Ok, l am at my wits end.. I have a 5 year old daughter named Sara. Sara was a really good baby, only cry when hungry blah blah.
She grinds her teeth.. and l mean seriously grinds them to the point l get up and roll her over to stop her, but that's not what l need help with.
Last year, just before kinder l found that Sara needed glasses. So we went ahead and got them and they really do help her. About 9 months ago, she kept have these*attacks* (for want of a better word) where she would get this terrified took on her face, start really crying and put her hands in front of her eyes. When i asked what was wrong all she would say was that things were fizzy.. her hands in front of her eyes was so she could focus (so i found out, and fizzy was actually her way of saying she was dizzy). If she was walking, she would grab whatever she could to stop herself from falling over. I took her to the eye doctor and nothing. I took her to the GP and nothing. Anyway eventually it stopped.. she went from 3-4 *attacks* as week to completely nothing.
Over the past few days, Sara keeps saying things are getting bigger and then smaller. It will happen for a few minutes and then she's right as rains. Didn’t seem to upset her, didn’t seem to stop her from doing anything. It was like it was just a passing comment, wasn’t upsetting her at all. It happens whether she is wearing her glasses or not. It happens in the day as well as the night.
Last night was shocking... I put her to bed and she came screaming into the lounge room about 10 minutes later.. Eye's like dinner plates.. Gasping to breath.. Absolutely terrified..
"Mummy, mummy. Help me.. I'm having a bad dream.. Bigger, Smaller... Help me"..... I was so scared.. even just thinking about how scared she was, is making me cry now. For an hour, she just cried in my arms, wouldn't let me go.. shaking, l mean really shaking. It took a good 1 1/2 hours to calm her down to the point she could talk to me. Again, the only way she would explain it was that things keep getting bigger and then small. Everything, things in the background.. for ground. Moving things *like me*, tables chairs.
Whilst sitting on my lap, she says "mummy, mummy it's happening again.. i'm having a bad dream.. crying, screaming, shaking..
**Oh i meant to say, a few hours earlier l gave her panadol because l thought it may have been a headache/migraine, but it didn't help.**
I ended up giving her a sedation dose of Phenergan and it's knocked her out. And before anyone gives me a hard time, i have only given it to her in the past due to food reaction, hives and bad mozzie reactions.
Can anyone shed any light? Anything will help.. I do have an eye appointment for her for tomorrow with a new eye doctor (not happy with the one we have been going to) and i have a GP appoint for her on Friday..
I really don’t know what to do.. I’m actually really scared that something is really wrong with her and l’m going out of my mind.. I’ve been up all night, google’ing just trying to figure out what l can do to help her…
She grinds her teeth.. and l mean seriously grinds them to the point l get up and roll her over to stop her, but that's not what l need help with.
Last year, just before kinder l found that Sara needed glasses. So we went ahead and got them and they really do help her. About 9 months ago, she kept have these*attacks* (for want of a better word) where she would get this terrified took on her face, start really crying and put her hands in front of her eyes. When i asked what was wrong all she would say was that things were fizzy.. her hands in front of her eyes was so she could focus (so i found out, and fizzy was actually her way of saying she was dizzy). If she was walking, she would grab whatever she could to stop herself from falling over. I took her to the eye doctor and nothing. I took her to the GP and nothing. Anyway eventually it stopped.. she went from 3-4 *attacks* as week to completely nothing.
Over the past few days, Sara keeps saying things are getting bigger and then smaller. It will happen for a few minutes and then she's right as rains. Didn’t seem to upset her, didn’t seem to stop her from doing anything. It was like it was just a passing comment, wasn’t upsetting her at all. It happens whether she is wearing her glasses or not. It happens in the day as well as the night.
Last night was shocking... I put her to bed and she came screaming into the lounge room about 10 minutes later.. Eye's like dinner plates.. Gasping to breath.. Absolutely terrified..
"Mummy, mummy. Help me.. I'm having a bad dream.. Bigger, Smaller... Help me"..... I was so scared.. even just thinking about how scared she was, is making me cry now. For an hour, she just cried in my arms, wouldn't let me go.. shaking, l mean really shaking. It took a good 1 1/2 hours to calm her down to the point she could talk to me. Again, the only way she would explain it was that things keep getting bigger and then small. Everything, things in the background.. for ground. Moving things *like me*, tables chairs.
Whilst sitting on my lap, she says "mummy, mummy it's happening again.. i'm having a bad dream.. crying, screaming, shaking..
**Oh i meant to say, a few hours earlier l gave her panadol because l thought it may have been a headache/migraine, but it didn't help.**
I ended up giving her a sedation dose of Phenergan and it's knocked her out. And before anyone gives me a hard time, i have only given it to her in the past due to food reaction, hives and bad mozzie reactions.
Can anyone shed any light? Anything will help.. I do have an eye appointment for her for tomorrow with a new eye doctor (not happy with the one we have been going to) and i have a GP appoint for her on Friday..
I really don’t know what to do.. I’m actually really scared that something is really wrong with her and l’m going out of my mind.. I’ve been up all night, google’ing just trying to figure out what l can do to help her…
Maybe ask the doctor for a CT scan and a MRI scan???? Once again I hope you get some answers today. Good luck, thinking about you both and keep us posted 
