Misdiagnosis x3

On wednesday, I had an appointment with a neurologist who changed my diagnosis. He told me that, although I probably have a mild vestibular disorder or some kind of migraine related dizziness, what has been making me so ill are functional and dissociative neurological symptoms.

At first I was shocked because I had been sure that I have MAV, I basically diagnosed myself. But now I feel relieved, and much more sane :) Because there is a reason for everything i've been feeling, it all makes sense and it's much clearer to me. Now i feel like my life no longer has to be one big analysis of how I am feeling. There is a neurological reason for why I am getting these symptoms.

Even better, I can hopefully get rid of it without taking medication. I need cognitive behavioural therapy... And i'm not sure why exactly, because my symptoms are neurological not psychological, but to be honest I don't care, as long as it stops me feeling like this.

My functional symptom is my knees giving way so I can't walk properly sometimes, which has been happening for a few months. My cognitive symptoms are the dizziness, headaches, chronic fatigue and depersonalisation and derealisation. It happens because my brain goes into trances.

Here is the website, in case you wanna find out more about it: www.neurosymptoms.org