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Labs second time around!

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debbie82116
debbie82116

I had labs in 2008 that lasted 2 years. I think its back again...suffering 8 weeks already. My symptoms are: dizziness like i'm drunk, pressure and plugging in left ear, headaches, pressure at the back of my head, anxiety and generally feel unwell. Anyone have ear pressure and pain as i didnt have this symptom the first time around??? Your responses would be appreciated.

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  • anne05147
    anne05147 debbie82116

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    Hi Debbie, i get that pressure at the base of my skull and was told it's part of silent migraines, along with neck stiffness, and all the rest of stumbling around like a drunk, with strange wonky vision, left ear bunged up.  When i fly it always affects me badly afterward too and i also get pain in my ears when the plane is descending preparing to land.
    • marci1987
      marci1987 debbie82116

      Posted

      All i can say, is we are all very similar and it pretty much hell trying to explain our condition. It seems nobody gets it.
    • anne05147
      anne05147 debbie82116

      Posted

      sometimes it goes away for a whole week, but mostly it comes and goes during the space of a day, it can be worse in the morning upon wakening and then ease off and then it can come back out of nowhere.  It is totally unpredictable.  Sometimes i think it has gone away and get optimistic only to find it is back again.  I was doing well most recently but this week it has come back again.  It is a mystery.
    • debbie82116
      debbie82116 anne05147

      Posted

      I am much worse in the mornings too. It has never been good for a whole week though. How long have you had this?
    • anne05147
      anne05147 debbie82116

      Posted

      2 years this month.  Just went to bed one night fine and woke up with everything spinning in my head.  That was BPPV, now i have also been diagnosed with silent migraines causing the balance problems. It seems to be the best way i can describe it is like a computer, something has broken on my hard drive.  Sometimes i think it will never go away and is something i need to learn to live with as when it goes away i get all excited and think i am healed and then it comes back again.  It is so unpredictable.
    • debbie82116
      debbie82116 anne05147

      Posted

      Goodness that is a long time to be suffering. Do you get pain and/or pressure in your bunged up ear?
    • anne05147
      anne05147 debbie82116

      Posted

      Occasional feeling of pressure but no pain unless flying when the plane is descending for landing.
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