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jason71025
jason71025

Hi I'm new here and i've had vertigo for at least 9 months now and is starting to really get to me. I feel so dizzy and everything feels like it's moving around. Does anyone know what I can do to get rid of this vertigo.

Thanks in advance

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  • rita52071
    rita52071 jason71025

    Posted

    Hi Jason.....It can be caused by many things. Have you gone to see any doctors?? testing???
    • jason71025
      jason71025 rita52071

      Posted

      I have but they haven't been very helpful. I've just had some blood tests done and give several medications such as serc. Nothing found *sigh"
  • eleftherio33095
    eleftherio33095 jason71025

    Posted

    Do you have hearing loss?  Do you feel the room is spinning around you or you are spinning?  Is the feeling continouous or are they short each time?  Is it triggered by body position, headache?  Do you have difficulties in focusing on objects, especially while walking?  Was it preceded by a flu or something similar?  Do you have ringing in the ears, a feeling of fullness in the ears?

    Eleftherios S. Papathanasiou, PhD, FEAN

    Clinical Neurophysiologist

    Fellow of the European Academy of Neurology

    • gillian76726
      gillian76726 eleftherio33095

      Posted

      Ia am interested as to why you ask if it was preceded by flu  or somethng similar? Mainly bcause i am convinced mine was after waking up one morning with what i thought was flu or virus, amd it has remained until this day 5-6 years later.
    • eleftherio33095
      eleftherio33095 gillian76726

      Posted

      With regards to helping, I am narrowing down possibilites to perhaps an "-itis" e.g sinusitis, labyrinthitis, vestibular neuritis.  But I can help further if I can have more details, as asked for in my previous communication.

      Eleftherios S. Papathanasiou, PhD, FEAN

      Clinical Neurophysiologist

      Fellow of the European Academy of Neurology

    • gillian76726
      gillian76726 eleftherio33095

      Posted

      hi, well as you can imagine i have had all the tests and seen a NEuro,otologist, ENt, Audiologist, gone through three lots of VRT with different hospitals to no avail. HAve had BPPV, Menieres all ruled out and the only diagnosis i got is 'Chronic Disequilibrium'.

      I get the 'swaying' type. IN the early days i also felt like,i was rocking back and forth. My eyes seemed to trigger a lot, but i had those checked and all fine.  I have learned since then that this is due,to sight, hearing etc not being  coordinated   as such, so the eyes are trying to compensate if you like.i have a problem with reading or anything where I have to focus on one area for too long as it brings exacerbates it.

      i developed Tinnitus about 4-5 years before this happened. and i had slighthearing  loss in, i think, my right ear,which has become worse over the time i have this problem. I have inflammatory problems due to Crohns disease, which is well managed and I do not suffer with it very much at all. I was feeling healthy and energetic,then. Woke up,the next day feeling terrible.  Bad head pressure, very insteady on my feet, the rocking and swaying and feeling like I was walking on a mattress.  The Gp who came to my home said 'virus', stay in bed, fluids etc etc. I, pushed for anti biotics incase it wasnt, and he gave me a low dose one, which seemed to help a little.

      when i wasnt feeling much better a few weeks later but able to get out i had acupuncture, and the first treatment worked....for 4 days!..and all thesubsequent  treatments (11) didnt! 

      Exhaustion also is a big part of it. initially could hardly function. NOw I have learned to plan ahead and allow the day/s after doing something to rest. and any kind of other sickness, headaches, a cold, stomache upset seems to affect things and the 'dizzinness' is worse, sometimes accompanied by nausea. 

      I dont have a sinus problem as such, but when i wake up can be congested, but once that clears i am fine. I have cut dairy out of my diet for years now too. Can't think,of anything else, sure there is more, but dont want to bore you!!

    • eleftherio33095
      eleftherio33095 gillian76726

      Posted

      You do not seem to have vertigo or oscillopsia in your description, and therefore what you have does not appear to involve the vestibular system of the inner ear.  I am therefore not surprised that BPPV and MD have been ruled out.  As you have been to all the above specialities, I assume that calorics and pure tone audiometry were all normal, ruling out a hearing loss.

      To clarify, did you say that you saw a neurologist?

      Eleftherios S. Papathanasiou, PhD, FEAN

      Clinical Neurophysiologist

      Fellow of the European Academy of Neurology

    • gillian76726
      gillian76726 eleftherio33095

      Posted

      Yes all those tests were done at the National in Queens Sq London. I Will recheck the results to see what they were.   I saw. Nuerologist at the Royal Free before getting to the Neuro otologist later on.  she didn't find anything notable.  I Do Get a popping in my right ear every timeI swallow, and mentioned th is to the audiologist way back, but he dismissed it.  I had my ears syringed about 10 days before this all happened, and the right ear hurt a lot when the nurse was using the water jet. But on mentioning this to GP later he also said it wasnt anything to do with my problem. 
    • eleftherio33095
      eleftherio33095 gillian76726

      Posted

      Tinnitus

      Hearing loss in the right ear.

      Popping in the same ear

      Right ear popping with the syringe (same ear again).

      Please let me know what your tests showed after rechecking.  I am very interested.

      Eleftherios S. Papathanasiou, PhD, FEAN

      Clinical Neurophysiologist

      Fellow of the European Academy of Neurology

    • gillian76726
      gillian76726 eleftherio33095

      Posted

      OKay i will have to go into my files as the summary from the National,is quite long and extensive to retype.
    • gillian76726
      gillian76726

      Posted

      I Will try and redo,tomorrow. Or Can scan and forward.
    • jason71025
      jason71025 eleftherio33095

      Posted

      No hearing loss but some ringing in the ear. YES! the room feels as if it's spinning, especially when I move my head. Eyes tend to blur quite a bit. Ear also feels warm at times. Do you have any ideas of what it may be?
    • jason71025
      jason71025 gillian76726

      Posted

      I don't recall having a flu, not too sure as it was quite a while ago when it first started. Can flus triggr vertigo?

       

  • lisa08672
    lisa08672 jason71025

    Posted

    Hi Jason,I have had vertigo for 9 months too and I was fit and healthy until September then I was in bed with dizziness for a week then it eased off but I'm still really dizzy 24/7 I have ear pains at the moment and really dizzy but I'm taking a pill called cinnizirine which does help slightly, its a over counter travel pill but also used for dizziness. My ent doctor thinks its bppv but not certain,I'm only 33 with two kids and its really getting me down,I started improving up to a week ago its come back so bad,do you get any ear pain,noises or vision issues,when I get really dizzy my right eye goes a bit blurred,take care Lisa x
    • jason71025
      jason71025 lisa08672

      Posted

      Thanks for the info Lisa! Really needed this, I can't believe people like us have to suffer with such conditions. I will try out the medication that you've been using to see if it helps me out. God Bless
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