Hello I'm feeling really strange today and I cannot make it to my doctor until Monday so I figured I might ask here and see what people had to say. I'm a 31 year old male with GERD and Hypertension. I'm currently taking Nexium 40mg 1x per day and Lisinopril 20mg 1x per day. I am overweight and not as active as I could be. I am 5'8" and weight about 220 lbs. I am a non-smoker and I do not drink frequently or use recreational drugs. Currently I've been experiencing flushing of the face and episodes of light headedness. I did go to my doctor once about the flushing issue but at the time the light headedness was not a pronounced symptom. He tested my blood pressure and ruled that out as it has been well controlled by my medicine. He also drew blood for to test for Gall Bladder issues and my blood sample came back within normal ranges on for all his testing parameters including blood glucose and cholesterol. Today I am flushed once again I have pretty bad stomach pain to the point where if push on my stomach area it hurts. I also feel as though if I move my head too quickly I might pass out. I am not dizzy nor do I actually pass out if I move too quickly but the sensation is there. The flushing seems most pronounced after eating but can occur at any time and can last anywhere from ten minutes to over an hour. The light headedness comes and goes and varies in severity today is the worst it has ever been and it has been happening since I woke up this morning. Is there any chance this is related to my GERD? Or should I be looking at other possible causes for this problem. My plan is currently to get back to my doctor on Monday and discuss seeing a gastro-intestinal specialist to further evaluate what is going on with me. Any advice or suggestion is appreciated.
2015-02-02 04:17:26
No I am not on anything new and I am not on Niacin at all. My doctor is not in today and the earliest I'm going to be able to see him is Wednesday. Yesterday was excellent and today was good until about thirty minutes ago. Now I'm light-headed again but not flushed. I should also mention I am diagnosed with Social Anxiety Disorder and I'm in therapy for it. Specifically manifesting itself as Hyponchondria surrounding cardiovascular issues. I have been evaluated numerous times for cardiovascular issues and every test has turned up negative. So I think we can safely rule that out as well. I do worry that these symptoms could be purely psychosomatic but it doesn't feel like my typical hyponchondriac nonsense. Usually that is focused on the heart and I imagine cardiac symptoms. This is something vastly different and is not invoking the sort of anxiety I usually get if I'm having an anxiety attack or episode. I will make an appointment Wednesday and discuss these new developments with my doctor. I also worry that he'll consider this to be a psychosomatic episode and not take it seriously. He's the one that made the original diagnosis for the anxiety and recommended that I seek mental health counseling which I'm undergoing. So he's aware of the problem and at times I think he feels that my symptoms are imagined or exaggerated because of it.
2015-02-02 04:17:53
