3 months ago I was rear ended while sitting in traffic on the freeway. My foot was on the brake, the guy hit me going pretty fast (40-50) and it totaled my car. I had some minor whiplash and concussion.

I've been struggling with the whole constellation of symptoms since. Major:Vertigo, sleep pattern disturbances, sensitive to noise/light (esp flickering),migraines. Minor: memory, concentration, speaking, double vision.

About two weeks ago I noticed a low tone ringing in my ears. My Dr said that it was likely there all along, but that I've probably just now noticed it.

The point:
This evening, I was closing the door to barn (sheep/goats as pets), moved a water bucket out of the way with my foot.....and suddenly got the loudest ringing in my ears I could imagine!! It was like a tuning fork and just got louder and louder. I maintained vision,but I couldn't make sense of anything,it was like everything closed in and I was going to pass out.

No clue, but I think I got down from the barn down the ramp and managed not to fall.

Any ideas what the cause of this could be? Any one experience something so sudden and severe? It was scary, because if this was while I was driving...geeze.

I'm very active (competitive cyclist) and have worked my way back up to be pretty physically active. So I don't think it was anything like the stress of closing the door

Thanks so much!