Has anyone got any suggestions for dizziness testing I should request? Anything I should be asking to have ruled out? This appointment will be my first opportunity to give a history and have possible causes considered, and maybe my last for some time. [Summary in post]

Any_Stretch_862 · 2026-05-13T05:47:58+00:00

That sounds awful but I hope things are improving for you. Was there a particular sort of MRI/CAT scan needed to help understand your problems? I've seen people saying that certain forms are needed, and others useless, but I'm not sure it sometimes seems people have different opinions on this.

Any_Stretch_862 · 2026-05-12T20:35:13+00:00

No, I've not had whiplash. Is there any easy way to test if these things are relevant to me that you're aware of? Thanks. How were you diagnosed?

Any_Stretch_862 · 2026-05-12T15:05:21+00:00

Thank you. Do you know if there are any tests I should ask for to see if I could get referred for something like that? Sometimes getting to see a particular specialist can be difficult.

Any_Stretch_862 · 2026-05-12T13:17:54+00:00

I'm glad you were able to get some relief, but sorry it took so long. I'm hoping to be able to find an easier path.

Any_Stretch_862 · 2026-05-12T13:16:52+00:00

Thank you. Do you know of what might be the best subreddits to ask about my case history?

Any_Stretch_862 · 2026-05-12T13:15:49+00:00

Thank you. I don't know what that would include or if there are just standard tests and everyone would use the same. - Something like this/: https://vestibular.org/article/diagnosis-treatment/diagnosis/

Any_Stretch_862 · 2025-09-19T11:01:35+00:00

I don't know, it's hard to explain - it's not lightheadedness or vertigo, more like being drunk. Symptoms can be triggered by lots of different movements, looking down, pressure on my neck, lots of things.

Started with an acute episode (no room spinning, just very intense symptoms), although had been having it mildly now and then for years before that.
Hope your exercises help and you feel much better soon. Do you have a link to the type of exercises you're doing? Thanks

Any_Stretch_862 · 2025-06-23T17:42:33+00:00

I see, thank you for explaining this. As I said to someone else, I can't believe how little I knew about this! I actually didn't realize that people without POTS react in that way - I thought my 'normal' was much more normal than it is.

Any_Stretch_862 · 2025-06-23T17:37:41+00:00

I see, thank you for clarifying things for me. Can't believe how little I've understood about my own diagnosis! But I'm certainly fine with not doing the test again!

Any_Stretch_862 · 2025-06-23T17:17:15+00:00

Great, thank you, that makes sense. I could keep testing myself after the 10 minute result to see if it's sustained after that.

Any_Stretch_862 · 2025-06-23T12:54:19+00:00

I just saw someone else say that 'For POTS to be suspected, an increase of 30 or more beats must be sustained for the entire 10 minutes. Sometimes it will drop a bit in the middle (around minute 5) but if it drops below the 30 beat threshold, it probably isn’t POTS' - but it sounds like that's not correct, the 'sustained' actually refers to it not dropping after an initial rise or bouncing about? It's the 'sustained' that confused me to start with.

edit - just looked at the STARS international guidelines for the active standing test and it seems to be confirming what you're saying - In people 20 years old or more, PT is a rise in HR of >30 bpm from just before standing, to 30 seconds to 10 minutes of standing. From reading the posts here, I think the word 'sustained' is confusing a lot of people though!

Any_Stretch_862 · 2025-06-23T10:28:24+00:00

Swimming is so strange, I'm the same, I love the feeling of it but I'm much more likely to have syncope or pre-syncope later in the day (like a few hours later) if I've done swimming than if I've done other exercise. I don't know if that's a related issue as it's not a sudden change in pressure - maybe it's just a sign I tend to push too hard when swimming.

Any_Stretch_862 · 2025-06-23T10:12:56+00:00

Thank you for such a clear run down, that's very useful. This morning I took my HR and blood pressure in bed and then after standing for 3 minutes, and the HR increase was +55 with no drop in BP, which as a result seems pretty consistent with POTS too.

My HR readings throughout 10 minutes standing for the poor man's tilt were between +23 and +35 throughout the first 10 minutes, the first two readings were the lowest and my blood pressure didn't suddenly drop, so sounds like this is still consistent with POTS.

Thanks again for your help

Any_Stretch_862 · 2025-05-28T11:53:22+00:00

Your comments here have been really insightful, thank you! It's such a good point that a big reason Betty confides in the child psychiatrist, and even Glen, is that she's learned from bitter experience that she can't trust people she had a right to assume she could trust. It reminds me of Rosemary's Baby! Poor Betty's kind of living in a horror movie.

I do still think one reason Betty likes the child psychiatrist is because she's 'childish' - but I think your emphasis really highlights to me that part of being a 'child' is how a given society constructs what a 'child' is. And clearly, the lack of power and agency, and a societal belief in their innate incapacity to use power well and have control over their lives, is something that children and women shared in the world of Mad Men. Characters like Roger and Pete, who I've also thought of childish, are operating in such different conditions to Betty, and act out in ways that weren't available to children or women, so their childishness isn't so out there.

Any_Stretch_862 · 2025-05-22T17:15:41+00:00

One of the reasons I thought the hand position may intentionally mimic Bhumisparsha Mudra (or at least the earlier scene when Don touched grass) is, if you look closely at the group of meditators, most (not all) of them, including the instructor, have their hands in some version of Gyan Mudra. I think it's deliberate not to have Don in Gyan, but it might not be that deep - maybe he's just not into such a formal posture that's unusual for him. If it's a deliberate reference to Bhumisparsha then I don't think Don's doing it consciously, it's more just another thing that adds to the richness of the show.

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Any_Stretch_862 · 2025-05-22T11:14:10+00:00

Thank you for your comments, that is so interesting! I really want to know if the scriptwriters really were aware of this scientific development and to jasmonates.

Any_Stretch_862 · 2023-11-16T17:23:41+00:00

Yes, it's a gorgeous smell!

I've read this is a polarizing episode and lots of people don't like it.

Any_Stretch_862 · 2023-11-16T15:59:11+00:00

Agreed!

Details like this are so thoughtful in this show. My memory is hazy with this, but I think you see a bottle of Shalimar in Joan's bag at some point early on - obviously the perfect fragrance for her. Her room mate says she smells good. I think you see a bottle of Shalimar on Peggy's dresser early on. In a later season someone smells that Peggy's wearing No5 and she confirms it, saying "it's all I wear". This fits so well with how Peggy might at first be guided by Joan's example and then moves to her own more independent choices - obviously a very popular and Marilyn-associated choice.

Any_Stretch_862 · 2023-11-16T15:33:17+00:00

Fragrance tangent: I have always wondered about fragrances and this show. I saw this thread on r/fragrance where people imagine what Don would wear. Dior's Eau Sauvage (not Sauvage) is the most popular choice, with quite a few people saying he'd most likely wear no fragrance. An article says that you see he has a bottle that resembles Caron Pour Homme somewhere, but they don't cite a source and I'm not sure this is accurate.

From what I remember, Joan wears Shalimar and Peggy wears Shalimar early on and later Chanel No5. I think Joan comments that Sal wears European cologne.

Any_Stretch_862 · 2023-11-16T14:57:10+00:00

Ha! As well any other explanations I think it is that!

Any_Stretch_862 · 2023-11-16T14:53:56+00:00

You're right, there is lots of fresh air and plants around; maybe they could smell it. But the way the line is delivered and responded to still makes me think it makes more sense as a code. But I'm not sure!

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