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Join Date: Aug 2006
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Erin, have you tried a migraine preventive or abortive medication? If those work on your vertigo attacks, that might be one way to see if migraine is the likely cause of your vertigo attacks.
Also, migraines don't have to feel the same all the time. In high school I had almost daily headaches (which I had no idea were migraine, but now I'm sure they were--as my entire family has migraine).
In 1983 I woke up one morning with very severe dizziness that lasted for many hours. Could have been migraine (could also have been the first manifestation of the dizziness that is now my worst and most constant problem among all the other symptoms). Migraine often starts in the morning or wakes you up.
In 1999 I began getting visual auras with no headache--my first migraine events since the 1970s and early 1980s, and the first ones that I recognized as migraine.
In recent years I've had many times of waking up in the early morning with nausea and sometimes diarrhea that lasts for hours, then goes away completely. I'm almost certain those are a different manifestation of migraine.
Thus, even if your headache/vertigo attacks don't feel like your regular migraines, they very well might still be migraine events
Have you talked to a neurologist specializing in migraine/headache? You might find some medication that helps. And you might get an answer as to whether your vertigo is caused by MS or migraine or something else. An ENT will likely not be much help in this matter, although they can certainly rule out inner ear problems.
Best of luck--I feel very lucky to have only mild dizziness. In the few times when I've had short-lived real vertigo, I can't imagine having it for longer periods!! It must be really awful.
Nancy T.
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