Inner Ear infection
I supposidly have had an inner ear infection for 2 months now, but no one can give me a clear or for sure diognosis, just an asumption. It started off I was extreamly dizzy and couldn't ground myself I felt unstable and like I was going to fall constantly. It came out of no where, I was blacking out. I couldn't walk, drive or anything. I went to the doctor and they put me on 3 courses of antibiotics and nothing got better. Meclizine for dizzyness, that didn't help. A patch to wear behind my ear, that diolated my puples so much I couldn't see and had blurred vision constantly. I have seen my regular doctor and an ENT. ENT says he thinks it's an inner ear infection but has no way of knowing only to rule out everything else. I have not been able to work, I am tired of sitting around the house and not being able to do daily activities because I never know how I am giong to feel. I can't believe I can't be tested for this. Now I am off all medication I have been to 5 sessions of accupuncture wich has helped allot with the dizziness but now I have different symptoms, pain pressure in my head, movement in my head, extream discomfort when I lay down, but it is not a head ache, it feels like I went too far under water, that kind of pressure. That has subsided a bit and now I suddenly get the feeling I am going to pass out, out of no where about 15 times a day. The ENT says since I am not dizzy anymore and that is going away he doesn't know what to do with me, and wants to send me to a neurologist. Has anyone had this before? Does anyone recognize these symptoms, are they related to an inner ear infection? I now have assosiated panic attacks and a sense of panic all the time because I never know what is going to happen to me how I am going to feel or when I will feel faint or dizzy. I can't plan anything, I have no life. My sense of safty and freedom has been completly taken away. I will be doing ok for a while and I am fine then everytime I get dizzy or feel like I am giong to pass out, I freak out and can't calm down, then I am struck with fear and am scared to do even the simplist things all over again, such as walking around the block, going to the store, going to a resturant. What can, I do? How do I cope with this? I can't let this run my life anylonger.
Last edited by chancedance; 07-11-2004 at 01:48 AM.
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