Hello, I am 24 years old and have been going through a large part of my life with "migraines" and other problems like numbness in my arms, and pain in my back that feels like it should be bruised along my spine. A few months ago I got sudden vision change in my L eye and have been seeing a neuro-opthamologist since. In one of my MRI tests he noted that my cerebellum is 3-4cm low. We have discused Chiari since and my mother and I actually both suffer from identicle symptoms, although she recently has had falling episodes and a few more things happen than I. I am looking for more information as to what other people went through to get diagnosed. Within the past month my headaches seem to be almost constant. My neck feels as though I cannot straigten it, and I am miserable. My MD suggested that one way to test if it is Chiari is to dehydrate myself for ~2 weeks. This he said would decrease the spinal fluid production and should result in a decrease of my symptoms. Then for the following 2 weeks I should over hydrate myself to see if the symptoms come back...Has anyone heard of this, or even done it?? I would love some feed back please!

Hi Peetie and welcome to NeuroTalk. Here is the link to our Chiari forum...

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forumdisplay.php?f=87

I hope you get some answers soon.

Peetie,

Hello and welcome to NeuroTalk. Great to see you have come to be with us. You will find a great number of caring, supporting members here willing to help each other as they can.

Again welcome, looking forward to seeing you around.

Darlene

Hi, Peetie! Welcome to NeuroTalk!

You are definitely too young to be struggling with this. I hope you'll find some answers at the link provided by Alffe. Feel free to join in anywhere.