Researcher,
Like the roaring tinnitus and facial numbness, I've learned to live with it. No meds. I have double vision as well, especially when I turn my head to the left (my AN side). I compensate for these difficulties by keeping in shape. I've been an avid runner since 1995. I went into the illness being in top condition (running 5 miles a day through the woods on trails and weight lifting), which helped me through the surgeries I had. I kept running until I literally couldn't put one foot in front of the other. The AN slowed me down for a couple of years. Since 2012, I've been jogging 4 miles every night year round (weather permitting) and am now doing 300-400 pull-ups a day. Winter is my favorite time to run, 3 to 4 am when no one is around. In fact, it's time for me to go right now! (3:43 am). The cold weather keeps any potential pain-in-ass miscreants dormant like insects.
So, from the neck down, I'm good to go. From from the neck up, I'm a freaking "head wreck". Sounds like a good user name. I should change mine from Crazycat to Headwreck. Headwreck The Great.
Oh, did I mention that I'm also a musician? Lots of stories. Call me Ludwig Von Crazycat, which goes well with the one-eared Van Gogh avatar pic.
Later.....
