I am a person with MS (12 years now). I am a 48 year old woman. I just had a serious medical situation that made my MS blow up with full Vertigo. Since I had an active infection in my body (with a drain) they would not treat my MS exaserbation with any steriods or steriod IV drip. It was 30 days after the vertigo hit that they finally we able to gave me a 5 day IV drip....(the vertigo had calmed down by the 30 days, but had not gone away). The drip did NOTHING...I did have an MRI about another month later with a new lesion in my corpus callisum (but the vertigo should not be coming from that area they say that is more the "congnitive" area of the brain)....so I go see an ENT and they find nothing.

It has now been 3 months and my "mild" vertigo (feels like my eyes don't track with the movement of my head) and wondering if permanent...my neurologist just says "could take a while" to get better and could be permanent. I would just like to talk with someone who might have this this issue as well.....it NEVER goes away, it's just always there from the moment I get up until I fall asleep. It's like I feel it behind my eyes all the time even when holding my head still. I cough and I am immediately dizzy for a few seconds....just getting very sick of it and am SOOOOOO hoping this is NOT permanent!!!

Any help??!!

Hey, I talked to my honey...alias Olhipie...I asked him if he had ever experienced dizziness and he said only back in the 70's when he was

Now you understand the Olhipie username.

Welcome Vernie. so sorry for you constant vertigo horrors. Not heard
of it as a permanent side of MS. But certainly does reoccur with
most peeps.

I hope your Doc can find a fix for you, that must be awful.

Thanks Sally, I've had the same Neurologist since my diagnosis, but I'm thinking I might need a second opinion and will probably see a new one soon.

Thank you, Tam, LOLOLOL...as I noted to Sally below, I'm probably going to obtain another opinion with a new neurologist that specializes specifically for people with MS. My neuro has other MS patients, but not sure how "specialized" she really is from this last episode with my MS and how she acting about it all.

Chronic vertigo can be a sign of low B12. If you close you eyes and cannot remain upright...that is Romberg's sign.

I suggest you get a B12 test and make sure it is over 400pg/ml....lab ranges in US still go down to 200 and that is very low we know now. (for over a decade).

Here is my B12 thread: This thread explains how to supplement it correctly for best results.
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/thread85103.html

This is a new video about the importance of checking this level:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvEiz...ature=youtu.be

I've had MS for 21yrs now, and dizziness is a big problem for me. I am always dizzy but gets 100x worse when I have a relapse.