Re: Dizzy spells and spinning

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In a message dated 2/9/2008 2:59:10 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,

villaridge@... writes:

Talk to sister the nurse, she says could be inner ear problems.

Anyone out there who has had similiar problems

I have had this before...Very severely the first time I had it...They

diagnosed me with labrynthitis, which is just a viral type infection that

settles

in the inner ear...Not much u can do for it , but rest and I was given

Antivert (generic is meclizine) which you can buy over the counter now from

drugstore.com fairly cheap..I think I paid $9.00 for 100 pills.....

It usally takes about 2 wks to a month or so to totally clear up...Sometimes

I have what u are describing also off and on, and they call it BPV (benign

positional vertigo) which happens bending over, looking up, turning over in

bed...Ever since I had the lab, I notice I have this off and on, maybe it

compromised my inner ear system, but it only lasts a few seconds..

Hope u feel better

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Hi , I have a friend with miniere's disease, and there is even a

link in the links section of the group about it. It's what she refers

to as a vertigo disorder.

Otherwise, I get what I call 'elevator' head all the time during allergy

season, due to my sinus and allergy issues. I don't like it much at

all, sometimes it feels like I just rode up an elevator. Sometimes I'll

get a swimmy headed feeling too. For me I find relief with mucinex and

a decongestant. I'll also soak in a hot bath to loosen some of that

up. Not sure if either of these things are what you are dealing with, I

just thought I'd share in a way to give you some ideas.

Hope you are feeling better!

Hugs,

Melody

wrote:

> Beginning on Thursday, I walked about five feet from the computer

> stand to pick up something in the living room. I had awoken that

> morning with the first replication of my first attacks of what I now

> know is fibro in many years. When I stood up after reaching down for

> whatever it was I was after, I felt as if the room was spinning and

> that I wasn't certain I would not fall. I then stumbled back to the

> computer, called the massage therapist to cancel an appointment I had

> later that afternoon. I had been having episodes of what I am

> calling " listing " (forgot what sister the nurse described it in

> medical terms), I called doctor's office, she out on her day off

> (amazingly, she apparently uses that day to go to see patients in

> hospice and also home bound patients!) Told her assistant what was

> happening, she said if it gets worse go to emergency room, otherwise

> call back Friday am. I am finding myself staggering some when I walk

> up the stairs to the bedroom and bathroom, so I mention all of this

> to husband! He says I am " just light headed from bending over! "

> Talk to sister the nurse, she says could be inner ear problems.

> Anyone out there who has had similiar problems? and if so, have you

> seen a doctor and what may they have diagnosed condition as??? I

> know some people could call me by the old term " she's dizzy " which

> had an entirely different meaning but this is becoming very annoying!

> And with that question, I have several other things to do on computer

> and then it is back to bed for me!

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