In January 2016, I was diagnosed with Mal de Debarquement syndrome, a rare chronic condition that leaves me feeling as if I’m in constant motion.
The steps to my diagnosis began in November of the previous year. I had taken a flight, and upon landing, I felt the sense that I was still strapped into my seat of an extremely turbulent airplane.
The symptoms left me dizzy, nauseous, unable to walk a straight line, difficulty with patterns and lights, headaches, changes to my gait, and chronic pain.
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