Sushipup, and Emma, thanks for the responses, as I knew before I wrote there was no "cure" I was hopeful to find out if there would be some exercises to sort of keep the darn thing at bay.I have no idea what brings it on, I flip sides all nite to assure that crystals hopefully stay where they belong, and use the dizziness patch so that I can get around. That is such a nasty life if you can't get something of a handle on it. Seems to come in waves, I can go months without trubble, and then there it is, but I believe is my own fault, I am in the midst of garden cleanup here, and lots of bending with head lower that knees sometimes, that really triggers things, but I want to live a somewhat normal life, so I do keep that ace tucked in my pocket. For those that never have something like this, I surely hope they are grateful it doesn't happen to them Thanks again for the responses, much appreciated, and sooo glad to know I am not alone, is good to stick together. I do try those exercises and doc has given me sheets of stuff to try, but sometimes it lasts longer than I care to have it!!!!!!!!!!

For others that might be interested: My story (Moni): 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. 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. I just checked the link, and it still works! Moni Here is a link that might be useful: scroll down to: HOME TREATMENT OF BPPV:

I have suffered from vertigo episodes for most of my life but sometimes if I am lucky I can go a year without having severe episodes but that is few and far between. Mine all have to do with my ears. When I was a child my family Doctor would have my parents give me Dristan tablets, then I was put on a diuretic to get rid of the water in my body which I took for most of my life but a few years go took myself off because I was getting worried about the damage it might do to my kidneys. Since I stopped taking the diuretic I have more vertigo episodes. Worse feeling ever. Having to crawl on my hands and knees to get to the bathroom. I have prescription pills I take when I have an episode but they knock me right out which is good but one of the side effects for me is my brain feels itchy inside my head and you can't scratch it. Horrible feeling. Sometimes my vertigo can last a few weeks. I have to go to the Doctor to have him flush the wax from my ear, which comes out like hard stones. When my ears start to feel plugged I know I should go in but many times I don't and then I suffer for it when I become dizzy a few weeks later, My Doctor also does the head maneuvers on me which do help a lot and then I do them myself every few weeks on myself. I wouldn't wish vertigo on anyone.

It seems there are many people out there afraid of their computer crashing. I had that happen to me a few years ago. I am currently using an external hard drive to store everything, pictures, my bookwork, all documents. I don't store anything on my computer anymore. I also bought a second one to switch out now and then in case there is a problem (which has never happened, knock on wood). These are relatively inexpensive (under $100 depending on how much storage you want) and so easy to use, just plug it in the front of your tower or side of your laptop and save to it.