[wickedwings]

a few of you know that i had have vertigo attacks since september, where i couldn't toterate moving my head without wanting to puke. it has gotten worse to the point where my eyeballs are wagging (going back and forth), and i can't control it.

i had a balance testing done at my ear doc last week. i just got the results yesterday from my ear doc. he told me that he hardly sees the results like i have. he says that it's not my inner ears that are the problem. it's my brain. my brain is sending abnormal signals to my inner ears.

great. now what? i have to see a neurologist. probably will need an e.e.g. test and, maybe, an mri scan of my brain. you think i have enough after already been through all that craziness over a year ago? huh, my hubby's like "omg, more bills to pay through our teeth."

i feel like i'm such a freak. i keep popping up with medical issues, no matter what i do. i so much want to curl up and hide in a hole somewhere and never come out again. ever. i can't take anymore weird stress. i don't need to have my life get stranger than fiction. it's happened before, and my pdoc had to put me on medication. ugh, it's no way for any one to go through, especially when many docs don't know how to deal with disabled people well. i don't need to be standing with one foot in this life and the other foot in the afterlife because it gets way too weird that way.

[Perna]

Oooh, hate the eyeball wagging almost more than the vertigo and throwing up.

Hope they find the problem and that it's "easily" solved.

[January]

((((((((( wickedwings ))))))))))

I know what it's like to feel like a medical mess and to have others not understand that you can't take one more thing. I am so sorry you are going through this.

Does antivert help you at all?

Hugs,

Jan


Hugs,

Jan

[wickedwings]

anttivert, or meclizine, doesn't help. my doc says it's a no wonder because it's a brain thing, not an ear thing.

[January]

((((((((( ww ))))))))))

I'm so very sorry.

[wickedwings]

i went to my primary doc on thursday and told him about all that went on. he looked into the records that my ear doc sent by fax. he thinks it's the result of the stroke that i had 2 years ago. whether it's a seizure or not, it would be quite difficult to find out through testing, and he didn't think the tests would reveal results conclusively.

he's a really good doc. he knew that i went through so much and didn't want to put me through any more weird stuff. so we went on to discuss the meds.

so, now i'm taking the neurontin nightly, 300 mg. neurontin is a medication that helps with seizures associated with epilepsy and nerve pain. i'm hoping it will help prevent my vertigo attacks, as they are nasty and very exhausting.

we'll know for sure as a month passes by. if it doesn't work, then we'll try other meds. hopefully, we'll be able to find a medication that will work. i hope it won't be as hard to find the right one as it is with my depression. i have no experience whatsoever with epilepsy meds or what to expect.

this vertigo attacks that i have is definitely a weird symptom. but, my doc was so nice and so helpful. gotta love him. i do trust him.

[(JD)]

yes, good. Good in that he didn't want to put your through tests that don't really tell much. How you feel once you find a med that works is what is important. I tried so many, but alas the side effects were too much for me.

good wishes.