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Tired of staggering
by: CB
on Mon, Sep 14 2009
I cannot say exactly when my symptoms started, but I think they were gradual at first, back about the first of the year. Now they are every waking minute. Besides the staggering and swaying, which is really getting old…I also experience trouble with my vision so it hinders my driving, working on the computer, reading, and going into different lighting situations. I have trouble especially going from a lit room to a dark room.
I do not know if it iss because of the anxiety the dizziness has caused, but being around loud noises or crowds really exacerbates my dizziness The only time I feel normal is when I am in bed. I can lie on my back and everything is fine….the room does not spin at all. You can turn me up on my head and I am fine. It only seems to be when I am vertical that the dizziness starts soon as my feet hit the floor. Sitting is OK if I do not have a lot of motion going on around me or if I do not turn my head a lot or use my hands to talk.
I have had some shoulder and neck problems within the last year and a tremendous amount of stress prior to the dizziness. Saw a chiropractor for the shoulder and neck and as someone else mentioned, the dizziness got worse. People think your are crazy after seeing five doctors (2-GPs, ENT, Neurologist and chiropractor) and know one can diagnose or fix the problem. Depression is starting to set in. I have one more neurologist I am going to try that was recommended by a friend that got some relief.
I would love to hear from anyone with my similar symptoms that have received some help and relief. The Brandt Daroff exercises did not help at all nor the inner ear meds.
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Wed, Sep 16 2009
I know exactly what you are feeling. It took seeing the five doctors I mentioned before my significant other would acknowledge that something was tru...Read
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Tue, Sep 15 2009
I am 46 had one episode in April 2009 lasted a day and a half next episode on August 16, 2009 and still going. I can't go anywhere alone, can't drive ...Read
September 2009
- merely existing - by Donna - (Tue, Sep 29 2009)
I am 40 years old and for the past 11 months have been living with severe vertigo.
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- Vertigo stinks - by MARLEEN - (Tue, Sep 29 2009)
About 3 years ago I was hanging up a shirt n my sons closet, suddenly I felt as though some one was shaking my head from side to side and I went down and hit the corner of a chest.
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- Am i going insane - by cj - (Tue, Sep 29 2009)
I am a 38 year old man with more problems than i want and didnt need any more, I also have not yet been diagnosed with vertigo however my mother has
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- Scared - by Beatriz - (Fri, Sep 25 2009)
I had severe vertigo in 2007 for 2 long weeks, and they were the worst days of my life, I even wanted to kill myself!
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- Benign Positional Vertigo - by Cathy B. - (Fri, Sep 25 2009)
I have been diagnosed 1week ago with having Benign Positional Vertigo. I have had an episode were everything around me was spinning out of control.
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- Vertigo sucks - by e&y - (Fri, Sep 25 2009)
Ok..this is about as depressing as it gets. I’m 40 years old and have just started experiencing and been diagnosed with vertigo….
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- Totally Unexpected - by Kim P. - (Thu, Sep 24 2009)
It was a normal week although I was preparing myself to bury a relative. I was on my way to my hometown with my three kids in tow (ages 13, 12 and 9) when I decided to go into a store to make a quick purchase.
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- PROLONGED Extreme Dizziness - by Deb - (Mon, Sep 21 2009)
There were no indications that led me to believe I was ill. I felt fine, then boom. I turned from the kitchen sink and almost fell to the floor from the sudden onset of dizziness.
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- chronic vertigo for 10 years - by Kim - (Mon, Sep 21 2009)
Ive just about had enough,this has RUINED my life to the point that im wishing i was dead.
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- Please everybody try this! - by GKL - (Thu, Sep 17 2009)
If you suffer from BPPV vertigo and have the symptoms of dizzyness and nausea when you look up, lay your head down on your pillow, turn over in bed
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- Is Vertigo, temporary or permanent??? - by Nadir - (Thu, Sep 17 2009)
Is Vertigo, temporary or permanent???
I am 69 years old, happy married and with three grown up children and in a relatively good heath.
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- POST STROKE VERTIGO - by VENKATESH I. - (Thu, Sep 17 2009)
I had a stroke in 2006. Followed by a seizure in 2008. Since then i have been on medicines like losar, ecospirin av 150,eptoin 100 three times, of late i m experiencing spinning when i geet up from bed.
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- NIGHTMARE - by PB - (Tue, Sep 15 2009)
This rocking sensation is a living nightmare. I have had vertigo for the past 20 years but this time it has come back with a vengeance.
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- Tired of staggering - by CB - (Mon, Sep 14 2009)
I cannot say exactly when my symptoms started, but I think they were gradual at first, back about the first of the year. Now they are every waking minute.
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- dizziness is taking over. - by mandy - (Tue, Sep 08 2009)
First, I dislike typing bc of dizziness. Anywayz ive had a bad day today emotionally because of my dizziness.
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- As the world turns, and turns, and turns! - by Genine - (Wed, Sep 02 2009)
I am a smoker of 10 years, who has recently quit, although I relapse occasionally. I’ve never smoked a pack a day, keeping it around 5 cigarettes a day, and now I’m down to an occasional 2 or 3 if any.
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- sound familiar to anyone..?? - by shell - (Tue, Sep 01 2009)
my 9 year old son has just come home from hospital but no one can determine what s wrong with him. He is a type 1 diabetic and haas celiac disease.
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