Could it have been ES the whole time?

Hi and welcome to the site!
If you’ve not seen it already, there’s info about symptoms & possible explanations in this section:
ES Information: Common Symptoms And Possible Explanations For Them - Welcome / Newbies Guide to Eagle Syndrome - Living with Eagle
We’ve had quite a few discussions about vagus nerve compression, which are searchable using the magnifying glass, but this one is particularly interesting:
Successful Surgery for severe Vagus Nerve Compression - General / Eagle Syndrome Stories - Living with Eagle
All the symptoms you’ve mentioned have been experienced by other members, so could well be due to the styloids affecting the vagus nerve. One of the experienced doctors (Dr Aghayev) stated in an information video that he doesn’t believe the vagus nerve gets compressed, but it’s the sympathetic nerve ganglion being compressed, but all the widespread symptoms we’ve seen, which have resolved for many members with surgery, do seem to correlate with the vagus nerve’s path and function…
Do you have any vascular symptoms as well? You mention brain fog, that can be, but also things like passing out or feeling faint, or dizziness, vertigo, off-balance feelings, head or ear pressure, pulsatile tinnitus …

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