still dizzy
The story thus far: When my ovary exploded the second time they diagnosed me with scary high hypertension and put me on one BP med. It worked, but not enough so my first post-explosion doc added a second drug. My bp still was not what you could call low, but it was low sometimes, which made my second post-explosion doc leary of increasing anything. Fast forward to the spring/early summer of this year and CNP changed BP med because she noticed some edema. I believe the edema was just my usual PMS fluid retention, but I'm not a medical professional. And I don't actually have M on a reliable basis anymore, but I do have the P and the S. I ask you, is that fair? Uh...NO it is not. Anyway, she took me off the original drug and doubled the second one. This was about the same time I was diagnosed mutant and the blood doc put me on all the supplements.
Where before I had had occasional bouts of light-headedness upon standing, suddenly I have huge bouts of debilitating, reeling down the hall, grabbling things to keep from faceplanting, couldn't drink enough to get this drunk even when I was young, lack of balance. The world swims away, and it goes on and on and on for hours. Well, Mr Moth says ten seconds, but it feels like hours. And then I get a quickie hangover that lasts another thirty seconds to a minute, and then I'm fine.
So CNP changed the bp med, and the dizziness almost stopped for a few days, and then crept back in but not as bad, but that initial low dose let my bp go back up into the scary zone, so she doubled it, and the dizzy came back, still not as bad as before, but bad.
So today was my follow up, and apparently I had forgot to mention the headache aspect (because they aren't that bad, and they're fleeting) but then she put me through all these paces and I know what you're up to woman, you're testing to see if I've had a stroke or similar. Can I hold my arms up, and do my eyeballs track the same. Which I can and they did.
But now she wants my carotid arteries ultrasounded and my brain scanned, to check for blocks and leaks.
If that doesn't turn up anything, she's going to adjust the medication back to what it was originally to see if that resets me.
If that doesn't work, she's referring me to a neurologist.
It probably didn't help that she asked, "When this is happening do you have any chest pain or shortness of breath?"
To which I replied, "No, it's all in my head."
Not sure whether to sigh or whimper.
Where before I had had occasional bouts of light-headedness upon standing, suddenly I have huge bouts of debilitating, reeling down the hall, grabbling things to keep from faceplanting, couldn't drink enough to get this drunk even when I was young, lack of balance. The world swims away, and it goes on and on and on for hours. Well, Mr Moth says ten seconds, but it feels like hours. And then I get a quickie hangover that lasts another thirty seconds to a minute, and then I'm fine.
So CNP changed the bp med, and the dizziness almost stopped for a few days, and then crept back in but not as bad, but that initial low dose let my bp go back up into the scary zone, so she doubled it, and the dizzy came back, still not as bad as before, but bad.
So today was my follow up, and apparently I had forgot to mention the headache aspect (because they aren't that bad, and they're fleeting) but then she put me through all these paces and I know what you're up to woman, you're testing to see if I've had a stroke or similar. Can I hold my arms up, and do my eyeballs track the same. Which I can and they did.
But now she wants my carotid arteries ultrasounded and my brain scanned, to check for blocks and leaks.
If that doesn't turn up anything, she's going to adjust the medication back to what it was originally to see if that resets me.
If that doesn't work, she's referring me to a neurologist.
It probably didn't help that she asked, "When this is happening do you have any chest pain or shortness of breath?"
To which I replied, "No, it's all in my head."
Not sure whether to sigh or whimper.