Pseudotumor Cerebri Support Group

Pseudotumor cerebri (PTC) is a neurological disorder that is characterized by increased intracranial pressure, in the absence of a tumor or other diseases affecting the brain or its lining. Diagnosis requires brain scans and lumbar puncture. Characteristic symptoms are headache, transient visual obscurations or transient visual loss in one or both eyes usually lasting...

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notsurewhat2puthere
notsurewhat2puthere
Just a question for anyone if you have gotten a lp. Did you hear a crackling fluid sound when they were draining off the fluid?
Cath278
Cath278
Umm, cant say I have. Could it have been them unwrapping something? As, everything is sterile wrapped when doing an lp.
Or, maybe your teeth chattering?
Where did you hear the noise? Inside your head? or in your ears?
I ask because some of us have crackling necks, from the pressure.
Thats all I ve got Im afraid. Cath
notsurewhat2puthere
notsurewhat2puthere
It was in my head IM still randomly hearing it... Maybe IM losing my mind LOL
Cath278
Cath278
I would think then, that you are hearing what a lot of us hear. Its all down to high pressure. Its pushing around in your brain, and at the back of your head. I still hear it but no where as bad as it was at the start. Its like fizzy candy rock, the kind that pops in your mouth?
I think, the Diamox stop it.
Are you hearing any other noises? Like your heartbeat? A swooshing noise? Bells ringing?
We all seem to have something, but the Diamox helps a lot with it. maybe, when they get you going on a med paln, things will improve. Cath
notsurewhat2puthere
notsurewhat2puthere
Oh my goodness thats the noise Ive been hearing for a while heard it allot the past 2 days. I just get ear pain no wooshing or g heart beat just pain and the feel of drainin