Symptom Question
Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 3:04 pm
For 11 weeks now, I have been constantly dizzy. I have been seeing an ENT, because it seems to be related to my inner ear. Noise makes the dizziness unbearably worse, immideately. They have referred me to another specialist. I am waiting on that appointment and insurance to continue to work on figuring this out.
Meanwhile, I have been told it may be Superior Canal Dehissence Syndrome, MS, or a Tumor, though a tumor is extremely unlikely since I have no hearing loss.
My question for all of you is, is it possible for MS to cause (constant) dizziness that gets worse with noise or movement?
My second question relates to something my mom brought up. For the last 3 or so years, my body hurts (not an ache, an actual pain, though it may start out as an ache in my back and spread) if I work "too hard" or if I don't get enough sleep. It was like "turning a corner" when this started... before I was fine and could work as hard as I wanted, then I couldn't. (Actually, it was 4-6 weeks of constant pain before I discovered the cause. I was in the process of getting a Dr's appointment then, but cancelled when I discovered if I rested more it would go away.)
Does this sound like a symptom of MS? This is the symptom that makes the the most nervous. I read the wikipedia article on MS, just to familiarize myself with the symptoms after my Dr mentioned it as a possibility, and that one jumped out at me because of the pain I experience when I over-do it. (Which would NOT have been overdoing it before.)
The other thing that has developed in the last few weeks is when I am feeling terrible from the dizziness (or whatever it is) I start shaking. I brushed it off at first, thinking that my body was getting weak after sitting around for the past 11 weeks, incapacitated. But I soon discovered I was fine most of the time, it was just when I was feeling worse that I start to shake. On "good" days I think I still don't shake at all. I can fold 1/4 of a load of laundry, or move around the kitchen for a few minutes and be okay until the dizziness starts to get worse, but on bad days when I'm feeling terrible I shake. Somehow it is related to feeling bad.
I could give you a list of symptoms, if that would help (One of the hardest things is not being able to think clearly, one of the strangest is that hearing my own voice bothers me the most), but I am mostly just trying to get a feel from real people if this really "might" be MS or not. I've been waiting 11 weeks, and I have another 4 weeks to wait until I see a new Dr., so while waiting I thought I'd try to get a feel for what it might be.
ANYTHING you have to offer me would be much appreciated!
Since getting so sick, my eyes have been opened to what it is to suffer from something that is incapacitating. I appreciate all of you who have been living with MS (and other people who have been suffering with other things, like SCDS!) and I hope for the best for all of you.
Meanwhile, I have been told it may be Superior Canal Dehissence Syndrome, MS, or a Tumor, though a tumor is extremely unlikely since I have no hearing loss.
My question for all of you is, is it possible for MS to cause (constant) dizziness that gets worse with noise or movement?
My second question relates to something my mom brought up. For the last 3 or so years, my body hurts (not an ache, an actual pain, though it may start out as an ache in my back and spread) if I work "too hard" or if I don't get enough sleep. It was like "turning a corner" when this started... before I was fine and could work as hard as I wanted, then I couldn't. (Actually, it was 4-6 weeks of constant pain before I discovered the cause. I was in the process of getting a Dr's appointment then, but cancelled when I discovered if I rested more it would go away.)
Does this sound like a symptom of MS? This is the symptom that makes the the most nervous. I read the wikipedia article on MS, just to familiarize myself with the symptoms after my Dr mentioned it as a possibility, and that one jumped out at me because of the pain I experience when I over-do it. (Which would NOT have been overdoing it before.)
The other thing that has developed in the last few weeks is when I am feeling terrible from the dizziness (or whatever it is) I start shaking. I brushed it off at first, thinking that my body was getting weak after sitting around for the past 11 weeks, incapacitated. But I soon discovered I was fine most of the time, it was just when I was feeling worse that I start to shake. On "good" days I think I still don't shake at all. I can fold 1/4 of a load of laundry, or move around the kitchen for a few minutes and be okay until the dizziness starts to get worse, but on bad days when I'm feeling terrible I shake. Somehow it is related to feeling bad.
I could give you a list of symptoms, if that would help (One of the hardest things is not being able to think clearly, one of the strangest is that hearing my own voice bothers me the most), but I am mostly just trying to get a feel from real people if this really "might" be MS or not. I've been waiting 11 weeks, and I have another 4 weeks to wait until I see a new Dr., so while waiting I thought I'd try to get a feel for what it might be.
ANYTHING you have to offer me would be much appreciated!
Since getting so sick, my eyes have been opened to what it is to suffer from something that is incapacitating. I appreciate all of you who have been living with MS (and other people who have been suffering with other things, like SCDS!) and I hope for the best for all of you.