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post #1 of 14
11/20/10 at 6:45am
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Hello there

I need some advice.

Last night I was messing around. Felt great. mood was good, been healthy, no problems. I was in my chair, and I kind of looked back at wilbur. but like looking down and backwards because he was meowing. hard to explain. my head was kind of upside down.

I got extremely dizzy. i thought for sure i was going to pass out. I pulled my head up, and it didn't go away. took about 10 full minutes before i felt like i wasn't going to pass out anymore.

ever since then, i've felt on the 'virge' of being dizzy. not badly, but enough so that i feel like i might tip over if i try to walk. I'm afraid to drive right now too.

It's been about 13 hours now since it happened. Should i be thinking about going to the ER? i don't feel sick in any other way except i feel like my equilibrium is messed up.

I don't want to go to the hospital unless it's a real emergency. I don't have insurance and JUST got my back debt paid off. should I wait it out?
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post #2 of 14
11/20/10 at 8:42am
If you're worried about it enough to post about it here, then you should be going to the doctor about it.
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post #3 of 14
11/20/10 at 10:04am
You really should get checked out. Not having insurance stinks, but it would be a good idea. Do you have a clinic around you at least where they can look at you?

I had a similar experience a few years ago. I just felt like the world was tilting for a few days. No other symptoms, except feeling a bit run down. DH finally convinced me to go to a clinic (I refused going to the ER) and here I had an ear infection which was throwing my balance off. A round of antibiotics and I was fine. The strange thing was I had no pain and no fever, I just felt dizzy.
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post #4 of 14
11/20/10 at 10:06am
I think you should see a doctor.
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post #5 of 14
11/20/10 at 11:58am
Since the dizziness has lasted so long, I think you should see a doctor. I would suggest a regular office visit or an urgent care center rather than the ER. that it's nothing serious.
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post #6 of 14
11/20/10 at 12:04pm
Kind of sounds like vertigo to me hun, and yes I would absolutely get checked out because it is ALWAYS better to be safe rather than sorry.
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post #7 of 14
11/20/10 at 12:14pm
vertigo?

of course i'm not a medical doctor though. I have a mild case of it, and only had a few attacks so far (less than once a year, maybe once every 2-3 years). The first one was the worst. It wasn't clinically diagnosed though. It's hard to describe but felt like my brain was spinning inside my skull and the skull is stationary.
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post #8 of 14
11/20/10 at 12:19pm
I really think you should get checked out hun, it does sound like vertio but its better to be safe than sorry. I hope you feel better soon.xx
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post #9 of 14
11/20/10 at 12:37pm
It's probably BPPV (Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo.) The first time I had it, I was setting a laundry basket down on my bed. I got so dizzy that I laid down and put my hand over my eyes (because everything was spinning.) I could actually feel the nystagmus in my eyes, as they cycled back and forth. It only lasted a minute or two. It happened again a couple of hours later when I sat down in the computer chair. The room started spinning (nystagmus again) and I felt very nauseaus. I had my mom drive me to Urgent Care, and BPPV was the diagnosis. They gave me some exercises, I think they were called Epley Exercises. I did them faithfully for about a week, and haven't had any more episodes.

The husband of a gal I work with was diagnosed with the same problem, around the same time I was. He missed nearly 3 months of work, and was taking multiple medications (Antivert and Zofran), as well as doing the exercises, and attending physical therapy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benign_...tional_vertigo
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post #10 of 14
11/20/10 at 1:27pm
several years ago, i had a middle ear thing - was a virus, they couldn't give me anything. anyway, if i turned my head to the right side [even while standing] i got extremely dizzy, to the point of nausea. it was just that side, & it eventually passed. had no other symptoms - felt fine, no fever, etc. i went to the doctor, [it was worst @ the library - you know, turning your head to read the book titles], & he diagnosed it. wasn't BPPV, tho.
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post #11 of 14
11/20/10 at 2:39pm
My DH was an ER nurse before he retired, and he said Vertigo is quite common in women of a certain age, because one morning all I did was turn my head and suddenly the room started spinning uncontrollably and didn't stop until I straightened my head again. He went to the drugstore and got me some Meclazine (bonine) and I took and and it stopped. Have had a couple of friends with the exact same issue.

Not saying this is what you have because I also know people with the other issue mentioned, (don't know if you are a man or woman, what age you are, etc.), and THAT required special head exercises.

Best to have it checked out by a professional.
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post #12 of 14
11/20/10 at 3:49pm
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Originally Posted by mrsgreenjeens View Post
My DH was an ER nurse before he retired, and he said Vertigo is quite common in women of a certain age, because one morning all I did was turn my head and suddenly the room started spinning uncontrollably and didn't stop until I straightened my head again. He went to the drugstore and got me some Meclazine (bonine) and I took and and it stopped. Have had a couple of friends with the exact same issue.

Not saying this is what you have because I also know people with the other issue mentioned, (don't know if you are a man or woman, what age you are, etc.), and THAT required special head exercises.

Best to have it checked out by a professional.
Fastnoc is a man, and I would guess he is on early to mid 40s... (sorry fastnoc )
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post #13 of 14
11/20/10 at 4:03pm
I hope you are resting and make a doctors appointment ASAP.
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post #14 of 14
11/21/10 at 1:38am
I have had trouble with dizziness before and it was caused by an inner ear infection, but honestly from experience at the hospital it could be alot of things. I hope you get better soon.
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