Speaking of chocolates...I might be allergic to chocolate! [View All]

For years I've been getting occasional dizzy spells that don't seem to have any definable cause. They are very intense, like getting the spins, and sometimes cause me to feel as though I am going to faint.

I used to get one two or three times a year. Then it was maybe once a month. Then it was every week. For the past month, I've been getting them a couple of times a week or more. The intensity has increased and is starting to scare me. I feel like I'm going to faint (or hyperventilate), and I can't remain standing when it happens. I had one last week while fixing supper that was so severe, I had to stop chopping onions and lie down on the kitchen floor.

All kinds of horrible ailments have crossed my mind, and I'm thinking I might have to go to the doctor. I was telling my mother about it, and she said, "Maybe you're allergic to chocolate." She is. My grandmother was also. When I described my spells, my mother said they sounded exactly like her spells - and she was about my age when they started getting very severe.

I've had more chocolate than normal recently (holiday food). So there might be something to what my mother says.

She thinks I should go to the doctor anyway, in case it's something serious. But what do I tell the doctor? I'm dizzy a lot? What if they think it's all in my head?