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My daughter's Constant headaches and nausea
Mon, 01/03/2011 - 18:36Comments
Re: My daughter's Constant headaches and nausea
Submitted by T Davis on Wed, 2011-01-12 - 00:57
Can you please give a little more detail of this Arnold Chiari Malformation? I've had Epilpesy since I was in high school, but it has progressed over the years and recently horrible. In the last 30 days I've probably only had 10 that I'm aware of, but better than where I was, 35 to 40 a month. Absolutely insane. Anyway, I too suffer from migraines, extreme nausea and flu like sypmptoms when I begin a series of seizures, which usually will last over a two to five day period. Dr.'s told me they were warning signs; prodromal symptoms. My body was actually telling me what was about to happen. (Both my Neuro. and my Internal Med. Dr. have told me this.) Now getting better, but completely had me incapable of doing anything for almost a year.
There are some homeopathic treatments I use that helps. I would be happy to chat with you if you like. My email is cmtl3223@yahoo.com. I will also say that I too have found a link with hormones and siezure activity. I kept a journal for over a year that really helped me begin to put some of these pieces together.
I hope your able to find something that helps her.
Can you please give a little more detail of this Arnold Chiari Malformation? I've had Epilpesy since I was in high school, but it has progressed over the years and recently horrible. In the last 30 days I've probably only had 10 that I'm aware of, but better than where I was, 35 to 40 a month. Absolutely insane. Anyway, I too suffer from migraines, extreme nausea and flu like sypmptoms when I begin a series of seizures, which usually will last over a two to five day period. Dr.'s told me they were warning signs; prodromal symptoms. My body was actually telling me what was about to happen. (Both my Neuro. and my Internal Med. Dr. have told me this.) Now getting better, but completely had me incapable of doing anything for almost a year.
There are some homeopathic treatments I use that helps. I would be happy to chat with you if you like. My email is cmtl3223@yahoo.com. I will also say that I too have found a link with hormones and siezure activity. I kept a journal for over a year that really helped me begin to put some of these pieces together.
I hope your able to find something that helps her.
Re: My daughter's Constant headaches and nausea
Submitted by noreale on Wed, 2011-01-12 - 08:45
It would be far better for you to check out Chiari on the net or to talk to your neurologist about it mine was level III with hydrosyphylous (SP) and that is the worst so I don't want to give you what I went through and have you worried to pieces. So read up on the net and talk to your Doc's let them do some testing and diagnosising I just thru it out there because it is rare and not alot people know to even ask, ya know what I mean, when it is the headaches like that and I know how it can be. Some do some of your own checking and I don't mind answering a question here and there about my experience but I am not a doc and you need to talk with them.
Gods Grace
It would be far better for you to check out Chiari on the net or to talk to your neurologist about it mine was level III with hydrosyphylous (SP) and that is the worst so I don't want to give you what I went through and have you worried to pieces. So read up on the net and talk to your Doc's let them do some testing and diagnosising I just thru it out there because it is rare and not alot people know to even ask, ya know what I mean, when it is the headaches like that and I know how it can be. Some do some of your own checking and I don't mind answering a question here and there about my experience but I am not a doc and you need to talk with them.
Gods Grace
Re: My daughter's Constant headaches and nausea
Submitted by noreale on Tue, 2011-01-04 - 00:32
I had this problem for about a year and was told it was stress, tension all in my mind then finally I went to a new neurologist and she said I don't want it to be this but I am going to test for it and found out I had something called Arnold Chiari Malformation. It is mostly in infants and kind of a rare disorder but it was found in me when I was 37 or 36 which made it even more strange. if the Doc hasn't checked perhaps you could ask about it. just a suggestion.
Be Blessed and Good Luck in finding out what to do
I had this problem for about a year and was told it was stress, tension all in my mind then finally I went to a new neurologist and she said I don't want it to be this but I am going to test for it and found out I had something called Arnold Chiari Malformation. It is mostly in infants and kind of a rare disorder but it was found in me when I was 37 or 36 which made it even more strange. if the Doc hasn't checked perhaps you could ask about it. just a suggestion.
Be Blessed and Good Luck in finding out what to do