I have vertigo again. This is the second time I've had it in 6 months. And let me tell you it's not fun to have. It's like walking on a tilt-a whirl. I'm bouncing off walls when I walk down the hallway and just generally falling when I'm walking across the floor. It's not an easy thing to do.
I had gotten the coffee table/trunk I ordered on Thursday. Yesterday I decided to put it together. That was a real joy because some of the holes didn't line up and it took forever to get the screws in. I managed to get all but one in and that's pretty good. Now I have something to store the stuff that's under my couch in but it also means now there's something in the middle of the room and having vertigo that's not a good thing to have. I have fallen over it 3 times this morning and believe me hitting a concrete floor isn't fun. Yes there is carpeting on the floor but it's thin and doesn't offer much padding. I'm kind of glad that I do have the concrete under me because with me falling all over the place it' would make one hell of a bang through the floor and if anyone was under me it probably would scare the crap out of them
I lost my cable services for about 5 hours today so I'm just finishing this post now. I haven't been up and about or even gotten dressed today because every time I stand I list to the side. So here on the couch I have sat reading the magazines I got yesterday waiting for this feeling to go away. Last time it was weeks before I felt better and I'm praying this time it won't be as bad. I have medicine I can take that's supposed to make it better but one of the side effects is.....................you guessed it dizziness. That's what I'm trying to get rid of right now. I have to go see my doctor if I can get an appointment with her this week and have my ears checked to see if there's any infection in them. It my only be caused by the air pressure changing or it may be an ear infection that's causing it. No way to find out for sure what it is. I have never had motion sickness when I was on a boat or train or plane so I don't know why I get it on dry land. That's really what vertigo is, motion sickness.
So how do you deal with motion sickness? Pills, patches or what. I would really like to know so I can try something else to get rid of the vertigo. Help me out. Please.
Chew gum.
ReplyDeleteYou know what I went thru so here is my 2 cents. I've had a few mild episodes and what I've found is being overtired, really stress, barometric pressure changes and not taking care of my allergies in any combination can trigger my vertigo.
ReplyDeleteAlso, we all have 'stones' in our eardrums that if roll to the wrong position can cause vertigo. Ask your Dr. for a referral to an ENT to have your inner ear checked. If it is these 'stones' there are exercises that can be done to move them.
Yeah and the medicine? Sometimes it causes more side-effects then the problem.
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