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Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Columbus
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Location: Columbus
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Just my opinion
It sounds like a neck issue to me. I used to have similar feelings as you before seeing my PT. I highly recommend seeing a physical therapist trained in the Mulligan technique, if you can find one. My therapist cured my headaches just by making a gentle adjustment and then had me do exercises to strengthen my upper vertabrae, which helped a bit with my dizziness.
You could get a CT scan of your neck, but my pt helped me without seeing one. She could actually feel what was wrong with my neck just by feeling it. I had a gap between my C-2 and C-3 vertebrae in addition to being very unstable in my upper vertebrae. Later, when I requested my medical records from the hospital after my last accident, I found that the CT scan I had at the hospital showed this abnormality, but no one told me about it! I was so mad! I was in pain for 2 months trying to figure out what was wrong! I have no faith in emergency room doctors.
I'm not suggesting that you have the exact same problems as I, but just that a whiplash injury to the neck seems likely!
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I have recovered my cognitive function, and I've overcome severe vertigo through sensory integration therapy. Wellbutrin has helped me escape depression. I have recently had a few stress-related migraines, as well as headaches stemming from eye strain. I'm also dealing with tinnitus, lack of stamina, extreme light sensitivity, and eye pain. Diagnosed with 9 different vision issues: convergence insufficiency, pursuit eye movement deficit, egocentric visual midline shift, photophobia, visual information processing delays, accommodative insufficiency, saccadic eye movement deficit, lack of coordination, and central peripheral visual integration deficit.
*First concussion: October 2010. I was pregnant and got rear ended. I associated my mild PCS symptoms with baby brain and blamed my light sensitivity on allergies and dry eyes.
*Second concussion: December 2011. I hit my head on a wooden beam, saw stars but did not lose consciousness, and I had very disturbing PCS symptoms but didn't go to the doctor.
*Third concussion: August 2012. I caused a car accident as a result of PCS symptoms. Thankfully no one was injured but me. My husband confronted me, and I finally sought help and took medical leave from work. My symptoms worsened, and I developed severe vertigo.
*Fourth concussion: November 2012. I was riding in a car with a friend and we were hit head on by a driver who lost control of her car. I didn't have a big increase in PCS symptoms.
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