Apologies for the long post. I thought I'd share this with you.
My life changed in May 2006. Up until then I had been actually very healthy.Then I got a nasty gastric bug which put me on my back for 2 days. When I recovered from this, I felt different. I was extremely dizzy, I couldnt look up at the sky and felt like I was in a dream. I put it down to the after effects of the bug but the dizziness and off-feeling didnt go. In addition i couldn't concentrate and kept mixing up letters when I typed. Even walking down the street was a nightmare, with panic attacks and shaking legs-the works!
I thought the worst-you know brain tumour etc...then I found this board and realised what I had developed was quite common, and the posts on this board were like a comforting hand on my shoulder. I visited every day and took strength from people like Subs30. Its been hell for the past two years and at times I felt I couldn't go on. You don't understand what hell this is until you've been there. But now, it's getting better day by day and I am getting my old self back. All I wanted to say to those losing hope is this...
Don't give up, it can be difficult to believe but it can and will get better. It takes time...and hope. Thank you to the posters on this forum.

Hi Ian,

Glad to hear you're on the mend. Funny, mine started after I had been flat on my back for 2 days straight as well only in my case I threw my back out. Got out of bed on day 3 and I was in a permanent fog with dizziness. Haven't been the same since... but definitely much better.

Cheers ... Scott :cool:

Ian--

Thank you for your story! It can be hard to stay hopeful, but hearing from folks like you makes all the difference. I'm only at the beginning of the journey; I can't believe the slowness of the healing process. It can be discouraging, but I'm going on faith here, and on testimonies of people like you, that one's old self (actually, no doubt a better one! ;) is around the corner, though perhaps down the road a bit.

--Violet