It's probably a minor thing, who knows? But Ricky's dizziness has continued. He has had this going on for at least a year and no one has been able to figure out why. He gets so dizzy that he has to sit down. Sometimes it's accompanied by a headache. Sitting down and putting his head down sometimes helps it; sometimes it doesn't. He has had every possible blood test from the pulmonlogist, gastroenterologist, psychiatrist, and endocrinologist. When he was inpatient, they fiddled with some of his meds. The latest thing is that the neurologist upped his seizure med just in case these "spells" were complex partial seizures.
But nothing has worked. The med changes have not accomplished anything. I'm starting to wonder if he's having vestibular issues from the TOBI (inhaled antibiotic) that he takes. To me, the spells he is having don't sound like vertigo or vestibular issues, but it's hard to tell because maybe he's just not describing them accurately. I often test his blood sugar when this happens. Once or twice his blood sugar has been low, but usually it's spot-on normal.
We are seeing the psychiatrist on Monday, and the ophthamologist on Wednesday. I'll bring it up to both of them. Next step will be the pulmonologist again to see if she has any ideas. It's starting to scare me, and it definitely bothers him.
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