I’ve been dealing with the following symptoms:
- Wooziness feeling; a motion-sickness feeling without any motion
(Does NOT affect balance and isn’t triggered by motion)
- Hypersensitive gag flex with occasional retching
- Soreness/ headache at the base of skull
- Occasional squinting of the eyes
(Not caused by anything in particular. By far the most obscure and unspecified complaint. I really can’t describe it very well. My eyes squint like I haven’t slept in 2 days.)
- Brain fog
- Acid reflux
- Generic anxiety
(Which I’ve had my entire life, but never was a big deal)
The general trigger for all of these appears to be stress. Unfortunately, I get stressed incredibly easy. Migraines, migraine aura AND anxiety all run in my family (great genes!)
I saw a nuero who suggested I might have silent migraines. Unfortunately, the only way to determine this is to become a guinea pig and try various drugs. I’m not a fan of this, however, I understand I might need to try it in order to actually feel better for once. He offered me Topamax.
He also suggested I think about addressing my anxiety first, which might help my symptoms above. Similar to a chicken-or-the-egg type problem.
What should I do next? Try the Topamax? Try an anti-anxiety med? Don't take any drugs at all?