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tonya46846
tonya46846

I wake up every morning feeling so dizzy and unbalanced its frustrating.. My neck hurts also.. I'm so sick of feeling this way,. Any tips or reasons why I feel this way.. Its ruining my life ugh 😢

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  • Guest
    Guest tonya46846

    Posted

    Hi tonya you may have some sort of inner ear problem light vertigo do you find its worse when moving your head from side to side quickly and does it feel like your goin up and down on a lift type feeling
    • tonya46846
      tonya46846 Guest

      Posted

      Yes it does Shelby.. I feel so unbalanced at times its freighting.
    • Guest
      Guest tonya46846

      Posted

      It really does sound like vertigo and it can also feel worse when laying down take a trip to the doctors and explain to them and have a look online at the symptoms if vertigo and see if you can relate to them there is medication to treat it but it can't be used long term cause it can cause head shakes
    • tonya46846
      tonya46846 Guest

      Posted

      I do have vertigo.. But didn't know it lasted this long.. What medicine is it your talking about hun.
    • Guest
      Guest tonya46846

      Posted

      I'm not sure what it's called but my mum suffered from vertigo and she was put on medication for it but told her if she used it long term it would cause a head shake I will ask her when she gets Home and I'll let you no smile and do you ever find that your symptoms ease or are they constant?
    • tonya46846
      tonya46846 Guest

      Posted

      It comes and goes.. Its scary at times cuz I feel weird all over.. Thank you so much for your comments..
    • Guest
      Guest tonya46846

      Posted

      Yeah vertigo comes and go but I will let you no what medication it was when my mums back smile
  • WalterMcDonald
    WalterMcDonald tonya46846

    Posted

    Keep a large glass of water near your bed and and drink it when you wake up.

    Use 1 pillow, too many pillows strains the neck muscles.

    Good Luck

    • tonya46846
      tonya46846 WalterMcDonald

      Posted

      Thank you Walter.. Does the water help? I'm so sick of feeling this way. It brings on my anxiety that I've been doing pretty good with. 😢
    • WalterMcDonald
      WalterMcDonald tonya46846

      Posted

      People often wake up dehydrated too. They complain of waking with a headache. If you snore or breath through your mouth you will dehydrate more. Remember when you wake you may not have had anything to dring for 8-12 hours.

      Some people use hot water with a slice of lemon. Oriental people.

  • ronnie02787
    ronnie02787 tonya46846

    Posted

    Food diet sleep free mind and any meds all can b the answer find a routene that keeps you calm and balanced i just started stopping coffee in witch im morning but had to try to stop because of the same dizzy spinning flashes u discribed good luck
    • tonya46846
      tonya46846 ronnie02787

      Posted

      I smoke maybe this is one thing I need to stop.. I'm cutting out caffeine (pop) slowly. I take propanolol 20 mg twice a day,a water pill 25 mg once a day,lexapro 10mg once a day and ativan as needed. Maybe my night time meds are causing this too? Then I take meds for acid reflux.
    • Guest
      Guest tonya46846

      Posted

      Hi tonya I've just realised you have written that your on propranolol I was on this for anxiety and I didn't get on with it because what it does is it slows your heart rate down are you taking this for anxiety or heart problems? Cause that might be what's causing you dizziness and balance problems
    • WalterMcDonald
      WalterMcDonald tonya46846

      Posted

      Beta blockers cause sleep disturbance and other horriblr side effects. I notice you are on a water pill, have you got heart failure.
    • ronnie02787
      ronnie02787 tonya46846

      Posted

      Wow i was on propra'19mg only and felt more dizzy than ever and that made my enxiety much worse now im tryn a natural way
    • tonya46846
      tonya46846 Guest

      Posted

      I'm on it for high blood pressure and migraines.
    • Guest
      Guest tonya46846

      Posted

      Ok then it is used for that 2 what's your resting heart rate?
    • Guest
      Guest tonya46846

      Posted

      Is that after you have taken your propranlol that is normal rate so it's not slowing it down to much when I was on propranolol my heart rate went down to 48 50 bpm when normaly it's between 80 -90 so I hated it
    • tonya46846
      tonya46846 Guest

      Posted

      Its after I take it. My heart rate is 83 before. Maybe 2 a day is too much. I need to go back to my gp I guess.
    • Guest
      Guest tonya46846

      Posted

      Sorry didn't mean to put that predictive text lol if your concerned see your gp but 68 is a normal heart rate so it's not making it go to low but I definitely think citolpram will help calm you down as it does mesmile x
    • Guest
      Guest

      Posted

      If you suffer anxiety citalopram will help but if not then you dont need itsmile
    • tonya46846
      tonya46846 Guest

      Posted

      I take lexapro. How much citopram do you take? And when do you take it?
    • Guest
      Guest tonya46846

      Posted

      Is lexapro a depressent or anxiety or both citalopram is for my anxiety and depression and panic attacks it's stopped my panic attacks and I take 10mg once a day with my dinner
    • tonya46846
      tonya46846 Guest

      Posted

      It treats both anxiety and depresson.. Maybe I should try changing the time when I take it. I take 10mg lexapro ,20 mg propanolol, at night.
    • Guest
      Guest tonya46846

      Posted

      Maybe that's what's causing you to wake up dizzy and maybe try taking them separately aswell if you take them both together try take propranolol during the day and your anxiety tablet at night
    • tonya46846
      tonya46846 Guest

      Posted

      That's what I was thinking too. I'm gonna take my lexapro with my dinner today and propanolol at bedtime and see how I feel tmr morning. If I'm still dizzy I will switch the pills around. That way I can get to the bottom of it.
    • Guest
      Guest tonya46846

      Posted

      Try keeping it the same for a week and if you don't see any improvement then switch them as it might take a little while for you body to adjust and if you have no joy after that then go see your doctor smile x
    • tonya46846
      tonya46846 Guest

      Posted

      Thank you so much for all your help.. Does good to talk with people with the same issues.. I will let you know how I get along.. Xx
    • Guest
      Guest tonya46846

      Posted

      Yeah definitely let me no how you get on and are you currently on anything to treat your vertigo? I will also write to you in a little while to let you no what that medication was called if my mum can remember lol. X
    • Guest
      Guest

      Posted

      It was prochlorperazine used for her vertigo
    • tonya46846
      tonya46846 Guest

      Posted

      I take 0.5mg ativan it helps but they are addicting.
    • Guest
      Guest tonya46846

      Posted

      is that what is used for your vetigo is it? 
    • tonya46846
      tonya46846 Guest

      Posted

      Plus anxiety. Which my ent doctor said that vertigo brings on anxiety.. I was taking antivert over the counter med but scared to take it with my other meds.
    • Guest
      Guest tonya46846

      Posted

      ok if your worried about taking it with your other medication then speak to your pharmacist about the medication your currently taking and they will let you no if its ok to take or not but if its an over the counter meds its will probably be ok 
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