"Fredrik Müller" <frittem at hotmail.com> writes:
> I´m 24 years old.
> I have for 8 moths had a stange and unexplained dizzyness and unsteadyness.
> I have it everyday, I have it walking, standing, sitting, laying. I have it
> several times a day, I should be varey glad if it goes one hole hour between
> the attacks....
> It sort of feels like the earth is moving, wobbling, shaking, like somebody
> pushes me and almost makes me fall over!
> I have NO pain, not anywhere. I have a "preasure" in my ears witch wont go
> away. I can feel shakey in my muscels in the morning and start trembling,
> not much, just a little.
> I have perfect eyesight, they can´t see anything in my ears, my heart beats
> well, the bloodtests are good so is the bloodpreasure. I´ve had a CT done
> and they ruled out the possibility of tumour or bleedings in the brain, they
> saw a perfectly healthy brain and body. I, howevere, feel like shit. This
> irruptes all my day. Can´t do my work, can´t function as a normal person in
> every day lifestyles. I´m panict everytime I get these feelings.
> I have pain in my feet sometimes, I think it is because I try ,uncontsiusly,
> to keep my balance. I feel like I´m going to fall, faint and so on, but I
> never had. This is not panic-attacs, no stress, no such things, this is a
> real problem with some medical explainasion I or any doctor can´t seem to
> find! Can somebody please help me.
> My neck is sometimes very stiff, but the doctors say that it would show in
> so many other ways if it was from there the problem came.
> Please somebody. Does anyone know anything to help me!!??
> Liza
Hmm. This could almost be an exam question! For most people,
occasional dizziness is caused by low blood sugar or low blood
pressure, but it sounds like those have been ruled out in your case.
Also, these causes would show up much more strongly when you stand up
than when you are sitting or lying down.
It sounds to me more like a vestibular problem -- the vestibular
system is responsible for the sense of balance. What you write about
pressure in the ears is very interesting, because the vestibular
system is actually located in the inner ears. I would think about an
ear infection, or a throat infection, or something else that might
affect the ears -- and the first thing I would do is visit an ear,
nose, and throat specialist. Your ears may have been checked but I
suspect they haven't been checked well enough.
If that fails, you should suggest to your doctors that they consider
the possibility of multiple sclerosis, which can manifest itself in
many different ways, and is very often misdiagnosed in its early
stages.
Good luck,
-- Bill
