time, head pains and feeling tired.. I've had an MRI and lots of blood tests and they cannot find out what it is, doctor has now said no to vertigo? It's really getting me down feeling faint all the time sad I eat well and have normal blood sugars, please help!!

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Look up SCM Muscle issues and SCM trigger points. It could  be your neck. Have you gone to an ENT?

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Maybe vestibular migraine?  Thats what I was diagnosed with after experiencing symptoms like yours.  No actual headache but everything else particularly lightheaded, floating feeling.  Now on nortriptyline for over a year.  It saved me.

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I've seen an ENT but they said nothing about muscles.. so that's a new thought! Thank you for your help !! 

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How are your symptoms now? Did you feel moments of feeling really faint?

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In my job I stand a lot.  At times I'd feel so bad I'd have to sit down as I thought I'd collapse.  My symptoms are all but gone now I'm pleased to report.  After 6 months I had to increase the dose as symptoms started to return, but after increasing I've been fine again thank God.  Have you had any medication so far to try and help?

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I've been on amitripyline and various others which did nothing  

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I'm on 40mg daily now.  It did take at least 2 to 3 months to work fully.  I remember because I called the ENT's secretary to inform him that it wasn't working.  Lots of awful side effects at first too.  

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What side effects? Have they gone now then, all your symptoms?? 

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Side effects were palpitations, dry mouth, nightmares.  They subsided after a few weeks but lots of people stop taking because of them.  My original symptoms are gone now.   The only time I get the feelings slightly, is if I have an actual migraine.  This is very rarely though. How long did you take the amitryptiline for?

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I took them for about a month and a half and they didn't seem to help at all just running out of options and the lightheadedness and bad eyes are worse 

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I feel for you, I really do.  I would suggest that maybe you didn't stick with them long enough?  If possible could you try again?  I started on 20mg and as I say, it did take quite a while to work.  I was lightheaded all the time, felt 'detached' and my eyes sometimes used to hurt and when I'd close them  they would jump around.  I really hope you find something that will bring you relief.  No doubt other people will have suggestions too, so hopefully you will find something soon. 

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Thank you very much for your help, I really appreciate it and brings some comfort, I will have a look into this for sure. Thank you again.

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Hello Aimee I too have the same symptoms like light headedness, dizziness , burning and heavy eyes with blurred vision sometimes shaky feelings

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Sounds like depersonalization, an anxiety symptom. My only advice is....dont focus on it. Harder than it sounds, but it's the only way. I went through it for almost 8 months straight and still experience it once in awhile.

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Hi iv just looked at your status and i feel like this all the time i thought it may of been my sinuses , but my eyes go blurred and i have this presure in the back of my neck , could you tell if you had these symptoms its so scary 

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Hello just read your post about your eyes hurting when you close them and jump around. Mine were super bad like that when my symptoms first started. Was told I had labrynthitis and nystagmus from a previous cold. It's been 2 months and still have it. Eyes not as bad, but bothers me to drive, amd have the floating feeling when walking. All my blood and scans have come clear. I do also have neck issues. But go to physio for yhat and it helps. Do you still get the eye thing? And I have swaying back and forth

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I have this all the time xx

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Hello. I’m having all of these symptoms and cannot figure out why. Did you find a solution. I feel faint, shaky, tremor, and vision is all screwed up. Please respond. 

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I also have this. My eyes felt like they were bouncing all over too. I wake up feeling crappy, like my sugars are low and I need to eat. But even after eating still hAve the week feeling. Driving was super hard in the beginning because I felt like I was floating down the road. Even walking, was like an out of body experiance, like I was ahead of my body. Super weird but I've been cleared if almost everything. Was told I had labrynthitis in the beginning now an ENT told me no. But he was terrible so I'm going to a new one. I changel docs too. I was referee to a dizzy clinic we have here which hopefully they find out what it is. Google dizzy clinics in your area and see if you have them wjere you are. I'm in ontario canada. I've had all this crap since March 20..amd it started like a drunk feeling and turned into a whole bunch of symptoms.

I was even cancelling plans because it was affecting me somuch.. pppd is the only thing that I could find that matched my symptoms yhe most...