[MelodyL]

However it's spelled, my doctor told me I have this condition. It's mild. I'm doing vestibular exercises. It's like when you cross the street and look both ways. That exercise and looking at an object and while gazing at it, looking from right to left.

I read this on the internet. Alan had this YEARS ago but his was so bad (we didn't know it was vertigo at the time) I had call the paramedics. That was very frightening.

In my case, a few days ago I was bending to open a drawer and I started to sway. I than said "uh oh, the last time this happened it was a 24 hour virus and I threw up". I then laid down, looked up at the ceiling fan and it was going round and round for a few seconds. I simply sat up and decided I was having none of that. And it went away. I then went to sleep for a few hours. Didn't have another spell but I felt OFF so to speak. Next day was Sunday, and I slept a few hours then too.

Today I spoke to Dr. Fred and and told him the whole story. He diagnosed it and it seems to fit. I feel perfectly fine right now. I went shopping, made a wash, did my usual business. I read all that it says on the internet.

I'm doing the exercises and hoping for the best. It did say that this takes from 1 to 6 weeks to completely go away (in many cases).

So obviously, I'm eating healthy, I'm doing the exercises. Haven't had another spell. No signs of anything else.

Oh, my sugar was up this morning, don't know if it was from stress but I'm keeping an eye.

I do my vitamix thing, I sprout and I am keeping busy.

So if anyone knows any other thing I can do, please let me know.

But.. so far so good.

lol

Melody

[GaryA]

Originally Posted by MelodyL

However it's spelled, my doctor told me I have this condition. It's mild. I'm doing vestibular exercises. It's like when you cross the street and look both ways. That exercise and looking at an object and while gazing at it, looking from right to left.

I read this on the internet. Alan had this YEARS ago but his was so bad (we didn't know it was vertigo at the time) I had call the paramedics. That was very frightening.

In my case, a few days ago I was bending to open a drawer and I started to sway. I than said "uh oh, the last time this happened it was a 24 hour virus and I threw up". I then laid down, looked up at the ceiling fan and it was going round and round for a few seconds. I simply sat up and decided I was having none of that. And it went away. I then went to sleep for a few hours. Didn't have another spell but I felt OFF so to speak. Next day was Sunday, and I slept a few hours then too.

Today I spoke to Dr. Fred and and told him the whole story. He diagnosed it and it seems to fit. I feel perfectly fine right now. I went shopping, made a wash, did my usual business. I read all that it says on the internet.

I'm doing the exercises and hoping for the best. It did say that this takes from 1 to 6 weeks to completely go away (in many cases).

So obviously, I'm eating healthy, I'm doing the exercises. Haven't had another spell. No signs of anything else.

Oh, my sugar was up this morning, don't know if it was from stress but I'm keeping an eye.

I do my vitamix thing, I sprout and I am keeping busy.

So if anyone knows any other thing I can do, please let me know.

But.. so far so good.

lol

Melody

Have you ever used the Epley maneuver? Youtube videos are available. I have ear problems--both ears produce what seems like a gallon or so of fluid every day, and if I don't keep them relatively dried out, I get infections.

You know about the little "stones" within the vestibular tubes that control your balance? The Epley maneuver loosens them so that can move freely to maintain your balance when you change positions. It's a simple technique, one you can do on yourself without help if necessary. Sometimes one treatment is enough, sometimes I have to repeat it daily for a couple of weeks. But it does work--and without a doctor visit!

[mrsD]

Also to consider: You are still taking that lisinopril for blood pressure? This drug crosses the blood brain barrier and goes into the brain. It is good for this because it can help with inflammation it is thought.

However, this increases side effects, especially dizziness. When I received a generic for this from INDIA...I was so dizzy I couldn't walk.
I had to go to another pharmacy to get my old brand of generic back!
I don't know what was wrong with the INDIA one unless they were made wrong and too much drug was in them for the dose.

Now that you have lost weight and are doing a good job with your diabetes, you might need a dose adjustment?
Dizziness that occurs when you bend over and then stand up may be orthostatic hypotension.

Sometimes my lisinopril makes me dizzy, so I use that sign to take my BP and typically I find it low. So I do half dose for a short time while monitoring it.

Another possibility is that you are developing an autonomic neuropathy --I hope NOT. But BP changes with position also happen with that.

You can get a virus in the inner ear which can cause vertigo. This vertigo does not go away once you change position. Typically it is self limiting.

[MelodyL]

Hi all.

I should have replied on this thread after I came home from Dr. Fred. He checked me over completely. Then he looked in my ears.

He exclaimed "Oh my god, you have more wax than your husband (and he had just did the water flush in his ears and couldn't get it all out and told us to get Debrox"

I said "My ears are worse than Alan's"? he said "oh yeah, do the debox"

I don't like Doctors poking in my ears or flushing water and so I've been doing the debrox ever since.

I have not had one episode since that initial one 13 or so days ago.

My heart, lungs, carotid, blood pressure all checked out fine. He took blood

He says I'm fine, I believe him and I have gone back to walking, swinging my arms, still doing the vestibular exercises. (he had me bending down, moving my head left to right, I showed him my vestibular exercises. He said "you know what you are doing, keep doing it"

I have an appointment with my eye doctor (standard appointment) on October 10.

So, so far so good.

Thanks to you all

Melody

[mrsD]

The ear drum has nerves in it, and when pressure builds on it, there can be dizziness.

I am glad for you that it was a simple solution.

[MelodyL]

Originally Posted by mrsD

The ear drum has nerves in it, and when pressure builds on it, there can be dizziness.

I am glad for you that it was a simple solution.

I'm glad too. I hear all of these things and it can be scary.

And here's a VERY interesting update on the dizzy topic

Since I had this "episode" about 13 days ago, I have spoken to various people about my "episode'

Do you know how many people said "oh my god, I had that too, on
Saturday, right?" I looked at them. Then the other day I was having breakfast with a friend and I'm telling her what happened and she looked at me and said "oh my god that happened to me and my co-workers" (she works on Saturday)

I said "How many co-workers?" and she said "4"

So now that's 5 people besides me, right?

I then spoke to my landlord and was telling her what happened to me the previous week and she looked at me and said "Oh my god, me too, I started to sway"

So we are talking 6 people (that I know of) besides myself, who had the same "episode'.

And we are not talking about getting up from a seated position.

I had bent over to open up a drawer.

And the others were just sitting in their chairs or just doing stuff. I checked.

So might it have been some phenomenon happening in Brooklyn?

I'm going to look into this.

All I can say is "it just might not be ear wax"

I don't believe in coincidences.

lol

Melody

[mrsD]

It is very very common. I've had 3 big attacks of it over my life.
One right after my son was born.

All three sent me to bed lying on my right side..otherwise I couldn't even walk.

It is so common... don't worry about it.

[MelodyL]

Originally Posted by mrsD

It is very very common. I've had 3 big attacks of it over my life.
One right after my son was born.

All three sent me to bed lying on my right side..otherwise I couldn't even walk.

It is so common... don't worry about it.

Mrs.D. I try and not sweat the small stuff. If I get up in the morning, get out of bed, and go and join my friends for breakfast, and we are all alive and kicking, to me that's a good morning.

Then as I walk down my block I run into my 84 year old neighbor who is a hoot, and can run rings around me, is a health nut, knows all about Michael Pollan, organic food, supplments, etc, and has more energy than her 2 60 something offspring, THEN IT'S AN EVEN BETTER MORNING.

I try and find joy in what I have, rather than look at what I don't have.

It's the only thing I can do.

I'm trying to make Alan look at life the way I do. But with his neuropathy, well, that's no easy task.

Take care

Melody