Hi all, I went to see mt neurologist on Teusday to discuss some of my test results, and I left with no answers. She told me that my chiari is small and is not causing me any problems. I hade a ridiculous amount of bloodwork, a QSART, an EMG, MRI with and without contrast, and a skin biopsy. I do not have results for the skin biopsy yet as I just had it done on Monday, but other than that, the only thing abnormal is my Chiari. The neurologist told me that unless I’m herniated at least 6mm that I am fine. After reading around on this forum and elsewhere on the internet, I have determined that she is wrong. Maby people seem to have symptoms from small chiari malformations. At this point, I am wondering if anybody has experianced the symptoms I have… I get shooting pins&needles in my legs/feet and arms/hands, massive dizzy spells occasionally, loud ringing in my ears, throat pain that I dont have an answer for, and worst of all, I can’t sleep laying down at all. I wake up in panic every time I try, my wife says that I seem to stop breathing in my sleep, so hopefully I will be doing a sleep study soon. I see that sleep apnea is strongly related to chiari. I just think that because all of these odd symptoms started around the same time, it would be too unlikely that they are unrelated. Any insight and advice is appreciated. Thank you!
Thank you all for the replies! I found a ns in my network that is close to home that I will tey to make an appointment with. Them Mayfield Chiari Center is only about 3.5 hours from my home as well, witch is really great. Thank you