i have been having problems since i had my 2nd baby on 15th dec 2010. i had a normal delivery and everything was fine..as soon as i got home i felt tired and lightheaded i thought this would be normal. but as the days went on i felt the same, it was on and off but would only come off for a bit. most of the time it was constant. anyway i had chills on and off and just feeling unwel, i also had a cough. i went back to the maternity unit for blood tests which came back fine apart from my white blood cell count which was 13.9 so slightly high, but i was told this was normal for someone who had a baby 5 days before, there was no sign of infection only thrush, which has now been treated. by this point i gave up smoking just like that and still have as i was just feeling so unwel to smoke, i couldnt drive and still cant now. i went back to the doc and they said its just hormoanal and i need to rest. i have not been active or over doing it at all. i drink fine, eat well, and taking vitimins. i then went back to my doc and said i was still not right and that my chest had started to feel tight and i was getting headaches and that the lightheadedness changed to me feeling 'drunk' all of the time, and then now and again my eyes would struggle to focus or they would start hurting. he thought i had a bug so he put me on antibiotics for my chest and sinuses he said thats what could cause the dizziness. i probably did have a bug as it seemed to clear the feeling of being unwell. my chest does still get a bit tight now and again but im putting it down to the stopping of smoking as my oxygen levels were fine. the stangest thing has happened this week and its really worrying me now. i was wlking back from picking my son up and the drunk feeling went to feeling like i was really really spaced out and everything around me didnt seem real and at the same time my hearing went srange and when people would talk to me or i heard anything it seemed slower and the same pitch and tone to the sound it lasted about 20 mins, then i went really tired after but my feeling off drunk and spaced out went completely for about 10 mins before it came back again, as i say this feeling can go on and off but it is like it most of the time and doesnt stop for very long, also i was having a good day ( not so bad drunk feeling) so went shopping with my partner, when i was in the shop we were looking at some stuff on the shelf when all of a sudden i started to feel really strange and i noticed a light was flickering up above, i checked with my partner to make sure it wasnt my eyes and he said it was definealty the light, i told him i had to move away from it even though i was looking directly at it, it just made me feel like i was gunna fall over. snice i had that time of my hearing going strange it seems to happen alot now thoughout the day, if im reading i find it hard to concerntrate properly i have never had a problem with this, my eyes seem sensitive to noise sometimes but not all the time, i have been to the optitions today and my vision has not changed (i do wear glasses) and had a visual and eye pressure check which is all fine, i also went back to my doc today who i feel is not taking me seriously as he is still putting this down to me having my baby.
i did have tests when i was younger for epilepsy dont really know the outcome as i got better when i was 5 but i was put on tegratol, my pregnacy with my first child who is now 3 and a half was fine and the labour was fine, although i had a fit while i was on gas and air when they were doing my stitches. this pregnancy i was suffering from headaches, and then found out i was getting migraine auras, and my blood sugars were a bit low but they didnt really do anything just told me to eat a bit more. cthe birth was a fast 5hours and i was sick after and then suffering with all this since. id really like it if you could help