Episodic Ataxia, Type 2
What is Episodic Ataxia, Type 2?
Episodic Ataxia, Type 2 is a rare genetic disorder characterized by sporadic episodes of severe discoordination caused by mutations in CACNA1A.
Last updated 10 Apr 2018, 01:50 PM
10 Apr 2018, 01:50 PM
I am experiencing one of the worst episodes ever in my life. It started quite innocently and without the usual triggers. My eyes rolled to the upper left in my head while my entire body felt a wave of dizziness so bad that I thought I would faint. Luckily, I was already lying in bed or I might have fainted. After that, the dizziness was so intense that I could hardly move a muscle without ripples of painful dizziness rolling through my body. That was four days ago and I am still feeling the effects. I am still getting waves of dizziness when I move and feelings of nausea when I try to eat.
I am so tired of being sick! All I want to do is get up and get on with my life. This is such an exasperating disorder and steals so much of my life away. It’s so difficult to explain to people that I can’t go anywhere or do anything because I can’t walk or see straight. People are sympathetic for a while but then they start to wonder if you are just faking to get out of doing things. Sometimes, I just want this whole thing to be over with...
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Visit sanfordresearch.org/CoRDS to enroll.
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