I am posting this in hopes it can help someone else as quickly and as easily as it helped me. A few weeks ago i woke up and felt extreamly hungover and i hadn't had a single drink the night before. It took a few hours to shake off this feeling but theses periodic dizzy spells and short episodes of vertigo continued for a few weeks so i went to see my family doctor last week. Turns out it was a slight inner ear problem. My doctor gave me a prescription to help with the effects of vertigo but he ran my through a simple procedure called the EPLEY Maneuver. I instantly felt better in his office after just doing it once. I did the maneuver once or twice a day at home for the next two days but honestly i never had another symptom after leaving the doctors office and never took a single pill. There is lots of info, pictures and diagrams on the web for the Epley Maneuver so if you or someone you know have symptoms of vertigo give it a try. Hopefully it works as easily, quickly and cheaply as it did for me. My cousin and my MIL both suffered from similar symptoms that lasted from several weeks to a few of months 5 or 6 years agos and were both were only prescribed medications.
Thank you XXL , so true it affects more than we realize. I've had it on and off since we moved here, it's scary even when turning over in bed at night while asleep much less trying to make my way down the hallway from the bedroom in the morning, thankfully mine is pretty much subsided since I got my sinuses under control. Who is going to be the one that calls out two members here and a 3 whose dog is recovering from vestibular disease?
Yeah, I get it from time to time. When I get it, it is not like I'm dizzy but like the whole house is rolling. They tell me it can be different with different people. I also seem to be able to get over it if I can only stand up, but sometimes that takes a bit of doing...
The first day it came on was the worst for me. I tried to look at my clock radio and my eyes started spinning. I rolled over in bed to look at my wifes clock and same thing. I told my doctor it was like my eyes were the wheels of a slot machine. I had a headache, the room was spinning and my stomach got a little queasy. Like I said, it was like a bad hangover. For the next few days it would come and go but most when rolling over in bed like wildwest mentioned, or when i got up from the floor after playing with the dog. Once i was up and going i was fine. The doctor had me lie on my back on the examining room table with my head off the end. He then had me turn my head to the left beyond 90 degrees and then to the right. It was worst to the right so then he knew my right side had the inner ear issue. I think it is fluid in the inner ear that causes the issue and the Epley maneuver gets it moving. Because my issue was on the right, my maneuver started on the right side. Holding each positions for 30 sec to a couple of minutes allows the fluid to move down a channel away from the inner ear. Mine might have been pretty minor compared to others but I felt better after that first treatment. I did continue to do it myself for the next couple of days but no symptoms returned. The doctor did caution me that the maneuver can be disorienting for some and asked if i had someone with me that could drive me home after the procedure. I was fine but keep this in mind.
That's great that they were able to resolve it. I had similar symptoms two years ago after getting hit from behind in an auto accident. For several days I could not drive and when walking I would loose my balance to one side. I did some research and found that a local doctor has a machine like a large motorized gyroscope that you get strapped into. They would do some maneuver and watch your pupils. If they tracked one direction, they did the epley in a certain way. If the pupils tracked another way, a different maneuver was done. Turns out I had some minor trauma to my eyes from whiplash and it resolved on its' own.
