Ugh...Vertigo

[Jackrabbit]

So I don't know exactly how common this is but I'm 24 and have reoccurring vertigo. It sucks. It only happens on one side, my left, and I bring it on when I tilt my head in a very certain position (Back and the slightly to the left). It feels like one of those fidget spinner things are inside of my head when i do it. I can go on about my daily activities without it bothering me but when I go to sleep and decide to shift to my left side, the room spins for like 5 seconds. The scary thing is....is that I had it back in like March for maybe 2 weeks and then it went away. But now its back for now clear reason. Now I know that anxiety doesn't cause vertigo so its not that. Anyone have any experience with this? I've used lavender oil behind my ears and that helps a little but doesn't get rid of it.

[swajj]

My boss gets it. She had it for about 3 weeks the first time so she went to a specialist. He diagnosed it as vertigo and said that some people just get it. She has an episode of it now and then. Sometimes they last for a few days and other times a few hours. She just has to put up with it. There is nothing she can take for it. She hates it.

[Jackrabbit]

Geez that sucks. I have the ear fullness at times too but thats not too bad. I think it may be an ear wax issue. I clean my ears pretty well but I went through this thing where I had this urge to stick pointy things in my ear. My last objects were these flat edge toothpicks. Im thinking that I might have shoved some wax to far deep and its perhaps causing a blockage.

I'm not sure, but I'm sick of it

[Kery]

I've had this on and off throughout the past 2 years. It could be benign positional vertigo (BPPV) which is what I'm pretty sure I had, it's basically vertigo brought on by moving your head in certain positions.

There's also a maneuver you can do to fix it but it's more reliable if done by a professional.

[swajj]

I don't think you should be sticking pointy things in your ears. What did the doctor say about the vertigo?

[Jackrabbit]

I don't think you should be sticking pointy things in your ears. What did the doctor say about the vertigo?

Lol yeah I kind of figured that one out on my own. It was kind of this guilty pleasure thing i had going on. And I went to the doc about it and he said it was BPPV. He also said that i had more wax in my left ear than in my right.


And yeah I tried the maneuver at home and it sort of worked the first time around.

[worriermama]

I've had it and the Epley maneuver definitely helps, though sometimes you have to do it more than once. Youtube has good videos that demonstrate how to do it.