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Fighting the demons I mean vertigo
by: J.T.
on Tue, Mar 18 2008
In August 2001 I was window shopping with my girlfriend and all of a sudden I started to feel lightheaded and felt like the ground was sucking me up. It felt like my soul was being sucked out from my body, at that moment I really thought that I was a gonner. I had never experienced this kind of feeling before I was really scared, I couln’t even move. The security staff from the mall called 911 and they took me to a near hospital. There the doctors told me that the reason I felt lightheaded was because I hadn’t had any breakfast. They ran a blood test and everything came out negative. They discharged me and asked me to have a good breakfast before leaving the house. What a bunch of lousy doctors!!
Two days later I went to see another doctor and she didn’t know what to do with me. She referred me to Jackson Memorial Hospital here in Miami, Florida. They ran some MRI X-rays, cat scans etc… The doctors just gave me pills for the dizziness and they referred to an ENT. When I visited the ENT doctor, he thought my symptoms were caused by obstruction of my nose airways. After that I went to see one more doctor. This doctor just prescribed me dramamine. (All of these visits to the doctor happened in less than six months). I have no faith in any doctor whatsoever. After the mall incident in 2001 I have had only two more attacks of severe vertigo One in 2006 and the other a week ago (March 11, 2008) .
Now seven years later I’m still paying for those trips to the ER and to all those lousy doctors. You may be asking how do I know that I suffer from vertigo well I really don’t know for sure but I do my own research since doctors won’t do it for me. I know what is like to live in fear of not knowing when the next vertigo attack is gonna happen or how long is gonna last. Now I’m 28 years old and I can see that I am not the only one who has to deal with vertigo. All I can say is that we must not let it ruin our lives and if anyone knows of a good doctor please let me know I’m willing to give doctors one last chance…. Thanks for sharing and God bless you all!
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March 2008
- Dizziness Shock - by Lisa - (Fri, Mar 28 2008)
My first encounter with Vertigo just happened a few days ago. I was sitting at work and then all of a sudden I got extremely light headed, dizzy and nauseous.
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- Vertigo: Unknown Cause - by Julie - (Fri, Mar 28 2008)
In 2003 I was on vacation in FL when I had my first attack. All morning I’d been feeling nauseous and off. I was wasting time at a mall before catching a plane home when I got the spinning feeling.
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- Bad attack - by helen - (Tue, Mar 25 2008)
Two years ago i suffered my first attack, i rolled over in bed and my head went into the most awful spin, i thought i was having a stroke or dying.
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- I got relief - by Lita - (Tue, Mar 25 2008)
I was diagnosed with vertigo at Urgent care. while I was waiting i put my head down between my legs to try & relieve the nauseated feeling, as I did this I also stretched my neck to relieve the pressure of light headedness
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- Ear Infections - by J.E. - (Tue, Mar 25 2008)
As a child I experienced severe infections of both inner ears. I was deamed “nearly deaf”, until age 16.
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- 36 and started having symptons - by CM - (Tue, Mar 25 2008)
I started having symptons about 5 months ago. Started with vomiting anything that I consumed even water. I had to sleep with a bed pan by my side everynight.
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- Help!!!! - by JH - (Tue, Mar 25 2008)
I am 34 years old and suffer from vertigo, I got a stomach virus last year from a co-worker and it seemed to trigger the event. Since the onset I have been so depressed.
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- vertigo…go.. - by Dr.Aashini. - (Mon, Mar 24 2008)
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- I got help for my vertigo! - by RS - (Mon, Mar 24 2008)
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- Been Suffering for a month now - by Dee - (Mon, Mar 24 2008)
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- vertigo attack - by Diana - (Mon, Mar 24 2008)
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- Fighting the demons I mean vertigo - by J.T. - (Tue, Mar 18 2008)
In August 2001 I was window shopping with my girlfriend and all of a sudden I started to feel lightheaded and felt like the ground was sucking me up.
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- I GOT RELIEF!!! - by Sara - (Tue, Mar 18 2008)
I had the same spinning at 5:30 AM. ER Told me it was Benign positional vertigo. Went to ear nose and throat doctor. Performed the EPLIPY MANUEVER.
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- morning After Endoscopy - by Dizzy Doug - (Mon, Mar 17 2008)
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- I STILL HAVE SPELLS… - by Lisa - (Thu, Mar 13 2008)
Hi everyone. My name is Lisa and I am 42 now, I have been living with Vertigo for 23yrs.and I hate it! My first episode happened to me when I was at home with my 6 month old daughter(just the 2 of us) I was laying on the floor with her playing and I went to turn my head and that is when it hit me,and it hit me hard!
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- Vertigo?? - by Mish - (Fri, Mar 07 2008)
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- long time sufferer - by Margaret - (Wed, Mar 05 2008)
I had my first episode when I was 40. That was a long time ago. When I woke up extremely dizzy and couldn’t raise my head even an inch without throwing up my husband took me to the emergency room (I threw up all the way from the car to inside).
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- What I did - by Bobbye - (Wed, Mar 05 2008)
I had an episode of vertigo on Saturday-my first…hope it’s my last.
What I did to make it go away without going to the ER.
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- Post viral infection Vertigo? - by simon - (Tue, Mar 04 2008)
I suffered with spells of vertigo about two weeks following Tonsillitis (May 07)-at the time I did not appreciate the possible link. The vertigo attacks were severe, sudden and frightening. My doctor sent me for MRI scan (normal)and hearing tests.
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- This site HELPED me so much - by Bobbye O. - (Mon, Mar 03 2008)
I woke up and the room was spinning. I woke up at 4:30 a.m. -the spinning was making me nauseous. I was very hot, I started breathing really fast and heavy, hoping that I just needed more oxygen to my brain.
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