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Dizziness

Busy Mum of 3

My 12 year old son has recently been diagnosed with Aspergers after battling with GP's for 2 years.

For the past year he has been suffering on occassions with dizziness. Each episode is getting worse. The last time he ended up in hospital as he started vomitting and they couldn't find the problem. He has had an MRI, electrodes etc but everything comes back clear. I hate seeing him so distressed and it's starting to play on his mind the whole time when it could happen next.

He is currently on holiday with my parents so we could have a break. He phoned this morning to say his dizziness has returned and is so distressed and several hundred miles from home !!

Is this a problem linked with his Aspergers? The doctors seem confused which is honestly not helping anyone let alone filling us with confindence - NOT......

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  • Stress can make me feel very spaced out sometimes, but am wary of attributing everything to it, as so many physical things can also cause it - inner ear infections, low blood sugar/blood pressure, food allergies, electrolyte imbalance, anaemia etc. 

    The worst dizziness I ever experienced has been from the SSRI antidepressant Seroxat (which really should be banned IMO) and another time, a reaction to turpentine I used at college. Felt like I had stepped off a fairground ride, and could hardly stand up. 

    Longman - interesting point about vestibular sensitivity, I get bad motion sickness and hated car journeys as a child. 

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  • Stress can make me feel very spaced out sometimes, but am wary of attributing everything to it, as so many physical things can also cause it - inner ear infections, low blood sugar/blood pressure, food allergies, electrolyte imbalance, anaemia etc. 

    The worst dizziness I ever experienced has been from the SSRI antidepressant Seroxat (which really should be banned IMO) and another time, a reaction to turpentine I used at college. Felt like I had stepped off a fairground ride, and could hardly stand up. 

    Longman - interesting point about vestibular sensitivity, I get bad motion sickness and hated car journeys as a child. 

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