I've had it once for a day and I know people who get it on a recurring basis. I truly understand why you're thankful. Glad you're feeling better.

Can you do that inner ear maneuver where they manipulate your head?

Have you gotten it before?

Could it be Meneiere's?

It's called particle repositioning manuever

http://www.jacksonearclinic.com/pages/piPositionalVertigo.htm

I'm thankful for wonderful people on LJ!
I am glad you are seeing straight today.
Happy Spring!


Edited at 2008-04-24 01:45 pm (UTC)

Oh, yikes, I know what you mean! I had a bad cold and my ear canal was damaged, so I get vertigo all the time. I'm glad that you're feeling better.

I get this about once every two years, usually after I've had some sort of cold.

My personal doctor gives me Benadryl, and I try not to move for about 20-25 minutes, to give it a chance to kick in. Then I lie on my back with my head hanging off the bed, and depending which way my eyeballs are spinning, he does some quick turns and manipulations -- turn the head fast and sit up type stuff, lay back and do it again. And the best things is, it works! Once, he did it even without the Benadryl, because I had to drive somewhere, and I was able to, after resting for about half an hour.

You can't do it yourself, but I think someone could learn how to do it for you.

I think the Benadryl helps with not throwing up.

Best wishes,
Jennifer J.

Oh boy, I am glad you're feeling better too.

I haven't had that problem but it sounds really frustrating.

Oh, I've had vertigo for a month or more at a time, and it was horrible! It happened twice, two different years in a row, and I began to worry it would happen every spring. I think it must have been the aftermath of an illness with inner ear stuff going on. I never found anything on the Internet that really described what I was having (was most like "benign positional vertigo," I think, but seems like I read somewhere that isn't likely to recur, and mine did). Yet I think it's more common than drs must think, because I know someone else who had it for months on end, and now you. I hope it does not come back! I had a horrible time even going to sleep, since I always felt I was spinning, even in bed (I think it was even worse with my eyes closed, since I had no visual data to let me know which end was up).

Oh, that sounds awful. I'm thankful you're feeling better too!

I've had this and it's the worst feeling ever. You simply can't move your head an inch.

Glad you're better, and hope it never comes back!

It happens because the nerve connecting your ears and brain gets inflammed and messes up your balance. There's not much you can do about it except see the doc for the stuff they give for vertigo (what the heck is it called - my dog had vertigo and he was on it, terrible, scary thing!) and wait it out.

It totally sucks though. I don't know if an OTC anti-inflammatory like Aleve would work.

Ugh, that sounds awful! Glad you're feeling better now.

I was on a medication once that gave me vertigo every morning. What an awful feeling! Glad you're feeling better.

I'm glad your vertigo is gone, as well -- I've gotten it too (as you know), and it's tough! :)

It's epidemic. I have it, too, but it comes and goes. I've had people swear by that head maneuver, but I've been too chicken to try it because I hear it can make you throw up....