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I was so grateful to find this site. I have had a long history with neurological problems, mainly balance, vertigo shaking vision etc.. I have through process of elimination over the years narrowed this down. I finally have a diagnosis of what the neurologist describes as "3 strikes against me". There is a combination of 3 contributing factors

Anyone had a MRA to check this type of thing out ?

www.radiologyinfo.org/con...graphy.htm

I had an MRA right before I left the states and nothing came of it. I have the MRA report and in fact it said that the vessels in my neck were extremely wide open. What really amazes me though, is that all of us seem to share a similar set of neuro problems. The heart beat thing has been weirding me out lately, but that all these doctors think we are crazy.

oh yeah, i had two brain mri s, a neck mri, and an mra on the neck and head. all that was found was a bulging disc in the c-6 vertabrae. I recently moved to Japan and have been doing better mostly because the new environment is distracting, but I still have problems. This is all really frustrating. -Coz

hi guys,
I have learned alot from your postings and in searching for info on the web for my condition I found this discussion page.
Severe Whiplash and Vertigo:
Here are my symptoms:                                                Sept 23, 2003

Constant dizziness of various degrees,
Dizziness that is inside and cervical vertigo
I also experience postural hypo tension-which means I get very dizzy and almost pass out or black out when standing or moving too fast…
Also…..
Severe headaches and recently they have progressed to migraines and the pain in my neck and c-spine is really painful and bad. I get numbness in my hands when I type on my keyboard at my PC or life my arms even slightly above my shoulders or at shoulder height to do stuff.

I have days it hurts so bad I cannot sit and do work or drive or anything without using my hand to hold up my ‘aching’ neck area

The pain transfer upward and I feel a pressure on the base of my head and

The pain and pressure on my eyes is constant and it is always a little fuzzy and as I move my head in normal activity I have to wait a few milliseconds then I can focus and look at things, like read, see someone’s face in a conversation, look at tv or anything.

I was injured in an auto accident on 12-08-01, I was driving a 1968 Ford Mustang with no head riser, but my seatbelt was on. The other drive hit me at full force, no sound of breaks screeching that would have indicated a driver aware enough to try and stop.

The accident report says she was traveling at a speed of 25 mph, but I know that was not true. I was going 20mph, she hit me while I was still moving and I saw her head lights in my rearview mirror when I last looked and she was gaining on me.

The force of the impact caused $5,500 worth of damage. Luckily, she was insured and my car at least was fixed. That was a battle with Allstate. The force of the impact broken my differential, broken my engine mounts and caused the battery to break and hit the roof of my hood and fall on the engine and spray batter acid over the engine parts.

I have had 18 months of Physical Therapy and it has only helped a little and sometimes helps to keep the pain and other symptoms at bay.

I have consistently report dizziness and pain and limited motion of my neck when I move my body and try to do ordinary daily life functions, like taking a shower, bending down to pick up things or vacuum or tie my shoes or I get dizzy on the entrance ramp to the free way or making turns in my car. I do get numbness in my hands and arms when I type on the keybd of my PC (part of my job and when lifting my arms above my head for a few seconds and other simple tasks or movements)

The general consensus of the medical community and of course the Insurance industry says, “ I should be healed by now”. I think they are over-looking serious symptoms and I have taken the research of any and ALL possibilities of my symptoms and limitations upon myself.
I have had MRI’s and they are normal, (except that my neck lost its natural curve and it totally,; unnaturally straight now) I have had xrays and they are normal. I got so frustrated with the lack of results and tired of explaining myself that I kept my pain to myself.

Last week, I lost a week of work and finally the truth is on the table. I have been given more aggressive pain meds now (Vicodin) and I have been on Flexoril and Vioxx for 20 months and I have taken Temazepam on and off for the Sleep Disorder I have developed since the accident and now since April, I am taking Effexor, prescribed for the Cognitive and memory problems by my Neurologist.

I am currently still treating with my regular primary doctor, my Neurologist and my Physical Therapist.

Honesty, with what I have experienced and learned with this kind of injury and how the medical and Insurance communities treat and approach this, I have learned that the root cause of cervical vertigo and whiplash and the Neurological disorders that develop need to be taken more seriously and investigated and given more humanity and respect by the Insurance communities and Medical providers as well.

Too many times I get the feeling I am being ‘blown off’ very nicely or just pacified to some degree by some of the providers I have been seen by, ie; I have also been seen by a Physiatrist and an ENT and both were really no help.

I have been thinking in the past week, perhaps I could contact Erin Brokovich and if any of you are remotely interested in contacting me and helping me build a case study of our symptoms please do contact me at lotusnet@yahoo.com

I think that the Vertigo and other neurological symptoms and possible problems with blood flow and arteries are being over looked in the case of whiplash injuries and closed head concussion injuries. (which I had both injuries)

So basically, I am treating the symptoms not the root cause and take 5 medications to manage the pain and cognitive deficits and sleep disorder.

I am going to assert with my doctors to give me the Ultrasound test to check blood flow and circulation in my neck and back and head and another x-ray or MRI with dye.

I will post more news as I get it. I am from the Bay Area in California.

Sincerely,

chris
lotusnet@yahoo.com

I am in the same situation. At 32 years old the vertigo hit me like a ton of bricks. I had every test under the sun, NOTHING IS WRONG. The only test that showed something was the rotary chair (Vestibular test) I had down beating. Nothing to severe I guess, still no diagnosis. I am now 40, I have narrowed it down to my neck. I don't have vertigo anymore I get dizzy spells. If i look up for too long or down I will get dizzy. I believe they are some kind of spasms cutting off my circulation some where in my neck and causing all this. When i get these spells, If I try to relax with heat around my neck the spells seem to subside. I have developed anxiety. Yes i have been on every anti-anxiety med and I still get the dizzy, off balance feeling. Please if any one knows if muscle spasms and tenseness can cause these symptoms, please reply. This malfunction has taken to much of my life away.

Alright, We all have the same things going on here, we all have been through numerous testing and still nothing is being found. I know there is something wrong with us and the only way we are going to find out is to put our heads together and figure this out for ourselves. No I am not a Dr. we all should be by now considering all we have been through. These spells that I get come on any time any place, I even went out and got a blood pressure machine and a sugar machine, its not that. I think we are getting some kind of spasms in out shoulders or neck muscles. I know my shoulders are always tight and tense. Does any one know if a pinched nerve can cause the same symptoms of a sugar or blood drop? I am going for my 3rd MRA and MRI I am getting tired of this crap. All I know is if I take a Valium at the time of onset, it seems to subside. I know the difference between an anxiety attack and what ever is going on. The anxiety comes after the off balance, dizzy, passing out feeling, sometimes. I know someone out there has the answer we are looking for, we need to pull together on this.

To all of you poor people I have had the good fortune to stumble upon, I can say that I totally relate to ALL of what you have been going through. I am a 33 year old female with all of the same symptoms and no answers!!!! I too had a neck injury over a year ago, actually it was a "bulging" of c5-c6 with no herniation, I had such severe pain and numbness in my right arm following shoveling snow which led me to md and subsequently to mri, pt for 6 weeks, etc. The symptoms got better following this along with 2 courses of prednisone and motrin(HARD on the stomach) but now am experiencing tingling in hand, sometimes both, strange sensations running over my upper back(suspect nerve damage there) as well as visual disturbances, pain, stiffness to back of neck and head, and such waves of vertigo that I feel like I am going to topple over at times, these attacks can occur with no warning or I find they are triggered when I am trying to walk down hallways, or walking the dog or just sitting, it seems like my vision or where I am trying to focus on is whats causing this but cant help but think that my neck is the culprit. Can tell you that my neck feels like a vice is clamping it right now and have a tension type headache and as I am typing this I am having waves of vertigo, feels like the chair is dropping out from under me for a second!!!! I am an RN and sometimes wonder if knowing too much is playing a part in this, but can tell you that all of these symptoms are very real and very troublesome. Oh, one other thing, I too feel like my ears are plugged up and have crackling in them and sounds like the bones in my neck are grating together at times too. Any advice??? Work 16 hour shifts and do alot of lifting etc. Feel too young for this!!!! Thanks for listening.