Any tips on how to make dizziness stop once I have an attack? What works for you? Do you also use a particular sleeping position? Does eating less sodium help?
A lot of questions I know, but doctors dont know that much about MD so I would like some advices from people who really has it.
Thank you so much 😀
Mines takes awhile sometime to stop and is so fristrating i sleep with the bad ear up...but ive heard others do it opposite.....ive tried eply tried standing on myhead...so if anyone has something please post
Nope got nothing wish I did!!!!
I'm going in 6 weeks and it's been worse the past few days can't even walk without walker so I don't fall!!
Sorry I wish I did I feel for you. 😩
I used dramamine when I was traveling. That was more preventative.
I'm sorry I failed to mention the dr has me on Meclezine and Valium for the dizziness but I still feel it just helps some.
But thank you, my bad ☺️
Prevention is always better. If you are not on anything to treat (which you should be), a strict sodium restriction and alcohol restriction is in order. Sodium is unfortunately in a lot of foods; lunch meats, processed foods..the list goes on and on. It is also suggested to avoid caffeine, which is why I take dyazide. Can't do without my morning cup of coffee. So far, everything else is just to treat the symptoms. I rarely have an attack after being on the dyazide for two years and feel very lucky-although my balance is still very bad (had to teach myself to walk again without going all over the place). Good luck in your search.
For me, my rescue meds are Meclazine 25mg, Clonazepam 1mg, and Glycopyyrolate 1mg....That works the best for me, for an acute attack. But I also have to just lay down and wait it out, which is typically a couple of hours. No way can I stay standing - I've tried, and I always end up falling. Prior to having the steroid injections, an attack would take at leas 12 hours to recover from, and then several days with a "hangover". Now, on the rare occasion of dizziness/vertigo, it just takes a couple of hours, max. I still take Dyazide 37.5/25mg (a diuretic) twice day and keep to a low salt, no caffeine diet, and drink plenty of water. Sleeping, I keep my good ear in the pillow, and my bad ear up....it's quieter ;-).
Take good care,
J
I usually have to wait things out. When I have an acute attack, I have been given Ativan to take. When I have an acute attack, it usually lasts at least 24 hours - my last one was 48 hours long with a four day hangover.
I am recently diagnosed after having a tumor removed from the left side of my head in January 2016. I went almost seven months with no problems and then in July, a violent vertigo attack put me down and I have had vertigo every day since then. I was diagnosed a week later with MD and just last week, I was diagnosed with the shingles virus in my ear.
I am on a low sodium diet (I try to keep it below 1200mg per day). I take 12.5mg of HCTZ (I also get 12.5mg in my nightly blood pressure meds). I have Meclizine for nausea though I prefer not to take it if possible. When an attack hits, I sit down for a minute and if it worsens, I will then lie down. Most days I can function but those acute attacks are brutal and I am completely immobile.
I cannot say if any of the above is working because this is so new, but I'm trying anything I can to help. The doctor suggested that I walk as soon as I wake up and I have been doing that for a week now. It actually makes me feel better until I get to work and then the vertigo returns albeit in varying degrees. I take naps when I get home and on the weekends and if I get overheated, I stop whatever I'm doing because heat is a trigger for me.
Hope you get some relief soon!! This is a tough disease and not well known so it does not get the same research and studies that other diseases do.
When your ear starts to get full start a full water fast for 2-3 days. It's not easy to do but I've found it stops the progression of a full blown attack
I've heard to fast from time to time so just water for coupe days?
I m already on low sodium diet and I have diazepam to take during attacks. Im better now but still have weekly attacks.
I never try that. Do you think this work because you are not eating sodium?
I only fast if I feel my ear filling up... Seems to prevent an episode
Honestly, I'm not sure what makes it work. It just dawned on me one day that if episodes were triggered by salt & caffeine then taking a break from them completely would be a good idea.
Do you drink other liquids? And what about taking medicine with water during that time?
Nothing else just lots of water. My stomach gets very upset... Maybe, you could play around with a particle fast? Only raw veggies? I don't take any medications daily for my MD... I don't feel anything really worked for ne
Hi there
I started getting unsteady in febuary after I collasped due to low heart rate but i had a pace maker fitted and the symptons still got worse. I couldn't understand what it was as I was superfit. I remember feeling spaced out and weird tingling in my head but scans showed nothing. Saw doctors who put me on betahistamine and at first it made me sick 16mg 3 times a day. So I tried to come off it and face the problem. No such luck. I got waves of unsteady sensations in my head if i put it down or tried to watch tv. Laptops . Even talking with people was difficult. Had days of brain fog noises in my ears more sensations. Sleeping was difficult as I had falling sensations or flashes of lights that made me jump. Hated it. So another brain scan about a month ago and still all ok? So this is what I do. Make sure you sleep on at least 3/4 pillows at nights. Drink plenty of water and stay off as much process foods and sugars to allow your body to repair itself. Yes Betahistamine does help but tried to come down from 18mg 3 times a day to two and then 8mg and see how you do. Limit your time in front of laptops and TV and even use sunglasses or tinted lenses to reduce glare. When you get vestibular headaches don't over do ibruproven it can make it worse. I found Naproxen works best 500mg and eat something with it. Again limit how much you use. Rest when you can during the day hard if you work but go sit in the toilets or natural lights for 5 minutes and close your eyes. Go with your sensations and don't let them get the better of you when you can. Anxiety makes it worse and I found this lots when I was in supermarkets or doctors surgeries. Try to stay calm and take deep breaths. Exercise when you can this helps the brain to relearn what you are seeing. ISome believe that the body can self heal so you could image this is happening. I'm trying a product from America called Vertifree and done this for 3 days now. It's natural herbs and has no interactions with normal medication so I take it first thing in the morning and when I feel unsteady. I read good reports on this so purchased it from amazon and so far I have to say my brain fog and senses are much better. Majority of reviews rate it and a few say it doesn't work but I would give anything a go. Another friend of mine suggested bio plasma to help but i havent tried that. Get a blood test make sure all is ok there and possibly a scan too. Artifical lighting is bad for us in general so get loads of natural light and sunlight as this has Vitamin D which is a healer. I'm 8 months into it now and this week the ringing in my ears has gone down but I get crunching like a bag of crisps in my ears so my tubes are trying to clear. Stay positive we are all in this together so any information that can help each other is worth doing. Finally don't put mobile phones to your ears it's wifi more like wi fry!! it damages the nerve endings in the brain as all electronic devices do. Limit the amount. Hope that helps