Coping With Vertigo

August 2009

• vertigo - by daniel - (Mon, Aug 31 2009)
  i went to lay down on my head with my head tilted backwards and my head begun to hurt with this awful pain. anytime that i tilted it that way the pain worsened and i lost my vision, just in that one spot. [more..]
• vertigo,wow !!! - by michele - (Mon, Aug 31 2009)
  I have been experiencing vertigo for about 3 years now,at first I was not sure what it was,but my husbands cardiologist checked me out and told me it is vertigo [more..]
• vertigo- will it go away? - by AL - (Mon, Aug 31 2009)
  I started have the dizzy spells but by keeping still they went away. I did not think too much was wrong until I had a spell at work , hot and cold sweating and I could not move. [more..]
• FIrst time - by roberto - (Tue, Aug 25 2009)
  I’m driving. I call my wife to tell her something is not right…and not quite sure how to describe the initial onset. It was when I made a slight movement of my head and immediately noticed a rotation/tilting of the horizon that I realized how bad it was. [more..]
• sleep would be nice… - by her-mommy - (Tue, Aug 25 2009)
  It’s 3:30am and im up reading all these posts and crying. I never knew soo many people shared my “illness”.it makes me feel not so alone. [more..]
• Spinning like a spinning top. - by Alma C. - (Mon, Aug 24 2009)
  I woke up last Thursday morning 8-13-09; I should say I was awaken @ 4am by what seem to be the room spinning. I have HTN and immediately thought my pressure was up. I took my medicine; didn’t help. [more..]
• My Appointment is on Sept. 27th to find cause of Vertigo - by AS - (Mon, Aug 24 2009)
  I finally found the courage to make an appointment with an ENT doctor. I am very scared. I had some Vertigo episodes in 2002. They went away. They came back two months ago, but worst than before. [more..]
• BPPV-I am so upset! - by Kim - (Thu, Aug 20 2009)
  I have been diagnosed with BPPV, BENIGN PAROXYSMAL POSITIONAL VERTIGO. Since my diagnosis almost a year and a half ago, I have had two Canalith Repositioning Procedures done, the most recent one on July 21st. [more..]
• Vertigo, go away! - by TH - (Fri, Aug 14 2009)
  On July 18, 2009, I had a serious bout of vertigo. I started out being dizzy so I went to sleep. I got up at about eleven something, and was putting on my night clothes when I could not move without feeling like I was going to vomit. [more..]
• My Vertigo episode - by Rosemarie - (Fri, Aug 14 2009)
  About ten days ago I had the most horrible experience for the first time. The phone rang and as I sat up to answer it from my bed I felt the bed was swinging and moving sideways so violently I though I was going to be thrown on the floor against a dresser. [more..]
• Vertigo or what? - by REK - (Mon, Aug 10 2009)
  I am 78 years old and I do a reasonable amount of sports including swiming, golf, basketball,bike riding,hiking,and treadmill. My diet isn,t perfect but I eat a variety of foods with sweets maybe too much. [more..]
• Raising up - by Roy - (Thu, Aug 06 2009)
  When I rise u from bed, the whole room start apinning on me. Getting to the bathroom is not easy for me. [more..]
• frustrated with vertigo - by Melissa - (Thu, Aug 06 2009)
  Last year 2 weeks after I had my daughter I discovered to be loss in the world dizzy but only leaning to the right. this went on for 2 months and I decided to go to Ent they did test and said that I had some inflammation in my inner ear, so they gave me some steroids. [more..]
• ah! vertigo! - by fatima - (Tue, Aug 04 2009)
  ive had dizziness for about 3 weeks now…God i cant imagine having this for many more weeks.mine gets worse in the afternoons. [more..]
• What is Happening? - by Karen - (Mon, Aug 03 2009)
  I woke up 2 days ago and the room began to spin. I called for my husband who came running. The dizziness stopped for about 2 hours and then suddenly the room started spinning again. I called the dr, made an appointment and my husband drove me there. [more..]
• Not sure - by Dennis - (Mon, Aug 03 2009)
  I’m curious if I might have vertigo or not. I’m 49. For the last several weeks I’ve been having dizzy and lightheaded spells, my vision has recently gotten worse things are blurry. [more..]
• Will it get better?? - by Kathy - (Mon, Aug 03 2009)
  I woke up feeling dizzy and the room was spinnig on July 6th and it has not gone away. I have experienced partial hearing loss, ringing in the ears, continuous dizziness (mild compared to what others have described), pressure in the ears and lack of balance. [more..]