Need Advice About Condition Posted: 04-30-05 19:35pm
Hi everyone
everytime there is noise coming from
different directions such as restaurants,
and other small rooms full of people
talking I get the following symptioms:
- very hard to concentrate, very hard to
hear the person talking infront of me
- sometimes headaches (the harder I try to
concentrate the worse it gets)
- very had to speak (maybe related to low
concentration)
- sometimes nausia but rarely.
Can anyone thi nk of what this could be?
I've search the net but can't really
pinpoint. If people could point me in the
right direction that would be great.
I've had this condition for about 5 years,
I am 25 now, i've tried to ignore it but
it really prevents me from socializing
sometimes.
I plan to see a neurologist soon.
Thanks in advance
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MNS
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Joined: 12 May 2005 Posts: 4 Location: Ontario, Canada
I Know What You Mean! Posted: 05-12-05 18:50pm
I have had the same condition all of my
life. My mother was the same. Do you
have migraine headaches, and if so, do
they start during the night with the
aura?
It does not appear to be a life
threatening condition. My mother lived
to a great age and I am well out of middle
age.
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restless1980
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Joined: 30 Apr 2005 Posts: 2
Posted: 05-13-05 04:50am
Hi mns
yeh I do get headaches sometimes but never
at night, just during the day especially
with an increase in noise, although it can
happen without the noise
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MNS
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Joined: 12 May 2005 Posts: 4 Location: Ontario, Canada
Way Back When I Was Your Age. Posted: 05-13-05 10:50am
When I said that my headaches started at
night I should have explained a bit more.
My headaches all start with a dull head
feeling that is difficult to describe. I
either woke during the night or in the
morning with this strange feeling. As
the day progressed the pain started and
grew worse, lasting for about 18 hours.
The pain was usually accompanied with
nausea, difficulty concentrating and
irritability to mention just a few of the
free added extras.
When I reached the age of sixty my fine
hockey player body had been subjected to
the ravages of furniture disease (chest
slips into the drawers) and I was
diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea
(osa) which was treated with cpap
(constant positive airway pressure).
This cpap treatment solved the problem for
me.
What I found out after all these years is
simply that I was not getting enough
oxygen at night and the condition was only
diagnosed when the problem was compounded
by the osa. The myth about osa is that
only obese people have the problem. That
is not true because I am 6' 2" and only
186 lbs. My osa was not an issue when I
was younger but because of the oxygen
desaturation levels I had difficulty
staying on task when there were
distractions. I could not concentrate on
my work if I could hear a radio or see
something moving or hear people talking
and it was very tiring and irritating.
Even with my five kids and my 13
grandchildren around I would periodically
need to go to a quiet room by myself for
20 minutes to kind of recover. The
problem we share in common is gone in
large part for me. People have seen a
change in my social behaviour and I enjoy
such activity more. When this condition
was bothering me I only liked to socialize
with another couple or two at one time.
I hated crowds and restaurants and was
only happy at work when I had a closed in
office with a solid door and no windows.
You are right in going to the doc. And I
hope his solution is not simply to push a
pill on you. They gave me pills
(bellergal spacetabs) that did nothing but
make me stupid.
You could rent a reporting oximeter for
about $100-$120 for a month to check your
oxygen levels at night.
Good luck, I hope you find out what works
for you. I would also be interested in
how you make out.
