I'm dizzy

Yes, I am dizzy. Not vertigo-style, really, but like a mix of lightheadedness and slight vertigo.

It all started on the 20th of February. It was the third day after I had gotten a flu shot. I was chatting with J. online and suddenly I had this dizziness wash over me. The exact same kind like before passing out - yes, I know how passing out feels, I did pass out quite a few times when I was pregnant. It would start with this kind of dizziness then there would be a noise in my ears like the one you hear when you pour sugar from the bag into whatever container you keep the sugar in, and then I would see like a chicken-wire fence in front of my eyes and the eyes of the chicken-wire netting would start blacking out, until it was all black then I was gone. But this was just the dizziness.

I managed to tell J. what is going on, then I tried a few things - as in my mind were flashing the possible causes. Of course the first one was my blood pressure. I stood up and it didn't get worse (I was haging on to the door in case I'd faint). I went real quick to the bathroom for a no. 1 and it didn't get better (urinating usually decreases your blood pressure). I went then and had a glass of water. It didn't get better. It slowly got a tad better but the dizziness was still there. And it was still there for the following days. At one point, when it got good enough that I wasn't (too) afraid to drive, I went ahead and went to the neighborhood pharmacy, and bought a home blood pressure monitor. I took my pressure when I got home and it was HIGH. 157/89. I took another Metoprolol (I am taking that to prevent tachycardia from my hyper-thyroid) and it slowly went down, but not lower than 122/76. My normal blood pressure is 100-110/66-76. I also felt like my head was going to explode. Of course I thought I might have been having a TIA and didn't recover. Then thinking about the congestion I felt, I thought maybe I had a sinus infection (again). So, having some Keflex in the house I started taking it. About 2 hours after I took the first dose, the dizziness went away. I'm still taking it, I still have bouts of dizziness here and there, but overall it's not as bad as it was. I told J. that if it gets worse I will go to the ER, and it will be to the point of calling an ambulance not driving myself there. I just want to be able to go to the fair I'm supposed to go at the end of this week.

To say that I'm convinced (and for a while now) that there is something that is not right with my brain? Of course I am convinced. I also have (maybe due to the dizziness) the feeling that I am in a permanent dream-state.

I just hope that if there is anything, I can last until J. comes back home. That was my fear since all this happened (as we knew then he would have to deploy at one point), that something would happen to me and I wouldn't see him again.

I hope, I so hope and pray that won't happen.