Vertigo - any other banders diagnosed?

[SageTracey 608]

I have just been diagnosed with vertigo and it's making it difficult to exercise until I learn how to live with it and control the symptoms. My favorite exercises are long, hard bike rides, usually on my own, and rock and roll dancing, which has lots of spinning. So you can see why an attack of vertigo is getting in the way of my exercise!

I have figured out that I am good most mornings so am doing most of my exercise first up, but that really doesn't work with dancing - we dancers tend to like our nights out!

Saw my surgeon yesterday and he has never heard of vertigo being related to the band, but I'm wondering if there are any other bandsters out there who also have vertigo? I'd really like some suggestions on living with vertigo.

Thanks in anticipation.

[AlienBandit 10]

I have just been diagnosed with vertigo and it's making it difficult to exercise until I learn how to live with it and control the symptoms. My favorite exercises are long, hard bike rides, usually on my own, and rock and roll dancing, which has lots of spinning. So you can see why an attack of vertigo is getting in the way of my exercise!

I have figured out that I am good most mornings so am doing most of my exercise first up, but that really doesn't work with dancing - we dancers tend to like our nights out!

Saw my surgeon yesterday and he has never heard of vertigo being related to the band, but I'm wondering if there are any other bandsters out there who also have vertigo? I'd really like some suggestions on living with vertigo.

Thanks in anticipation.

I have had vertigo for 7 years now. It came suddenly one day. I woke up, sat up and my whole body went limp my vision got dark and I fell back in bed. It got worse and worse when finally I went to the ER a week later and after 4 hours of tests no one could figure out what was wrong. I called my mom to btw her and she said why are you in the hospital its just vertigo!

Apparently it can be hereditary? My mom and grandmother had it.

I have learned to live with it. You just have to know your triggers (mine are looking up looking left or standing up too fast). If you find it is getting bad, don't sleep lying down at night. If I hit my head ( ie fall down from skking or something not vertigo related) I know I must sleep sitting propped up for a few days or I trigger it.

Sometimes I wake up with it so i know I didnt sleep good the night before. Sometimes a drastic change in weather pressure causes it too. Dont worry, you will be able to live a normal life with it once you manage it.

There are many different types of vertigo, what kind are you?

[highland 168]

I also have vertigo. I usually have terrible bouts of it about once a year that totally incapacitate me! That is until I have the epley maneuver successfully done on me. If you haven't tried this maneuver -google it and try it, or go to a physical therapist to have it

performed. It really works!

I have Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo.

[SageTracey 608]

I don't know yet what sort of vertigo it is. I'm going back to my GP on Monday for a referral to an ENT specialist.

A friend reminded me tonight that my ear popped while I was dancing a couple of months ago - I was dancing with him when it happened and have basically been having trouble ever since - it just got lots worse in the last few weeks.

So far it seems I am ok in the morning, pretty miserable from late morning to late afternoon and then not so bad in the evenings.

cheers

[bobrocky 8]

I have Menieres disease and used to have a lot of vertigo. For me, salt and caffeine bring it on so I'm careful to monitor those. If I feel the fullness in my ears I pop some antivert and that helps a lot. I have noticed it can start after eating out because they use so much more salt in their food.< /p>

[klariade 7]

My mom and grandma both have vertigo, and I'm starting to show signs of it as well. It's caused by an inner ear problem (so you might be on to something with the popped ear thing). Unfortunately, there's not a whole lot you can do for it except what others have already said. Knowing your triggers and how to deal. For me, I get the postural hypertension really bad so I have to remember to stand up slowly. I also can't look directly into bright lights (which I shouldn't be doing anyway, right?). My mom and grandma also cannot drive at night due to the bright lights causing vertigo. It's not fun, but you can learn to live with it and live a normal life.