Mind Mess

Cover illustration for The Washington Post, Medical Mysteries column about a woman who had a strange case of SCDS (Superior Canal Dehiscence Syndrome) She had spent five years trying to figure out what was causing her bizarre symptoms. She had trouble concentrating, normal sounds seemed hugely amplified: She could hear her eyeballs move, the sound of her breathing and heartbeat were deafening. She was plagued by nauseating vertigo, parallel lines were off-kilter.