Living with Headache

In 1990, I had an MRI after suffering severe dizziness vomiting, and headache and severe and chronic neck pain. I was in the middle of playing tennis at the time. The 1st Neurologist said I had had a Brainstem Stroke. He soon retired after that and my PCP did not think it had been a stroke after looking over the records. He did not know what it was, though. I have not been able to get my records from that time period, but have continued to have progressive problems with balance, migraines insomnia, dizziness and sweating at odd times. It is still a mystery to me what is wrong but I have had to quit working. In the meantime, no doctor found evidence of a problem. Recently, I had another MRI and will soon see a Neurologist about it. My doctor said it was not a stroke but a large amount of white matter was around my brainstem. I have to wait a month to see the Neurologist. I have been diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue, Fibromyalgia, Atypical Meniere’s Disease, Migraines, etc. I am so confused and hope there is a professional out there that can solve the mystery.

Another weird thing which I only found out about a few years ago from my mother, is that when I was an infant my dad would come home from work and lay me beside him on the bed. He had Narcolepsy and would lose consciousness and mother would hear me crying and find me on the floor, after falling off the bed. I don’t know how many times this happened but I wonder if it could have had an effect. My parents, believe it or not, are both college educated people with IQs over 60. It seems strange to me that they would keep letting me fall off the bed after the first incident.