Hi,

i'm only 17 and generally in pretty good health, but recently i've become a little concerned.









A couple of weeks ago I began to feel a little lightheaded in class, however this went away after awhile and was not much of a problem. However, recently in the last few days i've began feeling nauseous and lightheaded almost all the time.

I occasionally feel a very slight pressure in the chest, however this may be due to my chronic indigestion as it mostly occurs when lying down.

Recently i've had a lack of appetite and have started vomitting quite a bit because i'm feeling continuosly light headed. My symptoms don't deteriorate which exercise, which I guess is a good thing. However this lightheadedness is really starting to get to me and i'm wondering what could be the cause of it.

A couple of other things, my tongue often feels a little numb and I sometimes get chills.






I've been to a doctor but he only made a very quick examination and suggested flu, however I feel he may be skipping over something or is flu to blame for my symptoms? Can it cause lightheadedness like this?






Hope you can inform me as to what I might have/ if there's any serious concern.

Also as a chronic indigestion sufferer I often feel bile around my throat etc. And I wonder if it is this that is causing my chest discomfort. However recently this has occured while standing as well as while lying down.

Another edit, just adding that when I wake up in the morning I feel a tightness in the chest but this dissipates rapidly and generally it is completely gone about 1 hour after getting out of bed. I am also wondering if my symptoms could be caused by anxiety as I think i'm a bit of a hypochondriac and react to the slightest pain, many people have informed me that they experience similar symptoms due to anxiety.

I've never had any heart problems before, but my best friend recently died from a heart problem (badly formed muscle at birth) and possibly this is affecting my thought processes. Because of this i've began thinking strange things like that I may have met my friend through our parents meeting each other while getting treatment for our heart deformities and thinking my parents have chosen not to reveal this to me so I can live without fear. I guess this is a product of anxiety.

1 more thing, sry for this fragmented narrative. The chest pain I feel often extends into my arms but this is very transient and normally dissipates as soon as I stand up, it is also very mild. It also occurs mostly in my right arm with an aching feeling in the right side of my back. The most important thing to me now is this lightheadedness which is driving me mad. Is there any way caffeine might be causing this problem? I've started to cut down on it but have noticed no improvement in my symptoms. Another strange thing, I occassionally feel a slight pressure in my ears, like one would feel descending in an aircraft of something, however this too goes away quickly and seems to be connected with the severity of my lightheadednes.



I also occassionally suffer shortness of breath which is accompanied by a tight feeling on my right side which makes me think it could be a lung problem more than anything.

I guess i'm just naturally concerned about this incase it could be something more serious than the flu, as I wasn't aware of flu causing lightheadedness and I don't really have a cough although my nose is runny and I feel a bit feverish chills.

I've become quite irrational recently like taking my phone around everywhere and taking a picture of myself to see how pale I am looking every few minutes and I guess to ensure i'm still there, so I presume this is another aspect of anxiety.
Sorry about writing this huge essay about it.
Thanks, your opinions?