Hi everyone, 
New to limbo land, and new to the site. 27 yr old female from the east coast. My crazy journey started back in November. I went to a spa for a hydrotherapy tub session. Within 5 minutes, I didn't feel right. It started with some dizziness so I got out of the tub thinking maybe I was just overheated. Well, that didn't help. The dizziness increased, then the vertigo started, and then blurred vision. The spa gave me a cold compress for the back of my neck, but it didn't help. It was like the heat stayed with me and I couldn't cool down. So I took a cold shower. That didn't help. Then the confusion started, and it felt like I could barely walk. Like I had weights in my shoes. The vertigo caused nausea so bad I couldn't keep water down. Went home, took a nap and woke up with all those symptoms plus a headache and pain in my eyes. My boyfriend took me to the ER that night. They diagnosed me with a migraine. Gave me a bunch of meds including steroids in an IV and sent me home. The only test they did in the ER was a blood test.
Since then, i've had similar episodes on and off. Including episodes of tunneling vision. My general practitioner urged me to see a neurologist. Saw two, who both diagnosed me with a migraines without running a single test! I told my general practitioner again and she told me to seek another opinion. I'm on my third neurologist now, who believes that this could be MS and wants to test for it using VER, MRI w/ contrast and a blood test.
I had the VER done this morning and it's left me kind of scared. When they tested the left eye, my vision blurred. It started far from the center of my eye until it tunneled until my entire vision was blurry. I told the tech because I was scared and she promptly stopped the test and said we were done. Asked me to close my eyes for a couple minutes. It took awhile, but my vision went back to normal. I think at that point, the tech could tell I was nervous because she said "it looks ok, but the neurologist needs to see it" and asked me when I was getting my MRI done. I was told the test would take 30 minutes, but I was only in there for 10.
I guess my question is- is that normal?
And also- Hi to all of you. Hope everyone is having a good day!
New to limbo land, and new to the site. 27 yr old female from the east coast. My crazy journey started back in November. I went to a spa for a hydrotherapy tub session. Within 5 minutes, I didn't feel right. It started with some dizziness so I got out of the tub thinking maybe I was just overheated. Well, that didn't help. The dizziness increased, then the vertigo started, and then blurred vision. The spa gave me a cold compress for the back of my neck, but it didn't help. It was like the heat stayed with me and I couldn't cool down. So I took a cold shower. That didn't help. Then the confusion started, and it felt like I could barely walk. Like I had weights in my shoes. The vertigo caused nausea so bad I couldn't keep water down. Went home, took a nap and woke up with all those symptoms plus a headache and pain in my eyes. My boyfriend took me to the ER that night. They diagnosed me with a migraine. Gave me a bunch of meds including steroids in an IV and sent me home. The only test they did in the ER was a blood test.
Since then, i've had similar episodes on and off. Including episodes of tunneling vision. My general practitioner urged me to see a neurologist. Saw two, who both diagnosed me with a migraines without running a single test! I told my general practitioner again and she told me to seek another opinion. I'm on my third neurologist now, who believes that this could be MS and wants to test for it using VER, MRI w/ contrast and a blood test.
I had the VER done this morning and it's left me kind of scared. When they tested the left eye, my vision blurred. It started far from the center of my eye until it tunneled until my entire vision was blurry. I told the tech because I was scared and she promptly stopped the test and said we were done. Asked me to close my eyes for a couple minutes. It took awhile, but my vision went back to normal. I think at that point, the tech could tell I was nervous because she said "it looks ok, but the neurologist needs to see it" and asked me when I was getting my MRI done. I was told the test would take 30 minutes, but I was only in there for 10.
I guess my question is- is that normal?
And also- Hi to all of you. Hope everyone is having a good day!
Sir Falls-a-lot
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