I have always had dizziness as one of my main symptoms, but for the past month, it has gotten to the point where I can hardly function.
Every time I bend over, even if only for a few seconds, I get very dizzy and weak. I can’t go out of the house anymore and I have no care taker so I am getting really scared.
I had been tested for dysautonomia 2 years ago and the test showed mild neurally mediated hypotention. Now I feel it has gotten a lot worse and I plan to get tested again in the hopes they can offer medication. But this will take months. My doctor is a regular GP just and has no clue what to do with me. I‘m seeing her in two weeks and would like to ask for specific help but I don’t know what.
Any ideas you have will be appreciated as I am getting desperate and wondering how I can live like this for long.
Hi Dechi.....I would like you to know that I have a friend who also suffer from extreme dizzines. It started one day when she bent over to pick up a file. She immediately went to a neurolgist, was given the usual tests plus an MRI which showed.....exactly nothing! It seems that she has a case of dizziness, no known cause, and it's something she has to live with. Life is a bit dangerous for her. First off, she's 73 and lives alone, will sometimes get up at night to go the bathroom and even though she's up against the wall to get there, will sometimes fall. Nothing can be done, although the neurologist thinks it may pass in time.
There are all sorts of things that can go wrong in the body, especially as we get older. I know that you're of the younger set, but that's still no guarantee that things don't happen.
In your place, I would definitely see a neurologist. If you have to have a referral, ask for one. If you feel that you're letting your GP down, don't feel that way....they understand and, to be quite frank, I'm surprised that she didn't recommend one for you herself. You'll still use her as your GP but, as you get older, I would definitely look for an Internist that you can get along with easily....they and your neurolgist will be the two most important people in your world. Neurologiy doesn't always mean the worst thing in the world, many a small illness responsible for great suffering has been discovered by one. If you're in a small place, you may have to travel to a larger city....there are often places where you can stay overnight for a free or lower fee, but you must ask about them. Never, but never hang up the phone without getting another phone no. to call. It requires great tenacity to work through the health field of today (to a certain extent, it always has).
An MRI should clear this up and your energy spent worrying can go into other things. Sometimes meds can help, it may take time to find the correct one, but good health is worth it. You want a check-up (and out) by a neurolgoist, followed by an MRI. I say "followed" b/c sometimes they're hampered by insurance cos. You should have an MRI with and without contrast. Hopefully, he'll order one of the brain and the entire spine for you and any other problems can also be ruled out. If you have a problem with anxiety, please tell either his office or the doctor upfront. There is plenty of help for it. You'll learn how to navigate the medical system as you get older....this is just to get you started. May you have better health. Yours, Lenora.
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