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Old 07-16-2014, 02:25 PM #31
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Hello Sara,
An empty SellA sounds awful too. I will find out tomorrow what's wrong with me. My spinal tap is in the morning. Thank you for the info. I just want to feel better and quite losing my eyesight.
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An increase in intracranial pressure can cause an empty sella.

And an empty sella can be a sign of hormone deficiencies and/or pituitary dysfunction.

Sometimes a head injury can cause a temporary increase in intracranial pressure which can cause an empty sella which disrupts the functioning of the endocrine system (pituitary gland) and then after 2-3 years the pituitary gland inflates back up which makes the sella no longer empty but the dysfunction remains.
I love you... I have not been able to understand this empty sella thing until now... you are amazing! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!

Can this be the cause of all my headaches, nausea and dizziness that has returned since the fateful yoga class?
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The Start: MVA, t-boned, on 1-12-14 (my sons 5th birthday) and did not think anything of it.. my back hurt on site but everything else seemed ok. Lost about 10-12 hours from about 3 hours after the accident to the next day...Experienced terrible brain fog for over a month, plus intense headaches, nausea, dizziness, cognitive difficulties, disorientation, no short term memory, depression and just an overall hangover feeling daily.

Current Situation: I'm about 7 months in and my local neurologist has waived her white flag and therefore I am headed to Dallas to be seen (I have family there). The headaches are still daily. I have nausea, dizziness as well.

Drugs I have been on- Vicodin (off), Naproxen (off), proanolol (off), topamax (off), cataflam (off), Midrin (off), Flexeril (off) and now Namenda XR (off), Nortrptylin (off), Verapamil (off)

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Hello Sara,
An empty SellA sounds awful too. I will find out tomorrow what's wrong with me. My spinal tap is in the morning. Thank you for the info. I just want to feel better and quite losing my eyesight.
Sounds like pseudo tumor to me... If that is what this is for you then the spinal tap should do wonders!

The other thing that they told me was if it was pseudo tumor was to lose weight... and sometimes even 10 lbs can make a difference... (I need to lose more like 100, but I digress)
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The Start: MVA, t-boned, on 1-12-14 (my sons 5th birthday) and did not think anything of it.. my back hurt on site but everything else seemed ok. Lost about 10-12 hours from about 3 hours after the accident to the next day...Experienced terrible brain fog for over a month, plus intense headaches, nausea, dizziness, cognitive difficulties, disorientation, no short term memory, depression and just an overall hangover feeling daily.

Current Situation: I'm about 7 months in and my local neurologist has waived her white flag and therefore I am headed to Dallas to be seen (I have family there). The headaches are still daily. I have nausea, dizziness as well.

Drugs I have been on- Vicodin (off), Naproxen (off), proanolol (off), topamax (off), cataflam (off), Midrin (off), Flexeril (off) and now Namenda XR (off), Nortrptylin (off), Verapamil (off)

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Drs- ER (no help), GP, Chiropractor, Neurologist and Osteopath
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Hello Sara,
How are u feeling? Yesterday I had my spinal tap, they told me that my pressure was not high. I'm totally confused, I bet I have an Empty Sella as well. I will find out on 7/28 when I see my nerouolgist. Last yr I fell and hit my head very hard on the cement. Sounds like u have had a rough time. Hugs
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