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Hey so I have read through all the comments and posts and the vertigo that I have is a little different. I had really bad vertigo about a month ago. I couldn't drive or walk without someone helping me. I work full-time at an orthepedic office and my husband and I need the money so I can't afford not to be here but it is so hard to work. I can't get up to help my patients and I am getting dizzy when I look around my office.
When I got the vertigo it started on a Wednesday and I thought I was just tired and needed more sleep but it kept getting worse throughout the week and then I woke up exactly a week later and it was gone. Poof! Just as quickly as it came it was gone and my GP gave me a decongestant and some nasal spray and said I had fluid in my ears that I needed to dry up.
Here I am a couple months later and I have the same thing going on. I can't drive, can't sleep and I have a lot of pressure in my head and ears. My vertigo seems to be connected to eye movement, so every so often when I move my eyes I get the "shaking" feeling and I feel like I'm gonna fall over or pass out. The week prior to my vertigo I had a headache every single day and I woke up a couple mornings with a sore throat. I love to be active and during the week I had this before I couldn't do anything but sit there and stare at the same spot (which seemed to help) but as soon as I got up to go to the bathroom I was back in shaky world. When I get the shaking feeling I get this weird sound in my ears and it feels like my eyes are going crazy.
I talked to my GP and she said to just take a nasal spray for the rest of my life and hope that the congention from my nose doesn't spread to my inner ear anymore. I have an appointment next week with a vertigo specialist though because my vertigo seems to be more random than a sure thing. Which is both good and bad because I get hope that I'm better and I'm never going to have to deal with this and then here it is again, making my life a living hell.
I am on a blood pressure medication and I take thyroid medication so I don't think that is why I'm getting it and I have alwasy had seasonal allergies but just now I seem to be suffering more for them.
I am only 23 and I suffer from anxiety pretty bad, I have panic attacks often but have never had anything like this. It bothers me that I have this going on because my husband and I would like to start our family soon and I can't even imagine being pregnant and not being able to function because of this. Plus who knows what this is doing to hormones! I'm so glad I found this site though because as much as this is the worst thing I have ever experienced, it is nice to have someone to talk about it with that actually understands. Has anyone had a similar experience where it hasn't been consistant?
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alison17886 tiffany33575
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richard08869 tiffany33575
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Have you contacted an audioligist who is experienced with vestibular neuronitis and labyrinthitis?
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marie04645 tiffany33575
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I have opted to go back to vestibular therapy again....The therapist wanted me to stay longer back in Feb but I thought I was better. Didn't last. Have been to 5 different doctors. People on this site mentioned a doctor called Otogolgist (sp?). In my area they are in the bigger cities. Glad I don't have to go to work but back in the day when I did work I experienced the #dizzies". Good luck.
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