six weeks "vertigo" experience to share
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Hello all, I believe this is an amazing forum which makes me feel good when having the vertigo symtom, I'd like to share and help other patients with my experience too, which makes me feel even better.
Six week ago one day I laid down to do an AB exercise, it triggered my BPPV Vertigo. I tried twice, finally managed to stand up and go to work with a heavy head. Next day, I had 45 mins walk under the sun, and tried to fix my toilet at night. When I laid my head on my pillow to sleep, it triggered my Vertigo again. The next day, I couldn't get up because of dizziness.
During this six weeks, BPPV came and went a few times. Then it went away. Now I can tilt my head up, down, left and right. I don't know if it is because of the EPley exercise I have done.
HOWEVER, the sense of unbalance and lighthead kicks in, accompanied by exausted fatigue. On 15th of March, I called Ambulance due to a panic attack (suddenly increased heart rate, panic, short breath). The hospital told me that it is BPPV Vertigo and my panic attack could come from anxiety.
I have done Brian CT, neck CT, full blood count, chest Xray, ECG for my heart, all negative.
Now I get confused. Is it a Vertigo now or a BPPV vertigo? Or it is changed to a Chronic Fatigue Syndrom?
Am I the only one experiencing it? I wish someone can share something similar Thank you.
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kathleen65757 jimmy97411
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jimmy97411 kathleen65757
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Thank you for your response it makes me feel less anxious. 23rd of Feburary, nearly the same time when I had my first Vertigo symptom. I am 38. not an active young man, looks a bit old :P
I hope you can recover soon. Sometimes weakness will bring fear and anxiety, I am trying to accept it and don't compare my feeling between today and the past, between healthy people and myself. I guess the non-spinning dizziness is from a broken balance between ears, and the tiredness is from brain retraining. Do you agree? I will ask ENT specialist regarding this.
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christine42810 jimmy97411
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i can't believe how ignorant most GPs are of vestibular problems. Not the first time I have heard this. They dismiss them as anxiety driven. I was fortunate in my GP and she did refer me to an ENT but he insisted it was BPPV. I read up on it all online and I knew it wasn't. He wasn't happy when I asked to go to Dr Welgampola but he did give me the referall in the end - 6 weeks it took, but I remained persistent, it is your body and you know what you feel. Good luck.
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kathleen65757 jimmy97411
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jimmy97411 christine42810
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Now I start to reply to you Yes I totally agree with you. "Typical" vestibular problems are easy to identify but sometimes our symptoms are complex, the truth cause is not that easy to be identified by GP. I totally agree with your words that "it is your body and you know what you feel". Anxiety? yes, it exists and it will affect our bodies, but it is not the root cause in our cases.
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