Ear Symptoms After Eye Virus: Possible Causes & Relief

Question
I am 50 year old female from Australia,I suffer from panic and agoraphobia since I was 21 year old ...I lived by the sea for 2 years then shifted to Queensland which is sub tropical...when I was here for a few weeks I got a eye virus....it seemed to go on from that to terribly burnt out sinuses and blocked ringing pulled up ears and electrical zaps through my ear.
    I had catscan on the brain that said all clear....lung xray all clear .....EKG normal.
I was eaking each day dry heaving and tummy burning and I could not eat, so they did a cat scan and ultra sound on the abdomen which showed all clear but for a simple cyst on the liver,....then i had a barium swallow that was all clear, my ears get so bad that I could not open my mouth without them squelching and the noise drove me crazy.
   I had a spirometor test which was excellent and I had 100% oxygen in my blood.....I caught a gastric bug that really knocked me around ....I had blood tests...allnormal but B12 a bit low and iron low but next test it went up
    For an hour everyday my friend and I walk and where we have shifted to is really very hilly, of a night we walk for 2 hours as well.My question is why do I feel so weak and breath wat too fast and my body feels exhausted and drained and yet I can walk for hours up hills and all around.The mornings my legs feel empty ,stiff and tight,and if I sit with crossed legs on my lounge my legs feel weak and numb.
    I mainly sit crossed legged on the floor, I seem to breath too fast and feel weak while at home but alright when walking,I have not been eating well really only one meal a day but good meal.Am I unfit or is this just nerves?
 Helen  

Answer
I would not write this off as panic disorder.  It sounds like a medical problem.  I would worry about thyroid and anemia.  Also, the ear pain with the "zap" feeling could be a disorder called trigeminal neuralgia, which is an inflamed nerve causing bad pain.  I assume you had your sinus' checked, either by xray or cat scan of the sinus', but I would also make sure that is OK.

So, overall, you need a CBC-complete blood count, thyroid tests, a cat scan of your sinus' and a full re-evaluation.

Hope this helps....