Strikeman
06-04-15, 18:47
Hey guys
I'm currently having a bit of a Heath scare and I'd love some feedback on, as usual my anxiety is telling me it's the worst case scenario
On 23rd March I developed dizziness, this dizziness was somewhat sudden and appeared shortly after I woke up that day. I became very worried as I've never really had dizziness before, apart from the occasional 5 second dizzy feeling that would come and go every now and then.
As I thought it was an eye issue, I decided to book an appointment with the optometrist. My dizziness continued up to the appointment, where I was evaluated. He asked the normal questions and ascertained that my prescription had increased in one eye by about .25-.50 but that was to be expected since I haven't been for an appointment for 4 years. He checked my retina and optic nerve and aaid all looked fine and I was sent on my way with a new pair of glasses
The followong Monday I had a appointment with the doctor so he could make a diagnosis on my dizziness. He also checked my eyes, took blood pressure and looked inside my ears and also said everyrhing was fine. He said that he believes that it was a viral inner ear infection and that if it hasn't cleared within 7-10 days for me to come back and he would have another look
That appointment was 7 days ago and I feel no better, I have been getting a few more symptoms to list since the initial optometrist and doctors appointment:
Dizziness
Nausea that comes and goes
Accompanying diarrhea
Prpblem focusing especially on the computer
Poor night vision, I find it hard to cope with glare
Seeing rainbow coloured halos around white lights and general halos around other lights
A headache that comes and goes and affects small parts of my head for a few seconds, about the size of a golf ball. These little aches seem to spring up randomly and don't really hurt they are just slight dull aches that don't last very long
Reduced hearing in one ear however this is normal for me as I have always had one ear drum weaker than the other due to eustacian tube dysfunction
Can hear my pulse whooshing through the affected ear more loudly
I am really concerned about a brain tumour even though I know a lot of these symptoms do fall under a viral inner ear problem, a lot of them fall under brain tumour symptoms as well and i can't shake the fear that's it a tumour
I have another appointment booked with the doctor on Thursday which will be 11 days after the initial diagnosis
Am I being irrational? My gf and friends seem to think I am whereas I can't seem to shake off this fear. I worry that I end up being the boy that cried wolf and people just won't believe me when I am really ill (which could be this time!!)
I'm currently having a bit of a Heath scare and I'd love some feedback on, as usual my anxiety is telling me it's the worst case scenario
On 23rd March I developed dizziness, this dizziness was somewhat sudden and appeared shortly after I woke up that day. I became very worried as I've never really had dizziness before, apart from the occasional 5 second dizzy feeling that would come and go every now and then.
As I thought it was an eye issue, I decided to book an appointment with the optometrist. My dizziness continued up to the appointment, where I was evaluated. He asked the normal questions and ascertained that my prescription had increased in one eye by about .25-.50 but that was to be expected since I haven't been for an appointment for 4 years. He checked my retina and optic nerve and aaid all looked fine and I was sent on my way with a new pair of glasses
The followong Monday I had a appointment with the doctor so he could make a diagnosis on my dizziness. He also checked my eyes, took blood pressure and looked inside my ears and also said everyrhing was fine. He said that he believes that it was a viral inner ear infection and that if it hasn't cleared within 7-10 days for me to come back and he would have another look
That appointment was 7 days ago and I feel no better, I have been getting a few more symptoms to list since the initial optometrist and doctors appointment:
Dizziness
Nausea that comes and goes
Accompanying diarrhea
Prpblem focusing especially on the computer
Poor night vision, I find it hard to cope with glare
Seeing rainbow coloured halos around white lights and general halos around other lights
A headache that comes and goes and affects small parts of my head for a few seconds, about the size of a golf ball. These little aches seem to spring up randomly and don't really hurt they are just slight dull aches that don't last very long
Reduced hearing in one ear however this is normal for me as I have always had one ear drum weaker than the other due to eustacian tube dysfunction
Can hear my pulse whooshing through the affected ear more loudly
I am really concerned about a brain tumour even though I know a lot of these symptoms do fall under a viral inner ear problem, a lot of them fall under brain tumour symptoms as well and i can't shake the fear that's it a tumour
I have another appointment booked with the doctor on Thursday which will be 11 days after the initial diagnosis
Am I being irrational? My gf and friends seem to think I am whereas I can't seem to shake off this fear. I worry that I end up being the boy that cried wolf and people just won't believe me when I am really ill (which could be this time!!)