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Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Carmel, IN
Posts: 467
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Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Carmel, IN
Posts: 467
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Originally Posted by EsthersDoll
An increase in intracranial pressure can cause an empty sella.
And an empty sella can be a sign of hormone deficiencies and/or pituitary dysfunction.
Sometimes a head injury can cause a temporary increase in intracranial pressure which can cause an empty sella which disrupts the functioning of the endocrine system (pituitary gland) and then after 2-3 years the pituitary gland inflates back up which makes the sella no longer empty but the dysfunction remains.
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I love you... I have not been able to understand this empty sella thing until now... you are amazing! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!
Can this be the cause of all my headaches, nausea and dizziness that has returned since the fateful yoga class?
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The Start: MVA, t-boned, on 1-12-14 (my sons 5th birthday) and did not think anything of it.. my back hurt on site but everything else seemed ok. Lost about 10-12 hours from about 3 hours after the accident to the next day...Experienced terrible brain fog for over a month, plus intense headaches, nausea, dizziness, cognitive difficulties, disorientation, no short term memory, depression and just an overall hangover feeling daily.
Current Situation: I'm about 7 months in and my local neurologist has waived her white flag and therefore I am headed to Dallas to be seen (I have family there). The headaches are still daily. I have nausea, dizziness as well.
Drugs I have been on- Vicodin (off), Naproxen (off), proanolol (off), topamax (off), cataflam (off), Midrin (off), Flexeril (off) and now Namenda XR (off), Nortrptylin (off), Verapamil (off)
Therapy- Osteopath, Vestibular and balance therapy, fuzion/soft tissue massage, acupuncture
Drs- ER (no help), GP, Chiropractor, Neurologist and Osteopath
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