Feeling Dizzy...

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Sal the 1st — Thu, 28 May 2009 18:53:57 GMT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9ni%C3%A8re's_disease

have had it years - started soon after my first brain tumour

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Sandra Taylor RVN, MBVNA — Thu, 28 May 2009 16:35:43 GMT

Ok i may be havinbg a dumb moment..... but what is meniers, and BPPV??

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Victoria93 — Thu, 28 May 2009 12:31:32 GMT

Hi Karen Do u have BPPV? Thats what i was diagnosed with 2 years ago and still have recurrent episodes. Vic

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Sal the 1st — Wed, 27 May 2009 23:33:50 GMT

stemitil worked for me for a while (diagnosed with menieres) - but betahistine works a lot better for me

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Claire Cameron — Wed, 27 May 2009 21:57:46 GMT

I know your a bit younger but my grandma had similiar symptoms at christmas!

infact they sound exactly the same symptoms

she then felt dizzy if she looked a certain way and it could sometimes just come on randomly and the room would just start spinning

She wnt to see the stroke unit and they said she could have crystals (?) in her inner ear and had a manouvre to manipulate the crystals to move and it got worse, it was repeated and shes ok now, gets it every so often

Think she had some form of vertigo, not entirely sure what the crystals were? but the manouvre seemed to do the trick?

Hope your feeling better

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xxserahxx — Wed, 27 May 2009 21:02:53 GMT

Its such a horrible feeling.. i was given stemetil to stop the sickness, its eased off alot from yesterday but i still have a constant headache n dont feel 100% i hope it gets better i have my ANA exam in like 13 days lol

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Sandra Taylor RVN, MBVNA — Wed, 27 May 2009 19:40:57 GMT

I had a vestibular episode a few years back, It actually wakened me in the night, I thought I was having a nightmare of falling into a black pit. When I tried to sit up I nearly fell out of the bed and had severe and I mean severe nystagmus, I had to close my eyes.

I somehow made it to the phone and called NHS24, even though I had a good idea what it was I still wanted re assured. Anyway the nurse asked me to do 2 head movements and tell him what the worst reaction was (something to do with what part of the cochlea is affected), I got my hubby to take me to the DR's in the morning as there is no way i could have driven, Anyway he gave me meds called stemetil........ which is an anti psychotic drug (keep the sniggers and jokes to yourself Nick..lol) but is particularly good for this condition. I had to take them for 2 weeks then re visit if no better. I started to fel better after a few days, and was back to normal after 8 days. I did however get it again a month or so later, but not as bad and I only took the pills for a few days and it subsided.

My Dr did ask me to keep a diary though to see if it happened agai... in particular if it happened at the same time each year, as they find people tend to get it in annual bouts.

I thankfully have never had a serious bout again and never needed the meds, but have had the odd lightheaded dizzy spell.

My friends mother suffers from this too and she gets it every year at the same time. I think the dr was possibly saying there might be a pattern with it due to annual airborne things such as pollen....... but not pollen , but something that might be in the air annually. Incidentally my friends mum gets it at the same time of year that I had it, and so have you.

Sandra

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A Little TLC — Wed, 27 May 2009 15:52:14 GMT

i get that when i mess up my meds..... but i guess thats my fault really!!!

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Victoria93 — Wed, 27 May 2009 15:26:52 GMT

serah, u poor thing. I have had vertigo & have have experienced episodes like this. U sound like u may have something simular but the doctor will know more. vertigo can be brought on by different reasons. U may wake up t/m & be fine but if u wanna know more than let me know. I've been to doctors, ENT consultant etc & know all about vertigo if that is wot u have, maybe the doc will tell u different t/m though. Lie in a position which does not make u dizzy or bring on the nausea. It can be rough i know. Take care

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Karen S — Wed, 27 May 2009 14:36:12 GMT

I had this once. It came out of nowhere, the morning i was fine, went to work out and after that it all went in circles around me. Have NO idea how i drove home without having an accident. Got home, out the car, almost made it to the door when i vomited all over the place (thankfully i was still outside lol). Could not stand straight and managed to crawl on my knees into the house. Crawled to the bed and did not move. Stayed like that for days on end, went to the doc a few days later (could not go earlier as i couldnt move... getting to the loo was not funny) and he gave me some pills but no diagnosis. On the way home from the doc, i was so dizzy i hit a curb and blew my rear tire and it stayed with me for a good few weeks although it was mild with the pills. Took ages to go away fully and even now i cannot lie flat on my back with my head straight (looking at the ceiling) without that dizzy feeling coming on. I can lie on my back, but need to keep my head turned to one side slightly.

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Mac Feather — Wed, 27 May 2009 14:00:26 GMT

Thats good that you have a diagnosis. Atleast its only till the end of the week- chin up,hope you feel better soon.

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xxserahxx — Wed, 27 May 2009 13:30:51 GMT

Well.. its vertigo.. signed me off work for rest of week. spoze i can get revsion done.. but is boring would rarther be at work :(

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xxserahxx — Tue, 26 May 2009 22:11:48 GMT

Yeh defo.. had blood pressure dun last week n was fine.. see how i get one 2mo..

thanks

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Kerry Spain — Tue, 26 May 2009 22:09:46 GMT

I suffer with bouts of labyrinthitis but my mum suffered with vertigo a few years back and it ended up being hyperthyroidism, so best get it checked out as you never know.

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Mac Feather — Tue, 26 May 2009 22:09:12 GMT

That must have been scarey. My blood pressure is on the low side and if I stand up quick or get up out of my bed too quick I can get dizzy/light headed and thats scarey enough.

Hope you get answers from your doc.