I have had dizzy spells for decades and it took a really excellent chiro to figure it out. My dad and daughter also have them and they come and go for years all through life. J had her first at age 12 about when mine started. No clue when my dad's started. I don't know why my dad gets dizzy, but j and I get awful muscle spasms in our shoulders and neck and it ends up being so bad and causing enough swelling to compromise the amt of blood to our brains. The chiro I saw got a doctor to do some specialized testing and ti showed the blood vessels were narrowed when the muscles got to be like rocks. Of course it took over a decade of going to doctor after doctor and fnally asking the chiro if the muscle spasms could be contributing for him to do some research, to look at my migraine diary and to figure it out. Most docs will NOT believe me and either give me that "okay" that tells you they think you are full of bs or else flat out they say it cannot be that because the body would not cut of the blood to the brain because the brain would not allow it. Yeah, right, my brain is not that in control I guess. When you can see the blood vessels on ultrasound after they did other tests and there is a measurable difference in the size of the vessels when you are dizzy and when you are not, well, it is what it is even if the docs don't like it. J's dizzy spells ALL happen when her muscles are so tight that they are pulling her body out of shape. Sometimes the muscles will tighten to the point it pulls her head back and down toward her tush lke she is doing a backbend and it terrifies her because she cannot make it stop. Now that we know it happens, she comes to me or yells or has husband or thank you come get me so that I can work to loosen the muscles and brace them to stop it. I did a bunch of research into how the muscles work (the mechanics of which ones pull which way, etc...) and to do the trigger point work to help loosen the muscles so that I can help at least with the worst ones. Lately her hands and shoulders are spasming badly. Her hands tried to bend backward for most of last night. I was able to get them to bend forward, and to have her hold onto a length of soft fabric with some between her fingers and some in the palm so that the bones didn't grind against each other. As long as she didn't try to open her hand at all it would clench forward. If she tried at all to open her fingers they snapped into being pulled backward toward her wrist as though somone was bending them the wrong way. It is freaky to watch and so fast that you CAN see it happen.
So I do understand how scary the dizzy spells and fainting can be. been there done that but didn't have room to have a tshirt for each time it happened. There is a LOT the docs do not know. I do know that you can NOT EVER play with your blood pressure medications on your own. High blood pressure is incredibly dangerous and MUST be treated. I am lucky in that if my BiPolar (BP) goes above a certain level I can tell because I get a specific type of migraine. I get several different kinds and after decades of having at least fifteen a month I have learned how each feels and how they are different but it took me years to figure it out. If the medications are too much, call the doctor but do NOT play with them on your own. It is a great way to give yourself a stroke or kill yourself.
I do think a cleaning person is a great idea. Do invest that money and take it out of what yoru daughter wants as she won't do chores at home. this is exactly what the L&L books suggest, though they would have you make her pay the cleaner out of her money. I know that is more thna you can handle, so don't give her a phone or whatever and use that to pay the cleaner. Take it easy and take care of yourself because you cannot help anyone if you are not well.
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