I am wondering if anyone has heard of similar stories like mine.
I am a frequent migraine sufferer, a while back I had a terrible migraine, but this one was different, no aura, no sensitivity to light sound or smell, just a splitting headache with a twist, a high pitched ringing in my ears. I suffered through this migraine for about 4 hours (shortest in a long time) and while the migraine had subsided, the ringing didn't. Then I was hit with a terrible case of vertigo when I went to get up, sent me straight for the bathroom (as I am prone to pretty bad motion sickness). Even with the vertigo and ringing I was managing to function, within a few hours I felt as though every time I spoke I had my head underwater screaming everything I was saying. Again I just put it off as a side effect of my migraine. As the day wore on I could hear less and less, it wasn't until my husband and son told me that I was talking strange, that I decided to go to the ER.. They did a neurological exam on me, a cat scan (both normal) at one point I think the DR thought I was drunk because he gave me a breathalizer (mind you I was stumbling around and slurring my speech.) I was sent home with Antivert, Mucinnex D. (even though Dr said I was clear as a whistle) also put me on a water pill. So here I am today hearing less than I could before, hardly able to hear my own voice inside my head, the vertigo medication is helping a little, but the ringing is worse than ever. I am scheduling an appointment with my general practitioner so she can give me an exam and order an MRI. Truth is I am scared I have children who are getting frustrated with mommy not being able to hear them, read to them (can't concentrate with the salvation army bell ringer in my head) I haven't slept in days. anyway that's my story hope someone can point me in the right direction.
I am a frequent migraine sufferer, a while back I had a terrible migraine, but this one was different, no aura, no sensitivity to light sound or smell, just a splitting headache with a twist, a high pitched ringing in my ears. I suffered through this migraine for about 4 hours (shortest in a long time) and while the migraine had subsided, the ringing didn't. Then I was hit with a terrible case of vertigo when I went to get up, sent me straight for the bathroom (as I am prone to pretty bad motion sickness). Even with the vertigo and ringing I was managing to function, within a few hours I felt as though every time I spoke I had my head underwater screaming everything I was saying. Again I just put it off as a side effect of my migraine. As the day wore on I could hear less and less, it wasn't until my husband and son told me that I was talking strange, that I decided to go to the ER.. They did a neurological exam on me, a cat scan (both normal) at one point I think the DR thought I was drunk because he gave me a breathalizer (mind you I was stumbling around and slurring my speech.) I was sent home with Antivert, Mucinnex D. (even though Dr said I was clear as a whistle) also put me on a water pill. So here I am today hearing less than I could before, hardly able to hear my own voice inside my head, the vertigo medication is helping a little, but the ringing is worse than ever. I am scheduling an appointment with my general practitioner so she can give me an exam and order an MRI. Truth is I am scared I have children who are getting frustrated with mommy not being able to hear them, read to them (can't concentrate with the salvation army bell ringer in my head) I haven't slept in days. anyway that's my story hope someone can point me in the right direction.