Wednesday, October 29, 2014

New sudden onset of intermittent dizziness


 I was diagnosed with BVL (Bilateral Vestibular Loss) back in 2012. I went to rehabilitation for that and got a lot better.... of course I think all of that therapy some how made my visual symptoms worse because I was left with this peripheral hell..... Anyways.... I always questioned whether the diagnosis was correct because anytime I researched the symptoms... they never fit. I had only been getting symptoms when in cars.... never dizzy at night, never walked with a wide stance.... nothing fit. I was told by another doctor that it is most likely the Vestibular Migraine (Basilar Migraine) that I was diagnosed with since I am usually VISUALLY off balance. Like if I were in the car at a light and all the cars were going one way and I was watching this.... All hell would break loose in my brain and I would feel like I was rotating. Yeaaaaaaaa, it sucks...

Any ways... recently I started noticing some dizziness here and there. It would come at random times and nothing like I had previously. For example: I have to take my son to school in the mornings, which is right down the road, and within this short time I will feel like the car is on a slant, or like I am walking on an uneven surface, etc. when I am walking him to his class. I  would brush it off for the most part... I've dealt with far worse daily than that..... BUT... for the past week it's gotten progressively worse. One night I had dizziness so bad I threw up and was left getting dizzy with every beat my heart was making. It was like being shoved over and over  and over again. If my husband made a slight movement on the bed it would get worse. I literally had to sit on the floor (crying like a baby) and just pray that it would pass. Eventually it did and I was able to go to sleep, but I kept waking up (and still do) every hour on the hour anticipating dizziness or feeling dizzy. Every few days I seem to get a small break from it, but then it comes back. This started around Oct. 14th and has continually gotten worse.

At this moment I feel like my head is rocking... like I am on a boat, but it's making my head move instead of my body. I did make an appointment to see my old dizzy dr./allergist to see his take on all of this. I really hope God gives this Dr. some kind of push into the right direction as to what is going on with me, because I know just from my own research it could be any number of things.....

Just another symptom to add to my list..... I often ask myself how much can a human being take. If I were an animal...I would have already been put down, right?....