vertigo??

[zippy]

I Haven't been on here for a while i have been doing ok lately. About 3 weeks ago i had a migraine and since then my heads been awful, foggy, headaches etc. Yesterday morning when i turned over in bed to get up i had full on vertigo and i had to lay back down until the sensation of spinning eased. I had to sit on the bed for a few minutes and ease myself up and when i got downstairs and on the toilet my head was spinning again and i had to hold onto the bath. It did this on and off all day and certain ways i turn my head sets the spinning off (up and down and left to right). It is the same today and it's really quite scary. I haven't felt anxious lately but obviously i am now since this has started. I have had the off balance/foggy head feeling before but not this full on vertigo. I don't want to start thinking i have a brain tumour etc and go down that road but i am starting to worry again.

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Nobody ever have full on vertigo with anxiety even when you have been feeling ok?

[Stands mum]

Have you spoken to your doctor? It might be laberinthitis - not very nice but not life threatening.

[zippy]

Is this an infection? If it is i have just seen a gp and she looked in my ear and there is no inflammation. I had benign positional vertigo about 7 yrs ago and the ent specialist did a manouvere to put the crystals in my ear back to there normal position. I don't know if its this again because the vertigo is worse and my head feels off balance and odd all the time.

[Stands mum]

I think it's a virus. I have no idea how it is diagnosed, sorry.

[Mrsg12]

Hi there

I can completely sympathise because at the start of October this year I woke up with full on vertigo.

I wouldn't go to the dr because I was convinced they would rush me to hospital and I have a baby. After 3 days the vertigo got better but I felt foggy and weird and off balance but I was just glad the vertigo had gone. Then I woke up with it again and developed a fear of going to bed and that's when my anxiety came back big style. After 2 weeks of on and off vertigo I went to the drs who said my ears were full of fluid so that was causing the vertigo (labrynthitis which is a virus). I was given a nasal spray and that helped. However I was left with unsteadiness and dizziness from anxiety. Eventually I was prescribed escitalopram and I've been taking it for 23 days now and I can honestly say I feel better than I did. I only realised how anxious I had been when I realised I wasn't as anxious - if that makes sense.

I still get the odd bout of dizziness and I still have anxiety at bedtime but I'm not as bad as I was. I'm sure if you've had bpv before you can be prone to it so it's probably that but my dr told me anxiety def makes vertigo worse and it's a vicious circle!

I hope this helps a little - if you read some of my past posts you'll see the state I was in!

Feel better soon xx

[zippy]

Thanks mrsg12. I don't know if its benign positional vertigo because when i had it last time i just went dizzy the odd time if i turned my head in bed but this is worse. My heads full of weird pains and pressure and i have a sense of feeling really down and emotional. nearly everytime i move my head in bed or try to get up quick i have full on spinning for 10-20 seconds.My head feels groggy all day and off balance and i don't feel myself at all. Wish i didn't always think the worst when i get something new.

[Flossie11]

If you have suffered with vertigo before I wouldn't worry too much. It is certainly scary, and well worth getting to the doctor if you can manage. An infection or if the crystals are floating around again, good to get that sorted. Like mrsg12 says, anxiety can make vertigo worse, and vice versa. Lots of people get vertigo at some point in their lives, it's actually fairly common.

[zippy]

I know i worry about things and make myself worse and i always dwell on why i have a symptom and try and figure out a reason. Instead of just accepting i have a symptom for the time being and it will eventually go, i always think oh no i have someting serious and i am not going to get better. It's a vicious circle and then i bring other symptoms on with anxiety and worry.

[Jennabarker]

Do u still have this? I’m having the same symptoms and worried