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I am F, 24 years old, from PH. My symptom started 6 years ago when I was still 17 y.o (2016) and it's getting worse day by day until now. First symptom I had was unusual insomia for months, and when I say insomnia it was not simple insomnia, it was servere weird insomnia that even if I tire myself out, i still couldn't sleep and it felt like there was some kind of pressure in my right head that keeps me from sleeping. I dropped out of school due to this, and symptoms continued to progress. (I don't have problems in school or grades btw, no financial problem back then, no emotional or psychological traumas or factors that I think could trigger insomnia).
2016-2019, so I took break from school because I am not well, starting then, I've been feeling symptoms that come and go, like severe fatigue, brain fog, frequent urination, GERD, then I started to notice year 2018 that it's affecting my eyes, my eyes are moving involuntary the moment I shut it and there's numbness in my right face and twitching of right face muscles too, it is accompanied with severe headaches anytime of the day, and painful pressure in my right head plus weird pulsating sensation on my right temples as well. Over those years, I had consulted several doctors in the Philippines only to give me medicine for the symptoms and was diagnosed with anxiety and depression. ??? Btw, I religiously take their advice and go on with the treatment but I know it's not helping. So I stopped..
Now it's actually affecting me psychologically and emotionally as it's so frustrating to be thrown out of doctor's office, spent thousand peso, without even getting an answer and still feel thesame.
Until early 2020, i gave up finding this disease cause also I ran out of money, and focused now at school and work for money... I don't even know if I was living because of this, up to this day I'm suffering with the symptoms I had from 2016, and I am certain something is wrong, this should be known and it's way worse than before. I don't know how I'm living this life with this delibitating feeling. I don't know if it has gotten better or did I just get used to it. But all I know is THERE IS WRONG, IT'S TOO MUCH and it's affecting the quality of my life, my performance at work, in school and my relationships. I used to be an active person but now I only find myself lying in the bed every after chore because of the physical pain i'm feeling. I couldn't be my 100% at everything because my eyes and head keep hurting and I always feel tired even though I haven't done anything yet.
Right now, as I understand the pattern of my case, these are the symptoms that I've had for years that's really alarming and no matter what I do it doesn't go away.
Sleep - I can sleep but whenever I sleep I always have night terrors, I feel like I'm having convulsions or some sort. ??? Also, when I wake up I always feel hot inside and I feel like I have fever but when I check my temperature, it's normal, and my eyes are flaming hot and hurting inside, plus aching head and neck. In short, i feel tired the moment I just wake up.
Also there are times when I take naps, I got unusual sweats and hot feeling inside accompanied with eyepain, neckpain and head ache.
Eye pain - THIS ALARMING. My eyes is always hurting. There is always pressure I feel inside my eyes and I cant look at father things for too long. Also when I move my eyes sideways its too painful. Little activities such walking, exercising is hard for me becusse my eyes always hurt.. Also, in the morning when I wake up my eyes are always painful, hot and feels so heavy. Also, my eyes get red and I feel sharp stabbing sensation inside my eyes once in a while too.
My opthalmologist said there is no problem with my eyes, all tests were normal. She suggested me to go see an internist because there might be underlying condition that affects my eyes.
- Severe fatigue, headaches, neck pain, brain fog, head pressure - I can't work and do all my plans for the day because I feel too tired.
Tests: MRI with contrast - Normal PPD - Normal RF - Normal ESR - Normal Thyroid - Normal ANA/Serology - normal EEG - >frequent eye movement / Normal impression Eye check up - all normal; one optometrist said I have very dry eyes
History: - No history of falling - No history of any disease, allergies and confinement - I remember I had abcess in my tooth when I was young that swelled up to my cheeks and eyes (4yrs old) but was treated at home - weeks before the insomnia symptom, I had fever-like symptoms every morning, weird stabbing pain in my chest at one moment - another thing happened that I can remember before the symptoms is I had red rashes all over my body then after having this I had diarrhea next day.
This are all I could think of.
QUESTIONS: What specific doctor should I see? What is your impression about my case? What specific test should I consider doing, raise to my doctor?
Will appreciate your advise or comments. Thank you.
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