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I hope that some day soon I'm a wealth of information that can share like you all are. Thank you.
DandyDon - I've taken a half a sudafed before diving once when I was just finishing up with a cold, but I don't normally take these things. I think that I should though as I'm reading more and more that my sinuses aren't actually "normal". I thought everyone pretty much felt stuffed up all the time : ) Would you mind telling me the brand name of a pseudoephedrine? ... I'm not sure what that is. And I'm assuming an antihistamine is an allergy pill ... I do have Allegra (5mg desloratadine) which I was planning on taking while I'm away ... hoping it would help with diving and not keeping my roommate awake with snoring : ) Also, I believe that what I perceived as a need to "unnaturally exhale" may have been from shallow breathing ... air thirsty I heard it called. And I'm certified with PADI ... should I still register for DAN?
Peter_C - can you tell me what PFO is?
freewillie & lulubelle - I don't have a history of migraines, but I know the pain can be so excrutiating that it can cause nausea and lack of ability to concentrate. I think my level of pain is similar to a migraine, but I don't think it's actually a migraine.
TSandM - yes, I do think I have a bit of vertigo or some sort of visual/motion sensitivity as I feel "thrown off" by the slightest movements sometimes if there's no visual cue ... when the floor moves slightly as an elevator arrives or walking down the ramp to an airplane ... both make me feel a bit wobbly. And god forbid that I'm watching a roller coaster or flying scene in a movie that's shot from the passenger's perspective! I'm assuming that I'll get used to this as I dive more, and I've learned to focus on my gauges or do long slow blinks. And I don't think I'll attempt any more drift dives as it's just too much.
ianr33 - thanks for the tip of focusing on a specific particle. I'll try to remember that if I find myself in messy water again.
Thank you again all. You've really made a difference in how I'm feeling about my dives this coming week. I'm going to be sure to tell my friends who just got their OW certification about this forum.
DandyDon - I've taken a half a sudafed before diving once when I was just finishing up with a cold, but I don't normally take these things. I think that I should though as I'm reading more and more that my sinuses aren't actually "normal". I thought everyone pretty much felt stuffed up all the time : ) Would you mind telling me the brand name of a pseudoephedrine? ... I'm not sure what that is. And I'm assuming an antihistamine is an allergy pill ... I do have Allegra (5mg desloratadine) which I was planning on taking while I'm away ... hoping it would help with diving and not keeping my roommate awake with snoring : ) Also, I believe that what I perceived as a need to "unnaturally exhale" may have been from shallow breathing ... air thirsty I heard it called. And I'm certified with PADI ... should I still register for DAN?
Peter_C - can you tell me what PFO is?
freewillie & lulubelle - I don't have a history of migraines, but I know the pain can be so excrutiating that it can cause nausea and lack of ability to concentrate. I think my level of pain is similar to a migraine, but I don't think it's actually a migraine.
TSandM - yes, I do think I have a bit of vertigo or some sort of visual/motion sensitivity as I feel "thrown off" by the slightest movements sometimes if there's no visual cue ... when the floor moves slightly as an elevator arrives or walking down the ramp to an airplane ... both make me feel a bit wobbly. And god forbid that I'm watching a roller coaster or flying scene in a movie that's shot from the passenger's perspective! I'm assuming that I'll get used to this as I dive more, and I've learned to focus on my gauges or do long slow blinks. And I don't think I'll attempt any more drift dives as it's just too much.
ianr33 - thanks for the tip of focusing on a specific particle. I'll try to remember that if I find myself in messy water again.
Thank you again all. You've really made a difference in how I'm feeling about my dives this coming week. I'm going to be sure to tell my friends who just got their OW certification about this forum.