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Dizziness lasting longer than 24 hours

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sarah05403
sarah05403

I have recently been diagnosed with Benin Paroxysmal Vertigo and have visited the ENT Specialist and he has carried out several Epley manoeuvres which at first seemed to help and the vertigo seemed to have reduced. In the past 6 weeks it has started again and last night i had an episode after yoga which caused me to have a severe spinning session and have now been 24 hours afterwards suffering complete disorientation. The room is constantly spinning and it feels like i am really unsteady on my feet. Has anyone else experienced it for this long before? I'm not sure whether i need another visit to the specialist or will it eventually go.

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  • Waffalobill
    Waffalobill sarah05403

    Posted

    My second bad episode lasted 3 days. Was in hospital. My last bad episode was 2 months ago. Still getting episodes of vertigo 4 times a day or so. It's been 10 years since it started. I was told bppv back then as well. Now it's way worse and ENT suspects menieres. They redid VNG testing and now it shows only 30 percent response in left ear.

    • sarah05403
      sarah05403 Waffalobill

      Posted

      so in your experience did you just keep going back to the GPs / specialists as i am being told once you have it, you'll always have it and nothing you can take or do for it. The specialist did say that i can do the Epley manoevure with my husband and thats it? I haven't had any tests done except the test where they make you lie back slowly and my eyes twitched ALOT! 

    • Waffalobill
      Waffalobill sarah05403

      Posted

      Well the doc pretty much answered your question. No, I don't run to the doc when it happens. This time I had to in order to get notes from work, referal to a new ENT, etc. The problem I have now is probably like the doc said in his reply. I have to now untrained my brain and retrain. So far therapy isn't working at all. My left ear is way worse now so I am waiting to get into see a neurologist see what he says.

  • eleftherio33095
    eleftherio33095 sarah05403

    Posted

    You are most likely describing what is called Residual Dizziness, following BPPV therapy, and is a well known related phenomenon.  No-one is exactly sure why this occurs.  One theory depends on when you were diagnosed, and how long you had the symptoms before the diagnosis and the Epley maneuver.  If you had it for a long time, say more than 10 days, then the brain may have tried to adapt to the new signals coming from the inner ear.  With the therapy and correction, the brain has difficulty unlearning, resulting in this post-therapy dizziness.  It should go away on its own, but some vestibular rehabilitation may be necessary if it lasts longer than a month.  The same ENT physician you say may be able to tell this to you.

    Eleftherios S. Papathanasiou, PhD, FEAN

    Clinical Neurophysiologist

    Fellow of the European Academy of Neurology

    • angie_69215
      angie_69215 eleftherio33095

      Posted

      Good Morning

      I was just diagnosed with Bppv on Friday which adds to my labyrinthine . This episode is really bad this time. I have felt horrible for 3 weeks, does it ever go away. I am on steroids.

      I want my life back and want to be able to drive again.

      Thinking of accupunture looking for some relief.

    • eleftherio33095
      eleftherio33095 angie_69215

      Posted

      If by labyrinthine you mean labyrinthits, I assume that your doctor will want to treat this first, before you do repositioning maneuvers for the BPPV.  The former most likely helped cause the latter.

      Eleftherios S. Papathanasiou, PhD, FEAN

      Clinical Neurophysiologist

      Fellow of the European Academy of Neurology

    • angie_69215
      angie_69215 eleftherio33095

      Posted

      Right now I am taking 4mg. Of methylprednisolone and 400 mg. Of acyclovir plus 10 mg of propranolol. None if it was working so my doctor did an exercise and said I now have bppv. This off balance spinning pulling to the right episodes I am having, I want to get off this horrible ride.

      I got a call back fro the accuputure doctor that she can't help.

      Yuck. !!!!

    • eleftherio33095
      eleftherio33095 angie_69215

      Posted

      In other words, is your doctor concluding that you have BPPV only?

      Eleftherios S. Papathanasiou, PhD, FEAN

      Clinical Neurophysiologist

      Fellow of the European Academy of Neurology

    • angie_69215
      angie_69215 eleftherio33095

      Posted

      I was diagnosed with labyrinthitis in Dec of last year.

      This Friday my visit diagnosis :

      Labyrinthitis of right ear

      Benign positional vertigo, right ear.

    • eleftherio33095
      eleftherio33095 angie_69215

      Posted

      If you wish, can you give list all the symptoms that you have had in order of time, together with the results of all the tests that you have done.

      Eleftherios S. Papathanasiou, PhD, FEAN

      Clinical Neurophysiologist

      Fellow of the European Academy of Neurology

    • angie_69215
      angie_69215 eleftherio33095

      Posted

      My symptoms :

      Sweats

      Spinning

      Dizziness

      Nausea

      Ear aches

      Off balance

      Just started with weakness, feel kind of wobbly.

      Feel like I am being pulled to the right

      Tinnitus right ear.

      fullness in my ears.

      Have had blood work done

      And four kat Scans that we're done in the E. R.

      Things came back normal.

      Back in Dec. I had some of these symptoms but this time around I have all of them and I can't seem to control them.

      They start as soon as I get up at 6:30 am.

    • angie_69215
      angie_69215

      Posted

      All these symptoms I have had since September 20th.

      This time I am not able to drive at all. Tinnitus has also gotten very loud this time.

    • eleftherio33095
      eleftherio33095 angie_69215

      Posted

      I have read carefully through your history.  I am a little concerned about your reference to ear aches, which is not typical of a vestibular disorder.  Is your physician an ENT specialist?

      Eleftherios S. Papathanasiou, PhD, FEAN

      Clinical Neurophysiologist

      Fellow of the European Academy of Neurology

    • eleftherio33095
      eleftherio33095 angie_69215

      Posted

      I am therefore assuming that he or she looked into your ear and was able to determine that there is nothing in your ear canal or anything near the eardrum, or ruled out a middle ear infection.

      Have you discussed with your doctor as to why the labyrinthis is still there after 9 months?  Or has the labyrinthitis been cured, but this has left some damage to the vestibular system of the right ear?  If the latter is true, then he needs to do a repositioning maneuver for the BPPV, followed by vestibular rehabilitation to help you compensate for the right ear vestibular loss.

      Eleftherios S. Papathanasiou, PhD, FEAN

      Clinical Neurophysiologist

      Fellow of the European Academy of Neurolog

    • angie_69215
      angie_69215 eleftherio33095

      Posted

      When I was there last Friday he said he feels that I still have an inner ear infection so he put me back on steroids and Acyclovir.

      I just finish the 5 day package again. I have not had a cold so I don't know why this is happening.

      I have another appointment with him today and I will ask him for the eply maneuver .

      And I start therapy on the 4th.

    • Waffalobill
      Waffalobill angie_69215

      Posted

      Call therapy and tell them if they have a cancelation, call you. What i did. Got started alot sooner
    • angie_69215
      angie_69215 Waffalobill

      Posted

      Yes when I made the appointment I asked them to call me if something came up sooner because I was hoping not to wait that long.
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