Check me out! I'm "multi-quoting" - I can't multi-task anymore, so this is pretty good, eh?
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Originally Posted by LaPepper
Hope you are feeling better Holly. I've had bouts of vertigo for years and it is truly a horrible feeling.
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Thanks. I am feeling better. This is really the most normal I've felt all week, so maybe it is passing.
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Originally Posted by AfterMyNap
Oh, Holly, I so feel for you! It's by far the worst horror I've ever struggled with with this bloody disease.
At 19 I was hospitalized for 6 weeks with profound vertigo and the resulting total dehydration it caused me. It was 6 months before I was back on my feet. I've since had 4-5 major bouts with it. Ugh.
I was undiagnosed and it was the first time I was accused of mental illness (I have since received my demanded letters of apology and admission of not knowing from the 7 surviving of the 13 docs who were baffled by it).
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I do think vertigo has to be one of the worst MS sx out there. So debilitating. If the meclizine hadn't worked, I would have seriously had to contemplate drastic measures like the ER.
My struggle with vertigo does not sound nearly as bad as yours. 6 weeks
! The worst I ever had it was several years ago and it was only at it's worst for a week or so, but had it for weeks at a low level after that.
IMHO, you have done your time with that sx, so I decree that you shall never again have vertigo!
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Originally Posted by Gazelle
Git yer butt to the opth, woman. You ain't gonna play shy and not go. You really do NOT want me coming back out there, grabbin' you by the back of the neck, and tossing you into the car to take you there--do you? Don't tempt me. Cuz if you don't and I have to, then I'm going to go visit Brain afterwards and rub your nose in it that you didn't get to go too.
I had trouble for weeks in late 2005 or early 2006 with that. It really bit the big hairy one. Ick.... I remember the nausea, dizziness, etc. that went along with the nystagmus. I haven't had that for a while, but I still wonder when (IF) it'll come back. Feel for you! 
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Oh lord, I do need a ride to the opth, but that doesn't sound too pleasant. Oh, and you are NOT going to visit sister Brain without me!
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Originally Posted by Erin524
I agree...go see your opthalmologist. If it's coming from your optic nerve being wacky, they can give you IV steroids that might be able to help.
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Thanks. I was actually contemplating asking for IVSM the other day, but now I don't feel as bad. I don't do well with the side effects, but it usually really helps me with my sx.
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Originally Posted by FaithS
Holly -- so sorry.
Call someone. Opthamologist or neurologist. Should be documented. You still get to decide whether, or how, to treat. You're the boss.
~ Faith
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My neuro is too hard to get into. The opth would be easier, but wouldn't rx the IVSM unless it was optic nerve related. On second thought, the neuro might not rx it either because of the osteopenia. That is why he discontinued the pulse IVSM last year.
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Originally Posted by wkikta
Maybe keep some of the Meclizine at work, that way you are prepared so it won't come back.
And, Cindy, not too bad, only 6 of the Doctors had to be killed. 
" 7 surviving of the 13 docs "
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Bill - I just about spit coffee across my desk reading your remark to Cindy.
BTW, I'm keeping the meclizine in my purse. I'm armed and ready for a repeat assault.