I think you are perfectly safe in talking the medication tonight....then call your doc in the morning.
I hope you feel better!
Be careful getting up during the night....take it slowly.

I think I have it too. I wake up sometimes, could be in the middle of the night or morning and my head just spins. It can spin all day but at a lesser degree. The days I suffer from it it seems it happens with a change in position, too, like if I bend over or turn quickly. I sympathize (sp?).

This is worse if I close my eyes...That's when I get real dizzy. But tonight I'm finding I'm dizzy when I stand up or move too quick.

I called the pharmacy to make sure it was okay to take the pills I have here...she said to go ahead tonight and then call the doctor tomorrow. I'll probably need more than I have here. It says three a day, one at a time.

Thanks ....I don't like taking meds. and I don't know much about them...

patti

Wow, do not want !
Good wishes!

I just talked to Patti. Now I am hoping the exercises I do for vertigo problems will help her as much as they do for me. No need to take meds! HONEST.

Try this.

after going to the link, scroll down to: HOME TREATMENT OF BPPV:

and look for the words: Click here for an animation

Click and watch!

Moni

Here is a link that might be useful: vertigo link

I totally understand your reluctance to taking medications that may have other side effects. Have you explored taking ginger?

I once worked on a boat and many of us who worked there experienced dizziness and nausea associated with motion sickness. Motion sickness is a disturbance of the inner ear just as BPPV is, but with a different cause of course, so ginger may not work for you but it may be worth exploring as an option.

I originally used Dramamine (dimenhydrinate) but hated the side effects. Many of my co-workers used Scopolamine but were not happy with the side effects. I read about ginger being used to control motion sickness and was sceptical. I went to the health food store and found they sold ginger in capsule form with the notation on the bottle that is was to be used for motion sickness. IT WORKED! And there are no side effects. It was not expensive either.

Diziness is caused by other things as well.Dh thought he had vertigo a few years ago also,come to find out,he had a small stroke.So be careful,and don't try to diagnose yourself.I knew when he told me he was dizzy that it was more than that,even though he insisted it wasn't.His speech was slurred,he staggered when he walked,and his face was droopy.So if you have any of those signs,get to the ER quick as a bunny!!!

Kathi

A gal I know once said she about fell out of the shower when she bent over to wrap her hair in a towel. She'd been dizzy for a few days. Lo and behold an inner ear infection! She said she had no pain.

How are you feeling now Patti?

my mom used to take otc med which helped...now if it's an ear problem (like my siser's was, she finally lost her hearing...inner fluid loss)

I had vertigo. Terrible diozziness and vomiting. I remember it well, it happened in April 2001. I was given a prescription for Verapamil. I felt better in a few days. But it was a bad sign. Six months later I got much sicker. I had a stroke, and was diagnosed with early stage kidney failure. It got worse and just this year I started getting kidney dialysis. Insist your doctor do a blood test and notify you if any of the readings are abnormal. For kidney function, the important things are BUN(Blood Urea Nitrogen) and Creatnine levels.

Patti, I'm guessing the doc gave you Meclizine or Antivert. It's a high powered anti-histimine. Take it and go to bed. I hope you feel better soon. I find that the sooner I medicate the quicker I get better.

Linda

PS

It's a good idea to keep the meds with you in your purse in case it happens when you're out. (as long as you aren't driving.)

I have Meclizine ...I took one last night...but before it got better it got really bad....Whoa what a ride...

I was able to sleep as long as I kept my head faced down...but if I sat in recliner and reclined a little with my head facing up I would spin like crazy.

I'm much better today...

Moni I started to try the exercises...but started getting really sick at my stomach so got detain by trying to get to the bathroom...

I have diabetes so I have my blood checked all the time for kidney problems and my husband had a stroke so I know what to watch for there too...

I just don't know much about Vertigo. I was hoping it was a one time thing...guess I was wrong.

thanks all of you.

patti

I first experienced vertigo in November of 1977 and I was in bed face down for 3 days. I had to crawl to the bathroom and had to hold on to the sidewalls when I sat to keep from falling over.

I recently had a 1 day face down episode again. Uuugh. Everytime I tried to stand up I got sick to my stomach and threw up.
My problem is positional,I think, brought on by looking up too quickly or turning over in bed. I have to sleep with 2 pillows while on my side.

I have gone to the hair salon and after having my hair shampooed I've stood up too quickly and walked into the wall. I get rather strange looks everytime that happens.
Antivert helps. I start taking it if I feel an episode coming on.

I've had vertigo attacks off and on since 1977, but the first one was definitely the worse one.

For awhile the doctors in this area thought it was viral because so many of us came down with it right about the same time. It was bizarre that so many ladies that associated together had the same thing at the same time. Some still think that rather than getting a cold or other flu symptom, we manifest the problem through an inner ear imbalance. I don't know; I just don't want it ever again.

I woke up one morning feeling like my whole room was spinning. Putting a foot down on the floor like when you had to much to drink did not help.

I did manage to get to the bathroom, but then had a bad episode, and found myself on the floor. I wasn't sure, which way was up. I crawled back to bed.

All this, shortly after we had moved. I didn't have a Dr. yet. I didn't know, what was wrong with me. I kept laying down, some in front of the TV. Almost all my laying down was on my right side.

Later I realized, my vertigo was brought on by laying on my right side.

I sleep exclusively on my left side now. I don't toss or turn anymore. I used to wake up all queasy and sick to my stomach.

When we got hold of a Dr. to see me right away, he said, I had Vertigo.

He gave me a prescription for something, sorry I don't remember what, but I never filled it. He also suggested the exercises in the link up above, and said, the pills had a lot of side effects, and didn't work for everyone.

When I got back home I tried to do the exercises, but got so violently sick when I first laid on my left side, that I had to sit up and fight throwing up.

It took me two hours to do a whole set of the exercises that day.

Since then, I am mostly fine, but have episodes when I have to do two or more sets of exercises daily.

Ceiling fans, whipping your foot while sitting with crossed over legs, watching a train go by are just some of the things that can set me off.

Oh, and sleeping in the same bed as Jerry. :) Really, HONEST! Jerry has restless leg syndrome and sleep apnea, and shakes the be almost all night long. Since we went to separate beds (but still in the same room) I haven't had very many episodes.

All my troubles began in July 2001. Since then I have ridden my bicycle across the United States, from coast to coast, as well as several other long distance rides. No problems! You can lead a "normal" life even if you have Vertigo problems.

Patti, try it again. It might work for you too.

Moni