HELP!? PLEASE!

[cnote]

Even though I suffer from anxiety... this is off subject... but not really b/c it will help me from going to anxiety I feel.

I went on a raft trip with my buddy today. It was a four hour float trip... it was a slow moving river with no rapids or anything... but some small fishing boats would go by and we of course would feel the wake! It would rock the boat...

Well right now... 7 hours later... I tried laying down... and I'm feeling like I'm on THE RAFT and a boat just passed by!

HOW DO I STOP THIS FEELING!? ANY HINTS? SUGGESTIONS?

I WONT BE ABLE TO FALL ALSEEP AND ITS STARTING TO MAKE ME ANXIOUS AND SCARED FEELING!

I know I'll be fine... but I'm not going to bed til it ends.

I'm really tired too from being out in the sun.

-THANKS GUYS! ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED!-

[twintwo]

A close neighbor just sent me this info about Janet Jackson, as Janet's recent vertigo symptoms/dizziness that caused her to cancel appearances do sound similar to mine.  

http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=6043241    click on this link - it associates these symptoms with migraine pressure without headache pain.  

I don't have the spinning vertigo as others describe, mine is a constant feeling of motion and is constant and occurs every day - for more than a year now.  Janet J's vertigo symptoms of feeling as if she's on a boat - or floating - mirrors my experience.   I also often have intense pressure in my head/ears/sinus but I would never have thought this pressure was a headache or migraine related as this article explains.  I know how a typical migraine affected my mother - her pain was so severe - I very rarely get a headache and avoid medication of any type.  Until I became dizzy I only saw my doctor at my yearly physical.

I just returned from a week long process workshop in Mesa AZ and each day was torturous.  I tried not to panic when the motion I felt sitting in a conference room all week just would not ease up.  I could really feel every "bob and dip" movement - fortunately I was able to get up often to take breaks.  I'm curious to find out how Janet Jackson's symptoms have been treated.  The article doesn't say if she's back on tour yet.

I have never heard of - and not one of the doctors I've seen have ever mentioned - " Mal de Debarquement or Floating Woman Syndrome" - I'm printing this article about Janet Jackson to take to my PCP, EN&T, and Naturepath.

I'm hoping this dizziness is just hormonal and related to the onset of menopause.  I've been battling this for a year now and I hope to find out how Janet Jackson was treated - I do feel hopeful!  I also just bought Suzanne Sommers book "Breakthrough" to read on the plane.  Very interesting and insightful.  She confirms the aspects of poor "gut / intestinal / digestive track" health as the root of all health problems.  Her book is getting good reviews.  I will share more as delve deeper into her book.

At the advice of the Naturepath I've been working with, I've been off of wheat and gluten for more than a month.  Unfortunately I had very painful inflammation of my mouth tissue two weeks ago, so she recommend removing processed sugar from my diet as well, to speed the healing process of having thrush/candida. I've never had that before - I thought it was a condition that just affected children - my mouth is fine now.  She said to keep up these diet constraints until she sees that my compromised immune system has improved.

Celiac Sprue runs in my family (cousins) and recent blood work showed I had sensitivity to wheat, almonds, dairy, pineapple and kidney beans.  With supplementing Vitamin D, my levels have been elevated to 23 - I was at 15 or 16.  I take 2000 units each day and try my best to get a little sun each day - not easy to do in this Seattle weather.   I'm hoping these diet adjustments will help lower my high thyroid antibodies as my Naturepath explained poor nutritional / gut health causes autoimmune problems. I'm off of Thyroid hormone as I reacted badly to the low amounts of Synthroid my PCP prescribed.   In a few months I return for more blood work to check levels.

Even with diet changes I'm still dizzy each and every day, still have tinnitus buzzing in my left ear for more than 4 years now and head pressure.  I've been to the ER twice because of chest pains and  followups with a cardiologist. EKG, Echo, stress test all fine.  I've been to an EN&T - don't have Menieres.  Had Full Vestibular Assessment test at the U of W.  Three out of the six tests showed abnormalities but no doctor can seem to find out why I'm constantly dizzy.   Had MRI to rule out abnormalities or lesions on my brain.  I'm hopeful to find out how Janet Jackson's dizziness has been treated.

Hope all are doing better, I welcome any thoughts you may have.

[scaredjo]

haha sorry for laughing it just brought back memories, in turkey i went on a boat trip for the day when we got back i felt i was rocking all the time it was so weird. time and patience thats all you have on your side good luck

[cnote]

Thanks guys. I know its just motion sickness.... but I was just wondering if there were any home remedies that could help the "boat rocking" sensation?

I took some deprophine? or something like that. It's an motion sickness pill. Hasnt helped too much. We'll see what it does in a bit.

I know once I fall asleep I'll be fine tomorrow. It just *****. lol.

PEACE OUT!

[cj29]

I am not really sure if I can be of much help, but when my wife and I got back from a two week cruise earlier this year, I had a hard time adjusting to land.  I felt as if I was rocking back and forth for a day or so, and it did bother me.  I think it will work itself out with a little paitience.

[daffysoundz]

have you ever been on a boat before, if not well let me tell you it not your anxiety.
ive been on a boat before and trust me after the trip i still felt like i was on the boat, even the guys out here that goes fishing almost everynight says the same thing dont worry about it. i know you were feeling better now that you were on your meds so dont let something like this get you down