After I began nursing school, one evening I received a phone call. My aunt had passed away.. The next day I went into work, and was preparing for a difficult procedure. Suddenly out of nowhere I felt hot and dizzy. My legs felt weak and I felt like I was going to fall over (I called it vertigo, but the fact is the room wasn’t spinning – simply the best way to describe the feeling I was getting at the time). I had to leave early from work and I went to see my physician, he placed me on an antimetic / motion sickness medication. He sent me to see an ENT physician who sent me to see a neurologist. Before I went to the neurologist, the semester ended and so did the vertigo. After several semesters, I began to see a trend – semester started vertigo started. During graduation, I had an acute reaction and was afraid I would fall on stage. It will be 3 years this June and I have not been able to relieve my symptoms completely. I feel it when I get worried, go to the grocery store (around lots of people), or prepare for surgery. I cannot stand without a crutch (such as a table or stand of some sort) for very long. At first I thought I had Multiple Sclerosis (MS) (which I have not ruled out), I even thought that I had a tumor in my auditory canal. I have always been a perfectionist. After studying psychiatric nursing , and three psych classes, I discovered that I might have developed a conversion disorder secondary to a mild form of OCD or Obsessive Compulsive Personality traits. This condition may have reacted from the stress of my aunt passing away. Currently – I got a new job in the intensive care unit and the vertigo has returned with vengeance. I now have a new way to describe my condition, it is a lack of coordination / off balance feeling. Can anyone tell me if they know what his could be, it has me stumped.
2006-06-20
07:13:58
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