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September 20, 2024 5:23 pm
My interest in writing the forum is to know if anyone can relate to or has knowledge of my debilitating symptoms. I am 75 and otherwise healthy.
About 15 years ago I started having woozy dizziness only when moving. Pretty minimal and occasional at the time, didn't start seeing doctors until a few years later when it started getting worse and having an impact on my life. Now it's to the point where it's debilitating. I've stopped driving. I've seen ENTs, otoneurologist, neurologists and others. Had MRIs. Everything ruled out.
Symptoms: lightheaded, swimmy dizziness with movement of head or body (even walking); head pressure (feels like a bowling ball inside my head that rolls in whatever direction my head moves).
Worth mentioning: around the time it began, I had eye surgery that resulted in partial double vision that has since gotten worse. It is vertical and was corrected with prisms but is now also torsional. The retinal surgeon who screwed up the muscle back then did not think that it could be the cause of my dizziness.
Thank you for any input.
September 25, 2024 1:57 pm
So sorry to hear of these debilitating dizziness, as a patient myself I can certainly empathize with you. I think you may be on the right path of linking your eye surgery with the onset of your dizziness. Of course it will be much more helpful if you can get a correct diagnosis. Try and find a vestibular specialist near you, you can check https://vestibular.org/article/diagnosis-treatment/ Also here is some good information on how your eyes play a part in your vestibular system, check this out https://vestibular.org/?s=Vision
wishing you all the best, if you need any other help let us know.