Hi all,
This is my first post on this forum, so please bear with me!
About three or four months ago I was watching TV with the other half, having a really nice evening. I went to stand up, swayed a little and ended up crashing into the door because of poor balance. It was a very odd experience. This was an isolated incident, but my ears ended up blocking a couple of days later with wax, which needed to be irrigated and removed.
This is the point at which the anxiety started. I developed a phobia regarding my ears and absolutely hated having any oil in my ears and would sit there on the verge of a mild panic attack all the time the oil was in my ears. I also had trouble sleeping and would wake up mid panic attack. Two weeks later I had them both irrigated and instantly felt much better and more confident and the panics attacks went over night.
About a week later I woke in a huge panic attack with chest pains - not nice!! After waking the other half, I took a couple of over the counter meds and managed to sleep, on condition that I go to the doc in the morning. So off I went and got diagnosed with costochondritis, which is fair enough as that seems right. As a result I've had to have 24 hr BP and ECG, which I have finally bee referred for and have the ECG on right now!
A few weeks later my nose started running like crazy, headaches and cold like symptoms and this is the point at which the spinny head reared it's ugly head. I went to the doctor and he said I had an allergy, which I've been taking antihistamines for ever since with little or no change to any of the symptoms, will probably come off those..
So from since then I've been suffering from very odd balance and moments where I just have to put my head in my hands because my head feels so spinny..
I went back to the doctor again and he said I had Labarythitis, which I'm not convinced on as the world is very still, it's my head that's moving around inside. I don't have half the symptoms as that afflication sounds utterly terrifying, what I've got is an unbalanced head and a mild case of anxiety, which is getting better by the day, just not fast.
So over the past 3-4 months, it's been quite an ordeal with one thing after the other. The only think I'm really or should be worries about is the head, which just will not go.
If I compare week on week, I'd say I'm about 2-5% better week on week with some episodes still making me have to go and lie down.
Has anyone been on a similar sort of journey? I'd really appreciate any help as the doc is probably sick of me by now and I'm not 100% sure on his diagnosis as things continue!