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more than anything else has. I believe it is a sign of strength to admit you need help especially for myself, and admitting I needed help from others and finally allowing outsiders into my world and my mind.
The source of my PTSD is Military Sexual Trauma (MST) and when I was assaulted, I sustained a head injury. As a result of my head injury and other military experiences I have numerous diagnoses to include 4th nerve palsy, partial 7th nerve palsy, along with PTSD from MST, severe migraines (caused by a neurological condition called Chiari Malformation). Since early 2007 I have been plagued with some of the worst headaches a person can imagine. They are more of a pressure type headache than out-right pain...the pressure inside my head creates the pain. After being hospitalized in February 2017 for dizziness, nausea, and vomiting I had a CT and MRI done which showed the Chiari Malformation. The VA kept denying I had this condition saying I had Cerebellar Tonsillar Ectopia, the VA discharged me from neurology services and sent me home. Once I got home, I started passing out and kept having dizzy spells so intense that I would vomit. I was tested for vestibular issues by a hearing balance center and they noted the balance issue was a cerebellum issue not my vestibular system or inner ear.
Things that were aggrevated by the military include my cardiac (sinus node reentrant tachycardia and inappropriate sinus tachycardia). I have received care from the following types of doctors — Neurosurgeon, Neuro-Ophthalmologist, Cardiologist, headache Neurologist, sports medicine concussion doctor, an internal medicine doctor who specializes in Dysautonomia, and a corrective lens specialist. I have also been evaluated by an independent medical doctor to document all my symptoms, and a Neuropsychologist. My specialists are all in the same network (University of Pittsburgh
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