Positional Vertigo anyone???

[Guest guest]

I spent the morning at the ER today, as when i woke up the room was

spinning... it got worse until i finally decided to go in... i was

worried because my potassium has been low, and i know it can cause

heart problems, so i wanted to be certain it wasnt that...

thank goodness it wasnt, my heart is in great shape, but the doc

thinks i have positional vertigo... basically whenever i move, i feel

like the room is spinning.... its not awful, and not dangerous he

said, just annoying... i feel like im living in a funhouse... lol!

Anyone know much about it?

he said it could last anywhere from a few hours to forever... they

just dont know...

im just glad its not my heart to be honest... i can deal with a bit of

dizzyness right now...

[Guest guest]

Do you have orthostatic hypotension?

laura

[Guest guest]

Yes... very severe too, I take 2 meds to control it (tilt table test

caused my bp to drop to 0 after less than 5 minutes unmedicated...

neurologist said hed never seen it so severe)...

why do you ask?

the hypotension symptoms are very different from this, when my bp

drops the room gets dark, and i get faint feeling... this time its

feeling like the room is actually moving (or im tipping over when im

not)... oddly enough my blood pressure is the highest it has ever been

(122/70... normal for most, but my normal is 85/40) and didnt drop

when i stood up this time...

Keely

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> Do you have orthostatic hypotension?

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> laura