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Could a bad epidural have any thing to do with this?

Could a bad epidural have any thing to do with this?

I am a pretty healthy 23 year old. I had a baby in Dec of 2008 and had an epidural that went terribly wrong. They poked me about 10 times, it didn't work and I ended up having a spinal head ache for a week...and I had to get a blood patch done to fill the gaping hole in my spinal cord. Ever since then I have been expierencing dizziness, blurred vision, feeling like I'm having a head rush all the time, pressure in my head and ears, feeling disconnected, pain in my neck that causes terribe tension headaches that las for days, numbness and tingling in my hands and feet,  have been seeing spot in my eyes, feeling like I am looking at things through a fish bowl, and had one episode of double vision. I have been to and eye doctor who said that the double vision was from one of my eyes being strained because it is higher than the other. So she gave me a new script for glasses with prizm in them, and it has seemed to help the strain. I have also seen an ENT for the pressure in my head and nothing. I have never had allergies before all of this happening but thats what they ended up treating me for. I am at a loss, everytime I see my doc for my headaches and above symptoms and ask if it could have anything to do with the epidural she just looks at me and says no. I am terrified that it could be a tumor or something. I had a CT done in March when the double vision occured but they didn't see anything. I also have to add that I was at Urgent care yesterday (for a tension headache I had for 4 days) and the doctor was looking at my eyes and noticed that my left pupil was smaller than the right, not by very much but you can tell. He didn't say anything about it but now its worrying me. So to sum everything up I am just curious if this all could be related to the epidural, and if it is...or if its not where do I go from here? I don't want my doctor to think I am a crazy person! Please help! Thanks :)
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