My 27ish yo niece just went through something similar, but hers was definitely related to migraines. She also had the severe vertigo and she'd get numbness alternating with pain in her right arm and face. She missed a week of work because of the vertigo.

I also keep thinking MS with her, it's hard not to. So many of her symptoms mirror what I went through when I was younger.

Hopefully this will something minor for you daughter. If it is migraines, maybe they'll give her one of those preventative meds to take when she feels one coming on? That's what they did for my niece. Try not to worry too much Sweetie.

Awww so sorry for DD16. I think that migraines can be a pecursor to MS, as was in mine and
DD's case, but sometimes it's just a Migraine problem.

Although, either way sucks, I hope your DD is the latter and can be cured.

Your poor niece! I can see missing a week of work for something like this. DD had been on Valium and Antivert this past week. Yesterday was the 1st day she was up and doing more. She starts school on Monday so I am hoping that this will be all resolved by then.

Thanks, Sally. I hope she is the latter too.

Trish you know you and your DD are deep in Debies and my prayers

Curious have they done blood work ups on her, anemic? I know deb some serious issues with this and it did give her a hard time with a few of your DD SX's, just a thought

hang in there mom

Thanks, Frank. Not yet. I do have that whole insurance issue going on as well. I do think that blood work needs to be done on her to rule out any metabolic, hormonal, etc. issues. I never though of anemia but will keep that in mind especially since she hates red meat and getting her to eat it is a challenge. Even though she eats a lot of other foods high in iron, anemia could certainly be an issue. (Although, she is a high energy girl and doesn't fatigue easily except when she is having one of these "spells.")

Hope you can get that insurance thing cleared up soon so you guys have an answer. Hope it's something simple. Prayers for ya both.

She should have it all back by Sept. 1st. I finally, after calling and calling as well as documenting everyone I talked to and what they said, talking to 3 supervisors at the state program and 2 at KidsCare, I got my own case worker. She was great and is going to push the application through as opposed to waiting the 6-8 weeks. She even gave me her direct line number.

Oh and I also called Advocates for the Disabled who gave me great advice as well as referred me to Human Rights. Human Rights only helps the severely mentally ill. I told him that I may be mentally ill by the end of this. He laughed. But he gave me great advice as well.

Then I called the newspaper and the reporter is supposed to call me back next week. As I put in the Insights thread, there is a big gap in our health care programs for the disabled with kids.

Sassy, thanks. There are only a few (maybe 4) pediatric neurologists in town and it is hard to get in to. On Monday, I am going to call my neuro's office and see if they can help me out. The insurance will require me to take her to a pediatric specialist. They do that with all the pediatric patients and all specialists unless there is no pediatric specialist in town.

I have no advice Tricia but you seem right on top of things.

I will keep your dd in my prayers that it may be a simple thing and
easy to fix.

s to you and your family.

I once had a very bad cold. The cold got better but then I started feeling dizzy. Vertigo is scary. I remember going to the doctor and he prescribed some medication that is given for people who have vertigo when they travel by ship. It took a whole month before it finally went away!

It is a good idea to have everything checked and get to the root of the problem. It doesn't have to be something bad - necessarily. I too get scared when I hear of some symptoms that resemble ms. Migraines can be debilitating too. Hubby suffers from them and he has already taken so many different medications. His many allergies also make it difficult to find a treatment. I do hope that your DD will get medication for the migraine . I hope you find out what is causing the vertigo. Hang in there and God bless.

tkrik, I wish you the best of luck with everything! I think you are absolutely handling this the right way. I'm glad your daughter is doing better today.