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imbalance and shakiness for 1 month.

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andrea76659
andrea76659

I have had balance issues, shakiness and weird sensation in hands when doing small tasks like my hands are going faster than my mind. It all started a week after I had a cold. I woke up and was dizzy. My right ear. Started feeling full and painful. My blood tests and CT scan were normal. I was on steroids for 10 days. I noticed some improvement. I am seeing a VRT who feels it is vestibular neuritis. Mornings are the most difficult. I wake up off balance and a little shaky. My hands especially my right one gets tingling and feels funny at times when doing tasks. Can anyone relate to this? I feel that it is getting better from doing the exercises. I take lorazapam 1x daily and that helps the anxiety from all this. Amy suggestions or thoughts?

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  • eleftherio33095
    eleftherio33095 andrea76659

    Posted

    Do you still feel pain in your right ear?  Vestibular neuritis is not associated with pain.  Did ENT look into your ear canal and see anything?

    Eleftherios S. Papathanasiou, PhD, FEAN

    Clinical Neurophysiologist

    Fellow of the European Academy of Neurology

  • andrea76659
    andrea76659

    Posted

    I have not been to a ENT. My GP recommended VRT to see if that would help and go from here. The pain has lessened and would come in short bits like a shooting pain.
    • eleftherio33095
      eleftherio33095 andrea76659

      Posted

      Did you GP look into your ear?

      Eleftherios S. Papathanasiou, PhD, FEAN

      Clinical Neurophysiologist

      Fellow of the European Academy of Neurology

    • andrea76659
      andrea76659 eleftherio33095

      Posted

      Yes. She did not see

      Any issues. The shakiness concerns me. It is not visible but I notice in all I do.

    • eleftherio33095
      eleftherio33095 andrea76659

      Posted

      All things being equal, a neurology consult would be recommended to look at the tingling of the right upper limb and not feeling right, together with the shakiness.

      Eleftherios S. Papathanasiou, PhD, FEAN

      Clinical Neurophysiologist

      Fellow of the European Academy of Neurology

  • lynsey0838
    lynsey0838 andrea76659

    Posted

    With u! I had c section 9 weeks ago today

    Once then I've been dizzy so I cannot do a single thing

    My left arm has lost sensation and shakes

    I can't do my hair properly etc

    My ears and head are fuzzy too

    Consultant said bppv but I'm not sure

    Had MRI of brain and spinal and vestibular

    ALL thankfully clear

    But I'm left like this now

    I'm so sad and upset I'm so scared I'll be like this for ever

    • andrea76659
      andrea76659 lynsey0838

      Posted

      Glad I am not alone. Very frustrating to know what to do and how long to wait. I cry everyday because it is a horrible feeling and I don't have any answers. I have a family to take care of and a job to to. It is frustrating when you are perfectly well one day and not the next and then you have doctors after doctors to see that don't have answers

    • lynsey0838
      lynsey0838 andrea76659

      Posted

      Yes I agree, I've a 4 yr old n 9 wk old

      It's very hard indeed

      I'm on maternity good job as I'd never make it to work

      I can't even drive, I feel like when I walk im stomping as missing my steps

      Yes, there's no answers from the Drs

      It's a disgrace

    • andrea76659
      andrea76659 lynsey0838

      Posted

      One day at a time. So much has gone on the back burner at my house and I feel horrible about that. My balance does seem better but I feel i take small steps just to be sure. Does your arm or arms bother you? I feel like it's impossible to do the littlest tasks sometimes and I feel jumpy often too

    • lynsey0838
      lynsey0838 andrea76659

      Posted

      Yes my arm is a pain as I can't hold my Bab until Bab pro perky put my 4 year old socks on

      Make the bed etc

      I've always lifted weights at the gym and this has well n truly put an ended to that when I finally go back

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