Vertigo

"Vertigo is the feeling that you or your environment is moving or spinning. It differs from dizziness in that vertigo describes an illusion of movement. When you feel as if you yourself are moving, it's called subjective vertigo, and the perception that your surroundings are moving is called objective vertigo.

Vertigo can be caused by problems in the brain or the inner ear. Vertigo also may be a symptom of psychiatric illness. The ENT specialist must be aware of this reality to take into account the psychological dimension of vertigo in his diagnosis approach. This may lead to different types of treatment depending of the nature of the disorder."

source : here and there

Hari Sabtu pagi, waktu lg di kamar mandi, tiba-tiba gw mengalami disorientasi di ruangan. Lantai kamar mandi berasa muter-muter kaya piring puter, mainan jaman TK. Ngerasa ngeri, gw yg tadinya mengira kliyengan karena kurang darah langsung bergegas ke kamar. Ternyata bukan lantai kamar mandi aja yg muter, semua tempat yang gw lihat ikut muter. Dan waktu putaran itu semakin kenceng, gw mulai jalan sempoyongan sambil berusaha pegangan ke apapun yg ada di sekitar gw.

Melihat gw sempoyongan, papa yg kebetulan lagi ada di Surabaya langsung ngikutin gw ke kamar, ngira anaknya baru aja nelen pil koplo. Setelah mengamati beberapa saat, beliau bilang gw kena vertigo. Waktu gw coba rebahan, puteran yg udah kenceng tadi berasa makin kenceng dan pandangan gw mulai gelap. Gw bingung dan mulai nangis cengeng. Akhirnya papa cepet-cepet pergi ke apotek buat beli obat.

Sambil nunggu papa yg lagi beli obat, punggung gw dipijitin eyang, but I didn't get any better. Sendi-sendi gw pengen berontak tapi ga berdaya. I simply couldn't do anything. Bahkan untuk ke toilet pun gw harus dituntun.

Setelah minum obat yg namanya mertigo, perlahan-lahan puteran yg gw rasa menjadi pelan sampai akhirnya gw ketiduran dan begitu bangun, sensasi muter-muter itu hilang sama sekali. Alhamdulillah.. Semoga ga kejadian lagi. It was really scary.

Btw, are there any problems with my brain or inner ear? Or ... was i stress or something?