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I have been having this problem for a couple of years now and am almost tired of fighting this ongoing issue. I am hoping to get some expert advice.
At school age around 12 - 17 years old, I used to faint and pass-out at.This used to happen at least once a year but at most twice and no more than 2 times a year. I would feel hot under the collar, then start to feel uncomfortable and feel a lack of oxygen in my head.
If I dont sit down, I would pass out and everything would be fine thereafter.
Initially thinking this was sugar-related, I had made sure I get a breakfast in at morning time. But because it only happened once a year, I never took it that serious.
At age 18, My final school year and during exam time, this happened again. But this time it was really bad. I was in a final exam paper when the drowsiness started and had to leave the examination room. I missed two papers that year. For a day long, I was drowsy and couldnt sit still because the drowsyness was making me uncomfortable and I was panicking and needed oxygen.
I went to the doctor. I had my blood sugar tested and blood pressure tested and all came out fine. I dont have a problem with sugar intake. At this time I had a diabetes test done just in case but all came out in the clear. I immediately changed my diet to extremely healthy fooRAB and no fizzy drinks etc, to try and help relieve my symptoms.
The symptoms relieved a bit, but the drowsyness would remain periodically.
I had a chest X-ray taken and all was fine. After going to the Lung and Heart specialist for test, all was fine.
After a few days I felt an irritable feeling in my stomach.I had NO nausicousness or vomiting though.
Just a pressure feeling like my stomach was going into a knot and pushing up against my chest.
Doctor booked me in for a gastroscopy scan. It came out that there were burn marks on my stomach lining, so something was definitely irritating my stomach.
Next up was a rast food allergy test.
It came out that i was allergic to soya, gluten, wheat and peanuts.
After doing extensive research, I found wheat allergy symptoms are fainting and dizzyness and Gluten/Wheat cause stomach irritations.
The doctor gave me a chronic perscription of Zyrtec Anti-histamine (the cetirizine type) which i took 1 tablet daily. I excluded the allergens from my diet, but not so much soya and peanuts as I did not find those to be a problem.(Maybe they are somehow and I dont realize ?)
The stomach irritations went away and I could after a year, eat bread again controllably and a limited dose
Inhalents allergy tests came out positive to Dustmites and Mould mix.
I got rid of feather pillows in my room immediately.I have done the spring-clean in the house to get rid of mould/dust.
Replace bed pillows and duvet's with anti-allergenic versions.
During all this time, I have also suffered from post-nasal drip. Which is bad in the mornings from about 4am - 9am but then clear up throughout the day.
Now after school. I went to college.
After this whole ordeal at around Age 19, I have developed an Asthma. The reaction would come and go. Sometimes I could go without a tight chest for days and use the Asthma inhaler once a month. Sometimes once a week.Sometimes every day.
I never had to use this during the day. It would happen in the middle of the night or in the morning. So i use the pump and the tight chest goes away.
From age 19 - 25 I lived fine with periodic asthma. I could eat wheat/gluten up to a limit and took the zyrtec here and there, but not ALL the time
Now, at age 25 the Dizzyness and drowsyness started again. Almost identical to the symptoms I experienced at age 18.
I have decided to stay away from Gluten/Wheat for the rest of my life, as I have read that the stomach irritations from Gluten intolerance can lead to malnutrition and life threatening diseases such as Osteoporosis etc.
I have not had Gluten or Wheat for the past 4 month.
What worries me is the below :
I still have the Asthma, but it has gotten worse. I get the tight chest every morning and/or night. Using the inhaler twice a day.
I can not go without this inhaler.
I have started doing lots of excersice and weight training to help with my chest
In the mornings I have a post nasal drip and I cough up loaRAB of phlem.
I find that a nasal spray helps, but not much really. It seems to only relieve the symptoms a bit.
Sometimes when I drive to work early in the morning, I get like a "tingly" feeling in my head.
When I say "tingly", Its like a extremely light, light headed feeling, VERY minimal.I open the window or drive with the air conditioning on just to help.
When I get to work, I still have the "tingly" feeling in my head and I would start worrying about it. I find that when I worry/stress about it, it goes from "tingly" to light headed. Then from light headed to drowsyness and then I would start feeling like I am lacking oxygen.
I had to go on sick leave for a day as this got really bad.
I felt extremely tired in the mornings and sometimes had to concentrate to breathe properly.
After being under a wheat/gluten free diet, getting rid of mould/dust from my room and excersice + training + a Zyrtec anti-histamine every night it got much better.
I dont know what the cause could be anymore and the doctor is not helping at all. Just spending money on endless tests and medication.
I have skipped antihistamine during the Dec holdiday period and I now feel the "tingly" light headed feeling is back. It didnt get much worse and symtomps dissapeared throughout the day.
But I am worried.
Do I have to permanently stay on Antihistamine now? What could the cause of this be?
I'm lost and when I have to go off sick from work because of this, I look stupid trying to explain to my Boss what the problem is because I am not even sure myself.
I would appreciate expert advice on this topic. Thank you
At school age around 12 - 17 years old, I used to faint and pass-out at.This used to happen at least once a year but at most twice and no more than 2 times a year. I would feel hot under the collar, then start to feel uncomfortable and feel a lack of oxygen in my head.
If I dont sit down, I would pass out and everything would be fine thereafter.
Initially thinking this was sugar-related, I had made sure I get a breakfast in at morning time. But because it only happened once a year, I never took it that serious.
At age 18, My final school year and during exam time, this happened again. But this time it was really bad. I was in a final exam paper when the drowsiness started and had to leave the examination room. I missed two papers that year. For a day long, I was drowsy and couldnt sit still because the drowsyness was making me uncomfortable and I was panicking and needed oxygen.
I went to the doctor. I had my blood sugar tested and blood pressure tested and all came out fine. I dont have a problem with sugar intake. At this time I had a diabetes test done just in case but all came out in the clear. I immediately changed my diet to extremely healthy fooRAB and no fizzy drinks etc, to try and help relieve my symptoms.
The symptoms relieved a bit, but the drowsyness would remain periodically.
I had a chest X-ray taken and all was fine. After going to the Lung and Heart specialist for test, all was fine.
After a few days I felt an irritable feeling in my stomach.I had NO nausicousness or vomiting though.
Just a pressure feeling like my stomach was going into a knot and pushing up against my chest.
Doctor booked me in for a gastroscopy scan. It came out that there were burn marks on my stomach lining, so something was definitely irritating my stomach.
Next up was a rast food allergy test.
It came out that i was allergic to soya, gluten, wheat and peanuts.
After doing extensive research, I found wheat allergy symptoms are fainting and dizzyness and Gluten/Wheat cause stomach irritations.
The doctor gave me a chronic perscription of Zyrtec Anti-histamine (the cetirizine type) which i took 1 tablet daily. I excluded the allergens from my diet, but not so much soya and peanuts as I did not find those to be a problem.(Maybe they are somehow and I dont realize ?)
The stomach irritations went away and I could after a year, eat bread again controllably and a limited dose
Inhalents allergy tests came out positive to Dustmites and Mould mix.
I got rid of feather pillows in my room immediately.I have done the spring-clean in the house to get rid of mould/dust.
Replace bed pillows and duvet's with anti-allergenic versions.
During all this time, I have also suffered from post-nasal drip. Which is bad in the mornings from about 4am - 9am but then clear up throughout the day.
Now after school. I went to college.
After this whole ordeal at around Age 19, I have developed an Asthma. The reaction would come and go. Sometimes I could go without a tight chest for days and use the Asthma inhaler once a month. Sometimes once a week.Sometimes every day.
I never had to use this during the day. It would happen in the middle of the night or in the morning. So i use the pump and the tight chest goes away.
From age 19 - 25 I lived fine with periodic asthma. I could eat wheat/gluten up to a limit and took the zyrtec here and there, but not ALL the time
Now, at age 25 the Dizzyness and drowsyness started again. Almost identical to the symptoms I experienced at age 18.
I have decided to stay away from Gluten/Wheat for the rest of my life, as I have read that the stomach irritations from Gluten intolerance can lead to malnutrition and life threatening diseases such as Osteoporosis etc.
I have not had Gluten or Wheat for the past 4 month.
What worries me is the below :
I still have the Asthma, but it has gotten worse. I get the tight chest every morning and/or night. Using the inhaler twice a day.
I can not go without this inhaler.
I have started doing lots of excersice and weight training to help with my chest
In the mornings I have a post nasal drip and I cough up loaRAB of phlem.
I find that a nasal spray helps, but not much really. It seems to only relieve the symptoms a bit.
Sometimes when I drive to work early in the morning, I get like a "tingly" feeling in my head.
When I say "tingly", Its like a extremely light, light headed feeling, VERY minimal.I open the window or drive with the air conditioning on just to help.
When I get to work, I still have the "tingly" feeling in my head and I would start worrying about it. I find that when I worry/stress about it, it goes from "tingly" to light headed. Then from light headed to drowsyness and then I would start feeling like I am lacking oxygen.
I had to go on sick leave for a day as this got really bad.
I felt extremely tired in the mornings and sometimes had to concentrate to breathe properly.
After being under a wheat/gluten free diet, getting rid of mould/dust from my room and excersice + training + a Zyrtec anti-histamine every night it got much better.
I dont know what the cause could be anymore and the doctor is not helping at all. Just spending money on endless tests and medication.
I have skipped antihistamine during the Dec holdiday period and I now feel the "tingly" light headed feeling is back. It didnt get much worse and symtomps dissapeared throughout the day.
But I am worried.
Do I have to permanently stay on Antihistamine now? What could the cause of this be?
I'm lost and when I have to go off sick from work because of this, I look stupid trying to explain to my Boss what the problem is because I am not even sure myself.
I would appreciate expert advice on this topic. Thank you