Hi,
I've been suffering with balance issues for 7 months. It started with BPPPV so full on spinning with head movement that was treated with the epley maneuvers. I was fine then until around 3 months later after a cold. I started feeling really unsteady and floaty with staggering sometimes.
I was diagnosed with vestibular neuroticism, given anti biotics and anti sickness pills. Eventually referred to a balance clinic who said its likely PPPD and referred me to vestibular rehabilitation. I was also getting brief episodes if numbness in my right cheek, pulsatile tinnitus and some nerve pain in the right side of my face and cheek.
After 3 months the symptoms all settled and I felt back to normal. I'd been doing the rehab at home as still waiting for the appt to come through for rehabilitation.
Then an appt came through for ENT who told me the balance clinic tests were showing an issue with my right side ... the side of the tinnitus. He's referred me for an MRI.
After getting much better in March over the last month the symptoms are back. I feel my head is a second behind the rest of me and stagger and bump in to things and people all the time. Ent say I have mild hearing loss on the right ear.
As the Consultant said they were checking for a localised issue with the ear I googled and came to this site. I don't have the main symptom of this which is hearing loss ... just wondering if anyone else has been first diagnosed with PPPD ... persistant postural dizziness, and then found to be an AN? My symptoms match PPPD but also seem to match some sumymptoms of an AN.
I have felt as though I'm going mad with my balance being so off .... I just want to feel normal again. I keep having to explain I've got vertigo to people... not drunk!
Thank you for any feedback,
Sanshine
