@johnwes5819 I absolutely agree that medications are a very frequently overlooked cause of sometimes debilitating and worrisome symptoms - and by "overlooked," I mean by physicians as well as people taking the drugs! A case in point is what I predict will be revealed as an extremely serious problem over the next decade or two : common protein pump inhibitors taken by countless millions and now sold over the counter. From heart arrhythmias and fatigue from low magnesium to unexplained dizziness (often blamed on "anxiety" ), to an increased risk in serious kidney disease, heart attacks and pancreatic cancer and more are now known potential sequalae ..an increased risk in dementia is not proven but suggested by some studies. yet people keep popping them. And doctors too often keep declaring them as "safe and effective" - because, let's face it, they calm symptoms easily and it's quicker and easier than to deal with other potential causes and solutions to GERD and heartburn (and, no, PPIs now are fairly well proven to NOT prevent esophageal cancer as was previously claimed and some research suggests the opposite..)The US is a nation of drug takers and while I totally support medication that is needed and I promote and love and respect science, and research, it is disheartening to consider how many people take multiple drugs they do not necessarily need with little thought or attention paid to what they may be doing to that person and how multiple drugs interact - and if they could be causing strange symptoms. Having said all that, I still think it is highly unlikely, John, that you are suffering from multiple ills. I still think the best explanation so far that covers most all of your symptoms is a form of dysautonomia.

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