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freddy34229
freddy34229

Hello, greetings from Ecuador.... 

When I was a baby I burst the eardrum , as a child I suffered vertigo and constant migraines. Today I´m 21 years old and I have vertigo and panic attacks, the doctor prescribes me PAXIL but every time when we try to removed the medication I have episodes of vertigo and panic attacks again. The neurologist and Otolaryngologist made me magnetic resonance scanning and tests of vertigo and determined that middle ear is the problem. 

I am currently without medication but I have a constant vertigo and panicattacks, I'm thinking to go to United America to seek another opinion... 

If someone suffers the same problem or someone can advise me where to go I will appreciate it. 

Sorry for my English...

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  • gillian76726
    gillian76726 freddy34229

    Posted

    Hi Freddy,  to start off I would recommend you look at a very good site, Veda, Vestibular Disorders Association.(They also have a Facebook page), but the main site has a lot,of information all kinds of vertigo, causes, treatments, explanations etc etc. It is an American based site. They also have a list of drs all over the world that treat this. P.s. Your English is very good! bueno!
    • freddy34229
      freddy34229 gillian76726

      Posted

      Gracias... Thank you very much, I check the page but I wanted to know in particular which doctor recommended me... 
  • eleftherio33095
    eleftherio33095 freddy34229

    Posted

    If going to the USA, I recommend:

    David Newman-Toker, Department of Neurology, Otolaryngology, and Emergency Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.

    Eleftherios S. Papathanasiou, PhD, FEAN

    Clinical Neurophysiologist

    Fellow of the European Academy of Neurology

    • freddy34229
      freddy34229 eleftherio33095

      Posted

      Thank you very much, is very interesting the assistance provided by The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.I will contact as soon as possible.
  • crcilia61300
    crcilia61300 freddy34229

    Posted

    Don't bother coming here for help Freddy. The doctors here don't know any better. We are experiments to them. Meds do not work. I am currently trying Ginger capsules with meals. I'll let you know how that works.  You need to take everyday slowly and try to function as normally as possible and learn to live with it. I have mine for 10 years.

    • gillian76726
      gillian76726 crcilia61300

      Posted

      Yes i hear the same from US sufferers! Am beginning to wonder what country is better at it than us in UK.,i'm in my 6th year coming up 7 and like,you i handle,it my own way now as there's no point  me going to GP for a referral as it'll be more of the same stuff that doesn't help!

    • crcilia61300
      crcilia61300 gillian76726

      Posted

      I'll let u know how the ginger capsules work. Why fill your body

      with drugs that don't work

    • gillian76726
      gillian76726 crcilia61300

      Posted

      Yep,i'm on same page as you.  I Drink cnnamon tea (Brew it with quills)every morning with slice of fresh ginger (Have a hitus hernia and it rarely plays up now!)! 

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