[hollym]

I had the most horrific vertigo experience yesterday. I was so close to going to the ER and I still don't feel quite right. Those who know me well know that I vowed to never consciously, willingly enter an ER again after a bad experience, so that is how sick and desperate I felt.

I was working on the computer and my eyes started to feel weird - like back in 2004 when I had nystagmus. The next thing I knew, I had vertigo so bad that I wasn't sure if I was going to puke or fall over or both. I was so sick and it was so sudden. I literally had to lay down on the floor at work for awhile. I couldn't even sit up because I was spinning. Luckily I was alone at the office.

So, picture me laying on the floor of my office panicked. I laid there and called DH from my cell phone and had him bring me some meclizine. That seemed to calm it down, but I still didn't feel right and I still don't.

This was truly one of the scariest experiences of my life. I have never felt so out of control. I am so grateful that the meclizine helped, but it scared me. I really think it was a combination of my eyes and the CRT computer monitor plus I work under fluorescent lights.

So, should I call the opthalmologist? He was the first one to identify the torsional nystagmus in 2004. I haven't been to see him in probably 3 years - maybe it is time? I am having such an issue going to doctors lately. I just can't seem to get up the nerve to get back on the roller coaster.