Posted on 10/21/2013 10:13:52 AM PDT by Idaho_Cowboy
Not being able to follow conversation in background noise is part of it and even worse if the background noise is others talking.
Some of it maybe a lot of it has to do with the fact when Vestibular Damage occurs the ability to multitask or follow several processes at once decreases in proportion to the level of damage or Vestibular dysfunction. See if this makes sense. COGNITIVE ASPECTS OF VESTIBULAR DISORDERS
The survival portion of the brain the primitive part that demands you respond to danger can trigger Panic Attacks or even Phobic behavior. Let's take the fear of heights. True Phobia? Likely not here's why. The brain is constantly running it's own checks and it knows your limitations. Persons with Vestibular Damage often also have balance and coordination issues.
Here's an example. If you lets say go up on a roof the uneasy feeling sets in. That is your brain telling you hey you are in danger. The brain much like a computers processor also has a limit as too how much data or how many task it can process at one time without a crash or freezing up. The crash can be a Panic Attack or one worse.
The crash can also possibly cause you to go into what I can only describe as about a 30-60 minute fog where reality or sense of where you are, why you are there, how you got there, how long you've been there, etc takes a short vacation. First time it happened I thought I was having a stroke. It can happen lets say driving down a road you know real well. The onset is sudden and can last seconds or one I had lasted a couple of days. It's sensory overload. The processor is damaged LOL. The brain has to do Diskcheck and reboot.
I had an inflamed nerve in my foot and the doctor gave me a prescription for Motrin.
It didn’t bother me when I took it, but when it wore off I had complete amnesia for about an hour. Couldn’t read or even recognize numbers. No clue who I was or were I was supposed to be. Weirdest feeling I’ve ever had and one I never want again. So I know where your coming from.
Possibly the Motrin. Or possibly a partial sensory processing shutdown that just happened same time you took the Motrin. Stress can set this type of thing off BTW :>} Or for that matter so can being suddenly relieved of stress. Just curious do you wear shoes out pretty fast by breaking over the sides?
It was definitely the Motrin.
I would start getting forgetful about 1-2 hours before it wore off, and I didn’t make the connection, I naturally forget crap anyway, and because I always took it at the same time every day. 5:00AM and again at 5:00PM and it would go away.
I missed taking it at 5:00PM one day and about 6:00PM when I got back in town I was lost. No clue who or where I was for about an hour, then it started coming back.
I never panicked and didn’t even get real excited about it. I had a sense I was supposed to be there, I just didn’t know why. I drove around, I could still drive, thinking I would eventually recognize something to tell me where I was.
Finally I started recognizing things and I found my way home.
Needless to say I didn’t take any more of the Motrin.
I haven’t had The Fog in years. First attack of it 19 years ago I was on the interstate. I finally learned how to head off getting to that point.
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