Okay, I have some major issues to discuss regarding my hearing loss and would appreciate anyone with similar experiences or information to help me out as I have seen many different doctors and specialists (neurologists, ear-nose doctors, audiologists etc...) regarding this problem and have received no answers.
Basically at least once a day (sometimes up to 5 times a day) I undergo something like a brain fart. My brain just shuts down and although I am aware of my surroundings, I am unable to process anything and I hear unusual sounds in my mind that sounds like familiar music or songs or conversations or something (not talking to me so its not schizophrenia its more like recalling some familiar sounds). I also feel slightly dizzy so I have to put my head in my hands until it stops. This can take as long as 5 minutes or as little as 30 seconds. There is also different degrees (sometimes severe sometimes mild).
Its really hard to explain what I go through because I barely understand it myself, I can basically continue my motor activity (walk, move) but I cannot write or read normally or speak/sign or carry a conversation during this time. These episodes have occurred everyday for over a year.
I also have tinnitus, once a year ago I got a combination of a brain fart(as I like to call it) with tinnitus in my left ear that I remember just seemed to get worse and worse one time until I passed out this happened in a public place and I was out for a good 5 minutes with people saying I was twitching and I was rushed to hospital in an ambulance (this was not a simple fainting or anything like that, it was kind of my brain just giving out). It was also not a seizure as I had MRI's to cross that out.
I have talked to many Doctors and received a whole bunch of shoulder shrugs, my audiologist said that because I have to work so much harder to understand what people are saying sometimes my brain can slow down (sort of sounds like it but not entirely).
This has affected my daily life, can you imagine going to write a physics exam and having your brain completely shut down. I am also afraid to drive because what if it happens on the road I don't want to put other people at risk because of my screwed up brain. I am really frustrated because I have not received a clear answer on how to stop this or why they happen, I know some people might have had similar experiences and I would appreciate your thoughts on what exactly this is.
Basically at least once a day (sometimes up to 5 times a day) I undergo something like a brain fart. My brain just shuts down and although I am aware of my surroundings, I am unable to process anything and I hear unusual sounds in my mind that sounds like familiar music or songs or conversations or something (not talking to me so its not schizophrenia its more like recalling some familiar sounds). I also feel slightly dizzy so I have to put my head in my hands until it stops. This can take as long as 5 minutes or as little as 30 seconds. There is also different degrees (sometimes severe sometimes mild).
Its really hard to explain what I go through because I barely understand it myself, I can basically continue my motor activity (walk, move) but I cannot write or read normally or speak/sign or carry a conversation during this time. These episodes have occurred everyday for over a year.
I also have tinnitus, once a year ago I got a combination of a brain fart(as I like to call it) with tinnitus in my left ear that I remember just seemed to get worse and worse one time until I passed out this happened in a public place and I was out for a good 5 minutes with people saying I was twitching and I was rushed to hospital in an ambulance (this was not a simple fainting or anything like that, it was kind of my brain just giving out). It was also not a seizure as I had MRI's to cross that out.
I have talked to many Doctors and received a whole bunch of shoulder shrugs, my audiologist said that because I have to work so much harder to understand what people are saying sometimes my brain can slow down (sort of sounds like it but not entirely).
This has affected my daily life, can you imagine going to write a physics exam and having your brain completely shut down. I am also afraid to drive because what if it happens on the road I don't want to put other people at risk because of my screwed up brain. I am really frustrated because I have not received a clear answer on how to stop this or why they happen, I know some people might have had similar experiences and I would appreciate your thoughts on what exactly this is.
