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am64

am64

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does anyone here suffer from vertigo ? and i dont mean the high buildings or the film....mine has come back and i dont know what to do!😡
 
The nearest I have is a fear of heights. I avoid them as much as possible!
 
no this is when you move your head or get up and down or turn over in bed the world starts swimming and im very dizzy.
 
Northerner said:
Could you have an ear infection? Get an appointment!
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i've suffered from ear infections regulary and had this before... but no infection at moment however could be middle ear .....oh i really dont want to go anywhere its nasty out there and i reallly dont feel like driving :( i think i'll go back to bed and ring doc later thanks for your help x
 
am64 said:
i've suffered from ear infections regulary and had this before... but no infection at moment however could be middle ear .....oh i really dont want to go anywhere its nasty out there and i reallly dont feel like driving :( i think i'll go back to bed and ring doc later thanks for your help x
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Certainly don't drive if you feel like that! What about ringing NHS Direct? Hope you are feeling better after your sleep🙂
 
Northerner said:
Certainly don't drive if you feel like that! What about ringing NHS Direct? Hope you are feeling better after your sleep🙂
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thats the problem around here everything has to be driven to ....no NHS doc locally only private ! so my doc is 2 miles away with a 'limited' bus service ...why do the people around here think they live in a Village for ****** sake no transport ....no street lights its just another suberb ha rant over !!
 
bs ok 6.7 thats 2 hours after waking but no food just water ....so i dont think im ill ...i'll call gp later
 
Some years ago I had a bout of labyrinthitis with these symtoms. I found travel sickness pills very helpful but was unable to drive for over a fortnight. It also affected my hearing which has never fully recovered on the LHS. There is a website at:-

http://www.labyrinthitis.org.uk/
 
falcon123 said:
Some years ago I had a bout of labyrinthitis with these symtoms. I found travel sickness pills very helpful but was unable to drive for over a fortnight. It also affected my hearing which has never fully recovered on the LHS. There is a website at:-

http://www.labyrinthitis.org.uk/
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thanks falcon very interesting site ...mine isnt constant its been comming on since sunday..firstly when i turned my head and now pretty constant. I have had it before and the gp thought it was a virus...it went away but i have reoccuring ear infections that i can only discribe as really itchy ...the gp did give me an antiviral once because he thought i had shingles in my ear...ummm looks like i am going to have to brave the nasty weather and get to GP xx
 
Just remembered tablets were called Stemetil. Quite cheap compared to some travel sickness pills in pretty boxes!
 
am sorry i cant advise but hope you get an appointment, only thing i can say i get that is similier is when i get out of the bath or out of bed on a morning its like my head is a whirlpool.
 
It sounds like you could be suffering from Postural Hypotension.

It is not uncommon for diabetics to suffer from it. I have it myself and normally get it most when getting out of a chair or out of bed, it makes me go light headed and my balance is effected when it happens and I feel like I'm going to faint but it usually passes after a few minutes.

Some people get much more severe symptoms than I do, but I would definately go to see the Doctor if I were you, as your symtoms could be a number of other things too.
 
I have much the same problem, especially on the stairs. My head starts to spin and if I'm not careful I'll fall over. I've learned to move slowly when standing or sitting and not to bend over without something to hang on to. The dizziness and the tinnitus both started after I was diagnosed, I don't know if the two are linked but both my mother and maternal grandfather had M?ni?re's Disease, which is basically tinnitus and dizziness. I'm waiting for an appointment to see an ENT specialist.

You should definitely see your doctor.
 
PhilT said:
It sounds like you could be suffering from Postural Hypotension.

It is not uncommon for diabetics to suffer from it. I have it myself and normally get it most when getting out of a chair or out of bed, it makes me go light headed and my balance is effected when it happens and I feel like I'm going to faint but it usually passes after a few minutes.

Some people get much more severe symptoms than I do, but I would definately go to see the Doctor if I were you, as your symtoms could be a number of other things too.
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AlisonM said:
I have much the same problem, especially on the stairs. My head starts to spin and if I'm not careful I'll fall over. I've learned to move slowly when standing or sitting and not to bend over without something to hang on to. The dizziness and the tinnitus both started after I was diagnosed, I don't know if the two are linked but both my mother and maternal grandfather had M?ni?re's Disease, which is basically tinnitus and dizziness. I'm waiting for an appointment to see an ENT specialist.

You should definitely see your doctor.
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I have experienced things very similar, and sometimes whilst sober.

AM I hope you get fixed soon, if not pronto

A mates wife had a bad case, not sure what it was called, but she went somewhere to have a movement carries out, I got the impression it was some physical jolt on the body, like a massage back cracking type thing. Basically she was so dizzy she or her head thought she was standing up when she was lying down and vice versa, not good.

take care all

Rossi🙂
 
Well just phoned doc..got appointment at 9.30 ....my surgery is great!! let you know how things go.....stemetil is what i had last time falcon my hubby remembered
thanks for all your help folks xx
 
back got tablets and also doc did a manoever !!! does feel better x
 
Steff2010 said:
gdgd, hope tablets do trick, i dont get the manoever bit lol.
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hahaa i had to lie down whilst he moved my head it was to try and get the little bits of stuff in my middle ear to go away !!
seems a bit better x
 
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