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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Tinnitus / October 2004Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo
Hello, Two weeks ago I awoke with this problem. When I roll over in bed the room spins wildly for about 15 secs. and then settles down. If I roll over in bed from the other side it doesn`t happen. When it is happenning I can`t focus my eyes on anything. Actually in bed it feels kinda cool.......like I am high or something. The same day this started happenning it started to happen at work. I would tilt my head in a up and back motion to look at the clock on the wall and the room would start to spin. Or if when I get home I will be checking the mail and tilt my head a little downward and the spinning will happen again....sometimes it gets so bad I have to hang onto something because I feel I might fall. There is no hearing loss or anything else just the spinning. Strange thing is I can`t get it to happen twice. After, turning over in bed and the spinning stops.....I roll right over again and roll back again but it doesn`t happen again. I can walk upright for a long time and everything is fine but if I bend over like to pick something up there comes the spinning. But when it ceases and I bend over again it doesn`t happen. Should I wait a few more weeks to see if it goes away on it`s own? Or go to the doctors office soon? Dan. > Hello, Two weeks ago I awoke with this problem. When I roll over in bed the > room spins wildly for about 15 secs. and then settles down. If I roll over in [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > Should I wait a few more weeks to see if it goes away on it`s own? Or go to > the doctors office soon? You *should* see an experienced doctor right now rather than allowing the symptoms to develop any further. Most doctors don't know how to treat ears. I went to more than 15 doctors during the whole process of my tinnitus. You may need to visit many doctors before finding out the one that knows what to do. You might as well talk to Murray in this group and save your time and effort. FP > Dan. My personal method is to clasp my hands behind my back, pull my shoulders down, while stretching the top of the head (not the chin) to the ceiling. Hold for 10 seconds. Repeat 5 times. Try and train yourself to sleep flat on your back - sleeping on your side keeps the neck muscle in a cramped position. This will be your first port of call. Ther exercise could be done lying down, standing or seated. It is very likely that you have extreme tension in the neck muscles. Can you ask yourself what is happening in your daily life that is setting up this tension? http://eebee.net/TinnitusIsaPainintheNeck.shtml Regards, Elly. >Hello, Two weeks ago I awoke with this problem. When I roll over in bed the >room spins wildly for about 15 secs. and then settles down. If I roll over in [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] >the doctors office soon? >Dan. Tinnitus is a pain in the neck Elly's Tinnitus Resources http://eebee.net/ For email: elly at eebee.cjb.net mason121@aol.com (Mason121) wrote in part: >Should I wait a few more weeks to see if it goes away on it`s own? Or go to >the doctors office soon? >Dan. Since this is usually very easily and quickly cured, I'd see an ENT right away. You know the name of your suspected ailment, so I assume you've seen information on the canalith repositioning procedure. It's done in the doctor's office. You might want to look for an otologist or neurotologist, as this is an inner ear problem.  SignatureJim Chinnis / Warrenton, Virginia, USA Want to discuss Meniere's? See http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MenieresDG I hadn't checked the group in several days, and today I found your note complaining of the exact same condition I have been experiencing for the past month. I have even gone as far as asking my doctor to send me for a CT Scan of the brain. I still don't have results, and I am scared. I have discovered many people that have suffered from this vertigo but it goes away in a week or two. The worst happens when I sit up to get out of bed, and when I lay down. I have checked on my daily activity, and I find no earth shattering alterations. Please let me know how you are getting along and if you find something to ease the condition. Thanks. ************************************************************************* > Hello, Two weeks ago I awoke with this problem. When I roll over in bed > the [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > the doctors office soon? > Dan. >I hadn't checked the group in several days, and today I found your note >complaining of the exact same condition I have been experiencing for the [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >************************************************************************* My personal method is to clasp my hands behind my back, pull my shoulders down, while stretching the top of the head (not the chin) to the ceiling. Hold for 10 seconds. Repeat 5 times. Try and train yourself to sleep flat on your back - sleeping on your side keeps the neck muscle in a cramped position. This will be your first port of call. Ther exercise could be done lying down, standing or seated. It is very likely that you have extreme tension in the neck muscles. Can you ask yourself what is happening in your daily life that is setting up this tension? http://eebee.net/TinnitusIsaPainintheNeck.shtml Tinnitus is a pain in the neck Elly's Tinnitus Resources http://eebee.net/ For email: elly at eebee.cjb.net Thanks. Will do, and I will let you know if it helps. Still haven't gotten the scan results. T is higher than ever... ************************************************************************* >>I hadn't checked the group in several days, and today I found your note >>complaining of the exact same condition I have been experiencing for the [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > > For email: elly at eebee.cjb.net PLease also visit the page http://eebee.net/TinnitusIsaPainintheNeck.shtml There are more things to do there. Tinnitus is a pain in the neck Elly's Tinnitus Resources http://eebee.net/ For email: elly at eebee.cjb.net >Thanks. Will do, and I will let you know if it helps. Still haven't gotten >the scan results. T is higher than ever... [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] >> Can you ask yourself what is happening in your daily life that is >> setting up this tension? "Granny" <catoni@bellsouth.net> wrote in part: >I hadn't checked the group in several days, and today I found your note >complaining of the exact same condition I have been experiencing for the [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >shattering alterations. Please let me know how you are getting along and if >you find something to ease the condition. Thanks. This sure sounds like benign paroxysmal positional vertigo. If so, it is usually very easily and quickly cured with the canalith repositioning procedure. It's done in the doctor's office. (This is a procedure to reposition a tiny crystal that has moved from its normal place within the inner ear. It involves moving the head through a series of turns to cause the crystal to be trapped in a region of the labyrinth where it does not stimulate vestibular receptors.) You might want to look for an otologist or neurotologist, as this is an inner ear problem. SignatureJim Chinnis / Warrenton, Virginia, USA Want to discuss Meniere's? 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