Vestibular and Balance Therapy Test
April 1, 2014
During my first visit to another specialist, doctors determined they wanted to run tests, "We think it might be..." I found it frustrating I had to repeat myself several times throughout the visit stating, "The vertigo is triggered by the hyperacusis. When a specific sound is discomforting, causes pressure in my head or pain; I get a severe onset of nausea, vertigo, disorientation, sometimes deafness, vomiting and even almost black out. We need to find away to stop the vertigo."
Blood work was ordered to rule out any form of ear disease, I had another hearing test, which showed further hearing loss in the right ear, which I to "ALREADY" knew.Yesterday I had to take a balance test, which was to rule out any misplace crystal that could be moving around in there.
I just lost you right? What crystals? Well, apparently we have tiny crystals in our head, if these ear crystals get moved around it could cause us to seem off balance. However, my tests showed no signs of that. By making my move if this was the case I should have gotten dizzy or seen objects move, which are still.
However, my tests were all negative. Which, means as long as my hyperacusis is not set off by everyday sounds, which trigger my vertigo I'm fine. No dizziness, no disorientation, no nausea, vomiting, or almost blacking out.
I can say I came home from the testing very tired and with a headache brewing. But no vertigo! So while the negative test is a good thing. I'm nowhere's near close to getting the tinnitus or hyperacusis under control because they still have more tests they want to rule out first.
It's understandable that doctors have to follow a set of procedures and guidelines but it may be another month before any therapy even gets started. It's very frustrating. The last onset of vertigo lasted 8 days. One simple outing to the store cost me several days of difficulty doing everyday activities or even work, most the time I was sleeping, had no appetite because of the nausea and highly sensitive to sounds.
I'm already what they call "overly sensitive to sounds" but when a specific event happens suddenly that overly sensitive state becomes inflamed to a debilitating state. I can only then do as doctors say, stay away from sounds and rest.
Next up, a CT, which will check for any type of bone thinning, which may be causing a "third window affect". I'll cover that in my next update.
Until then, I will continue my work as a journalist, which I am enjoying and gaining so much from the experience. Stick to my strict routine of "no phone" wearing my protective devices during any outings, continue to slowly reintroduce myself to the discomforting sounds, which I am getting better at. Continue keeping a constant record for my doctor of anything causing me further issues and hopefully in May 2014 we can focus on getting this all under control.
The first thing doctors need to do is rule everything out. It's very logical if one didn't know what was wrong with them. However, if you have already been diagnosed and certain conditions are getting worse, it seems like they would want to focus on what was getting worse.
During my first visit to another specialist, doctors determined they wanted to run tests, "We think it might be..." I found it frustrating I had to repeat myself several times throughout the visit stating, "The vertigo is triggered by the hyperacusis. When a specific sound is discomforting, causes pressure in my head or pain; I get a severe onset of nausea, vertigo, disorientation, sometimes deafness, vomiting and even almost black out. We need to find away to stop the vertigo."
Blood work was ordered to rule out any form of ear disease, I had another hearing test, which showed further hearing loss in the right ear, which I to "ALREADY" knew.Yesterday I had to take a balance test, which was to rule out any misplace crystal that could be moving around in there.
I just lost you right? What crystals? Well, apparently we have tiny crystals in our head, if these ear crystals get moved around it could cause us to seem off balance. However, my tests showed no signs of that. By making my move if this was the case I should have gotten dizzy or seen objects move, which are still.
However, my tests were all negative. Which, means as long as my hyperacusis is not set off by everyday sounds, which trigger my vertigo I'm fine. No dizziness, no disorientation, no nausea, vomiting, or almost blacking out.
I can say I came home from the testing very tired and with a headache brewing. But no vertigo! So while the negative test is a good thing. I'm nowhere's near close to getting the tinnitus or hyperacusis under control because they still have more tests they want to rule out first.
It's understandable that doctors have to follow a set of procedures and guidelines but it may be another month before any therapy even gets started. It's very frustrating. The last onset of vertigo lasted 8 days. One simple outing to the store cost me several days of difficulty doing everyday activities or even work, most the time I was sleeping, had no appetite because of the nausea and highly sensitive to sounds.
I'm already what they call "overly sensitive to sounds" but when a specific event happens suddenly that overly sensitive state becomes inflamed to a debilitating state. I can only then do as doctors say, stay away from sounds and rest.
Next up, a CT, which will check for any type of bone thinning, which may be causing a "third window affect". I'll cover that in my next update.
Until then, I will continue my work as a journalist, which I am enjoying and gaining so much from the experience. Stick to my strict routine of "no phone" wearing my protective devices during any outings, continue to slowly reintroduce myself to the discomforting sounds, which I am getting better at. Continue keeping a constant record for my doctor of anything causing me further issues and hopefully in May 2014 we can focus on getting this all under control.
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