Re: Re: Acute dizziness for 1 year - H

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That is a good, complete and easy to understand list, H. Thanks for sharing with all of us.

S.

Acute dizziness for 1 year - Lunesta?

> dominie@groups .com

> Date: Friday, December 19, 2008, 10:20 PM

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> Last December I started having very bad dizzy spells. Once I even

> passed out completely. My doctor lowered my BP medications but that

> didn't work. The dizziness increased from just a few spells to

> several spells an hour. The spells occured when I was sitting,

> getting out of a chair, trying to get something out of the

cupboard,

> or just walking in my house. My doctor then told me that I had

> alergies and fluid in my right ear so he prescribed two more

> medications. My eyes started bluring with the spells and when I

laid

> down I could see my heart beating in my left eye. My doctor

referred

> me to an eye specialist. It took 6 weeks to get into see her and

> after a complete exam she told me that there was nothing wrong with

> my eyes and was shocked that my doctor hadn't checked my carotid

> artery. I have not been able to drive the car for the last two

> months. Early last week I woke up with the vision in my left eye

> completly blurred. I called my husband's cardiologist and he worked

> me in the very next day. The night before my appointment I wasn't

> able to sleep as usual so I spent the night on the ocmputer looking

> up dizziness and vision problems. Lunesta kept coming up as a

> possible culprit and I have been taking it since November of 2007.

I

> immediately quit taking it. The cardiologist has been running a

> series of test on me all week and most of them have proved there

> isn't any problem with my heart. What has amazed me is that after I

> was off of the Lunesta for 4 days my dizziness has stopped

> completely. I had an eye exam with my optometrist yesterday and my

> eyes are completely fine and haven't changed enough in a year to

> warrant new glasses. The only thing that he found was that I have

dry

> eyes and he recommended that I use OTC eye drops. I am very upset

> with myself because I never checked this medicine on my own. I

> trusted my doctor and he never took it on himself to question any

> medication that he has prescribed for me. He only wrote out more

> prescriptions. I have only been off of Lunesta for 8 days but so

far

> so good. Just thought that I would mention this just in case one of

> our fibro sisters is experiencing these symptoms. I hope that my

> experience will help some one or at least make those taking Lunesta

> aware of what can possibly happen.

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Thank you , I go for anything that won't confuse us...we have enough issues as there is. Glad you liked, hope it helped. Happy holiday hugs. H> > > From: Marie Louise <scott.marie@ ...>> Subject: Acute dizziness for 1 year - Lunesta?> To:

dominie@groups .com> Date: Friday, December 19, 2008, 10:20 PM> > > > > > > Last December I started having very bad dizzy spells. Once I even > passed out completely. My doctor lowered my BP medications but that > didn't work. The dizziness increased from just a few spells to > several spells an hour. The spells occured when I was sitting, > getting out of a chair, trying to get something out of the cupboard, > or just walking in my house. My doctor then told me that I had > alergies and fluid in my right ear so he prescribed two more > medications. My eyes started bluring with the spells and when I laid > down I could see my heart beating in my left eye. My doctor referred > me to an eye specialist. It took 6

weeks to get into see her and > after a complete exam she told me that there was nothing wrong with > my eyes and was shocked that my doctor hadn't checked my carotid > artery. I have not been able to drive the car for the last two > months. Early last week I woke up with the vision in my left eye > completly blurred. I called my husband's cardiologist and he worked > me in the very next day. The night before my appointment I wasn't > able to sleep as usual so I spent the night on the ocmputer looking > up dizziness and vision problems. Lunesta kept coming up as a > possible culprit and I have been taking it since November of 2007. I > immediately quit taking it. The cardiologist has been running a > series of test on me all week and most of them have proved there > isn't any problem with my heart. What has amazed me is that after I > was off of the Lunesta

for 4 days my dizziness has stopped > completely. I had an eye exam with my optometrist yesterday and my > eyes are completely fine and haven't changed enough in a year to > warrant new glasses. The only thing that he found was that I have dry > eyes and he recommended that I use OTC eye drops. I am very upset > with myself because I never checked this medicine on my own. I > trusted my doctor and he never took it on himself to question any > medication that he has prescribed for me. He only wrote out more > prescriptions. I have only been off of Lunesta for 8 days but so far > so good. Just thought that I would mention this just in case one of > our fibro sisters is experiencing these symptoms. I hope that my > experience will help some one or at least make those taking Lunesta > aware of what can possibly

happen.>

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