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Suggest Treatment For Fibromyalgia, Migraine And Degenerative Disk Disease

Hi, my name is Angela and I am 33. A brief history, I have fibromyalgia, migrains, & degenerative disk disease.i also have unexplainable vision loss. I have had many head and neck traumas starting at 19months, none in the past 2 or 3 years!! And MRIs and CT 2 years ago show some old injury to my occipital lobe and a couple other spots they weren t sure of but said weren t a concern. 3 weeks ago I was told by the ER I was experiencing vertigo but before when I had it (2other times, and over 10 years ago) I was unable to have any balance or walk. This time the symptoms were loss of memory for 3 days(or very foggy) lack of hand eye coordination, foot and eye coordination, dizziness, headache, blurry vision, ringing and nausea. **Everything got better for about a week then I woke up one morning very confused, nothing really made sense, everything was very loud in a deeps bass like time, everything smelled like chemicals (the rain, snow, shampoo, water, perfume, food) All foods tasted rotten or like chemicals except candies or high sugary foods! I had a huge headache and blurry vision which has yet to go away completely. This induced some panic. I also have had an increased heart rate, almost painful and could not eat or sleep for about 4 days because of it all. Things are better now, smells and taste has returned but only like 90% and the vision issues comes and goes, no dizziness, and the headache has changed to a dull thick one. My doctor is out of town and we were scared to go to the ER again. Thought they might think I was crazy talking about the tastes and smells and sounds. I have since talked to some friends that think it could be very serious. When my doctor gets back I will be making an apt but I am pretty worried about this. None of my meds have changed. I take 1 8mg tab bid of subutext and have for 2 or more years. It replaced a long list of meds I have been off for years now :) The following are prn and have been used for years as well: I take 1 cyclobenzqprine hs prn, 1 800mg IBProphin tid prn, and a low dose of prednisone prn. None of the above symptoms seemed to have been effected by any of my meds and I haven t needed to take prednisone in about 4 months. Thank you for your input!! Any advice would be nice and greatly appreciated! I m not one to really worry and I usually try working through things but seems like this one may be a little different! And I m a bit scared to be honest!
Tue, 8 Mar 2016
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In all probability, a neurosurgeon or neurophysician may advise an CT scan or MRI of brain,as symptoms point towards some lesion in the occipital area of the brain, either space occupying or some kind of vascular impairment, aneurysm etc, also anosmia and vision loss give a clue towards that.Consultation with neurospecialist is a must therefore, as with modern knowhow, the lesion could be removed by operation or by angiplasty of vascular lesion if any and cure rate too as , surgeons say, is good in majority cases, so seek earliest appointment for scans and consultation.I am sure this shall help you to get cured.The physician will make broad assessment of your drug therapy also and modify a per necessity.Migraines can also cause varied symptoms, but anosmia and vision problems herald to look for organic causes in occipito-parital region of brain substance
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Suggest Treatment For Fibromyalgia, Migraine And Degenerative Disk Disease

hello In all probability, a neurosurgeon or neurophysician may advise an CT scan or MRI of brain,as symptoms point towards some lesion in the occipital area of the brain, either space occupying or some kind of vascular impairment, aneurysm etc, also anosmia and vision loss give a clue towards that.Consultation with neurospecialist is a must therefore, as with modern knowhow, the lesion could be removed by operation or by angiplasty of vascular lesion if any and cure rate too as , surgeons say, is good in majority cases, so seek earliest appointment for scans and consultation.I am sure this shall help you to get cured.The physician will make broad assessment of your drug therapy also and modify a per necessity.Migraines can also cause varied symptoms, but anosmia and vision problems herald to look for organic causes in occipito-parital region of brain substance best wishes