Coping With Vertigo

February 2008

• Triggers for Vertigo - by Jeff Rosen - (Thu, Feb 28 2008)
  2 weeks ago I woke up and encountered my first episode with violent spinning and nausea, very scary. I noticed I was overheated from having the heater on higher than normal. Now every more severe episode I have seems to be triggered when it’s hotter in the room, usually at night. [more..]
• Winning over Vertigo - by Gordy - (Wed, Feb 27 2008)
  I have had bouts of Vertigo over the years which have included a visit to the emergency room on my first bout. At those times, a dark, quiet room with liquids and two days of taking Meclizine would fix it. [more..]
• My Flying Experience - by Val - (Wed, Feb 27 2008)
  In the early morning hours after a 2 1/2 hour flight I awoke as I felt the room spinning and became violently sick to my stomach. I was unable to stand and had to remain in bed for no apparent reason. [more..]
• vertigo - by p - (Tue, Feb 26 2008)
  it started in october 07 when i found i couldnt get up stairsat first my doctor diagnosed meniers but after an mri and cat scan my ears were declaired clear and healthy. [more..]
• Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo - by Sara - (Tue, Feb 26 2008)
  I awoke this morning with vertigo I tried to get out of bed and the room started spinning. I almost passed out. I layed back down got my bearings started to get , happened again, not quite as severe. [more..]
• Benign positional vertigo - by Katie - (Mon, Feb 25 2008)
  Hi, I’m 14 years old and for about 4 months straight now I’ve had extreme vertigo whenever I turn my head, I feel mostly nausea not dizzy. It only happens once every month starting in November and happens again not long after it ended. [more..]
• scary,no other word - by bri - (Mon, Feb 25 2008)
  mother of 2…woke up one morning with severe pain in my head, then my left side started to go numb, next day i got this vertigo feeling and have had it now for over a yr. [more..]
• Lightheaded All The Time - by Don - (Mon, Feb 25 2008)
  I guess what you could call my situation is Vertigo, I assume. I feel dizzy when I move my head to the left or right, kinda like slow motion. The sounds I hear seem like they are amplified and sometimes just a ringing sound. [more..]
• 40 mom of 3 ..started feb12 2008 dizzy - by vera in florida - (Fri, Feb 22 2008)
  i was mopping the floor and then got dizzy and sweaty and scared so layed down and it went away… couple hours later came back i little, and hour later came back little.. omg whats going on?? [more..]
• Help I’m Dizzy - by Mandy - (Fri, Feb 22 2008)
  If any one has felt what I have and has gotten help, let me know how. About once every 2 to 3 mo. I get this dizzy spell it is hard for me to tell my dr how I fell and find out what is wrong with me. [more..]
• Vetigo - by Sue - (Thu, Feb 21 2008)
  I have been getting lightheaded, pulse in ear, anxiety, weakness, Doc said its vertigo. As I look back now with all thats going on I started this after an ear infection June of 2006, I thought I was just going nuts and had anxiety [more..]
• vertigo,migrane,meneirs..will I ever know which if not all attack me… - by Brenda C. - (Thu, Feb 21 2008)
  they cme the spinning usually middle of the night. Can I make it to work? Oh no, please not again! I sit up feel nausious, stagger a bit and barely make it on time, Then the right-sidded pressure and pain in my head, sounds, smells and light all are exagerated so. [more..]
• Vertigo - by T. - (Wed, Feb 20 2008)
  My story is about vertigo. I was diagnosed with it at age 42. Now it has progressed more often and is very uncomfortable. [more..]
• Vertigo, NyStagmas, Tinnitus - by BRH - (Fri, Feb 15 2008)
  I have been diagnosed with vertigo and frankly it scares the heck out of me. The vertigo sensation pulsates 5 - 10 times every time I move my eyes from side to side. It feels as though the eyes are moving in small jerks rather than smoothly. [more..]
• Who knows - by Sylvia T. - (Tue, Feb 12 2008)
  I had suregery to remove lump in breast on a Friday. By Monday I had a impossible headache. I took a pain pill from surgery on Monday. As I woke up Tues. the room began to spin uncontrollably. It wouldnt stop and I was spinning so fast I blacked out several times. [more..]
• My 12 yera old daughter has vertigo - by Janet - (Mon, Feb 11 2008)
  My daughter has been complaining she was dizzy ,had taken her to different specialist and they keep sending me to another doctor ,Sat morning she fainted in the shower and Childrens Medical Center diagonsed her with vertigo. [more..]
• It’s Baack - by Jan - (Mon, Feb 11 2008)
  Today I went to the hairdressers- everything was fine until I stood up from the chair when I looked at something part of it was blocked out. Remembering that this has happened to me before I kept my cool and tried blinking my eyes a lot but it did not help. [more..]
• Helping my vertigo spells - by nr - (Mon, Feb 04 2008)
  I have had vertigo for nearly five years now. At first it occured once a month but in the last year it became much more frequent. It can occur every week to every two weeks and lasts for 5 minutes. [more..]
• Benzodiazepines for vertigo - by Gare J. - (Mon, Feb 04 2008)
  I was diagnosed with chronic vertigo due to an inner ear condition several years ago. I was prescribed Serc, Meclizine, various antihistamines, but nothing helped. [more..]
• it was like a roller coaster - by sophia - (Fri, Feb 01 2008)
  I’m 25 years old and working as data analyst. I started having vertigo last Monday. I suddenly woke up at 5am feeling dizzy that I felt like I just ridden a roller coaster. [more..]