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Vertigo and Tinnitus
by: Hillary on Tue, Dec 23 2008
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I’m 16, and have had dizziness and ringing in my ears for a little over 2 years now. I’ve been to a lot of doctors and specialists and none can find the cause, even after numerous MRI’s, CT scans, stacked ABR’s, and who knows what other tests that I’ve had.

My dizziness and ear ringing is always present. What I call episodes are when the dizziness gets worse on a scale of 1-10 it’s normally a 3-4 and “episodes” go from 5-7, I usually make 7 my highest, don’t know why. :) it makes me feel better I guess.

These “episodes” used to last for days at a time and then I’d be at the base level for a few days… Now I don’t get that luxury, they can be minutes long to days. And I never know when I’m going to have a good day or time that is, to try to do school work.

Positions don’t seem to make a difference, I’ve tried numerous medications for possible migraines(none worked), all the tests I’ve had have ruled out a lot of the major things like Meniers…I just want this to go away…

It’s rough, because I don’t get to do a lot of the things other kids can. I can’t drive, even though I’m of legal age, I can’t go to school, and I have to be homeschooled. And worst of all it’s keeping me from the music and acting buisness which is my dream.

Is there anyone else who’s had dizziness and ringing in their ears like this? I’d just like to know that I’m not the only one who has vertigo and tinnitus continually all the time.
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  1. Thu, Dec 25 2008
    Hi Hillary. You most definitely are not alone. I too have the same problem of tinnitus and occasional episodes of vertigo. My vertigo, however, doe...Read

December 2008

  • eye/cold/flu/vertigo/head - by Linda - (Fri, Dec 26 2008)
    I started out with an eye problem a little more than a month ago. Went to the eye doctor, she said that cells were clogged under the eyelid and eye was scratched. She did ask me if I had been feeling extra tired, but I leaned towards saying no, because of my age, I just figured tired means that I’m 56 now… [more..]
  • Vertigo and Tinnitus - by Hillary - (Tue, Dec 23 2008)
    I’m 16, and have had dizziness and ringing in my ears for a little over 2 years now. [more..]
  • My ear problems caused my Vertigo. - by Samantha.C - (Tue, Dec 23 2008)
    When i was about 5 i started having very bad and painful inner ear problems. [more..]
  • people don’t understand unless they feel it too - by M.S. - (Tue, Dec 16 2008)
    I was recently diagnosed with Vertigo last month and its still hard for me understand why and how this came about. [more..]
  • My little Girl - by pnr - (Mon, Dec 08 2008)
    My daughter is 17 and i experiencing vertigo. In March of this year, when she was 16, she was in severe pain and was nauseous and dizzy. [more..]
  • No Dr. Can Figure this out. - by Jessica - (Wed, Dec 03 2008)
    My name is Jessica, I am 26 years old. This all started when i was 13, I started feeling a flutter in my heart, I had it checked out and was diagnosed with Mitrovaulve prolapse. [more..]
  • mrs - by S. - (Tue, Dec 02 2008)
    4 years ago I was on an airline from the east coast to the west coast..it was a connecting flight. My seat was infront of the divider, as I lifted up my head to grab my bag I felt dizzy. [more..]
  • Why did this happen to a 3 year old - by Knesha - (Tue, Dec 02 2008)
    Hello, my name is Knesha. I am 19 years old. I remember it like it was yesterday. When my spells first occured, I was 3 years old. It started while I was asleep. I woke up screaming because the whole room was spinning like a rollercoaster. [more..]
  • vertigo :( - by Jenn - (Mon, Dec 01 2008)
    When I was 22 years old I was driving on the freeway when all the sudden everything starting spinning in one direction and I couldn’t tell which direction was up. [more..]

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