Possibilities that occurred:
- car accident (diagnosed with severe whiplash and possible head injury- didnt hit head tho)
- tb testing (for volunteer position)
- tfcc tear in wrist
Very healthy one day and the next vertigo, numbness and tingling, headaches, feeling faint, constipation, night sweats, cold and heat intolerance, ear symptoms, blurry vision, some months don't get menstrual cycle (use to always be regular) and so on...
Had MRI's, MRA, Ct scan (head, chest and abdominal), spinal tap, seen ear nose and throat specialist, gastro, endo, rheumatologist (a few), MS specialist, Neurologist, Allergist etc...
MRI (all three came back with demyelinating disease) but spinal and all other tests came back negative for MS. They speculated from initial tests possible sjogren's, vasculitis, ms...but repeated tests a few months later on antibodies that no vascular disease. Seen a doc who says that I may have dysautonomia and regional pain disorder (from wrist injury). This all started two weeks after my car accident so I never thought it could be related. With new MS research speculations that may be caused by narrowing of jugular vein thus restricting blood flow and with dysautonomia the sympathetic and parasympathetic nerves are damaged- could this be the cause for possible brain injury and dysautonomia from trauma to the neck? I just want to live again ;( I have gone all organic, only eat fresh fruit, vegetables, hormone free meats, filtered water, no alcohol, drink plenty of fluids, take omega, magnesium, vitamin c and d and q10 supplements, exercise regularly (despite world spinning sometimes)- you name it, I have done it in my quest to find a way to be the way I once was. My question- can a severe whiplash cause dysautonomia? I need to understand what is happening to me...It is not stress, I have a psychology degree (I am pretty in tune with myself) and would be happy if I did not experience this unpredictable symptoms that can often be debilitating.