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vertago

Pooky1 — Mon, 30 Jan 2017 22:10:34 GMT

anyone ever have vertago. my wife has been feeling very dizzy and feeling upset room spinning. she was wondering about it.

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Group 5 minus 1 — Mon, 30 Jan 2017 22:38:32 GMT

Vertigo could a couple things: meds, some people just have it especially when looking up or are up high. Check w/ her doctor.

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Reba055 — Mon, 30 Jan 2017 22:39:59 GMT

Go to YouTube and look up Epley Manuever. It works!

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Reba055 — Mon, 30 Jan 2017 22:44:51 GMT

Of course, I agree, should check with doc to be sure it's nothing that requires treatment.

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fortune — Mon, 30 Jan 2017 22:49:22 GMT

@Reba055 wrote:
Of course, I agree, should check with doc to be sure it's nothing that requires treatment.

@Reba055

Vertigo signifies that there is something wrong. It can be caused by myriad things, including medication side effects, inner ear problems, blood pressure (too high or too low), etc. Please see a doctor ASAP.

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bonnielu — Mon, 30 Jan 2017 22:55:29 GMT

I suffer from occasional vertigo. It is an inner ear problem in my case.. benign and positional. There is no cure, but all kinds of treatments including the Epley Technique. Please have her go to a doctor to properly identify exactly what it is.

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ChynnaBlue — Mon, 30 Jan 2017 22:56:11 GMT

You should take her to the doctor. (She shouldn't drive herself!) Vertigo can be a side effect of medications or can be a symptom of other things. It can be an inner ear imbalance or something else. My mom can get dizziness and vertigo as a side effect of low sodium, which can be dangerous if not addressed.

I know I get a lot of ear problems this time of year because of the cedar pollen and it can be anything from an earache, a "plugged up" feeling with a temporary hearing loss, or dizziness and vertigo and it usually clears up with some decongestant and/or Mucinex. If it goes on for a few days, it should be checked out to avoid permanent damage or allowing another problem to go undiagnosed.

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devalen — Mon, 30 Jan 2017 22:56:25 GMT

I got very sick from vertigo and went to the doctor. He recommended I do the Epley Manuever on YouTube or follow an instruction sheet he gave me to do it. It sounds like it would be ineffective because you do it lying on the bed and turning your head from side to side as instructed. IT WORKED! However, for me, I should have done it in the evening because I was a little dizzy after doing it and had to lay down for some time until my system readjusted. I understand some chiropractors will lead you through this manuever. For me, this was a godsend and there were times when I had to repeat this procedure. I have been fine for the most part the last four or five years. I get touches of it if I bend over too many times too fast, or lay back too fast. But at least I am no longer waking up with the room spinning and big bouts of nausea.

Check with your doctor about this procedure.

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hoosieroriginal — Mon, 30 Jan 2017 23:00:45 GMT

The worst was an inner ear infection I had a couple of years ago. I could lay on my back or my left side, but if I laid on my right side or stood up I got violently ill - room spinning, vomiting. This went on for a couple of days, but the spinning sensation lasted for weeks. Ended up going to ear, nose and throat doctor - gave me meclizine for dizziness and a medication for nausea. Had a second bout of it two months later, but it was much milder. Lots of things can cause it - it's nothing to mess with - get her to a doctor to get it checked out.

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cherry — Mon, 30 Jan 2017 23:06:29 GMT

It can be a symptom of something serious. It's best to get it check ed out

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sweetee2 — Mon, 30 Jan 2017 23:49:30 GMT

I've had this twice and the dr. Gave me benadryl. You can buy this over the counter.

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GCR18 — Tue, 31 Jan 2017 00:01:57 GMT

I had it once. There was no doubt in my mind it was vertigo. The room was spinning. Went to the Dr, she confirmed.

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DowntonAbbey — Tue, 31 Jan 2017 14:21:38 GMT

Yes very bad after my head injury almost 14 years ago, please have her see a doctor and it is so easy to fall and get sick to your stomach. PIease keep us updated as it can be many things casuing that.

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susielong — Thu, 02 Feb 2017 20:02:23 GMT

becca lou, you are so right, go to the ER. By the time you make an appt. and get to the Dr. the vertigo may be gone. The test they will do at that time, if you aren't having vertigo, won't do a thing at all. I had very severe vertigo, vomiting, room spinning a 100 miles a minute, etc. They said it can be mild to severe. You can't predict when it's going to hit you, so that's the hard part if you're affected with it. I have had it hit me after being outside looking up cleaning off cobwebs outside, , which is not good to do, then going to the garden bending over to pick tomatoes, coming back up and bam, it hit. So you just never know what will set it off. I hate that about it. There's not a magic pill to make it stop either.

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kittymomNC — Fri, 03 Feb 2017 00:23:02 GMT

I had had a dizzy spell or something like that a few times, but the first time I had a real bout with vertigo, it lasted about two hours... I was sitting up, but if I tried to lie down, I immediately felt like I was going to pass out. It scared me, and I called a friend who came and stayed with me until it got better. I didn't go to the doctor that time.

Then one Saturday morning more than a year later, I went to some yard sales, came home and since I hadn't gotten much sleep the night before, decided to take a little nap. I laid my head down on the pillow, then started to sit up or move, and almost passed out. Laid my head back down and I was ok - tried to lift my head and almost passed out again. I called a friend, but knew it would take a little while for her to get here, so I called my neighbor and she came over, offered to take my blood pressure, and I told her that would probably scare me even worse. She thought I needed to go to the hospital, and I knew she and my friend would never be able to get me to the car, so she called an ambulance. They lifted me off the bed in a prone position while holding my head straight so I wouldn't pass out. Went to the ER and they kept me for almost 8 hours before they got me to the point where I could get up and walk. It was several hours before I could even lift my head up. They gave me an anti-anxiety medicine and another one called Meclizine (sp?). They never determined exactly what caused it, but I had those medicines sitting all over my house for a year with bottles of water in case it happened again. It scared me that much. I did learn later than even a piece of dust in the right spot in your ear can cause vertigo. I try not to worry about it anymore, but sometimes I feel it a little bit and try to just relax and it usually goes away. I never want that to happen to me again!

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Msfitness — Tue, 07 Feb 2017 01:45:31 GMT

I suffer from vertigo. Sometimes it just comes and sometimes certain things trigger an attack; such as having the ceiling fan on. Other times, it can be from a very windy day. I usually don't take my medication because it makes me too sleepy (unless I have a really bad attack with nausea.)

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Mindy D — Tue, 07 Feb 2017 18:26:41 GMT

Unfirtunately I have had it. I had labrynthitis following a minor virus. The vertigo lasted two years and came back a few years later, but for only a week. There is a medicine that helps, sorta (almost negligible help). It's called Antivert. Limit SALT. Go see your primary care doc incase she has an ear infection. Turning the head quickly or go the side and back to center will cause more dizziness. I had to hold onto the walls when I walked with it. Make an appointment ASAP to be sure there is no ear infection.

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Goodie2shoes — Tue, 07 Feb 2017 18:39:00 GMT

I have had a couple episodes of Vertigo, been several years since the last episode. I was taken to the emergency room by ambulance with my first episode that happened about 4 am. Doctor says some people have this with aging. I keep over the counter Antivert in my purse and at my bedside. Very scary when that happens, get it checked out

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JB116 — Tue, 07 Feb 2017 20:14:09 GMT

I have basilar migraines and vertigo is a symptom of them. In my case, it can be very bad at times.

Definitely get your wife to the doctor for a full exam and make sure she describes what is happening in as much deatil as possible, that will help the doctor.

The worst time I ever had with my vertigo was when my ex-husband and I were in Niagara Falls. We were staying on the 33rd floor of the hotel and because of how dizzy and sick I got, we had to get off the elevator every 3-5 floors so I could rest and not throw up. It took us nearly 30 minutes to get to our room that time.

For me it strikes any time and I've had to pull off the road while driving and at work I have to 'hold on' to the wall when I am walking down the hall so that way I know I won't fall even though I feel like I am crooked.

My migraines very often do not develop into full blown ones but that doesn't make a difference with the vertigo. The vertigo comes even if it's a migraine just forming and I can head it off with my meds. I also know that a migraine has formed even though I can't tell, because the vertigo is present.

Mine go hand in hand and there is never vertigo without a migraine (developed or not).

In my case its VERY disruptive but because I have a good doctor I know how to deal with them.

There's LOTS of ways to deal with vertigo but you first need to know the cause of it as there is not just one med for it.

I wish you and your wife much success with it.

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Q4u — Tue, 07 Feb 2017 23:09:41 GMT

I have it rarely and it's a result of a pinched nerve in my neck (from falling down stairs in 2010) and landing full force on my left cheek (which torked my neck). It's horrible (for me) because I can't stand being dizzy in any way. I discovered that in order to ease some of the feeling in my neck I would stretch it as far to the right as I could and as far to the left as I could (it felt great!) until it brought on a bout of Vertigo!! I conciously don't do that anymore..