Yup me too!
It is the barometric pressure fluctuations that do it. Thus we in the AN world here have been calling it “barometer head.†If your sinuses are blocked (even silently as can be the case with the
maxillary sinus) than this will create "wonky head".
Assume that you DO have allergies- even if the nose does not run. It could be other sinus cavities that are are full- such as the maxillary. Treat yourself as you do have allergies and try to remove the allergens. I bought all the allergy prevention bedding for dust mites (even with the best housekeepers - dust mites live everywhere) at Bed Bath and Beyond (“
Beyond†means
beyond a reasonable price
) and also bought a hepa filter for my bedroom and for my one child- who also has allergies. Washing your hair before bed will make a difference too- or taking a complete bath/shower to wash away any allergens. I also take an antihistamine before bed. My problem is the maxillary sinus fills up at night thus giving me wonky head on the morning.
Silent Sinus Syndrome defined
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_sinus_syndromeSO far I have been able to function without sinus surgery… and the symptoms have gone away.
Know the only time I get a wonky head
now is when I try to understand the new health bill tease
LOL
… (Don’t respond to that silly comment of mine here. There is a whole other heated thread happening on the AN community for THAT one already.
)
I believe that also because our Dura fluid was
messed with by the tumor, or tumor treatment, that our fluid levels may be
off (the norm)… thus making us extra sensitive to quick changing barometric pressures that weather systems have.
I also found when I make quick elevation changes is when my wonky head happens too. Last summer we went frorm sea level to the top of Crater Lake in one day … and down again. I was a
brain wreck.
I also think that because of all this AN tuma stuff we also may be more prone to altitude sickness than the “normal†person is. (Whatever defines “normal?â€
)?… I did rock and ice climb (frozen water falls in Canada) in my youth. (However not since I became a parent 16 years ago though)… Back then I noticed it took me longer to adjust to elevation changes than others climbers, on my teams, did. Now I am middle aged I am putting that puzzle piece together to understand the big picture. I have not tried down hill skiing, since treatment, so I am not sure what I would be like going up and down a mountain rapidly will do.
Wonky Heads unite!
… in middle age.
DHM
