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Join Date: Mar 2013
Posts: 173
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Join Date: Mar 2013
Posts: 173
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I had an ear surgery recently to fix a fistula in my left ear. About a month after the surgery I was prescribed diuretics because of the increased pressure in my ears (and I believe that correlates to increased cranial pressure as well). The pressure was high before the surgery, but was supposed to drop on its own after, and it didn't.
The explanation I got that I had a leak in my inner ear for so long that my body was trying to adjust to the loss of fluid in the ear by increasing the pressure to push more fluid in and now it needs to relearn back to not push fluid in.
Among my other symptoms, i do get the popping ear (borderline painful sometimes) and other weird feelings in the ear.
So I've been taking diuretics for just over a month and I think they're helping with my overall symptoms. It usually takes a while to see any benefit from diuretics, so I'm hoping that this will keep improving.
Try and see an ENT (or better yet an otoneurologist) to have your ears checked, there's a test they can do to test pressure in ears (I believe it's the ECOG test).
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12/02/2012 - Light concussion at boxing practice. Ended up having PCS for about 3 months.
March 2013 - Thought that since most of my symptoms resolved I could start having fun again.
Went snowmobiling once (didn't hit my head) and concussion symptoms returned and got even worse than before.
June 2013 - accidentally bumped my head against a deck railing, and had a month-long setback.
November 2013 - drove to work after a big snowstorm and the roads were very rough, ended up having another setback.
2014 - Having setbacks after coughing/sneezing too much, or someone slapping me on the back, or any other significant jarring.
Feb 2014 - Started seeing Atlas Orthogonal chiro - most helpful doc so far.
June 2014 - Two months of physical/visual therapy - no noticeable improvement.
September 2014 - Diagnosed with Perilymph Fistula in right ear.
November 2014 - Fistula surgery (switched to left ear before the surgery after additional testing).
January 2016 - Quit work to "work" on figuring out PCS, so far it seems that eyes/vision issues are the most contributing factor, especially computer work.
Current symptoms are: inconsistent sleep patterns, headaches, vertigo/dizziness, anxiety/panic attacks, mental fog/problems with concentration, problems with computer screens.
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