girlrock
23-05-09, 08:37
Hi All,
I haven't posted on here much recently, especially for myself. I was almost getting ready to write up a success story to post in that forum. I have been doing very well with my HA and have managed to completely stop Googling(well random symptoms anyway).
My problem that I'm having now is that I have this rocking, swaying dizziness...like being on a boat. I think I may have posted about it back in January when my HA was at its worst. Anyway...I had it in January, March, and now again in May.
The first time I had it for a week. I ended up the emergency room because it was so severe that I was very nauseous from it. The doctor there said I had fluid in my ear and that it was probably a viral inner ear infection. In March, it lasted for 2 weeks but less severe. I saw my regular doctor right after it subsided(about 2 days later). He did a test where he had me lie down and check my blood pressure and pulse, sat me up quickly, asked if it made me dizzy, I said Yes, checked my blood pressure and pulse again, then had me jump off the table and repeat one more time. He said my blood pressure and pulse were fine so it can't be that. I don't remember if he looked in my ears but again, he said probably my ears and told me to try a decongestant such as Sudafed the next time it happened and if it doesn't stop, possibly have to have tubes put into my ears. Also said it probably isn't anything with brain since I just had a CT scan in July with and without contrast and things don't usually pop up that quickly.
Well its back again and I'm trying the Sudafed. I actually do have a lot of ear pain this time(which I didn't have the last 2 times)...not sure if that is beacause the Sudafed or what. Anyway...I'm interested in hearing if anyone has gone through something similar. I'm at my wits end with this! I'm so sick of being sick, it's not even funny. I don't believe it is anxiety because I haven't been feeling anxious. I get anxious after the dizziness starts of course but not leading up to it. It happens out of the clear blue sky...lasts for a week or two and then will leave out of the clear blue sky again. I just don't understand why I would be having sudden ear problems now at 24 years old and why does it happen every other month like clockwork?
I don't think its BPPV, Meneire's, or Mal de Debarquement(I did go on a cruise last June with some sea legs when I got back but the dizzies didn't start until January) but you never know.
Sorry for the long post. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
I haven't posted on here much recently, especially for myself. I was almost getting ready to write up a success story to post in that forum. I have been doing very well with my HA and have managed to completely stop Googling(well random symptoms anyway).
My problem that I'm having now is that I have this rocking, swaying dizziness...like being on a boat. I think I may have posted about it back in January when my HA was at its worst. Anyway...I had it in January, March, and now again in May.
The first time I had it for a week. I ended up the emergency room because it was so severe that I was very nauseous from it. The doctor there said I had fluid in my ear and that it was probably a viral inner ear infection. In March, it lasted for 2 weeks but less severe. I saw my regular doctor right after it subsided(about 2 days later). He did a test where he had me lie down and check my blood pressure and pulse, sat me up quickly, asked if it made me dizzy, I said Yes, checked my blood pressure and pulse again, then had me jump off the table and repeat one more time. He said my blood pressure and pulse were fine so it can't be that. I don't remember if he looked in my ears but again, he said probably my ears and told me to try a decongestant such as Sudafed the next time it happened and if it doesn't stop, possibly have to have tubes put into my ears. Also said it probably isn't anything with brain since I just had a CT scan in July with and without contrast and things don't usually pop up that quickly.
Well its back again and I'm trying the Sudafed. I actually do have a lot of ear pain this time(which I didn't have the last 2 times)...not sure if that is beacause the Sudafed or what. Anyway...I'm interested in hearing if anyone has gone through something similar. I'm at my wits end with this! I'm so sick of being sick, it's not even funny. I don't believe it is anxiety because I haven't been feeling anxious. I get anxious after the dizziness starts of course but not leading up to it. It happens out of the clear blue sky...lasts for a week or two and then will leave out of the clear blue sky again. I just don't understand why I would be having sudden ear problems now at 24 years old and why does it happen every other month like clockwork?
I don't think its BPPV, Meneire's, or Mal de Debarquement(I did go on a cruise last June with some sea legs when I got back but the dizzies didn't start until January) but you never know.
Sorry for the long post. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.