Coping With Vertigo

October 2007

• vertigo/sudden hearing loss 7 months ago! - by UT - (Wed, Oct 31 2007)
  One month after I gave birth my second little one. I started felling this horrible sensation of Vertigo. It lasts for about 3-4 hours for a couple of days and then it’s gone for 4-5 months. But I have 2 little children and I cannot let this dissease destroy me. [more..]
• Vertigo - by Constantine - (Tue, Oct 30 2007)
  i get up some days feeling great well much better than having the vertigo all day , when it comes on u feel like room spinning in my case i get short of breath and ears feel like they cant pop [more..]
• Life on the High Seas - by Tricia - (Mon, Oct 29 2007)
  I’m a 43 year old female, and this is the 3rd episode of vertigo I’ve had in 3 years. Never had it before age 41. Reading about the experience of others here is helpful because it helps comfort me. Makes me feel a little more normal. So much of what people have written sounds identical to my experience. That helps. For me, it seems to be worse each time which terrifies me. [more..]
• Meniers & Virtigo [Vertigo] - by thefencegirl - (Sun, Oct 28 2007)
  When I was 24 I had my first virtigo [vertigo] attack, mild vomiting spinning etc. I went thru a series of tests with the ENT: ear irrigation, CAT scans, but they showed nothing. They concluded that I had Meniers disorder [Meniere’s disease], prescribed an antivert or mecklizine [meclizine]. (By the way, I have since found that you can usually ask your pharmisist [pharmacist] for these meds over the counter.) These attacks eventually went away until I was in my thirties, when they came back worse than ever. [more..]
• MY first time ever today - by Stephen - (Sun, Oct 28 2007)
  Well I had my first experience with vertigo today. Actually still in the bed. I had to get online and see what I could find out. My symptoms with ringing in my ears then louder in my right ear. I got up from what I was doing, sat down and evaluated myself, that I didn’t feel right and realized I was getting dizzier by the second. [more..]
• Upbeat nystagmus - by John M - (Sun, Oct 28 2007)
  I’m told that I’ve been diagnosed with an upbeat nystagmus. My real problem is nausea with any type of head movement whether it’s looking up, down or twisting my head side to side, which caused severe acid reflex associated with the head movement. In addition to this my upbeat nystagmus affects my reading, balance and face recognition as I pass people by. Overall, this has severely limited my activities which is the opposite of what I used to do, such as regular exercise and play sports. [more..]
• Back from the brink - by Ralph - (Thu, Oct 25 2007)
  I treated vertigo by hydration and COQ10. COQ10 replaces the electrolytes that statins remove from the blood. [more..]
• living with migraine - by Michelle - (Mon, Oct 22 2007)
  I am 39 years of age, and whilst I had suffered migraine in my early 20’s, I had not experienced any episodes for a vast number of years. My migraines now are quite different to those I had years ago, and in fact are only one part of the problem. This new wave of migraines have created a permanent problem with vertigo, which is probably more frustrating than the headaches. I had a number of scans, both CT and MRI and Migraine Associated with Vertigo (MAV) is the diagnosis. [more..]
• Severe case of vertigo - by louise - (Mon, Oct 22 2007)
  I fell asleep putting my daughter to bed at 7.30 on 17th Oct. Woke at around 10pm head spinning out of control. I felt very nauseous. Fell out of the bed and violently vommited [vomited]. Chills, sweating, vomiting, spinning, eyes hurting from light, couldn’t walk, couldn’t even crawl. Totally immobilised. Called ambulance, ended up in hospital for 3 days. [more..]
• Very Dizzy since 7/07 - by GA - (Fri, Oct 19 2007)
  I woke up on 7-11-07 dizzy I tried to roll over on my right side and the room started spinning I ended up in the ER that night. They said it was Vertigo and sent me home with Meclizine and Lorasapam and a refferal to an ENT. I had a CT scan which was negative. At the ENT I had balance and hearing tests which were negative. [more..]
• Violent attack - by J.D. - (Fri, Oct 19 2007)
  I am so glad I looked and found this site. I feel so bad for all who suffer from Vertigo. Had the worst attack last Sat. Mine comes on when I lie flat or try to lay on rt. side. At hairdresser’s and was getting my hair washed, she lifted my head up just a little and “BANG”. The room tilted so violently, I asked her, “am I moving”, she said “No”. I immediately turned my head left and grabbed onto the chair next to me. After several min. it subsided, a little. When I got up to walk, I could only take a few steps and had to sit down…….dizzy head. [more..]
• the herb ginger helped me - by jt - (Thu, Oct 18 2007)
  i got my first episode of vertigo in 1990 and i began to have episodes every few months. i went to doctors in houston, dallas, lubbock and el paso and they all prescribed medications that made me drowsy. [more..]
• I’m Scared and Dizzy! - by Sparkle - (Mon, Oct 15 2007)
  I’m a female 35 years. Over the last few days I started feeling a little dizzy at night when I lay down.Tonight it is worse and I’m thinking it’s a good idea to go to the ER.I feel pressure in my head ,neck and ears( Yes,I’m waiting for my DR. to call me back) [more..]
• just got married Now I have Vertigo - by Robyn - (Fri, Oct 12 2007)
  R. I have always been healthy and active. I had several test done. [more..]
• Going on 2 months constant! - by Greg - (Fri, Oct 12 2007)
  I am 48, too heavy, but otherwise in good health; sugar, cholesterol, BP, all good. In May I experienced a few episodes of dizziness that would only last for a few seconds, then nothing for about a month. Toward the end of June they came back, but it was something I could feel coming on and could pull over if I was driving until the symptoms passed. [more..]
• 18 years old and I have vertigo - by C.S - (Thu, Oct 11 2007)
  I am 18 years old and i have recently been diagnosed with vertigo. About five months I started having these sudden stabs of pain in my head that would not go away. Then in June of this year I was at work when I suddenly felt like I was spinning out of control. I got so scared! [more..]
• DO NOT ignore any signs of dizziness - by Irma G - (Thu, Oct 11 2007)
  I had the worse Vertigo episode ever this last weekend. It kept me in the hospital for 3 days. I thought at first I was coming down with the flu. I felt dizzy and sweaty, with cold chills at the same time. When my jaw started to lock I immediatley began to vomit. I felt as though my stomach was coming up. My blood pressure was 205 over 97 and my heart was beating at twice it’s normal pace. When I arrived by ambulance to the hospital they thought I was going into cardiac arrest. [more..]
• Vertigo?? - by Annette P. - (Thu, Oct 11 2007)
  It started in May 07 after planting some flowers - it was pretty warm that day and I felt like I was going to fall over. i had to catch myself. I thought it was the heat. Then I didnt have another bout with this till sometime in July. In august while on our vacation in florida it got worse. I was driving and I felt like the car I was driving was driving on only one sides set of wheels. [more..]
• I have been diagnosis with PERIPHERIAL VERTIGO - by Jim - (Mon, Oct 08 2007)
  The headaches and dizziness has not gone away since July 9, 2007. after having dehydration/heat exhaustion at my work. I complained during my overnight hospital stay, that my head was aching. [more..]
• Vertigo and Allergies - by GD - (Mon, Oct 08 2007)
  I haven’t had a bad case of Veritgo until I moved to Virginia. The pressure that I have in my head is enough to drop a person to their knees. Am at my wits end with this. I can’t walk a straight line I really shouldn’t drive and I want to stay in bed with the covers over my head. [more..]
• A Roller coaster caused my vertigo I think/Anyone with a similar story? - by Sarah - (Mon, Oct 08 2007)
  Hi, I used to have vertigo but after 3 years it went away but now I have constant pressure in my head and ears and it makes me feel tired. When my episodes of vertigo hit it was always when I was laying down. It never mattered what side I was on but as soon as I moved it would stop. [more..]
• I jusst had my first full blown episode - by Jini - (Mon, Oct 08 2007)
  I awoke last Tuesday at 5:30 AM and knew I was in trouble. I had had very mild instances of vertigo 30 years ago that would cease if I lay down for awhile ot took some Dramamine. This was so much worse, like being hit by a truck! I couldn’t see, walk, sit or lie down…so I called an ambulance [more..]
• Vertigo Research Needed - by judi - (Fri, Oct 05 2007)
  I suffer from vertigo. A symptom I had to research and identify for myself, b’se every time I went to the doctor’s they put me through a series of test which all came back “normal”. Never identifying what I have. I truly wish there was more research into this symptom. [more..]
• Spinning Eyes - by Terry - (Fri, Oct 05 2007)
  Last night was the first episode in several years. I awoke laying on my left side and as I opened my eyes they seemed to be rotating from right to left. I rolled over on my right side and the sensation stopped but I was sweating profusely. [more..]
• Young Vertigo - by Nicole - (Fri, Oct 05 2007)
  I am 24 and have had vertigo for at least a year- before then i just thought i got dizzy. And i know there are a lot of others out there too. I live in Australia so our sudden weather changes can also be a trigger. [more..]
• Vertigo due to hearing loss. - by Art - (Fri, Oct 05 2007)
  I just return from a trip from Reno in Feb of 2007. A week after that,I loss my hearing to my left side. When to the drs. about 2-3 later, I thought maybe it was water in my ear. The doc did some test and refered me to and ENT specialist that day. [more..]
• I’m Curious and what is the cause? - by CJ - (Wed, Oct 03 2007)
  I find the experience of others very familiar and am somewhat shocked by how many others are experiencing vertigo and how common it is. But I have to wonder if all vertigo is the same, as mine starts with a definite sensation stemming from the stem/base of my neck. [more..]
• Non-Prescription meds for Vertigo - by Lisa - (Wed, Oct 03 2007)
  I wrote the other day on this blog, and I would not wish this condition on anyone. Reading the other blogs here helps me to realize that I am not alone in this, nor have I imagined my symptoms. I’ve had people tell me it’s my imagination or nerves, which frustrated me even more. [more..]