Re: Re: Acute dizziness for 1 year - Marie

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Marie, I forgot to mention that I use Systane by Alcon. I've actually had 2 optometrists and 1 opthalmologist tell me to use this product. I find it works very well, but initially after you put the drops in you will get a bit blurry just until the drops are absorbed, then it's back to normal. 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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