Dizziness

[homesteadingnky]

I've been home the last couple of days with EXTREME dizziness! I've had ear problems my whole life! I've had tubes put in more times than we can count. The fluid doesn't drain well and the pressure become pretty intense at times.

Anyway, tried everything but it keeps coming back. Considering going to the chiropractor. Anyone else have a similar issue and tried a chiropractor for it? Just trying to find a real cure instead of just treating the symptoms.

I've used chiropractors to help with back issues alot but never considered that they could help my ear problems. But friends are telling me that they might be able to help.

Appreciate any helpful info.
Homesteading Dad

[homesteadingnky]

Thanks for the links. They do look useful but I have read almost everything on them before. I've used garlic, peroxide, lobelia and olive oil, echinacea, probiotics, and so on.

I must confess, my sugar intake is to high. I'm trying to wean myself off of Dr. Pepper! :-[ I'm doing a lot more right than I was a year ago where my health is concerned if I could just quit shooting my self in the foot (in this case the ear) with the Dr. Pepper and chocolate!

I guess I want a quick cure when I really know what I need to do. I am so self-disciplined in so many other areas. Sweets, that's my weakness! :-/ That may not be and probably isn't the only cause of it but I'm sure that it doesn't help anyway.

Homesteading Dad

[PK.]

I had a bout of dizziness a few weeks ago. The Dr. gave me a weeks worth of antibiotics and it cleared me right up.

Dizziness is something not to be taken lightly. It can be a sign of high blood pressure, blood clots, multiple sclerosis and several other really bad things.

[CarolAnn]

If it gets to the point of causing extreme vertigo, please check out meniere's disease. My sister has been diagnosed with that - and it's not really a disease, but rather the absence of anything ELSE that they can get a firm diagnosis on. She controlls it by watching her salt intake, mainly.

You also can become dizzy from some meds - my high bloodpressure meds caused me to nearly black out when I first started them.

So - anything new in your diet or meds?

[Penny_Plinker]

The Dr had me on 800 mg of ibuprofen 4X a day and i got so used to taking it, and it didn't do anything for pain anyway so i took two Aleve later in the afternoon and boy does that make you dizzy. Don't ever take Aleve and Ibuprofen at the same time.

Penny

[RangerRick]

Sounds like it's time to talk to a good acrupuncterist to me.

Rick

[lateaprildawn]

Hi there,

I have just seen your post and wonder if this may help.

I had an extremely serious fall a couple of years ago and suffered dizzy spells daily despite being otherwise ok.

My hospital consultantant explained about balance, diziness and the bones of the inner ear. He suggested that these bones had been jolted out of position in my fall AND they may go out of position if you have an ear infection and need to have your ears drained !

That sounds as if it may fit the bill for you

The answer was very simple and did improve things a lot. He basically tilted my head in a few different directions ,explaining that this allowed the bones to float about and sink back into their proper positions.

This was called the Epley manouver or the Epley procedure.

I did a bit of googling and found it also under "canalith repositioning"

heres a good link users.aol.com/inventmd/bppv.html.

Please, quiz your doctor to see if he knows about it. Here in the uk our local docs rarely know about it, only this specialist did.

It was absolutely painless and took only 2 minutes. The plus side is that this will do no harm what so ever. If the bones are out of position this will put them back, if they were ok in the first place, they will still be in the right place.

The only down side (if you could call it that ) is that you need to sleep with your head slightly raised for a week or so, to give the bones time to settle.

The consultant I saw was actually a blood pressure specialist as they thought my diziness could be connected with my low blood pressure, she said that as a matter of course she always performed this manipulation as in many cases it gave a great improvement.

One other thing you may want to look into is your blood pressure. I do have low blood pressure and if it is really low i get dizzy fits. I found that I had to check on the amount of salt and caffeine i had had.

If you had a dizzy spell could you check your blood pressure ?
Could you work out how much salt is in your diet ?

I found that as i had cut out ALL processed food and was only eating home grown basics I wasnt actually getting the salt my body needed.

I really hope some of this may help you,
Best wishes,
April

[Steve_L]

I went to a specialist who said I had Menier's disease. You're right, basically, they don't know exactly what's wrong. I have a constant and loud ringing in my ears. I got a letter from him last week saying to come back because they can fix the ringing now.

Salt... that's what controlled it for me. I have to stay away from salt.

When I have an episode, I get so dizzy I can't stand up or keep my lunch. The first two times, I went to the hospital because it seemed serious. It can come on rather sudden. Imagine you're driving along the freeway and suddenly you get so dizzy you splatter your lunch on the inside of your windshield of your NEW car, you can't see, and it's all you can do to get to the side of the road.

An emergency responce guy stopped and told me to get off the freeway, 'cause if a state trooper came along, he'd bust me for driving under the influence for sure. I couldn't even stand up, much less walk a staight line.

I checked the law. Menier's can qualify you for disability, but not often. However, if you are driving and get dizzy and cause an accident, you can go to prison because you're not suppose to be driving. Talk about a catch 22!

Generally, the episodes last four to six hours. At first, you fear you're going to die. After an hour or so you fear you won't die.

If it gets to the point of causing extreme vertigo, please check out meniere's disease. My sister has been diagnosed with that - and it's not really a disease, but rather the absence of anything ELSE that they can get a firm diagnosis on. She controlls it by watching her salt intake, mainly.

You also can become dizzy from some meds - my high bloodpressure meds caused me to nearly black out when I first started them.

So - anything new in your diet or meds?

[Faye]

My neighbors husband had Meniers and had surgery for it. He had taken a fall and hit his head which is what started it. He would also be so dizzy and sick he could not do anything.

[pathwayholding]

My sister has it and was put on a diuretic. As long as she remembers to take it she's fine.

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