I started sufering from vertigo swaying variety, not spinning, in August. I undertook intensive vestibular exercises and eventually they helped and mostly i feel my balance has returned. Yipeee!! (happy to tell anyone about the exercises if your interested.) Sometimes i found my eye squinting badly and sometimes it did not want to open at all particularlly at bright lights. One of my pupils is usually alot larger and is slower to react to light. My balance has much improved but my eye is still odd and i am unable to open it if there is bright lights. Has anyone else had any similar symptoms, did it just go back to normal on its own. I had an occy health referal and they seemed familar with this symptom after an inner ear damage condition and told me to wear sunglasses. wondered if anyone else had similar experiences?
my dizziness started in june and luckily by around september I started finally feeling normal again. like you I did a lot of vestibular exercises. when my dizziness first began light bothered me so badly, while I was at the hospital I wore sunglasses and had the nurse turn off the lights in my room. even by the end of summer when my dizziness was improving it still felt like light bothered me and oddly enough it felt like I wasn't as dizzy in a dark room. I mentioned that light bothers me when I seen the ENT but he never really said anything about it. I have noticed now on even slightly sunny days I have to wear sunglasses where as before I rarely wore them.
Hi, yes I have had the eye 'thing' for a long time now. (Had the vertigo swaying like you for. Over 4 years!). Very sensitive to. BRight lights, even when switching off lamps for eg, I close my eyes. Don,t use overhead light if I can help it (only use whe.n I can,t find something!). Also I notice that in the evening when I am tired when standing up and looking down in particular for eg, ie doing dishes, I close my eyes here and here to alleviate things!! my problem is my eyes seem to make the balance thing worse, although I know they Re not he cause. Like you had the eye exam by Opthamolgist and all is well. also often fee I need to squint or shut them for. Few secs to 're-set'.
hi i can really relate to the reset. My eye sight is usually great but while i have had vertigo and recoverying from vertigo some time i look and i can not make anything out i blink and blink thinking they are misty but not improvement then a few minutes later fine. have you had eye squint for 4 years?
Thanks for your reply i work in a very bright environment and i am just returning but i think i will have to wear some sort of sunglasses. ENt never commented on it when i mentioned it but occy health pointed it out to me, i will mention it again at next appointment and see if anything is said, if so I will lry you know.
Yes I would love to know what exercises you did.. my vertigo is bad right now.. anxiety brings it in full force and it's an awful feeling.. thank you
I don't have that squint problem with light and bright colors. Just normal senstivity to bright lights and that. Have you talked to your doctor about the possiblity of migraine?
It,doesn,t affect my actual sight, nothing like misting or anything like that. I think/feel it is morelike my eyes are tired and also the vestibular stuff isn t in sync so much, especially if I am tired which can come from the previous day if I,ve had a busy time (ie shopping, doing housework etc), sort of a knock on effect that has a delayed reaction. But it is always later in the evening, so I can only work out that things just don,t work so well when The body is exhausted for whatever reason. Even if I am sick with something else that taxes the body, then It will b more prevalent then too. I am going to raise all this on Thursday at my first (for this particular hospital,that is ) Physio appointment, although they aren,t drs and will be more looking at which exercises to,give me, which I am Determined to make sure they don,t give the back and forth, up anddown ones I,ve had before from other physics thT was a waste of time for me!
I found somewhere where it’s an open space and looked quickly left and right focusing on something at each side repeating this several times as you walk ahead. It made me feel worse and sick but it helped eventually. As I was walking I set myself challenges like you might of done when you were little don’t walk on cracks or this time of year try to not walk on leaves. It’s challenging your balance. Try to make sure you walk with someone so that if you need them to hold onto they are there, I found wearing wide flat boots helped as my feet were really flat and toes could spread out for maximum balance. Then I tried to walk along lines, on car parks. Take a large umbrella so you can have it to feel more confident. It is hard and horrible and results slow but if you try to go out 2 or 3 times a day. It helped me the consultant was adamant there is no other treatment but obviously it depends on the cause of your vertigo. If you haven’t seen an ent consultant I would ask your Gp to refer you.
Thank you.. I have bppv since 2007.. I went thru therapy and it helped alot .. I go to ent next monday.. the barometric pressure has alot to do with vertigo..
Oh I am really sorry if you have suffered since 2007. You will know a lot more me. I hope you are able to to get some help on Monday. the anxiety of it is aweful I really do sympathise. ITake care x
Yes it sure brings on the anxiety. I'm going to chiropractor too and he knows I've suffered with this before so he adjust my neck and ears.. I feel somewhat better right now.. the exercises do help it just takes time and patience. Thank you so much c 4013.. xxx
Check on VEDA website, they have numerous exercises for VN and labrynthitis. Just keep them measure when you do them Maybe 10 minutes total and choose only two or three. Is your balance off or just the heady feeling?
My balance is off too. Like I was walking down the sidewalk and I felt like I was tipping sideways and the ground felt like it was moving.
I tried the veda website it's about credit score. I'm from the us
Hello Tonya,
The site is Vestibular.org. I hope this helps.
Hello, I have vision problems in one eye. It's blurry and sometimes I see double vision. Can you tell me what exercises you did to help you? I did vestibular therapy for one month and the dr said it wasn't helping me so he dismissed me. Maybe your exercises will help me. I can't walk around in stores very long without getting lightheaded. If I move my eyes back and forth focusing on everything I get real bad!! Sick to my stomach too. 3 eye dr s have put me in every kind of contacts or glasses and my eye still won't focus. Sometimes they make me more off balance. My legs shake real bad in the mornings and I have no balance. What kind of exercises did you have to do that helps you?
to be honest Brenda I think you need to go back to your GP, or another one?as dismissing you because the particular exercises they gave you didn,t help should have told them there is something they have missed. Have you seen an Neuro-Otologist? Are you in the US?, of so, ask your GP,for a referral to one because there is something definitely wrong and copying someone else,s exercises from here could possibly waste your time and be the wrong ones for you. You don t need to deal with Opticians on this as it isn t probably your eyes that are causing e problem, but the messages from you brain aren,t syncing with your eyes, that that is what I was been told by an Otologist aNd there very specific exercises for this so,get down to your drs office pronto!
Thank you nikki
You're welcome. 