diagnosis please

Hey I'm no doctor, but I've got a couple guesses.

1) on the running end of it, you could just be a little fried. not necessarily even "overtraining", but going overboard a little with running always leaves me with flu like symptoms. If you really need to race, do it - but I would advise strongly against it. Best get things worked out first and in the meantime just go for easy jogs/take days off.

2) You mention acidy taste in mouth/trouble sleeping. This could be acid reflux (I know I have it - and have similar symptoms). Again, this is just a guess, but it an episode can be brought on by something stressful, like a hard workout. Its worth getting it checked.

3) My main guess - you got a bug. I had something 6 weeks ago and I swear I thought I was gonna die. My vision was blurry, my ears rung, my head hurt, and I more or less didn't want to get out of bed. I bet you have something similar. There is a lot of that going around now, and it ain't fun.

Basically, get yourself to a doctor asap.

Thanks

I went to my doc 10 days ago when first started she said my throat was bit red and gave me an anti biotic but made not difference really. My friend is a GP and he has taken some blood to see if anything shows up. I keep trying runs but because I feel ok running I think I run them too quick without realising then it hits me later so I think I am going to take a full week to 10 days of doing nothing and miss the race.

It is spring and allergies can cause these symptoms. ssince your resting HR is not up, i doubt if it is overtaining (need more history).If its a seasonal thing it should pass. Assume throat culture was negative and lab ok. You and your doc might put that on the list on the differintial diagnosis. There are some good long and short term remedies

Head colds can linger a long time. Sounds like you are really stuffed up with mucus.

Morning headaches are often a sign of hypertension, though I assume you had your blood pressure checked. And some of this studd sounds like an autonomic nerve response- patchy skin, rapid heart rate (excessive vagal involvement), etc. How old are you?

Likely this is viral, but lots of other things come to mind. If viral, antibiotics will be of no help. Also, sounds as though it may be possible your sinuses are involved.

have you tried a decongestant? that should alleviate the sinus pressure.

Thanks everyone. I think it may well be in mu sinuses, though its not sire under my eye and across the bridge of my nose. The only way I can describe how it feels is as if I have a pipe running through my head joining my ears and a hose it attached to one ear, turned on to the highest pressure but their is a blockage at the other side and the pipe is actually about to explode. I got a decondetant last night and things feel as if they are staring to move a little bit, though its actually making me feel a little worse. Also, my eyes are really blurry and I am struggling to focus on things which is worrying me a little. But as i say, I have started to need to blow my nose and hence i hope, gradually over the next coupls of days all the crap that is in my tubes will make its way back out. My pulse is still a bit high but the other syptoms are gone and all my bloods came back clear so just need to grin and bear it I guess.

It sounds like a sinus infection. Go to a doctor and get it checked out. Anti-biotics will clear it up if it is a sinus infection. In the mean time, what I have found helpful is to drink lots of clear liquids and stay away from dairy and wheat products as both are mucus forming.

It's a too-murr.