Docs visit..negative

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I finally convinced myself to go and see the doctors. I told the doctor

that I have a 2 and 3 yr old with chiari ..one with a syrinx and one not. I

told him that My symptoms was a lack of memory for time to time...even

when forgetting when I drive. My balance...wow..the last week has been

awful I have to hold on to or be near things to hold on to keep me standing.

Migraines for years. high blood pressure...adema of the legs that wouldn't

go away with water pills and so on and so forth....the doctor told me that I

needed to see a psychiartricts (sp) due to the amount of stress that I have

been under...my mom who is 53 keeps having multiple heart attacks the last

few weeks. I asked it if it could be chiari and he said he doubted it but

ordered an MRI for this Monday...If it comes up to show positive for chiari

I am going to make a follow up appointment with this doctor and

pscarasticallly say to this doc " its all mental though " and remind him that

he needs to listen to his patients or he sould move to a different

profession. sorry about the venting but I hate docs like that ...I wonder

how many more patients he don't believe...he did give me a medicine called

antivert...for my balance....it has done nothing as of yet. Have a great

day. hope it is warm and painless.

Heidi in louisiana

Re: Children with ACM/Debbie

> >Zoloft for 3 years. She's dyslexic and she began to fall apart

> >emotionally in third grade when the school and teacher were >horrible to

> her. (story for another forum).

> > Does anyone on this list have a child with ACM I that can tell >me their

> experiences? Is depression common and could it all be >because of ACM?

>

> Debbie, hi, I think depression is a part of it, I have ACM and so does my

> kids, my daughter was worst through her teen years and spent allot of time

> in bed with fatigue and I think she was depressed.

>

> With your daughter with being dyslexic I can amagine that being frustering

> enough without feeling bad on top of it. I have never been on Zoloft but

> from what some have said it will make you tired. My daughters eye sight

was

> alight but she did have unequal pupil sometimes.

>

> Oh I hope now that you have a DX for her, the school will help, like you

> said LONG story and I think most of us have had a bad taste in our mouths

> where the school system is concerned. I do have to say though, with the

> changing times, with my son in 1st grade things are totally different, I

> don't know if I have been lucky and just got great teachers, or that they

> are working more with parents now. (think it is great teachers take

care

>

> This a very frustering illness, for adults, I know it must be more with a

> child, they just really don't understand what is going on with them. I

think

> you are doing great with searching for answers. There are allot if us here

> with ACM/SM children, I hope we can help.

>

> pamH

> Southern Alabama

> (hey the weather is great for once

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