[QUOTE=LIZARD;171291]Pardon me for being blunt, but this "doctor" is a QUACK!! Dehydrating yourself is supposed to make you better??!! Did he get his degree from a roll of Scott tissue?? Holy crap...

I don't know who you have seen yet, but you need a neurosurgeon who is well-versed in Chiari, and not many are. Go to the following sites for recommendations:

www.chiarione.org

I went to this website you recommended...and much to my surprise (AND I WAS SURPRISED!) my doctor may have had a point in this dehydration idea. He put me on Lasix (a diuretic) to try it out...and this website mentions that... as a treatment though....maybe he knows a little bit. To be honest my symptoms did seem to improve a little while on the lasix...they did not go away though!

This is from the above website, under treatments....

Prescription diuretics are also used to reduce the amount of cerebral spinal fluid produced by the body - thereby reducing intracranial pressure and providing relief for headaches.