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Suggest Treatment For Headaches And Lightheadedness

I have a friend. And he has been having horrible symptoms for about a month. His first problem was in his school, his heart was racing really fast, felt light-headed, and said he just felt weak. He went to the doctor and they calmed him down. But then, he went to school the next day and it happened again. It kept happening over and over again the week, so he decided to stop going to school. So, he stayed home...but then he started getting headaches. The headaches were migraines actually. With the headaches, also came along with his heart racing still. He went to the doctor and the doctor prescribed him with a medicine(I m not sure of the medicine). Then the next week, he still had the headaches but he started to get feeling of not I can t tell where I am I can t remember everything and u get the same feeling except its 24 every day...My mind skips I blank out and come back and I feel like I can t come back anymore. He mentions how he doesn t feel like he s himself anymore. Also, lately he s been having these twitches in his shoulder and seizures. And he is having droopiness in his face...And it s just getting worse and worse...I really want to know wants wrong with him...can you PLEASE help me...just give me an idea of what it may possibly be...he was suppose to go to a neurologist, but I don t know what the hold up is....but please give me some answers...I care about this boy so much... And the boy is 17 years old, 5 11 or 6 , 135-145 Ib
Mon, 7 Jan 2019
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Hi,

Most likely he is having anxiety and panic attacks with dissociative symptoms of depersonalization and conversion. He needs an evaluation from a neurological point of view. But after excluding neurological conditions, he needs treatment for psychiatric symptoms. Not very difficult to treat. Just relax and take him to the hospital (psychiatrist).

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Regards,
Dr. Waleed Ahmad,
General & Family Physician
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Suggest Treatment For Headaches And Lightheadedness

Hi, Most likely he is having anxiety and panic attacks with dissociative symptoms of depersonalization and conversion. He needs an evaluation from a neurological point of view. But after excluding neurological conditions, he needs treatment for psychiatric symptoms. Not very difficult to treat. Just relax and take him to the hospital (psychiatrist). Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. Waleed Ahmad, General & Family Physician