Vertigo-has anyone got it/suffered from it? ....

[katieandbump]

My mum has vertigo she got it after a prolonged ear infection and it's really effected her confidence with driving. She can't drive places with steep drops as she feels like the car is tipping over. I myself suffer from Meniers disease which is very similar.
I think stress brings my meniers on and when it comes on I can't move my head and have to keep it in one position otherwise the room will start spinning crazy fast and i'll either fall back down or throw up it's so horrible hate dizzyness it's so horrible have you been to specialists to see if there's any techniques or drugs that can help you. xxx

 

[porkypig]

Ive got a specialist appointment next week. Ive let it go on for so long but to be honest, in the begining i thought it was because i was exhausted and not sleeping, you know that kind of feeling you get when you dont sleep and feel a bit 'woozy'. but as ive been getting more sleep, this horrible feeling just hasnt gone away, i always feel like im drunk and when i walk ii feel of balance as if im veering to one side. Its a horrible horrible debilitating illness and i hope i get it sorted soon. How are you? did you take anything for it? what are your symptoms? xx

 

[Justme]

Im actually suffering with this right now so can really sympathise with you mine has been brought on by Labrynthitis which I have had for the last few weeks.It is awful and so debilitating.Ive been signed off work by the Dr as it got so bad,he also referred me to E.N.T at the hospital and my appointment is next thursday.The Dr has tried me on 3 different lots of tablets but to no avail,we have reverted back to the 1st lot I tried as they seem to be the best of the lot.I am on prochlormapazine (which is the same as stemil i think).When this all 1st started I was in work and it was as though I was really badly drunk - the feeling,i had no co ordination or anything.Good luck with your appointment,i will pop back in next week after my appointment and let you know how I got on and if they give any helpful tips etc.x

 

[porkypig]

THANKS HUN, I WILL DO THE SAME AFTER IVE HAD MY APPOINTMENT. I took prochloroperazine and betahistine tablets, did absolutley nothing for me. Hope you feel better soon, ill keep you posted, please keep me posted too hun xxx

 

[Miss_d]

Hiya i 100% know how you feel.

Back in November 2010 i started a college course, on the 5th day i dropped my daugter at her childminder and was walking home to get my stuff for college, i felt like a stumbled never fell just kinda lost balance, never thought anything of it, went to college and by lunchtime i felt like a dead weight was extremly dizzy and felt like i was going to pass out, one of the girls in the class took me to a&e i swear i thought i was dying, it was that bad. Got to a&e and got seen straight away, was hooked up to heart machine as i felt my chest tight, but to be honest i probably got myself into such a state they said thats what caused it as ECG results were fine! they also checked my sugar levels and they were low!! so had a cup of tea and a fizzy juice and it brought the levels up. they gave me tablets and sent me home, i was still not better tablet werent working, Will try and cut this short, so was back and forth at the doctors over a few months wasnt getting anywhere with tablets they prescribed, so they sent me to hospital and a doctor there said he would refer me for an MRI scan and to get a heart monitor on as i felt like i was going to pass out, i never did, but that feeling is soo scary and i have 2 kids aged 2 and 5 so was hard looking after them and feeling like this, this illness also brought on panic attacks which ive never had in my life and also the anxiety i have is so bad, its restricted my life so bad!! anyway went for MRI and i got in and had 2 get them 2 get me out i couldnt do it the space was soo small, went for heart monitor which i was 2 wear for 24hrs and the results were fine for that! I noticed a pattern that when my period was due my symptoms worsend so the doctor said that it was all the extra hormones, so got the implant in, so mays period i felt like crap, dizzy no energy etc, june i was absolutely fine, felt the best ive had since this started, then up untill last week been feeling crap agaon so ive got the docs at 11.15 today! ive not been taking anything for dizzyness as nothing works, i also forgot to add that i did get numerous blood tests, and my b12 levels were low so now i am on a vitamin tablet for that!

sorry this was long, i just hope you get the help you need as i would hate anyone to suffer this, its horrible, oh and get what caused this, the COLDSORE virus!! months later i found this out on a hospital appointment and when i looked back 2 the week this started i had 5 cold sores!!! worst av ever had!!

 

[porkypig]

thanks hun, yeah someone else said that it was the cold sore virus that started it and funnily enough whe i first got the first bad vertigo attack i had a cold and a cold sore. i wouldnt wish this on my worst enemy, its so draining and stopping me from enjoying life. ive got so many positives in my life, lovely husband, lovely baby, lovely house, my figures gone back to pre preg and yet i dont care as i dont feel right every day and i feel so drepressed, im crying nearly everyday. it makes it hard for me to look after my lo as i dint feel well, and i get angry with him.
Im just praying it'll go soon, hope anyone who has it gets it sorted soon too xxx