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From: twh@mb2c.UUCP (Tim Hitchcock)
Newsgroups: net.med
Subject: Re: Need help with dizziness and heart pounding symptoms.
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Date: Sat, 27-Apr-85 07:35:44 EDT
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> This is a message from my wife.  We'd be grateful for any help
> or ideas concerning these symptoms.
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> I am a 41 year old female.  I have been dizzy every day since
> mid February.  The dizziness is mild on waking, and becomes
> progressively worse during the day.  The dizziness is of the type
> where I feel as if I'm going to fall over; the room does not spin.
> I even feel as if I'm going to fall over while I'm sitting.
> 
> Four weeks ago, my head and heart began pounding; sometimes
> hours at a time.  My pulse goes to 92.  My head feels as if it
> is going to explode, but I do not have a headache.  This is not
> as frequent as the dizziness.  My left ear always feels blocked
> but it checks out okay.
> 
> A half day in the hospital emergency room gave no answers.  I've
> seen a neurologist, have had an EEG, EKG, and have worn a heart
> monitor for 24 hours -- everything normal.  My doctor has done
> all the routine blood tests for liver, kidney, diabetes, mono,
> thyroid, sisuses, and checked my ears -- all show no problems.
> I do not have a fever.
> 
> I'm taking multi-vitamins (including B1), calcium, and clonopin
> (to control twitching due to MD).  I will have my eyes tested
> tomorrow, and will see a food allergist next week because the
> head and heart pounding sometimes seem to start after eating.
> I am allergic to many foods such as wheat, rice and potatoes,
> and am on special diets.  I also have lactose intolerance. 
> ---------------------------
> /"""\	Jeffrey Mattox, Heurikon Corp, Madison, WI
> |O.O|	{harpo, hao, philabs}!seismo!uwvax!heurikon!jeff  (news & mail)
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Might be an anxiety reaction.

You should check out a 'good' psychoanalyst. No kidding.