You wrote: "Current medical status: I visited the university doctor twice over the last three weeks of school and also have visited my family's physician at home. Both times, the doctors conducted simple neurological tests (reflexes, holding out arms, standing on one foot, closing eyes and standing up), found nothing alarming and made their diagnoses.
Current medical treatment: I've seen two different doctors, the first one twice a week apart. The first gave me ativan for managing anxiety, which i've used up. The second has gone along with that original diagnosis and also said that my symptoms could be from allergies, recommending claritin in the morning and zantac and benadryl at night to deal with my sleeping disturbances. The seasonal allergies could cause inflammation of the stomach/digestive tract and cause heartburn, he said, hence the Zantac. In addition, if these didn't work, he gave me lexapro to deal with anxiety, instructing me to start with half a pill daily (5mg) and work up to whole pills within 3-5 days."
In order to diagnose the condition that you are experiencing, you can request a complete laboratory examination including blood and urine analyses. In addition to these tests, you can also request an electroencephalography in order to determination or exclude a possible neurological disorder. These investigations may help you and your doctors in coming to the right diagnosis.
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