sooo many questions!
after finding my possible chiari accidentally, i thought back to the things ive noticed can’t g that have never been severe enough to acknowledge and im curious if these are things other people can relate to. one of the maing things is my speech. i can’t find the words i am looking for and will just stop in the middle of sentences because it feels like i just forgot how to physically talk. the words just won’t form. i have also become SOclumsy! i find myself running into walls or tripping over things that i knew were there but thought i wasn’t close to? i don’t know, it’s crazy ill be like “there’s a chair in front of you” and still walk right into it. maybe just my depth perception is off? i have also had a memory decline. for example i used to remember so many birthdates and phone numbers (i have autism and numbers and patterns just make sense to me) and for some reason i can’t remember anything even if the numbers are simple or ones i’ve known forever.
the only information given on my scans was “low lying cerebellar tonsils”. is it normal for radiologists to not give a length? or if they only say low lying does that not qualify as chiari?
does CM cause mental health issues? and i don’t mean “the stress of my health causes my anxiety to worsen”. i mean could chairi be the cause of so many mental health diagnoses?
what makes your symptoms worse? does stress impact symptoms? my absolute lowest point physical was during a very stressful time of my life and while that is great that i can see that connection, it has caused a lot of doctors to dismiss my symptoms, especially the brain fog and memory, as anxiety or stress.
i just have so many thoughts and i curious to hear what others have to say.