mudduck

this might be a strange post so take it with a grain of salt, last thursday morning (3am) I woke up with Sudden Onset Vertigo, in layman's terms the world was spinning so bad I stated throwing up. It was unending and I had my wife call an ambulance and take me to the emergency room. They did the standard checks for stroke, infection and even gave me a CAT scan. Nothing, the only strange part was it took three machines to get my temp. and it was only 96. I'm better now but not completely normal yet, I'm 72 , in good health (still work a 48 hour week). What I'm asking is not for diagnosis ( I read all of them online) but if any other hoggers ever had this condition and how long did it take to return to normal.

bbradford Loc: Wake Forest NC

I have had vertigo on and off for 25 years. It can come on at anytime. Some times I go 6 months without an episode and then have 2 in a week. They think caffene or sunlight may trigger but there not sure. My mom had it and she had it fixed. They lay you on your back and look in your eyes. There can fix it by rotating your neck a certain way. Let me know if you want more info. Always carry mechlocin with me. You can buy over the counter.

Burkley Loc: Park City

It will likely start to improve 3-4 days after onset. Symptoms will gradually improve over the next week or two. You will still get symptoms off and on with stress, physiological or emotional, over the next several years. It is a terrible, awful experience.

twowindsbear

Here's what you need. Go to a physical therapist.

The Epley maneuver or repositioning maneuver is a maneuver used by medical professionals to treat one common cause of vertigo, benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV)[1][needs update] of the posterior or anterior canals of the ear.[2] The maneuver works by allowing free-floating particles, displaced otoconia, from the affected semicircular canal to be relocated by using gravity, back into the utricle, where they can no longer stimulate the cupula, therefore relieving the patient of bothersome vertigo.[2][3] The maneuver was developed by the physician, John M. Epley, and was first described in 1980.[4]

letmedance Loc: Walnut, Ca.

I experienced the same thing a few years back two weeks after surgery, the diagnosis was dehydration. My doctor always reminds me to drink plenty of water.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Best wishes! Vertigo is complicated, and it isn't just dizziness. I watched a couple of videos about it on YouTube. Each case is different.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=vertigo

https://www.google.com/search?q=vertigo&oq=vertigo&aqs=edge..69i57j0i131i433i512j0i433i512j0i131i433i512l2j0i433i512l2j0i512j69i61.4767j0j9&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Watching the Alfred Hitchcock movie would be no help at all. : )

Toment Loc: FL, IL

You probably had an infection of your inner ear. It will take a couple of weeks to get it all back.
Be well…

SteveR Loc: Michigan

I woke up one day and the bedroom was spinning around me. For several years I had difficulties when I would stand up suddenly, especially when getting out of the car. I would start to get dizzy and wouldn't be able to make it to the house. I'd have to take a knee. One day this happened on my way into a shoe repair shop and the proprietor thought I was drunk and was about to call the cops or an ambulance until I got up and walked into his shop and sat down.

For years I kept a cartoon of two guys our age sitting on a park bench. The caption was something like the challenge being who could stand up fastest. Those with vertigo understood the joke.

Hang in there. It should be only sporadic. It is bothersome, but mine eventually resolved itself.

Burkley Loc: Park City

If you see anyone, go to an ENT. PT won’t help yet at this stage of your illness. Good luck.

Navywife66 Loc: NC

Oh goodness I too know how that is and its quite unpleasant for sure. My PT did then Epley maneuver and had some sort of googles used. It literally stopped them in a short amount of time, I was blown away by the difference. I had gone 5 years without any episodes and slowly the last few years I get it now upon laying back or certain quick movements. However they don't last all but a few minutes as I am able to manage them easier. I hope your able to find some relief soon though soon!!

Burkley Loc: Park City

Once again, this isn’t BPPV. Dr Epply was a very fine doctor and a gentleman, but in this circumstance, at this time, his maneuver will likely make you throw up again. Maybe you will eventually need it, probably not. If you want to see a caregiver, if you are worried about the diagnosis, see an ENT. Vertigo can be caused by a laundry list of illnesses that fills pages. An ENT is the specialty that learns about the complexities of vertigo. Fortunately, time will likely take care of things.

Just Shoot Me Loc: Ithaca, NY

I agree. Woke up 30 years ago and bedroom spinning. Not going into detail. Doctor said take valium. I said that cures it? He said no but at least you'll have a reason for feeling like that. TRUE STORY! But unfortunately it doesn't do much. PT is a way to go but you can try several videos on line to try to do the same thing that a PT is going to do. I've tried both and the at home versions seem to work as good. Just got over my worst episode about 2 weeks ago. Lasted 7 weeks. Usually only a week or less was typical and they come and go when it feels like it. I've found no rhyme or reason to experiencing episodes.
Don't get them too often, before the last one the one before that was over 2 years ago.
The ENT with the goggles that they look into your eyes with and tilting your head is only a way of verifying if you have vertigo and not a cure. They trigger an episode by tilting your head and cause your eyeballs to move involuntarily. There is no cure. You can only treat symptoms. Like Valium or air/sea sickness pills. They don't do much. Try the exercises that move your head around and try to get the piece of calcium to lodge in the vestibule in your inner ear.
But on the lighter side, if you walk out of the bar and your not walking straight, you got a built in reason.😃

Good Luck,
Ron

Burkley Loc: Park City

For many causes of vertigo there are cures. PT can be one of those cures. However, a PT does not usually diagnose disease states. Physicians should, but don’t always diagnose the cause because it can be complex. The physician who is trained in diagnosing the cause of the symptom of vertigo is an ENT. If your vertigo does not resolve with time, I recommend starting there. Although well trained, a PT possesses only a very short list of causes and is not really trained in diagnosis or in any one of a number of treatments beyond PT.

Harry0 Loc: Gardena, Cal

It's a stroke. Doesn't take much. My MRI looks like a spider guarding her eggs.
We tried Epley on me- I had vertigo so bad I couldn't move.
So now I've gained more patience.
Make a turn, a start, a stop- I need the world to catch up.
Bending over means falling over.

twowindsbear

Why are you telling me all this??? I did not ask the question - I offered the solution that worked for me. Worked for 2 bouts of BPPV. Your situation differs from mine & we both may differ from the OP. OP said that various tests were administered. I presume they were negative. Thus I suggested PT and the Epley treatment. The consensus seems to be that I don't know what the frak I'm talking about.