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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.

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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.

There is no way to predict how much those scans would cost without talking to the hospitals involved. They vary massively from locale to locale.

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Default Dec 03, 2019 at 06:16 PM
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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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