age: 37; height: 5′3″; weight: 145
*Stopped smoking June 21, 2008*

Diagnosis to date: migraines, hiatel hernia, B-12 deficient, endometriosis

cholesterol normal, no anemia, blood pressure ranges from 110/80 to 90/55, sugar levels good, hormone levels normal, heart-stress tests normal (no blockages), Hep B/C negative, HIV negative, thyroid normal

The majority of symptoms began roughly a year ago (end of 2007). Most come and go 2-3 times a week, sometimes I can go a week or more without any or very few symptoms. Also, I realize some of these symptoms are related to my migraines, and that “migraines are just migraines” (BS if you ask me), but these do occur without the onset of the actual headache.

*migraines
*hard heart beat – not fast, just very hard
*bloating to the point of chest pressure (hernia related?)
*shortness of breath (even with just walking short distances)
*dizziness/vertigo
*loss of concentration
*feeling of disconnection (brain out in left field somewhere)
*blurred vision
*hurts to breath (rather like pleurisy)
*pins/needles
*tingle in face/arms/hands
*periodic loss of sensitivity in hands/fingertips (not numbness)
*joint pain – shoulders, hands
*soreness in ribcage area both inside and out (comes with the extreme bloating)
*back pain – shoulder blades, lower back (above butt)
*tender points on back, neck, shoulders, arms
*restless legs
*exhaustion (even getting 6-8 hours of sleep feels like getting 2 hours)
*visible blue veins on arms, legs, chest (I’m not considered pale by any means. This has only recently become prominent.)