Woozy Bookzombie is woozy
Feb. 19th, 2012 11:19 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bookzombieSo I've been a bit, well, woozy this last week. I've been feeling a bit lightheaded - going to very lightheaded if I say bend over and stand up again.
After a few days of this I went to see the doctor and she checked the obvious things: ears are clear so not an inner ear infection, blood pressure is fine so no problem with that (can I say how nice it is that every time I get my blood pressure checked it's fine? As an overweight stress monkey it's always a pleasant surprise!) and I don't have a temperature.
So that leaves either labyrinthitis or sinusitis. I'm getting a bit of tightness around the forehead so sinusitis is possible, but on the other hand my head doesn't hurt when I bend over, which is what usually happens when I have it. So it seems most likely a mild form of labyrinthitis.
So I've been given orders to have a menthol steam twice a day, but I've also been given a prescription for some anti-vertigo drugs. Basically if the steams don't seem to be helping after 2/3 days then get the prescription (which is for a drug with some interesting side-effects including making me sleepy, so no driving!)
Well, it's 3 days later and I'm still feeling woozy. The trouble is it's bad enough to make me uncomfortable (and I find typing particularly weird-feeling) but not enough to be actually debilitating. So do I give it some more time to clear up or head for the drugs?
Tomorrow I've got a couple of meetings which I need to be fairly clear-headed for so my gut feeling is:
1) get the prescription filled tomorrow
2) start taking the tablets after my meetings
Decisions, decisions...
After a few days of this I went to see the doctor and she checked the obvious things: ears are clear so not an inner ear infection, blood pressure is fine so no problem with that (can I say how nice it is that every time I get my blood pressure checked it's fine? As an overweight stress monkey it's always a pleasant surprise!) and I don't have a temperature.
So that leaves either labyrinthitis or sinusitis. I'm getting a bit of tightness around the forehead so sinusitis is possible, but on the other hand my head doesn't hurt when I bend over, which is what usually happens when I have it. So it seems most likely a mild form of labyrinthitis.
So I've been given orders to have a menthol steam twice a day, but I've also been given a prescription for some anti-vertigo drugs. Basically if the steams don't seem to be helping after 2/3 days then get the prescription (which is for a drug with some interesting side-effects including making me sleepy, so no driving!)
Well, it's 3 days later and I'm still feeling woozy. The trouble is it's bad enough to make me uncomfortable (and I find typing particularly weird-feeling) but not enough to be actually debilitating. So do I give it some more time to clear up or head for the drugs?
Tomorrow I've got a couple of meetings which I need to be fairly clear-headed for so my gut feeling is:
1) get the prescription filled tomorrow
2) start taking the tablets after my meetings
Decisions, decisions...
