Hey all, I'm new here but I'm in desperate need of some answers. I'm a 26 year old active male who has always been health conscious. Anyways, about 6 years ago, one day I started feeling like I had the flu. I had horrible brain fog and just overall uneasiness like I had a virus. I also had a mild fever of about 99 something for a week or so. During this time the left side of my face started feeling "weird" like a cold sensation. Then as the days went by, the "cold sensation" turned into severe prickling and tingling, like water running down my face constantly. The initial "flu" feeling subsided after about 2 weeks but the prickling and tingling on the left side of my face occured ALL day EVERYDAY, then about 2 months into it I suddenly randomly get horrible vertigo, out of no where. I also started feeling like I had a virus/flu again.

So 2 months in, not only has my face been prickling and tingling everyday, I now have extreme vertigo that had me on my couch for months until it slowly subsided, eventually becoming very mild. I had all of these symptoms for about 7 months total. Then eventually my face stopped prickling and tingling and my vertigo disappeared. Now since then I would have mild "flare ups" a couple of times a year where I would suddenly have mild vertigo with sudden left side face tingling but it's been pretty much non-existent for years now.

About 2 weeks ago, two days before I got a very bad cold, my left side of my face started prickling and tingling EXTREMELY bad along with the right side of my face AND my nose. No vertigo though. Since then it's been prickling and tingling everyday for 2 weeks now. I finally broke down and made an appointment with a neurologist soon because I need answers. It's very irritating because it's so hard to concentrate when my face feels so intense.

Some side things to note: I don't have any pain but only mild "stinging" sensations. Also, when I touch my face, the sensations feel completely normal, always have. I've never had any facial numbness or weakness. I went to my general doctor years ago and he wasn't sure what it could be but ruled out trigeminal neuralgia.

I don't have the "flu" feeling right now, just intense tingling and prickling. Any ideas at all? I'd really appreciate anyones input or educated guesses. Thank you for taking the time to read this.