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Vertigo Vexation
by: Teri on Wed, Nov 12 2008
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Feeling like I’m getting to the end of my rope with this medical misfortune. I’m a 52 year old female and was diagnosed with vertigo in December 2004. Went through several months of symptoms and doctors visits before being diagnosed.

The first episode of this condition put me in a pretty disabling state. I couldn’t drive for nine months and was often times bedridden. I experienced lots of dizziness along w/the room spinning, headaches and diminished vision. After nine months, I finally started experiencing substantial amounts of relief. I could go longer periods of time before experiencing anymore symptoms.

Over the years I’ve noticed a resurgence of the vertigo symptoms, but with additional symptoms (as I’m having today). Massive headaches and severe ear pain and dizziness (they are the 3 most noticeable symptoms. The ear pain started out feeling like my ear drum was being punctured w/a straight pin. It now feels as though someones driving a writing pen through my ear drum. My head feels like it’s being held together (at the temples) by a vice grip.

I’ve tried to find a pattern of some sort in my day, my routine, my eating and/or my sleeping habits. Oftentimes I notice when the head and ear pain is severe I begin to feel nauseous. I have had CT brain scan and MRI (most recently) in September 2008. Both were normal.I just don’t know, the episodes and symptoms are much more frequent now and last much longer when I have them. The medicine (Meclizine) I was initially given for vertigo puts me to sleep so I don’t take it because I work. I try to pay attention to healthy eating (but wonder if I could be having some food that triggers these episodes). I am usually a person who doesn’t get lots of sleep (max 5 hrs/night), I make a conscientious effort to get at least 7.5 hrs of sleep now. This sickness is taking a toll on me (wholistically).

Maybe someone else is going through something similar. Please share your experience and if there have been things you’ve done that have minimized your suffering. I am a woman of faith and I know it’s God that’s bringing me through this daily, and in seeking His wisdom, I know he brings people across one anothers path for enlightenment. Look forward to hearing someones story. Thanks for listening.
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  1. Tue, Dec 23 2008
    Hi SecretRose - I appreciate your comment to my post. It's ironic because I originally posted in November and hadn't rec'd any comments until yours t...Read
  2. Tue, Dec 23 2008
    I know what you mean by being at the end of your rope. I'm 16 and I too have vertigo, although mine is always there at a level of 3-4 which is manage...Read

November 2008

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    I have been getting dizzy alot since July 2008, and since the beginning of November 2008. The dizzyness often comes more than six times a day. [more..]
  • vertigo - by dida - (Tue, Nov 18 2008)
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  • Vertigo - by Liz - (Tue, Nov 18 2008)
    I’m 30 and started getting symptoms in my early twenties. I had come back from university and was sitting in my room when the room started spinning, I had hot and cold sweats and when I went to the bathroom, I had to lay on the floor. [more..]
  • vertigo - by Aly - (Thu, Nov 13 2008)
    I am a 28 year old female. 2 years ago I suffered from vertigo it lasted for 2 months. [more..]
  • Stressed in Oklahoma - by Carol - (Thu, Nov 13 2008)
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  • Is it really Vertigo? - by Carol - (Thu, Nov 13 2008)
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  • Vertigo Vexation - by Teri - (Wed, Nov 12 2008)
    Feeling like I’m getting to the end of my rope with this medical misfortune. I’m a 52 year old female and was diagnosed with vertigo in December 2004. Went through several months of symptoms and doctors visits before being diagnosed. [more..]
  • I thought Vertigo was a made up disease from Arrested Developement - by Dea - (Wed, Nov 12 2008)
    I randomly had headaches when I stood up one day. Then came dizziness and blurry vision. I went to the emergency room and they told me that I had vertigo. [more..]
  • Vertigo-history - by SS - (Mon, Nov 10 2008)
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  • So different from last year… - by Greg C. - (Wed, Nov 05 2008)
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  • My encounter with BPPV - by JF - (Tue, Nov 04 2008)
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  • Vertigo - by Dolores - (Mon, Nov 03 2008)
    I have been plageued by this for several years on and off. Moslty had bouts of it when turning over in bed, on the right side only. [more..]

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