So I've been feeling weird lately. Got numb in half of my face on Thursday, been dizzy ever since. Woke up and started to shake night to Wednesday. I went to the doc today to figure out what was wrong, luckily the CT scan was clear. Doc thinks it's probably a virus on some kind of nerve (directly translated: balance nerve). He said it was also likely to be stress related. this means I officially fall in the line of adults! My first stress-related illness.
My first ever CT scan
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I'm blaming Norwegian drinking habits biting back. Skål!
What i find can be a big helper to mellow out is going for long walks and consuming plenty of water, and getting the sleep you need. Then again, I'm no doctor. -But I've seen one on TV.
Karky,
Listen to me and listen hard....
About 5 years ago I abruptly felt very strange, almost passed-out, had terrible episodes of dizziness...all sorts of strange stuff. It's a long story, but I'll keep it simple. I had CT scans, MRI's, blood test and saw several many experts including a visit to the world-famous House-Ear Clinic. Nothing. Each doctor would quietly listen, make a few notes and then offer their best guess and no real hope beyond figuring it'll likely pass.
Until you have vertigo or the spinning sensation, NOBODY knows the feeling and how horrible it is. I saw, on the tv, a dead body and it looked so f-in peaceful. After months of feeling horrible and even having dreams where I was spinning (cause the spinning got into my dreams as it was input from my inner-ear while I was sleeping)...I found myself absolutely miserable. I cried and begged God to take my life. I was too much of a ****y to take my gun and kill myself.....but you can't just read this and "try" to relate....you have to be in the mix and feeling it. It's really something to know what it's like to lose your will to live. I resigned myself that if the doctors couldn't cure me or it didn't get better....I'd have to find a way to end my life. Fortunately, back then, I didn't have kids and I felt I could terminate things and not be missed too much. Okay, since it was before I had kids, it must have been 10 years ago....but I can still remember the pain...holding onto my bed and having to crawl to the bathroom as if I was on a boat in hurricane weather. Biology can be so f-in cruel.
Anyways...while all the doctors had nothing to offer me except anti-vert (moition sickness medication which hardly helped)....it was a customer of mine who told me to get my teeth checked. The dentist said I really needed to get my wisdom teeth taken care of because several were impacted and it didn't look good...that and some other stuff.
The Oral surgeon who did the wisom teeth removal was skeptical that my issues were related to my teeth....but after the proceedure he reported that one wisdom tooth had been badly infected and the infectious fluid had been likely draining into my sinuses and from there up (from inside) to my inner-ear and my conditions could likely have been complicated by the ongoing infection. He couldn't believe I wasn't in more pain...but evidently the pressure was passing out from the gum where the wisdom tooth was impacting into my other tooth.
Anyways....soon after the wisdom teeth were removed and the antibiotics cleaned things up....I got a new lease on life. Previous attempts by antibiotics did kill the infection, but all the decay and rot would just bring it back...like a fire that wasn't able to be entirely put-out.
I've since met 2 other people in horrible shape with odd conditions...and both I related my story to and both went to the dentist to find they had dead roots in their teeth or some kind of infection. Both had things cleaned-up and both got better.
Lessons:
The medical practice is just that...a practice! The more they are exposed to, the more they learn/know. General doctors tend to be clueless about dental issues. People used to mostly die from teeth-related infections! Thank God for modern dentistry!
The body is amazing at fixing itself...you'll be shocked at how well it can do this...just get sleep, drink, eat healthy.
Get your teeth checked THOROUGHLY.....dollars per dumbells you've got dental issues!
And let anyone who reads this take away two things:
Know how important it is to have a healthy mouth and remember this so you can tell others about it...cause most doc's don't know this!
Take EVERYDAY in good health as a divine gift....for while it may seem (as we suspend disbelief) that we'll live forever...life is quite fragile and time is fleeting. Like an inevitable tide, time catches up to all and with it are ailments and a diminishing physical body: nobody lives forever....cherish each day and recognize it as a gift.
Karky...you'll get past this, but get your skinny ass to the dentist asap!
Listen to me and listen hard....
About 5 years ago I abruptly felt very strange, almost passed-out, had terrible episodes of dizziness...all sorts of strange stuff. It's a long story, but I'll keep it simple. I had CT scans, MRI's, blood test and saw several many experts including a visit to the world-famous House-Ear Clinic. Nothing. Each doctor would quietly listen, make a few notes and then offer their best guess and no real hope beyond figuring it'll likely pass.
Until you have vertigo or the spinning sensation, NOBODY knows the feeling and how horrible it is. I saw, on the tv, a dead body and it looked so f-in peaceful. After months of feeling horrible and even having dreams where I was spinning (cause the spinning got into my dreams as it was input from my inner-ear while I was sleeping)...I found myself absolutely miserable. I cried and begged God to take my life. I was too much of a ****y to take my gun and kill myself.....but you can't just read this and "try" to relate....you have to be in the mix and feeling it. It's really something to know what it's like to lose your will to live. I resigned myself that if the doctors couldn't cure me or it didn't get better....I'd have to find a way to end my life. Fortunately, back then, I didn't have kids and I felt I could terminate things and not be missed too much. Okay, since it was before I had kids, it must have been 10 years ago....but I can still remember the pain...holding onto my bed and having to crawl to the bathroom as if I was on a boat in hurricane weather. Biology can be so f-in cruel.
Anyways...while all the doctors had nothing to offer me except anti-vert (moition sickness medication which hardly helped)....it was a customer of mine who told me to get my teeth checked. The dentist said I really needed to get my wisdom teeth taken care of because several were impacted and it didn't look good...that and some other stuff.
The Oral surgeon who did the wisom teeth removal was skeptical that my issues were related to my teeth....but after the proceedure he reported that one wisdom tooth had been badly infected and the infectious fluid had been likely draining into my sinuses and from there up (from inside) to my inner-ear and my conditions could likely have been complicated by the ongoing infection. He couldn't believe I wasn't in more pain...but evidently the pressure was passing out from the gum where the wisdom tooth was impacting into my other tooth.
Anyways....soon after the wisdom teeth were removed and the antibiotics cleaned things up....I got a new lease on life. Previous attempts by antibiotics did kill the infection, but all the decay and rot would just bring it back...like a fire that wasn't able to be entirely put-out.
I've since met 2 other people in horrible shape with odd conditions...and both I related my story to and both went to the dentist to find they had dead roots in their teeth or some kind of infection. Both had things cleaned-up and both got better.
Lessons:
The medical practice is just that...a practice! The more they are exposed to, the more they learn/know. General doctors tend to be clueless about dental issues. People used to mostly die from teeth-related infections! Thank God for modern dentistry!
The body is amazing at fixing itself...you'll be shocked at how well it can do this...just get sleep, drink, eat healthy.
Get your teeth checked THOROUGHLY.....dollars per dumbells you've got dental issues!
And let anyone who reads this take away two things:
Know how important it is to have a healthy mouth and remember this so you can tell others about it...cause most doc's don't know this!
Take EVERYDAY in good health as a divine gift....for while it may seem (as we suspend disbelief) that we'll live forever...life is quite fragile and time is fleeting. Like an inevitable tide, time catches up to all and with it are ailments and a diminishing physical body: nobody lives forever....cherish each day and recognize it as a gift.
Karky...you'll get past this, but get your skinny ass to the dentist asap!
Or you could just have a middle or inner ear infection, in which case you need to take antibiotics. Or a vestibular disorder. Although the numbness worries me ...
But dental issues can present pain all over the head, so heed BSL's advice, too.
Best to cover all bases when you're getting the "dizzies".
But dental issues can present pain all over the head, so heed BSL's advice, too.
Best to cover all bases when you're getting the "dizzies".
hope all goes well with you Karky, good luck.
I wouldn't lift weights too heavy until you figure out what it is, though.
I wouldn't lift weights too heavy until you figure out what it is, though.
You may consider doing some research on platelet hyperaggregability. Tiny blood clots in your tiny arteries in the brain and inner ear could be causing your symptoms. There isn't that much information out there about it, but a simple blood thinner could be the answer.
A family member of mine had very similar symptoms and a regular old blood thinner knocked them out for the most part. If these tests don't determine anything, see a hematologist.
A family member of mine had very similar symptoms and a regular old blood thinner knocked them out for the most part. If these tests don't determine anything, see a hematologist.
...or you might just be a big wuss
Because I'm not gonna go bother every health professional known to man about my dizzyness?
Oh like that
My bet is that you went out and got pissed with your Viking buddies and on the way home passed out with your face on the cold Norwegian sidewalk. When you woke up with a hangover you’d forgot all about the beers you’d drunk and wondered why you couldn’t walk in a straight line and your face was numb!
Ill do it.........Ill do it......
That could be a possible explanation! I was wondering why my battle axe was so rusty! I guess I should have called the Viking longboat central and ordered a longboat trip home, they usually make sure I get into bed alright.