u/Crazy_Degree4541

I feel like I'm in a horrible nightmare and it won't stop

About a year ago out of the blue at work I started vomiting all the time, then I was getting super lightheaded and fainting, I had to quit my job. It goes worse after that. I could hardly function, coffee just to shower, severe brain fog.

I saw a doctor about it, he said my heart rate was way too high and put me on propranolol, it helped me a little bit. I went to see a heart specialist and he said absolutely nothing was wrong with me. Maybe try compression clothes and electrolytes.

I just mostly suffered in silence after that. But i hardly do anything these days. Everything I used to enjoy feels so out of reach. The workouts I loved make me so incredibly dizzy, doing my makeup is a chore...not a hobby. I just lay in bed and cry...or read...or look out my window. I only drive on my good days when my mind feels fully aware. I've been smoking to cope with this new reality...which isnt helping...but its making life more manageable...but it's probably making it worse.

Nobody really knows how much a struggle, I'm called lazy more often than not. I feel so stuck...I don't know what's wrong with me, I've tried supplements, vitamins, I've spent so much money...and to an extent...I've given up. But it feels like one day I'm gonna wake up and this will all be a bad dream.

If anyone has advice...please let me know...I'm really having a hard time.

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u/Crazy_Degree4541 — 17 days ago
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About a year ago at work my body just...shut down...I started vomiting all the time, I was super dizzy, I had to quit my job. I could hardly move, barely get out of bed, caffeine just to get up in the mornings. Ive been to multiple doctors, one doctor said my heart rate was too high and put me on medication, the heart specialist said nothing was wrong with my heart and I was probably just sick. Ive been kinda suffering in silence for a long time. I barely leave my house, everything I wanna do feels like an extreme amount of effort. It's so hard to breathe, my brain fog is so bad I can barely drive, I almost blacked out doing basic exercises that I used to love warming up with. And I just feel like I'm living this horrible nightmare I can't wake up from. One doctor didn't give me a diagnosis but said to wear compression clothes and drink Gatorade. Im really trying, but I'm so incredibly miserable, I get sick every morning, I can hardly eat some days. I get these horribly painful chest zaps (idk if that's related). I just wanna know what to do... because I genuinely hate this, I hate that I barely feel human anymore.

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u/Crazy_Degree4541 — 17 days ago