I had a long post all typed out about a swoosh while pacing the mall today, and our interweb died and took the post with it. So, needless to say, I had a swoosh at the mall. Whee! I am not re-typing the details, well, maybe I will, in a few minutes... but... for now:
DH says, "That's scary."
I say, "But, I have been dealing with that for two years - is it only scary now because there's a label for it?"
What is more frightening? My symptoms for those "swooshy" or complex partial seizure episodes and hypoglycemia episodes are nearly identical, and until a needle is in my finger - we have no idea what the hell is going on.
Today - I was standing in the Apple store, jabbing myself, only to see that my glucose was perfect, but I couldn't hold a coherent thought or stay still.
(I went to my primary care physician presenting with these exact symptoms, describing very clearly what I felt - and she told me I was nuts.)
A year later - with no diagnosis - or six diagnoses depending on how you want to look at it.
Since going to the PCP with a complaint of feeling like I had "hypoglycemia," short term memory loss, spells of word-recall problems, near-passing out, and "swooshes," etc. I have been diagnosed with:
- 296.7 Bipolar I Disorder
- 300.02 Generalized Anxiety Disorder
- 300.3 OCD
- 294.9 Cognitive Disorder, NOS: Memory Functioning Deficiency
- Reactive Hypoglycemia + Hypoglycemia Unawareness
- Seizure Disorder
I guarantee the list grows, too, before it gets figured out or "cured." (I still sorta giggle at the psych results, because - I had low blood sugar during the freaking test.)
I had a long post all typed out about a swoosh while pacing the mall today, and our interweb died and took the post with it. So, needless to say, I had a swoosh at the mall. Whee! I am not re-typing the details, well, maybe I will, in a few minutes... but... for now:
DH says, "That's scary."
I say, "But, I have been dealing with that for two years - is it only scary now because there's a label for it?"
What is more frightening? My symptoms for those "swooshy" or complex partial seizure episodes and hypoglycemia episodes are nearly identical, and until a needle is in my finger - we have no idea what the hell is going on.
Today - I was standing in the Apple store, jabbing myself, only to see that my glucose was perfect, but I couldn't hold a coherent thought or stay still.
(I went to my primary care physician presenting with these exact symptoms, describing very clearly what I felt - and she told me I was nuts.)
A year later - with no diagnosis - or six diagnoses depending on how you want to look at it.
Since going to the PCP with a complaint of feeling like I had "hypoglycemia," short term memory loss, spells of word-recall problems, near-passing out, and "swooshes," etc. I have been diagnosed with:
I guarantee the list grows, too, before it gets figured out or "cured." (I still sorta giggle at the psych results, because - I had low blood sugar during the freaking test.)