Hi all,
Thank you for reading my first post. I was diagnosed with a small AN (10x6mm) twelve days ago. The physicians with whom I've consulted are mixed on whether my AN is the cause of many of my symptoms, so I am doing my own self-discovery to see what other things could be happening in this head.
Symptoms:
Tinnitus: Began November (whir paired with other high tones)
Dizzy: Yes, but not sure how vertigo differs, but spinning isn't very common although it happens.
Fullness in ear: Yes
Hearing loss: None. When I first went to the ENT, my audiogram was "normal" for a male my age (6 weeks ago Dec 24). This is a red flag for me that something else is happening in the IAC/IAM
My most bothersome symptoms are these:
I feel sick. Like a fever with no temperature or flu with no sinus or stomach problems.
I often feel like I might if I've depleted my blood pressure medicine and I've been without it for a few days. I'm feeling it in the head and upper body. My BP is always fine when tested. With this, I have "stage fright throat" as the ENT decribed it.
Atypical fibrillations: Like the "holiday heart" I used to get when drinking heavily. Not dangerous, but make me feel sick nonetheless (like I'm off BP meds)
Brain zaps: This is the name we discovered for this symptom, it usually is associated with "antidepressant discontinuation syndrome" when people do not properly wean off of SSRI drugs. The sensation is the same as you would feel with a fever when you dart your eyes left or right and feel the brain kinda "zapping." I remember it from being sick as a child.
Tiredness: By 1pm daily I need to recline and shut my eyes for a nap or deep rest. At 4pm, I feel very ill with the symptoms above and a nap will help alleviate the symptoms. Hard to do at work.
Anyone else have these? Right now I'm exploring other intracanalicular growths that could appear as AN on MRI's.
Anyone got something? Did you have these symptoms?