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My brain feels weird. It happens every few days, usually it lasts for a few hours. I get dizzy, foggy headed, balance issues and then it goes away and I feel fine. I've been to the doctor and had blood tests, an EKG and everything is fine. I don't have insurance. Does anyone know how much an MRI or cat scan costs? I think my brain is being ruined or something and I don't know what to do.
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I'm sorry I don't know how much an MRI costs. But I wondered if you've been thoroughly checked out (preferably by an ENT) for inner ear problems. I have Meniere's disease & tinnitus. And I experience what you describe. None of the tests you describe would pick this, or something like it, up I don't believe.
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Thanks for your reply. I didn't realize it could be inner ear problem.
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Yes, of course I don't really have any idea what might be going on with you. But I experience all of the things you listed in your post & I have Meniere's & tinnitus. I've sometimes described the way I feel as being a "head in a fish bowl" effect.
I went to see a physician where I live who happens to have tinnitus himself & is something of an expert on the subject. Staff at the ENT practice ran me through a whole battery of tests of balance & coordination as well as hearing & diagnosed me as having Meniere's disease. (Actually "disease" is sort-of a misnomer. It's not really a disease in the sense we typically think of disease. It's more of a "condition".) I was fortunate to have health insurance. I would imagine the evaluation I had would have been costly out-of-pocket. Best wishes... __________________ "I may be older but I am not wise / I'm still a child's grown-up disguise / and I never can tell you what you want to know / You will find out as you go." (from: "A Nightengale's Lullaby" - Julie Last) |
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I was also sort of wondering about vertigo, which I have. Sometimes, it is just a balance, dizziness thing and not the full-blown spinning. Had it last night while in bed. So. I agree with the good advice above, see if you can see an ENT person.
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You still have time until dec 15 to sign up for ACA also known as Obamacare....might be cheaper than the scan if you cancel after getting it done and get a low deductible plan. Anyway CT I had done some time ago and had cerebellum damage following the chicken pox.....similar balance issues. Could be anything.
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