Who has ever been through this and how did they fix it? It’s one of those grey issues that nobody understands unless they go through it, then realize how shitty it really is. I got it, the meds destroy me and I need to get beyond it.
Sufferers? Docs? Anyone!!!
Hi,
Do you have dizziness and imbalance, or vertigo - the sense of the world spinning around you? When did it start? What triggers it or aggravates the condition? Any recent changes in; diet, injury, medication etc? Any recent “cold”, or flu with fever? Any and all specific details you can give will be helpful.
Tom
I went through a spell a couple of years ago. I would just get dizzy. It would last a couple of seconds and then go away. It wasn’t really a problem until it happened when I was on my mountain bike!
It only lasted a couple of months, and then poof! gone.
Sister-in-law has vertigo. Gets some weird treatment where they lay her on a bed and rotate her body around to certain angles. Has something to do with the ears.
That is called a Hall-Pike-Dix repositioning. Sometimes the crystals in the inner ear can get out of place and that procedure gets them back in place. Other causes can include: visual problems, proprioception (sense of touch) problems, and a variety of inner ear disorders. Sometimes, no single sensory system is too far off, but the integration of them is impaired.
Tom
You need to get this checked out. Could be something like Meniere’s Disease. Go to an ENT doc.
I had a flu/virus 2X this winter, from January through early-mid March. Took antibiotic for it, took care of the sinus infection and throat issue, and felt pretty good for a few weeks.
This motion sickness crap started full-time last Tuesday night. I’m free of it int he a.m., if I have a good night’s sleep. Seems to show up mid-afternoon and last all day/night. NOthing particular that prompts it. Dizziness, some naseau (thought not constant), feels like I’m walking sideways. Went to the doc yesterday, got some anti-Vert and a patch for behind my ear. Made me so drowsy it was hard to stand or talk or eat. He has a protocal of loading the drugs in 3x per day, 2x per day, 1x per day incriments, then letting it find its way ou tof the system.
Everyhting I’ve read tells me I should have my ears looked at closer, maybe by and ENT doc. I can’t run, might be able to ride a little, can’t swim and have chosen the road of doing nothing except working, which requires me on my feet moving at all time.
I’m glad there’s a scientific explanation. Halfway through typing my prior message I started to wonder if what I was remembering could really be true and that maybe my sister was just talkin’ shit.
If you took Gentamycin antibiotic, it could have affected your inner ear, but that would most likely have shown up right away and the effect would be constant. Sounds like you had/have either a viral vestibulitis (viral infection of the inner ear), or hydrops (pressure on the inner ear). Either would be appropriate to see an ENT, or otologist. Hope this helps.
Tom
Gentamicin is given by injection. It is not absorbed orally.
An ENT buddy of mine says that when he has patients with persistent or recurrent vertigo, a surpirsing number of them have sinusitis on their CT scans. They usually clear with antibiotics. He now gives them a tiral of antibiotics before doing further workup, unless they have other neurologic signs.
BTW, allergies can sometimes do it, too.
I had once what sounded like a spark of electricity in my head and then some hum as the horizon was tilting (not spinning, but similar, like falling over sideways, but I wasn’t). Luckily, I was seated, working on the computer. It lasted about a minute and then I was OK. Never happened again.
It must have been a glitch in the Matrix…
Lehmkuhler
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