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Old 09-09-2014, 10:48 PM #1
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Default After reading last thread..could it be neck after all these years.

That post with the link about the neck made me wonder...

when I sit up the back of my brain feels like it's jiggling, and the muscles in my shoulders, neck, head and face feel like they're pulling and tugging. (I lay down so much I didn't realize it).

After a while, sitting up hurts so much, I get tired, my scalp gets numb, and where the spinal cord meets the brain starts to hurt a lot. the whole upper spine starts to hurt. and tailbone is agonizing. Tailbone thing is complete mystery.

Also just moving my eyes back and forth make the back of my brain feel like it's jiggling. I have acquired vertical nystagmus.

EMG done recently showed nerve damage and they wanted me to do mri of upper and lower spine to dictate what kind of therapy i need, but I hate the confinement of that darn machine.

They also want me to do vestibular therapy...

I've just assumed after this many years whatever symptoms I have are untreatable, are these tests and therapies worth it after so many years?

Disclaimer: I've had a number of very bad injuries, so don't think you'll be home this long..
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Sounds like a neck thing to me... look into traction...
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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)

Therapy- Osteopath, Vestibular and balance therapy, fuzion/soft tissue massage, acupuncture

Drs- ER (no help), GP, Chiropractor, Neurologist and Osteopath
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