"An hour later, the room continued its relentless swirl, nausea was building and it was becoming hard to stand. So far, so Christmas hangover. I remained in bed and waited for things to blow over. They didn't. Gradually, family members stuck their heads into my childhood bedroom and wondered if everything was OK. I could only say that I felt quite strange."
"Moments later, they watched on helplessly as I vomited in the kitchen sink, a silent bond created between them. This process repeated itself several times over the next day, so I visited a doctor. The GP diagnosed a case of vertigo: not any Hitchcock-infused vision, but dizziness and nausea, usually caused by inner ear problems. I was prescribed medication to restore order."
"I wondered if somehow I had imagined myself into sickness I had spent the previous year researching all aspects of this strange story: starting with the array of symptoms the patients had begun experiencing, seemingly out of nowhere. Most reported hearing piercing sounds in their homes in Havana, followed by overwhelming headaches, dizziness, nausea and, eventually, lasting brain trauma."
On 26 December the narrator awoke foggy-headed with the room spinning and assumed a Christmas hangover. Symptoms escalated into sustained vertigo, nausea and repeated vomiting that prompted family concern and a GP visit. The GP diagnosed vertigo, attributing symptoms to inner-ear problems, and prescribed medication. The narrator was simultaneously producing a BBC Sounds podcast about Havana syndrome, a 2016 series of mysterious brain injuries affecting CIA agents and embassy staff. Patients reported piercing sounds followed by severe headaches, dizziness, nausea and lasting brain trauma, which generated speculation about possible external causes.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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