...in a past life to deserve this! I just don't get it, I really don't.
Sorry, this is gonna be long...
So a couple months ago, something strange happened. I was sitting at my work desk, just chugging along, when suddenly everything in my field of view seemed to sag off to one side, and then instantly snap back into it's proper place. When it happened, I got a warm sensation along the back of my neck, right where the skull starts. The whole thing lasted less than half a second.
I kind of went 'whoa!' but nothing else happened and I didn't feel otherwise dizzy, so I chalked it up to being tired and not having eaten yet. So I ate and the rest of the day was fine.
Next day, I sit down to dinner and tv with my roommate and as we're watching our show, the same thing happens. Everything kind of pulls and drops to one side, and then snaps back. I startled a little when it happened and my roommate asked what was wrong, and I told her about what had happened the day before, and that it had just happened again. She asked if I was still dizzy and I said no and that I hoped my vertigo wasn't coming back (I had horrible vertigo as a side-effect of Cymbalta, which I am no longer on.)
The next day (day 3), I was driving in to work and it happened again. Now I was alarmed. Three days in a row, and now it was happening while I was driving. Didn't so much as swerve but that's hardly a comfort. Exact same sensation, same flare of warmth on the back of my neck, and it passed just as quickly.
When I got home that night (friday) I asked my roommate if she could drive me in to the doctor's office the following morning, because it had happened again. The next morning the three of us (me, her, and her husband) drove in to my regular clinic as a walk-in. My normal doc was not there, so I saw an alternate.
When my blood pressure was taken, it was high. I don't remember what the high number was, something like 130 I think? But the number that was supposed to be low was 100. I know it's called diastolic and systolic but I can never remember which one is which. He did a bunch of tests (balance tests, checked my eyes and ears, had me smile and frown, etc. etc.) and all were fine. He said given my description and my blood pressure he was worried I was having seizures and wanted me to go in for a CAT scan. He wasn't kidding either, he called the hospital down the street and got me in immediately for one.
Roomates took me over, I had the scan done, and he went over the results, then called me back while I was still in the waiting room of the hospital and told me the scan was clear, they could see nothing wrong.
He said to go home, keep an eye on my blood pressure, if it happened again to go into the emergency room right away, and to check in with my regular doc on Monday. He said not to drive until then.
Didn't happen again. Monday my roomie drove me in, doc looked me over, my blood pressure was fine and had been fine all weekend, so I was given the clear to drive and resume life.
Flash forward to last week. No other incidents. I run out of my thyroid meds right as a huge snow storm hits us (we got 17 inches in a state that rarely sees two in a given year) and shuts everything down. We're not able to get out of my house for a week. During that time, I have no thyroid meds whatsoever. But the thing is...I feel good. Normally off my meds I start getting symptoms right off the bat...panic attacks, unable to sleep or unable to wake up, hot flashes, hands trembling, etc. This time, I felt fine.
So fine, in fact, that when we finally got cleared out of the house and I could resume life again, I forgot to call in my script and get more. All in all, I think I went about a week and a half with no thyroid medication (I'm hypo).
I finally got my pills day before yesterday and started taking them again. Almost immediately I notice I feel 'hormonal' and PMSy though I'm not due for a couple more weeks. I chalk it up to the thyroid hormones, obviously, and figure it's just my body readjusting.
Then this morning, just as I get to work and am walking in the building, it happens again. Only this time it doesn't just lean and then snap back. This time, everything leans and then starts to wobble back and forth. I get the same rush of heat on the back of my neck but the wobbling lasts a bit longer than before. Instead of being over almost instantly, the effect lingers on for a few seconds before finally going away.
At this point, I'm inclined to say its my thyroid meds doing it. I've been on the same meds for a while now and my doses and blood are monitored closely. I get blood tests as often as once a month and all recent once have come out within a point or two of completely normal. But I find it hard to believe that I feel great off the medication, then start taking it again and within a day this happens.
I will be going to the clinic tonight after work again but I am not a happy camper. Things just seem to be hitting all at once. I'm due for surgery on my hip in March but its a surgery my insurance might not cover, so I'm trying to scrape up some savings just in case. My check engine light came on, and I had to slap down four hundred to get my OEM sensor fixed. That was earlier this week. Last night, my 15 year old dog hurt herself somehow...her back is in knots, she doesn't want to walk and stands hunched over. I gave her a massage and she was doing better after that but is still painful this morning, and my roomies may end up taking her to the vet today...yet more money out of my savings. I have doctors bills piling up for pre-surgery stuff and that impromptu CAT scan. And now this. My doc may have to send me in for more tests, especially if my blood pressure is still up. There was talk last time of a neurologist and a skull MRI, all of which is going to cost a lot even with insurance.
And stress makes my pain condition worse, so after a fairly good couple weeks that's starting to rear its ugly, angry head again.
Honestly, I couldn't have been that horrible in a former life, could I?
Sorry, this is gonna be long...
So a couple months ago, something strange happened. I was sitting at my work desk, just chugging along, when suddenly everything in my field of view seemed to sag off to one side, and then instantly snap back into it's proper place. When it happened, I got a warm sensation along the back of my neck, right where the skull starts. The whole thing lasted less than half a second.
I kind of went 'whoa!' but nothing else happened and I didn't feel otherwise dizzy, so I chalked it up to being tired and not having eaten yet. So I ate and the rest of the day was fine.
Next day, I sit down to dinner and tv with my roommate and as we're watching our show, the same thing happens. Everything kind of pulls and drops to one side, and then snaps back. I startled a little when it happened and my roommate asked what was wrong, and I told her about what had happened the day before, and that it had just happened again. She asked if I was still dizzy and I said no and that I hoped my vertigo wasn't coming back (I had horrible vertigo as a side-effect of Cymbalta, which I am no longer on.)
The next day (day 3), I was driving in to work and it happened again. Now I was alarmed. Three days in a row, and now it was happening while I was driving. Didn't so much as swerve but that's hardly a comfort. Exact same sensation, same flare of warmth on the back of my neck, and it passed just as quickly.
When I got home that night (friday) I asked my roommate if she could drive me in to the doctor's office the following morning, because it had happened again. The next morning the three of us (me, her, and her husband) drove in to my regular clinic as a walk-in. My normal doc was not there, so I saw an alternate.
When my blood pressure was taken, it was high. I don't remember what the high number was, something like 130 I think? But the number that was supposed to be low was 100. I know it's called diastolic and systolic but I can never remember which one is which. He did a bunch of tests (balance tests, checked my eyes and ears, had me smile and frown, etc. etc.) and all were fine. He said given my description and my blood pressure he was worried I was having seizures and wanted me to go in for a CAT scan. He wasn't kidding either, he called the hospital down the street and got me in immediately for one.
Roomates took me over, I had the scan done, and he went over the results, then called me back while I was still in the waiting room of the hospital and told me the scan was clear, they could see nothing wrong.
He said to go home, keep an eye on my blood pressure, if it happened again to go into the emergency room right away, and to check in with my regular doc on Monday. He said not to drive until then.
Didn't happen again. Monday my roomie drove me in, doc looked me over, my blood pressure was fine and had been fine all weekend, so I was given the clear to drive and resume life.
Flash forward to last week. No other incidents. I run out of my thyroid meds right as a huge snow storm hits us (we got 17 inches in a state that rarely sees two in a given year) and shuts everything down. We're not able to get out of my house for a week. During that time, I have no thyroid meds whatsoever. But the thing is...I feel good. Normally off my meds I start getting symptoms right off the bat...panic attacks, unable to sleep or unable to wake up, hot flashes, hands trembling, etc. This time, I felt fine.
So fine, in fact, that when we finally got cleared out of the house and I could resume life again, I forgot to call in my script and get more. All in all, I think I went about a week and a half with no thyroid medication (I'm hypo).
I finally got my pills day before yesterday and started taking them again. Almost immediately I notice I feel 'hormonal' and PMSy though I'm not due for a couple more weeks. I chalk it up to the thyroid hormones, obviously, and figure it's just my body readjusting.
Then this morning, just as I get to work and am walking in the building, it happens again. Only this time it doesn't just lean and then snap back. This time, everything leans and then starts to wobble back and forth. I get the same rush of heat on the back of my neck but the wobbling lasts a bit longer than before. Instead of being over almost instantly, the effect lingers on for a few seconds before finally going away.
At this point, I'm inclined to say its my thyroid meds doing it. I've been on the same meds for a while now and my doses and blood are monitored closely. I get blood tests as often as once a month and all recent once have come out within a point or two of completely normal. But I find it hard to believe that I feel great off the medication, then start taking it again and within a day this happens.
I will be going to the clinic tonight after work again but I am not a happy camper. Things just seem to be hitting all at once. I'm due for surgery on my hip in March but its a surgery my insurance might not cover, so I'm trying to scrape up some savings just in case. My check engine light came on, and I had to slap down four hundred to get my OEM sensor fixed. That was earlier this week. Last night, my 15 year old dog hurt herself somehow...her back is in knots, she doesn't want to walk and stands hunched over. I gave her a massage and she was doing better after that but is still painful this morning, and my roomies may end up taking her to the vet today...yet more money out of my savings. I have doctors bills piling up for pre-surgery stuff and that impromptu CAT scan. And now this. My doc may have to send me in for more tests, especially if my blood pressure is still up. There was talk last time of a neurologist and a skull MRI, all of which is going to cost a lot even with insurance.
And stress makes my pain condition worse, so after a fairly good couple weeks that's starting to rear its ugly, angry head again.
Honestly, I couldn't have been that horrible in a former life, could I?
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