Michael Barbella, Managing Editor03.03.22
The betrayal was gradual at first.
It began with the triple-whammy rapid heartbeat, chest tightness, and dizziness—symptoms vague enough to portend almost any kind of malady, serious or not.
Nadia Dara Diskavets chose the “or not” option, chalking up her wonky corporeal state to panic attacks. But Diskavets quickly realized her mistake when her body started double- crossing her more often and in more mysterious ways: fatigue so extreme she could hardly move; joint pain so harrowing she could scarcely sit; brain fog so thick she could barely think; and digestive dysfunction so severe she could hardly eat.
New symptoms arose regularly, exacerbating Diskavets’s medical mystery. She experienced full-body tingling, skin rashes, tinnitus (ringing in the ears), hair loss, allergies, premature ovarian failure, mood swings, and slow-healing wounds. One day, the top of her stomach began pulsating.
“I felt like I was constantly jet-lagged, walking around with a pillow over my ears and a foggy glass jar over my head,” the New York City-based photographer recounted in a personal
It began with the triple-whammy rapid heartbeat, chest tightness, and dizziness—symptoms vague enough to portend almost any kind of malady, serious or not.
Nadia Dara Diskavets chose the “or not” option, chalking up her wonky corporeal state to panic attacks. But Diskavets quickly realized her mistake when her body started double- crossing her more often and in more mysterious ways: fatigue so extreme she could hardly move; joint pain so harrowing she could scarcely sit; brain fog so thick she could barely think; and digestive dysfunction so severe she could hardly eat.
New symptoms arose regularly, exacerbating Diskavets’s medical mystery. She experienced full-body tingling, skin rashes, tinnitus (ringing in the ears), hair loss, allergies, premature ovarian failure, mood swings, and slow-healing wounds. One day, the top of her stomach began pulsating.
“I felt like I was constantly jet-lagged, walking around with a pillow over my ears and a foggy glass jar over my head,” the New York City-based photographer recounted in a personal
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