My basic symptoms are: dizziness, sometimes vertigo; almost constantly swollen adenoid gland making it difficult to breath; once/month swollen throat glands; fatigue; throat soreness; fluid in ears; headaches, sometimes severe. These are NOT allergy symptoms; I have seasonal allergies from April until June, but definately none in the winter when all of this began.

My issues started in December of 2006, when I began feeling off and on unbalanced (dizzy, I guess). It came and went, for about 3 months - until early March 2007.

In March '07, I got a bacterial throat infection; it was not strep, but a similar strain. The docs tried to treat it with a few different antibiotics, but I kept having different allergic reactions to them and couldn't finish a full course. They said the bacteria didn't *need* to be treated with antibiotics, and I'd fend it off on my own. I did, for about 3 weeks.

I made another doc appointment in April '07, because I was still dizzy, and I thought my throat infection was back - my glands were swollen (the ones under my jaw, and my adenoids) and I had a slight fever. No bacteria was present in my throat, so no antibiotics this time. The doc gave me Claritin and Flonase, saying that my swollen glands and dizziness were caused by allergies. I stopped the Claritan after 3 weeks because I saw no improvement in anything; I stopped the Flonase after 1 week because it started to give me nosebleeds.

I saw a doctor in May again for the same issues, and also for vertigo - the vertigo lasted for 2 weeks, was debilitating, and went away on it's own -but nothing was prescribed. I saw an ENT who said I had "labrinthia" (probably spelled that wrong), and that the dizziness would go away. It did not.

That brings me to now, the first few days of July '07. I just saw a new doctor, who said I have fluid in my ears and postnasal drip. She was certain it was allergy related, and prescribed me Nasonex. I tried it for 3 days before throwing it out - the side effects were ridiculous. It exaggerated the symptoms I already had, but also made me very tired, very jittery, very light headed (close to fainting), had heart palpatations, and was irritable and moody. Once I stopped the Nasonex, all those symptoms went away. Now the doc wants to start me on Allegra D, which I'm not so sure about since I seem to have a sensitivity to drugs in general (in the past, experienced wacky side effects to stuff like Wellbutrin, Benedryl, etc). I'm also going to have a CT done of my sinuses, but I don't think this is a sinus problem.

I need some advice! I feel so foggy all the time, it's hard to concentrate; I just want my life back!!!! My throat still gets swollen about once/month; and I still have pressure in my ears on and off.