Eye Pressure, Lightheaded, Blurred Vision?

[calicobrak]

I have had moments of dizziness in the past, but this past year I have 24/7 feeling of lightheadedness.

This is accompanied by a pressure sensation, that is located between the eye, and the eyelid (crevice between the two)

Does anyone have any ideas on where to begin? Anyone with personal experience?

Thanks!

 

[hapl808]

Yes, 24/7 at this point. Used to get it just during crashes. Although the pressure for me usually feels behind the eye as well as behind the ears. Somewhat lightheaded, constant brain fog, a bit of blurred vision. During crashes now it turns more toward a migraine as well.

Sorry you're experiencing that. No clue how to improve it. Caffeine helps about 10%, but can't drink caffeine all days. And 10% isn't that much. I find ibuprofen also helps a bit, but I take it infrequently as I just generally don't like painkiller type stuff. Actually took some tonight because I feel particularly like garbage.

 

[calicobrak]

Thank you for the reply!

Yes, high brain fog for me too.

Have you tried anti-anxiety meds before? (Do you also deal with depression, anxiety, etc)?

Felt different when modifiing diets?

 

[hapl808]

Have you tried anti-anxiety meds before? (Do you also deal with depression, anxiety, etc)?

Felt different when modifiing diets?

I'm lucky that no real depression or anxiety that I'm aware of. Well, I used to get kinda stressed before flights - hated airport security hassles. Fine once I was on the plane. When I flew frequently (many years ago), I used to take 2.5mg Valium maybe once a month. Pretty minimal. I've tried it recently (old prescription but pro'ly fine). Helps with some muscular pain and tightness, but don't think anything else.

I've tried a bunch of stuff - nothing helped much. Diets from carnivore to keto to AIP to low-histamine to low glutamate to vegetarian to vegan to Wahl's. I haven't tried vegan or Wahl's in a few years now that I think about it. Also did some fasting which I found made me feel crappy, but also maybe helped a bit? Hard to say.

Haven't really explored stimulants (dangerous I believe for crashing, but I may try at some point). Beta blockers didn't help. Ashwagandha, quercetin, vitamin C, BCAA, Q10, creatine, Cialis, LDN, Valium, uridine, d-ribose, xylitol, black seed oil, theanine, naphazoline, tongkat ali, kudzu, testosterone, Chinese skullcap, knotweed, ACV, selenium, NAG, passion flower, lycopene, magnesium, methyl B, cumin, curcumin, saffron, taurine, forskolin, fisetin, EGCG, chlorella, monolaurin, allicin, cat's claw, andrographis, beta glucans, reishi, ku shen.

Just skimming through my list of recent supplements. Feel free to ask about anything specific.

 

[calicobrak]

I'm happy you don't have anxiety or depression.

I have tried essentially all those diets you mentioned. I used to get relief from brain fog w/ keto, but now not so much. Slowly coming off carnivore now, as it wasn't yeilding the same benifits it once was.

Have you tried Trypophan? DLPA? How is your gut? Do you suspect you have anything going wrong there?

My stomach never growls, even when I fast. Does yours? (Not sure if its a clue or not)

Also, do you have anything you know that makes your symptoms worse?

 

[hapl808]

I have tried essentially all those diets you mentioned. I used to get relief from brain fog w/ keto, but now not so much. Slowly coming off carnivore now, as it wasn't yeilding the same benifits it once was.

Same with keto. Initially very good results, but over the years less and less helpful.

Tried tryptophan and tyrosine. The tyrosine had a small benefit, then a large crash. Didn't do DLPA since I would imagine similar pathways. I don't remember tryptophan to be honest and I think it's more than a year ago (my notes weren't as meticulous before). Maybe should revisit since I still have some. Can't remember my reasoning for getting it.

My gut is probably a mess, since onset was viral GI disruption. I eat very carefully so no daily digestion problems per se, but almost all my PEM crashes start with horrific reflux. This then turns into muscle pain, worse headaches than usual (always have a bit of one), muscle pain, typical PEM poisoned feeling, migraines, etc. Tried probiotics, homemade yogurt, probiotic foods, prebiotics, fiber, and so forth. If I push a phone call for an hour, I can feel the reflux already starting. Then if I stop it goes away, then returns 12-24 hours later. Took me years to realize it was all connected.

My stomach can growl at the beginning of fasts I think. And can growl 'normally' as well, but my hunger is pretty minimal. Never had any food issues, never been overweight.

As for symptoms worse - any cognitive or physical exertion (temporary improvement actually, followed by awful crash). A video game, too many trips to the kitchen, etc. Sexual activity (when I still could) would give me a 5-10 day crash, and more severe than usual crashes. Tyrosine made me worse. Alcohol makes me feel better temporarily, then affects my HRV poorly for 1-2 days. Selenium over time made me worse. Sensitive to certain histamine things. Oh yeah - MSG is pretty much poison to me. Immediately multi-day crash even when I was a bit more moderate.

 

[Wishful]

I used to get relief from brain fog w/ keto, but now not so much. Slowly coming off carnivore now, as it wasn't yeilding the same benifits it once was.

Having treatments that work for a while then stop working (and often never work again) is all too common with ME. My diet keeps changing because I develop new (or redevelop old) sensitivities to some foods. I'm presently giving keto diet another try, just because it's good to retest things once in a while, since responses change.

 

[calicobrak]

Having treatments that work for a while then stop working (and often never work again) is all too common with ME. My diet keeps changing because I develop new (or redevelop old) sensitivities to some foods. I'm presently giving keto diet another try, just because it's good to retest things once in a while, since responses change.

Yea, that's what i'm afraid of. A constant battle, and never being able to find root cause (over even long term solutions)

 

[Wishful]

A constant battle, and never being able to find root cause (over even long term solutions)

A most excellent description of ME! So sad.