Heart Disease and Heart Attack Forum - Unexplained high CO2 levels

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I am a 28 year old male, many symptoms and many tests. Sorry for the long post in advance, but I thought if I laid it out, somebody might be able to help me figure this out.

To start off, I was born with a heart murmur (not a problem). 3 years ago I was scheduled for a gall bladder surgery. The doctor put me under and when I woke up I was told they didn't do it, as my CO2 levels were through the roof (not sure what they were, but very high). The doctor felt it could be due to a virus, so rescheduled for two weeks later. 2 weeks later, the same thing happened. I was sent to a cardiologist who performed a echo and a test on a treadmill. Everything was fine so they did the surgery. Levels were still high for surgery, but they did it anyway. I have had my blood tested many times since then and my C02 levels are either at the top of the range or slightly over everytime. I got really weak, shaky and pale looking about a month ago and was taken to the ER. The doctor said she thought it could be my heart, possible hypercapnia, but ordered no further testing. I just wanted to see what you thought, based on my symptoms and such, if it could be anything heart related.

I am shaky most part of everyday, my body feels like I have internal shakiness, heart palpitations, shortness of breath, constant diarhea, cannot tolerate the heat yet I shake like a bobblehead doll in the cold, night sweats, insomnia, can't get up in the mornings, but I'm not tired during the day, headaches, nervousness. The worst problem I have is that my right eye actually feels much smaller than my left. People actually notice this from time to time. My eyelids feel as thought they weigh a ton, but my right eye feels the heaviest. When I wake up in the morning, I'm really shaky. When I try and take a nap, I shake like I'm having a seizure, my heart beats so hard it shakes my left arm and I just feel out of it. I almost always feel slow, dumb and off balance. I have been told it seems like I have a pituitary problem, but nobody has ever offered or done a scan of my pituitary, thymus or anything. I feel like I constantly have like post nasal drip or changing of my voice, clogged ears and some serious pain behind my eyes. I usually eat like crazy and people have said there surprised I don't weigh 300 pounds, yet I can eat everything and still lose 5 pounds. I wake up everynight around 2:00 in the morning and I'm hungry. I have seen 11 doctors, optometrist, opthamologist, neurologist, ENT, sleep apnea test, CT scan of head, MRI of head...but found nothing. I have been told it could be Myasthavis Gravis (SP), post concussion syndrome, hypothyroid, pituitary problem, heart condition, etc...

I woke up almost 5 years ago and complained my eyes felt funny, my left ear hurt and I was really dizzy. Things have dramatically went downhill from there. I used to be so athletic and last summer after playing a softball game, I was shaking so badly I could barely walk. I have ED, shakiness of my arms when trying to hold myself up, shakiness of my legs on and off throughout the day. When I go into a store, driving or anything, my eyes feel like they do not track together. My night vision has dramatically went downhill as well. I am almost unable to maintain eye contact, as my eyes feel so off. I almost feel as though I do not get circulation to my head. When laying down, I often hear and feel my heartbeat in my left ear really lound and hard. Walking up a hill makes me very short of breath.