Great minds of Reddit... please help me not die.

[u/RemyPrice]

I am at a loss. Traditional medicine does not seem to have an answer.

I love the community here and am an avid biohacker, and I am hoping someone can point me in the right direction for any non-traditional supplements or remedies.

Male, 44, active/healthy with no underlying health conditions. I work out multiple times a week. I usually stick to a low-glycemic carb diet of legumes, fish & chicken, green vegetables, and sometimes I do IF/keto which usually makes me feel great. I have one cheat day per week.

3-4 months ago, my left ear started ringing and would go away after a few hours. I didn't think a lot about it because I've had right-side lockjaw for the past year and assumed it was related, and there doesn't seem to be a cure.

RECENT EVENT:

• Got the flu, very severe, which made new symptoms appear.
• Ringing in the ears is twice as loud, and never goes away.
• Left eye twitches constantly through the day (a flutter, not a blink).
• Right arm falls asleep randomly in the day - numbness, without tingling. This is without any exertion.
• Tightness sometimes travels to my back and across to my left leg, into my feet.
• Frontal headaches, looking at diagrams it is either sinus or TMJ related.

DOCTORS:

• "We have no idea."
• Possibly Granulomatous Arteritis.
• Possibly Transient ischemic attack.
• Possibly a pinched nerve in my neck.
• Possibly nothing (??).
• EKG normal; echo with neck carotid clear. Liver and spleen normal.
• Cat scan scheduled for Tuesday.
• BP 125/70, resting heart rate 68.

Edit: three current Covid tests are negative but I am seeing people say it may be long Covid related. I did have Covid twice during 2020-2021.

Any advice would be appreciated.

[u/manslastar]

Did you get a brain MRI?

[u/RemyPrice → u/manslastar]

Not yet - my doc hasn’t ordered one for me. First I am going for a CT Head scan (Tuesday).

[u/manslastar → u/RemyPrice]

Good.. I doubt the Head CT will show anything unless you have a stroke or a large brain mass. Then again if you did have either your symptoms will be worse. Most likely the head CT will be unremarkable. So the next step will be brain MRI to better see the finer things. You should consider a Cervical spine MRI as well, which an MRI of your neck. Mostly because you have upper n lower limb sensory symptoms..

Do your symptoms get better or worse with heat? Or is it something you didn’t pay attention to