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migriane associated virtigo undiagnosed

silentmigraine

silentmigraine

Wednesday, August 29, 2007
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HI every one, my name is jenny, I'm hoping to chat with other's about med's natural or otherwise, ive had a thirteen year illness, with no help from doc's the only thing i've ever been offered is anti -depressants which dont remove my ballance wobbling rocking swirling sensation, ive been told its mal de debarqement, for me this diagnosis is given so that you go home and live with it. anti depressants added to help you cope with the anxiety caused by the constant movement we feel. I've always been  alergic to fluro light's, which make me go almost nuts, the burning at the bace of my scull,and across the top of my head, tention but never migarine head ache. in the past year ive started seeing aura, heat shimmering cirles and floating coloured blobs. emediatly after the aura at times have  become incoherant for about a minute cant talk. the confusion rushing feelings in my head is frieghtening to say the least.afterwoods i'm rocking worse and have emiediate loud titinitus.which gose after a while. (i never noramly have titinitus on a rugular basis.) untill this neurologist gave me xanax. on the first day of taking have had perminat titinitus, and 3 weeks later it's still here every day .

I've EEG's MRI's seen 3 ent's and one neurologist, who said anxiety she gave me xanax, i stopped taking due to the titinitus and that it caused me more anxiety than without it. i

i'm realy not sure what that means, if a drug is supposed to help the anxiety why would it make you 10 time more stressed. during the 4 dyas taking 500 micrograms twice a day , i still saw light's blobs and balls of colour and heat wave scotoma.

i believe due to the original diagnosis of mal de debarquement i believe every doc looks at my records see's that ive tried zoloft and other anxiety med antidepressants all of wich never took away my rocking balance issue's and the lable sticks and i truly believe i'm left alone to put up with it and shut up . the lack of diagnosis itself is depressing me.

i told the neurologist about my symptoms and asked if i could try some drugs for migraine as i thought it could be migraine associated vertigo and she siad ph no thats very rare, so i'm at wits end,i'm willing to sign a waver if thats what she's worried about, so she's not held responible for what happens. sorry for going. anyway i hope to get some ideas from you all. at the moment my aura happens EVERY DAY once or twice, i cant bare to go indoor shopping as the lights kill me. I live in Australia by the way seems our docs arnt up to date with mav.And at the moment the government is planning on fazing out normal house hold light globes , and banning them for sale, i just wonder how i'll live, BY CANDLE LIGHT, how rediculas , have they considered the health risks for epileptics or migriane sufferers . arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. suppose i better stock up on candles and my family better get used to living in the dark.

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