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Join Date: Apr 2014
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Dizziness induced when straining eyes to look up?
Ever since the June 2014 ceiling head bump referenced in my signature I've had fairly mild, spinning dizziness when lying down with my eyes closed. This is probably my least problematic symptom, so I haven't given it much thought, although its frequency does generally seem to track overall how I'm feeling. Cranial-sacral work on my neck seemed to help it as well.
I just discovered that I can induce this feeling if I close my eyes and look up with my eyes only as hard as I can. It doesn't seem to happen looking in other directions. Anyone have any clue what this might mean, if anything? Vestibular therapy is one of the (admittedly few) therapies I haven't tried, given I haven't really had balance problems. My NPA (and just my experience) indicate deficits with visual information processing, for which I've been getting vision therapy.
Could I have an undiagnosed vestibular dysfunction that's contributing to my visual symptoms and/or literally constant headaches? The start of this dizziness did coincide with a significant increase in visual information processing deficits (both, as far as I can tell, brought on by the ceiling head bump). Or is this just some weird quirk and I should ignore it, like I have been my dizziness?
Anyone else experience this with eye strain?
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26 year-old PhD student in evolutionary biology, slipped on ice in Feb 2014 while clipping my fingernails and walking to save time (dumbest reason for PCS ever?). Initially just had headaches and didn't feel quite right, but a minor head bump 5 days later started a downward spiral of anxiety, depression, insomnia and fatigue. Had trouble concentrating on reading/looking at screens
April 2014 - did exertion test, passed, started exercising and doing more, but didn't feel much better.
May 2014 - Went on backpacking trip OK'd by doctor, trip itself went fine, but felt worse a few days after getting back, more difficulty concentrating, worse headaches.
June 2014 - Bumped head on ceiling walking slowly down stairs, no immediate symptoms, but caused worsening headahces, more difficulty concentrating and looking at screens. Have not felt as good as I did before this since this bump.
December 2014 - after feeling relatively better I went xc skiing and fell but didn't hit my head (something my psychologist who specializes in brain injuries told me he hoped would happen so I saw it was OK), felt worse
Feb 2015 - back in grad school, light teaching load and some research, nowhere close to operating at my full capacity. Still have constant headaches, difficulty reading/looking at screens, mild anxiety and depression, and just not feeling like my normal sharp self.
Trying, but struggling, to believe that I'll get back to my old self, or at least get close.
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