The past two mornings I've awakened with horrible vertigo. In fact, in the shower this morning it was so bad I thought I was going to pass out. Today it has gotten progressively worse throughout the day until finally, this afternoon, I wound up having to teach my last class from a chair.
I had the last check on my knee today, and I decided that after it was done I would go across the street to see my GP about the dizziness. I assumed it was attributable to an inner ear infection. That would be simple to clear up, something requiring only a shot, maybe, a round of antibiotics. I guess I should have thought about my medical history a little longer first.
They took my temperature, measured my blood pressure, and checked all the other usual vitals. All fine. They looked in my ears, my nose, my throat. Nada. They drew blood and ran a quick analysis. Nothing. There is no reason for the room to be doing this hellish square dance every so often.
The possible causes are not fun. Stress, a new form of migraine, Meniere's Disease, and simple repetitive baseless vertigo were all mentioned. Well....YAY! I mean sign me up for some and/or all of that right now, please. 'Cause I don't have enough specialty medicine issues in my life.
I am to give it about two weeks, and if it's still going on, then I'm to go back so they can refer me to a specialist. I am so hoping they don't have to do that. I don't think I can stand another ride on this particular merry-go-round. It would be so nice if this was something that just went away on its own and could be chalked up to weirdness.
I have some anti-vert here on the table, and in a few minutes, I'm going to take half of one and sleep. I'm tired. Really, really tired. I wish I could just be normal. It would be such a nice change.
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