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Dizzies from head movement

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Bluesmann
Bluesmann

After several months of no vertigo and fairly normal living my dizzies have come back after certain head movements.  I have noticed that due to temperature dropping sinuses more full   I'm wondering if it could be the crystals as well as mennieres.  Does anyone get dizzy with certain head moves?  If I sit down or look up it calms down 

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  • june52650
    june52650 Bluesmann

    Posted

    I hadn’t noticed it before today, but I was sat on the floor wrapping Christmas presents and all the looking down brought on an attack. 
  • Bluesmann
    Bluesmann

    Posted

    Mine was looking down reading my phone for a period of time watching a video
  • june52650
    june52650 Bluesmann

    Posted

    Thinking about it I often get dizzy after I’ve been reading for a while, again looking down.
  • NeddyO
    NeddyO Bluesmann

    Posted

    Could well be BPPV - up to 30% of Meniere's patients also develop BPPV. Get an ENT review to verify.

    There are a number of exercises that are designed to encourage the otolyths to go back where they belong. I have been succesful with the Epley manouevre - there are a number of good videos on YouTube of how to carry it out - and you can do no harm trying it.

    good luck.

    • june52650
      june52650 NeddyO

      Posted

      Just getting an ent appointment is nearly impossible. I was referred six months ago and still there are 85 in front of me. By the time I do get an appointment I will have so much to say and ask but probably will have to fit it in to about 10 minutes if I’m lucky.
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