Close. I have Vestibular Disorders and an Inner Ear infection is a vestibualr Disorder also. Vestibular is Inner Ear and Inner Ear processing related. When I was real young around 4-5 I had inappropriate sensory responses. If something I saw scared me I stopped up my ears.
They also found out when I was about 7 than both of my eyes could not ever function at the same time. I'm one eye functional but I can pass a basic sight chart eye exam. I have eye and muscle coordination issues and that's why I had two years Occupational Therapy. It bought me some time in the armed forces and in the work force afterward I likely would not have had. IOW I could never pass a cops field sobriety test of walk a straight line etc. LOL
I also have had life long severe sinus allergies severe enough to require allergy shots. My mom and dad when I was growing up could not figure out why I could wear out any pair of shoes they bought me in a matter of a couple of weeks as I broke the sides over. That's because I'm club footed and because of my Inner ear issues I also walk off balance and my feet compensate by my ankles turning inward. As an adult I had to eventually go to wearing corrective insoles so I could walk. The corective insoles stopped the wearing out of shoes as long as I wear working boots that support my ankles.
How I finally connected it all was by a book I found in a second hand book store called Phobia Free by Harold Levinsion MD. The man is a researcher neurologist/psychiatrist and began connecting his patients anxiety disorders, learning disorders, and Dyslexic symptoms, to Vestibular Disorders being the underlying physical cause. Not in all cases but a significant portion.
I was two years into treatment for G.A.D. and PTSD when I found the book. It is also a forerunner to the Central Auditory Processing Disorders I was posting about. Levinsons theory on ADD ADHD was Cerebellar/Vestibular related rather than chemical.
The Mental Health profession dismissed his findings. In the past decade or so Vestibular Researchers have actually validated or confirmed a lot of his findings and theories. Adults with a childhood history of Chronic Ear Infections, Sinus Allergies, etc are more prone to this.
It has to do with the inter workings or communications with the Cerebellar/Vestibular System. That is why when they gave me antidepressants they made my condition worse because sensory impulses were enhanced and the Xanax works because sensory is toned down. When I understood this I put my foot down with the doctors about my treatment.
I can go into a Walmart and I can see persons who have a touch of it. They'll be the ones whom when the workers start making blaring announcements every minute they become more and more anxious or agitated. Several things are happening. They are trying to locate what they came to buy and remember what all they came there for. Each announcement disrupts that process.
I can spot kids with this playing baseball. Watch for consistent late swings or the kid ducking away rather than swinging at the ball. No amount of coaching can correct it as the brain is in preservation mode. If you don't respond in a manner the brain sees as addressing the danger then the phobic {non phobic actually} reactions begin. I'm terrified of high places. Why? Because my brain knows I have poor balance and high places are a risk for me. The older I got the worse the fear got. Also the more poor my balance became. That is why he named the book Phobia Free. The responses as such are not true phobic but rather danger impulses triggered by the brain recognizing dangers.
I developed Meneries Disease about three years into disability and Tinnitus at multiple frequencies has been ongoing for a couple of decades.
I’d say you are a right mess, snipe. :)
No offense.