So anyone else know this feeling? You try to stand, but your body seems inexplicably drawn over to one side, you lean out with feet firmly on floor, feeling like, well a leaning tower. I now know that this is bad news, this is me on the way to shut down and the only solution is to lie down as soon as possible. Of course in life we can’t just suddenly lie down, and so it is all to often that this sensation must be accepted while I try to continue with which ever necessary task is in hand.
Oooh the nausea, that’s the fun part, so, while I sway and lurch, head spinning, stomach churning, vertigo building to the point that each step feels like stepping from the highest precipice. For those of you who don’t know this symptom, think of the feeling when you step from the wildest highest roller coaster ride. I meanwhile remind myself that people pay for this sensation, while its free and regular for me.
Picture me lolloping to the right, arms out to brace my fall, each step takes me further to the right and before I know, I’ve hit a lamp post, fence, person or just wobbled into the road. while I feel it happening and see the obstruction before impact, I am completely unable to do anything about it. Nothing I try to change in my movement works, I am out of sync and high jacked by a seemingly alien control system.
Standing still, I imagine I look like the famous leaning tower of Pizza. I take another prescribed pill for vertigo/nausea, relax and lean.
Chris.x
Living With ME 