You wrote:
"Current medical status: Very ill, have not worked for weeks. Feel poisoned/dizzy/faint/concussed all the time. At best i have periods of just feeling concussed. Had a MRI in 2004 (unremarkable). Got told by hospital i had a major anxiety dissorder (i have never been an anxious person.) I saw a psychologist for several weeks who eventually told me that he did not suspect it was an anxiety dissorder and that i was not an anxious person. Saw a vestibular specialist who suspects it is migraine related (although headache does not really affect me). No meds for this have worked. A Chronic Fatigue Specialist thinks it is Chronic Fatigue (Fatigue is not a concern). I don't know what to do next as i feel i am deteriating and will not be around long. (although i have survived 10yrs so far)
Current medical treatment: Have had Serc/Ciprimil/Aropax/Minax/Endep/Sandomigr
aine/Verapamil/Diazepam."
An MRI, CT and lumbar puncture can exclude/confirm some possible organic reasons for your symptoms (tingling, lost of all senses, balance loss, nausea/vomitus, faint, dizziness, confusion…). It is possible that various brain lesions are causing these symptoms. Many types of organic brain lesions (multiple sclerosis, lateral tubular sclerosis, cerebrovascular atrophy…) can be visualized or proven with the use of an MRI/CT/lumbar punition as diagnostic tools. In your case, it seems that a brain lesion was excluded because the tests’ results were negative.
On the other hand, some of the symptoms you report (dizziness, nausea, vomitus) can be due to an inner ear disorder so you should consult an ENT-specialist to follow up.
It's likely that the paniculitis is NOT responsible for the most of your symptoms as a local under-skin inflammation. Migraines can cause some of symptoms (nausea, vomitus, dizziness). Nonetheless, the headache is the dominant symptom in that disorder. A final possibility can be that you are experiencing some type of anxiety disorder (somatoform disorder). Somatoform disorder can imitate almost any real organic disorder.
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