Any of yall ever have vertigo?

I do. Apparently it runs in my family, both sides. This week will be my 4th week suffering with BPPV (Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo). Basically, i can't turn my head side to side, up, or down without getting extremely dizzy. Standing up, sitting down, bending over to pick anything up, laying down to go to bed, rolling over in bed, and getting out of bed. All of that sucks.

It makes it hard to get on the computer too. The screen messes with my eyes, which screws with my inner ears, which makes me dizzy. I'm taking Dramamine II for the nausea, and Antivert to ATTEMPT to control the dizzyness.

It's all but ruined my mood. Needless to say i've been extremely hard to get along with these past few weeks. I was forced to take the first week off when it hit me. I couldnt do anything but sit down with a blanket over me, and my eyes closed. I've been able to somewhat work these last couple weeks. Definitely not my normal 12 hour days. More like 6 hours. I throw up every day because of this **** vertigo crap. It's not great.

The person i'm sharing my shop with, lost a large contract (he does construction, his biz aint yalls so i wont go into it). He got this shop because of the contract. Now that he's lost it, i'm screwed. If they dont figure a way out to underbid this other company then my rent goes from low, to just over $600 a month, just for the shop.



With all this going on, i'm almost not fit to talk to man nor beast. Hell i can't even drink, makes the vertigo THAT much worse.

/vent

aw man! Hoss, I sure hope things looks up for you there real soon! I also hope your partner gets his contract back

Sorry to hear that man. As for vertigo, from what you describe, I can't say I have ever had it. However, lately I have something weird going on. I have fuzzy hearing and my balance is off.

Sometimes I wonder if the metals we are handling is f*&king with us.

Wonder why it now showed up for you?

that could be an ear infection Idaho, hearing and balance are connected. have you been listening to lotsa rap music lately?

Happens to me everytime I drink to much liquor.

haha. I hate rap. Nothing hurts so I somewhat ruled out an infection. Who knows.

i wonder if dehydration couldn't have some effect on it too

Look up the Epley Maneuver and Brandt-Daroff Exercises...the Epley is usually done by a Dr. and makes you extremely dizzy in the process (I've been too chicken to try that one).

The Brandt-Daroff Exercises do help (anyways they always help me), but can make you feel worse for awhile when it's severe (I usually get a killer of an earache too from them).

Yep, it sucks, big time. Like being drunk without the benefit of the buzz.

Feel better Hoss.

Wikipedia on it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semont_maneuver#Treatment

Changes in weather, sometimes a sharp head movement, looking up, head cold, seem to make it worse for me.

I have it to a slight degree all the time, basically I don't look up at planes without holding on to something or I can end up flat on my back in the yard. Looking up for me is not good.