Does anyone dealing with Fibro also deal with dizziness/imbalance? - Fibromyalgia Message Board

Wowwwweeee · 05-03-2007, 05:51 PM

Hi Board,

I hope this finds everyone well.

I am a frequent poster on the Inner Ear boards, for symptoms predominantly of dizziness, imbalance, wooziness, vertigo.

Recently I came across a book on Fibro that outlined the possibility that some vertiginous symptoms can be caused by Fibromyalgia rather than inner ear.

Apparently, there is a history of Fibro in my family (Mother, younger Brother, Uncle on Mother's side).

I do not outwardly appear to be impacted by other "typical" Fibro symptoms, other than daily headaches.

Just looking into thie avenue. Any thoughts? Thank you.

inda · 05-04-2007, 08:12 AM

Hi

I have trouble with balance and stumbling, feeling dizzy ... it comes and goes and I never know when it will happen... Fibro causes lots of different symptoms and you just never know what it can be the root of a problem. I just want to say to always check each symptom with your DR. I didnt and unfortunately just barely caught my cancer in the early stages.

desperate1 · 05-04-2007, 09:31 AM

indysasha, what kind of cancer do you have? did you think your symptoms were fibro related?
My docs are so dismissive of EVERY symptom I bring up. I have a lot of dizziness and have complained of it often, but all they did was check me for diabetes.

inda · 05-04-2007, 02:48 PM

{{{{ desperate }}}}

I fortunately had a WONDERFUL rhuematologist. It was me that assumed the symptoms were just another one of those "fibro" things.

I have NHL = Non Hodgkins Lymphoma
am currently in remission..

I was having day sweats ( usually it is night sweats) shortness of breath, extreme fatigue and had a small lump in front of my right ear. None of the family Dr or anyone but my Dentist took me seriously. Thank goodness he did. He scheduled me for a FNA - fine needle aspiration, which came back benign... so they thought they were just removing a whartons tumor from the salivary gland. Unfortunately that is NOT what it was but I was started immediately on Chemo and followed by Radiation. I know have new CT scans done every 4 months and see the Oncologist too.

desperate1 · 05-04-2007, 03:18 PM

Thanks for sharing your story. You're an inspiriation, and I think it's important every now and then to remember to be cautious and not equate every symptom with fibro, even though it's hard not too--there are so many of them!