At Wits End
HAVE BATTLED DIZZINESS WEAKNESS AND MEMORY LOSS(WORSENING) FOR 3 MONTHS. AS OF LATE I HAVE BEEN HAVING LITTLE BLACKOUTS...TIME WHEN I FEEL SOO DIZZY AND WEAK THAT I JUST TOTALLY LOOSE WHERE I AM, AND MUST SET OR I WILL FALL . I HAVE BEEN HOSPITALIZED AND HAD CTS MRIS ETC..THE WHOLE BRAIN GAMMIT...EVEN LOOKED AT THE BLOCKAGE FACTOR. NOTHING SHOWING. I AM ONLY 35...VERY CAREER ORIENTED..HAVENT BEEN ABLE TO WORK FOR A MONTH. PLACED ON TOPOMAX BECAUSE NO ONE REALLY KNOWS WHAT THE CAUSE IS. REASSURED THIS WOULD FIX THE PROBLEM AS THEY FELT IT MUST BE SOME SORT OF EPILEPTIC SEIZURE OR AT THE LEAST A MIGRAINE ONSET, AS THE BLACK OUTS ARE ACCOMPANIED BY A MASSIVE HEADACHE THAT FEELS LIKE A FIRE AT THE BASE OF MY SKULL GOING UP TO THE TOP OF MY BROW. WHEN I WAS ORIGINALLY ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL I WAS ADMITTED BECAUSE MY LEFT ARM WAS NUMB AND I HAD MAJOR PAINS IN MY BACK AND CHEST ALONG WITH THIS HEADACHE.
AFTER 2 WEEKS OF TOPOMAX AND ONE MONTH OF SETTING ON MY BEHIND I WENT BACK TO WORK...WORKED ONE DAY...NEXT MORNING IN THE SHOWER I RAISED MY ARMS TO WASH MY HAIR AND THATS ALL I REMEMBER EXCEPT FOR THE PAIN! THE HEADACHE THAT FOLLOWED WAS LIKE NO OTHER I HAVE EVER EXPERIENCED IN MY LIFE!!!!I WAS NOT LIGHT SENSITIVE..IT WAS MORE LIKE A SERIOUS BEATING WAS TAKING PLACE FROM THE INSIDE OUT. i DECIDED THAT SINCE I WAS NOT GETTING ANY RESULTS AND I CANT DO ANYTHING, IE DRIVE, WORK, ESSENTIALLY LIVE A NORMAL LIFE...I WOULD JUST HAVE MY FATHER DRIVE ME TO A CHIROPRACTER TO ATLEAST TRY AND SEE IF HE COULD HELP WITH THIS HEADACHE AS I HAVE HEARD THIS WORKS. THIS MAN GAVE ME SOME HOPE...HE SAID WHEN MY ARM WAS RAISED...THAT MY PULSE DROPPED VERY SIGNIFICANTLY IN MY LEFT ARM AND WHEN HE PRESSED ON A DISC THE "HEART ATTACK " SYMPTOMS SHOWED THEMSELVES. HE ALSO SIMMULATED THE "SEIZURE" ACTIVITY I HAVE BEEN HAVING WHEN HE DEPRESSED A PLACE IN MY NECK.
IS THIS POSSIBLE???? IS THIS MAN FOR REAL WHEN NO ONE ELSE KNEW WHAT IT WAS? HE SAID THAT I SHOULD NOT LOOK DOWN ON THEM...AND I DO NOT, AS HE SAID EACH OF THE 5 DOCTORS WERE LOOKING IN THIER AREA OF SPECAILTY FOR THE CAUSE. HE WANTS TO MANIPULATE MY SPINE ...THERE ARE 2 PROBLEMS I HAVE WITH THIS: 1) NO INSURANCE WILL COVER THIS
2) I AM SCARED...HE RELEVED THE HEADACHE AND SEEMED TO KNOW THE CAUSES BUT THIS IS OBVIOULSY GOING TO REQUIRE ME SEEING HIM RELIGIOUSLY AND I CANT WORK AND DO THIS 3 DAYS A WEEK! WHAT ARE MY OPTIONS NOW! HE BELIEVES THERE IS SOME UPPER STRUCTURAL DAMAGE THAT MAY BE HE CAN CORRECT..BUT FOR HOW LONG I DONT KNOW....ANY IDEAS???
THANKS SO MUCH!
Answers:
failed to mention earlier that since he made the adjustement the headache has dissapated ...not completely but so much htat i am functional...however, i have these wonderful new things happening which are scaring the heck out of me....BOTH feet go numb...not minimumallu...like totally alseep and tingly and wont wake up...cant walk it off cant slap them awake..nuthing just ghave to wait it out. also have really really bad back pain and what feels like a bad bad pulled muscle above my breast...assuming its from the adjustment? and the most interesting one of all is this twitching eye. my right..NOT LEFT eye is noticaeably drawn and twitching. SO ...now im draggin my leg, my left arm and my eye is twitching...QUASEMOTO???? I have to laugh ..if not I will totally crack!
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