vertigo

[dolf]

I woke up with it around midnight. 3pm and my balance is still off by at least 6 G&Ts worth. staggering, hanging onto walls, swallowing nausea.

you ever had this?
if so, what caused yours?
and did your friends laugh at you?

 

[JohnnySavage]

I woke up with it around midnight. 3pm and my balance is still off by at least 6 G&Ts worth. staggering, hanging onto walls, swallowing nausea.

you ever had this?
if so, what caused yours?
and did your friends laugh at you?

Ear infection.

 

[tactful]

I don't get takeout all that much.

 

[pointless]

yeah. ears. i've never experienced it, but my father had huge problems with vertigo for awhile and minor ones still. apparently there are exercises you can do if it becomes really bad to make it better. i think it involves rolling back and forth. seriously. you can probably google it if it's still fucking you up.

 

[Queersetti]

Vertigo

 

[cjh]

"Gin and tonic" is a unit of diagnostic measurement in England?

 

[pointless]

oh and don't be an idiot and drive if vertigo is an issue. my father nearly killed himself and my mother because he wasn't taking that shit seriously. get a ride to a fucking doctor and get that shit checked out.

 

[SkAoUt]

My sisters old boyfriend got this. To the extreme of not being able to stand up, hold anything down or sleep unmedicated. Something to do with eating seafood, possibly shellfish. He died... much later (years later actually) of a heart attack unrelated to vertigo.

I got a mild case after diving a couple times. I descended too fast and forced my equalization. Anyhow later on the dive boat I didn't feel anything but when on dry land I couldn't walk a straight line. That took 24 hours to clear up (no medication, just plenty of water and time). The next dive I got a milder case and that took 12 hours for the dizziness to abate.

 

[Sean]

"Gin and tonic" is a unit of diagnostic measurement in England?

Only up to ten. Then it's tequila shots.

 

[parodyluvr75]

I had a flu that caused it, it lasted 2 weeks. It sucked. I don't get that from getting drunk, normally.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

I diagnose better than most MDs, so theyre rarely useful, and they refuse to prescribe on my sayso.

 

[Bert Notorius]

Could be chronic traumatic encephalopathy from too many blows to the head.

 

[BotanyBoy]

I woke up with it around midnight. 3pm and my balance is still off by at least 6 G&Ts worth. staggering, hanging onto walls, swallowing nausea.

you ever had this?
if so, what caused yours?
and did your friends laugh at you?

Yup, I got blowed up real real bad in the wharrrrrr!! and part of that was blown tympanic membranes and broken incus/stapes in my left and just the membrane in the right.

I haven't gotten a case of vertigo since about 9 mo to a year after I caught myself an early retirement but I am super duper duper prone to car/plane/sea sickness now. I can't even play most video games or go to the IMAX..hurl factor 10 in like less than a min.

Sometimes they do and so do I because funny shit happens as a result. Most just don't like seeing it though...makes both my "friends" and strangers alike uncomfortable when my disabilities and or the limitations from them become apparent/limiting to our activities as friends. I watch people debate with themselves as to if they should ask, offer help or not, all sorts of things happen to the people around me when my body starts to clusterfuck out. It's been rather eye opening to go from super fit and highly capable human being to disabled practically over night.

oh and don't be an idiot and drive if vertigo is an issue. my father nearly killed himself and my mother because he wasn't taking that shit seriously. get a ride to a fucking doctor and get that shit checked out.

Yup.... the chief medical officer for my unit suspended me from driving anything for about 18 mo (the remainder of my time in) and had my DL yanked pending medical review. So yea vertigo is serious shit that given the right circumstances can turn deadly real fast. After therapy and almost a year on the mend I got my class C back from the state but I'll likely never get my motorcycle endorsement back...which is fine it's way too risky and I wouldn't do it even if I were legally allowed to anyhow.

 

[Noor]

fluid in inner ear sometimes, try an antihistamine and decongestant if you can.

and lay low until it seems.

 

[lileth_morgan]

I had it a couple of month ago, it was caused by a wax build up in the ears, was told to put drops of olive oil in the ears to help soften the wax and take travel sickness tablets to deal with the nausea I was feeling with the loss of balance, it cleared it in a couple of days

 

[patient1]

Somebody please suggest some online diagnosis websites.

You should see a doctor because you could have an acoustic neuroma, a kind of inner-ear tumor.

There are various inner ear disorders, one called mal debarkment, which can occur after sea travel, flying, or even an auto accident.

Another is what they call ear rocks, which are calcium crystals in the ear canals, that occur in the over 50 crowd, and can be managed with something called the Epley maneuver. It's a matter of learning a procedure..sort of like an exercise.

Sometimes it's Migraine Associated Vertigo. It's a different kind of brain short-circuit, and isn't necessarily accompanied by headaches. You stop it by treating migraine issues. Medicine, diet, etc. It's more common among women.

If it's not anything else, and I know there are other explanations I've forgotten, including certain drugs and toxins, it could be Meniere's Disease, an extremely rare and over-diagnosed degenerative nerve syndrome of the inner ear. It causes hearing loss, ringing in the affected ear, and fullness or pressure, not just vertigo.

Aren't you hearing impaired? Don't you have an Ear, Nose & Throat specialist ?
What is the diagnosed cause of your hearing issues?

 

[Noor]

Meclizine stopped the dizziness when I got it from a drug reaction. It just stops the symptoms, I agree if it continues find out what it's from.
I was dizzy for 6 weeks from a medication. It caused abnormal eye movements, but first they thought it was the calcium pieces.
The tests are kind of cool.

 

[Sunshine]

I woke up with it around midnight. 3pm and my balance is still off by at least 6 G&Ts worth. staggering, hanging onto walls, swallowing nausea.

you ever had this?
if so, what caused yours?
and did your friends laugh at you?

Yes, as a kid. It was a middle or inner ear infection. After a few days on antibiotics, it went away.

 

[butters]

I woke up with it around midnight. 3pm and my balance is still off by at least 6 G&Ts worth. staggering, hanging onto walls, swallowing nausea.

you ever had this?
if so, what caused yours?
and did your friends laugh at you?

if you've never had it before, then it's most likely fluid-related but call your doctor and ask. it needs checking.

my balance is off due to repeat bad ear infections as a kid (tonsils were the culprit) resulting in a blown eardrum but there's also a fusing of two of the three tiny inner ear bones. i used to suffer travel sickness as a kid, can't even watch a roundabout, but find no problem with carousels so the up/down movement must counteract the round and round. can't read whilst traveling in a car either. fortunately it's pretty mild; if i'm standing still and close my eyes i'll start to lean and fall over eyes open, no problems.oh, can NOT do that thing where you're spun around and try to walk - the whole world keeps right on spinning.

 

[M. Jordan]

fluid in inner ear sometimes, try an antihistamine and decongestant if you can.

and lay low until it seems.

That's exactly what worked for me. Plugged Eustachian tubes. Probably caused by my allergies at the time.

 

[Sunshine]

if you've never had it before, then it's most likely fluid-related but call your doctor and ask. it needs checking.

my balance is off due to repeat bad ear infections as a kid (tonsils were the culprit) resulting in a blown eardrum but there's also a fusing of two of the three tiny inner ear bones. i used to suffer travel sickness as a kid, can't even watch a roundabout, but find no problem with carousels so the up/down movement must counteract the round and round. can't read whilst traveling in a car either. fortunately it's pretty mild; if i'm standing still and close my eyes i'll start to lean and fall over eyes open, no problems.oh, can NOT do that thing where you're spun around and try to walk - the whole world keeps right on spinning.

Me too. I have to be able to look at the horizon while in a car or on a boat. Unfortunately, I can't tolerate any rides that go around. Really stinks when I take the kids to the amusement park!

 

[dolf]

Aren't you hearing impaired? Don't you have an Ear, Nose & Throat specialist ?
What is the diagnosed cause of your hearing issues?

huh

 

[Fata Morgana]

huh

And blind. Don't forget blind.

Ignore him, he thinks we boil sausages over here.

 

[dolf]

And blind. Don't forget blind.

Ignore him, he thinks we boil sausages over here.

boiled sausages??

as if I didn't feel queasy enough

 

[thør]

And blind. Don't forget blind.

Ignore him, he thinks we boil sausages over here.

Don't you boil them in molten cheese?