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Originally Posted by funkybandit
Hi All
I'm feeling quite lost I have had a condition which my neurologists guess is Painless Migraine.
SYMPTOMS: I get a Vertigo like sensation when there are alot of people moving about like a busy office Foyer, or at a shopping centre, I have not driven for 6 months, as i get really light headed like a dizzyness and cannot concentrate it feels like i am in a movie. Have Trouble judging things sometimes like stairs. I constantly have visual snow (like the static on a tv) i get wiggly bubbles in my vision sometimes (this can amuse me for an hour  )
I see flashes of light like a camera going off a couple of times a week and sometimes think something is running on the ground but when i look nothing is there. SHapes last in my vision quite a while after i have moved my eyes off of it. At night lights have a massive Aura around them, like a large foggy haze. (I think i got that all out sorry)
TESTS: I have had countless blood tests, a CT, 2 x MRI (Head and Spine), Balance test (the one where they put cold water in your ears), Spianl X-ray, Chest X-ray, and i have also been sent to a Optimologist and had various test completed such as Filed Tests completed, every one of these tests has come back normal.
After all this my Neuro put me on Epilim, which only made things worse, now he has put me on Sandomigran 1mg at night for the last month, it has helped slightly I don't have as much problem with people moving about but i still cannot drive, get my "Vertigo" sensations and see all the funny visual things still.
Has anyone had the same or similar? I am really lost where to go from here, I feel like my options are becoming exhausted, I have a 3 yr old little girl and cant drive her to day care, i also passed up on a really good job for the fact that i cannot drive and needed to.
Any responses are much appreciated.
Leah |
Myofascial Trigger Points (knots) in the Sternocleidomastoid Muscle(S) in the the front to side of you neck may be part of your on going problems. There are two divisions the sternal and clavicular.in the front to side of you neck.
Trigger points in each division can evoke referred pain, autonomic phenomena or proprioceptive disturbances.
Pain can be felt above the eyes (optical migraine), in ear, cheeks, to the throat, back and top of the head.
Autonomic phenomena from the sternal division involve the eye and sinuses, while
the clavicular division are more likely to concern the forehead (sweating of the forehead on the same side) and ear (vertigo), including dizziness related to disturbed proprioception and spatial perception.
These symptoms seem to match a large portion of you're posted problems
Do you have a reoccurring droopy eye(s).
The motor nerve fibers of the sternocleidomastoid muscle have an unusually close association with the brain stem. They pass through the cervical portion of the cranial nerve XI (accessory nerve). These motor fibers of the cervical portion arise within the spinal column from the ventral roots (motor fibers) of the upper five cervical segments and ascend, entering the skull through the foramen magnum to join the cranial portion of the accessory nerve. Together, they exit the skull in close association with the vegas nerve through the jugular foramen.
Trigger Point therapy may help resolve your symptoms and function.
There is a web site you may be interested in reviewing:
http://www.round-earth.com/HeadPainIntro.html
click on the SCM (Sternocleidomastoid) section and read on how to stretch and treat this muscle.
Best Wishes!