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I gotcha, cwillie.
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I have never had vertigo. It sounds awful. I hope yours doesn’t happen very frequently, cw.

I have had chronic ringing (tinnitus) in my ears since my 20’s. I do have some hearing loss. I have horrible allergies and asthma.
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My husband has occasional bouts of BPPV.

We think his first was made worse by dehydration. (EMS to the hospital) Now he gets wee bouts, typically upon getting up, and they fade over an hour or the day.

Note that there are manoeuvres other than the Epley roll and it is directional. Sometimes I could see his eyes twitch or track towards the affected ear, which indicted which way to roll him.
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Barb, usually these brief periods of vertigo linger a few days or at most weeks and then go away as mysteriously as they come, my sister has had the Epley manoeuvre done with limited results. We both occasionally have days when the world seems just a little off kilter and wonder if it will progress to vertigo or not.
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CW, have you considered getting Vestibular PT?
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I'm almost positive it's BPPV Alva. There is absolutely no way I'd go to the doctor for this unless it becomes unremitting and unlivable, I'm sure he's a very competent doctor but I find him to be an arrogant (nonetheless I'm grateful I have a doctor and don't need to rely on the walk in clinic). I don't take any meds, overall I'm very healthy.
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cwillie, did your doc do the testing for all the "inner ear" stuff? Do you take any blood pressure med? If so do you measure your blood pressure? Any anti-depressants? I recently tried one at doc's suggestion for nerve pain, muscoloskeletal stuff and anxiety, and wow, did I learn a lot I never wanted to know. Not for me for sure. But would have been a dizzy dame had I taken them. Or dizziER.
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But I don't have any control over any of those things Way ☹️
Instinct tells me I should probably drink more, but that's just guessing.
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cwillie,

change in season ? Pressures , humidity. Temperature ?
I know season change effects asthma
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The world is stable again, at least for now, but past experience tells me it may not stay that way. I wish I knew what sets these episodes off so I could avoid doing whatever it is.
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Llama and CW--feel better soon!
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Cwillie . Oh no . Sorry . Hoping it doesn’t last long .

Llama , hoping you get better soon too .
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My vertigo is back ☹️🌪️
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Update: As I was able to sleep last night, DH took me to the ER, where I was seen in their urgent care section. Imaging services are now not available 24/7, but before this occurred I already intended to see an orthodontist in re my scoliosis (Ergo, I reached my adult height at age 12). I received another Toradol injection and scripts for short term pain medication as well as a muscle relaxer and Voltaren. Thanks for your kind comments. I appreciate them.
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Happy retirement, Pam! You’ve earned it!
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Holey moley I got my medicare number today!! Now maybe I can relax and enjoy my retirement!
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Ice.
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Llamas,

No apologies are necessary. We fully understand. Sending many hugs your way!
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Need: Thank you and I want to apologize to all you wonderful people that I am physically unable to respond to each of you individually. Thank you to all of you. I meant to state earlier that the sacral muscle has also caused G.I. issues.
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Keeping you in my thoughts and prayers, LLama.
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All: Thank you. I am going to have to seek relief at the ER tomorrow IF I can sleep at least a few hours of sleep tonight. Excruciating pain last night. Patient First told me to go to ER if no better, but unable to sleep due to compressed sciatic nerve pain.
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@Bounce

Thanks for the kind words but I didn't do it alone. I reconciled with my former husband and it's the second best thing I ever did. The best thing I ever did was marrying him in the first place. God only knows what I'd be today if things had continued on as they were.

@NHWM

I have to ask. Is your friend who's the drug rep a very attractive woman? When I lived out in California years ago I knew a girl who was a drug rep and went around to doctor's offices. She told me I'd be good at that job. The only requirements for that job are you have to be hot, smile a lot and be flirty and flattering to the doctors.
No thanks. I had a job and I'm not great at sucking up or stroking someone's ego.
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Beatty,

I know people who have done aqua therapy. The water is soothing and it helps with achieving fluid movements.
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Re sciatia.. had physio, massage, heat, ice, rested, exercise STILL THERE. Eventually listened to a wise friend who recomonded acupuncture & hydrotherapy.

Accupuncture offered instant warmth & relief (bit sore later that night). Then mostly gone. Was like a reset. Apparently not everyone is that lucky, it doesn't work for all or takes a few sessions.

I added warm water pool walking & now do regularly which seems to keep it at bay.

Llama, I hope you find relief. It sucks.
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Burnt,

Your statements are so true.

Many times I have been waiting in my doctor’s office to see her and a pharmaceutical sales rep comes in with a briefcase full of different meds to show the doctor!

I have a friend who is a pharmaceutical sales representative. She says that she is a ‘legal’ drug dealer, 🤣 who gives out samples all day long to the doctors.

My friend will occasionally play golf with some of her clients (doctors) and they consistently chat about drugs. It’s a huge business with lots of marketing going on.
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I know people who have had success with acupuncture too. Good suggestion, cw.
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Llama - sciatica was the reason I first moved in with my mom and she found acupuncture treatments very helpful, so much so that she was able to recover enough that I began to make plans to move out and on with my life. (but you know what they say about the best laid plans...)
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@Llama

My heart goes out to you with the sciatica pain. I know how that is. From time to time I've been in such pain from it that I can barely walk and every move feels like I'm getting stabbed.
Physical therapy helped me. I do the exercises I learned there several times a day even in the office.
I had a flare-up about a month or so ago. It lasted about a week, but it wasn't that bad. Try PT.

@Bounce

You know I think doctors prescribe all these drugs because they're like children with new toys that are also getting paid to play with.

They just want to see what these drugs will do.
I went to the doctor awhile back and she was doing her best to get me on a couple anti-depressants because I "need" them.

I told her that my life was a miserable living hell and anyone would have depression if they were living in unemployed poverty and working as an unpaid care slave to an abusive parent who they never got along with. I was a hundred pounds overweight at the time because the situation brought me so low that all I did was eat. I had no social life and really nothing to live for. It took everything I had just to get out of bed every day.

I started to dig myself out of the hole I was in by watching my diet and getting some exercize. When I was losing the weight some good things happened to me.
When I got away from my mother, I was cured.

There's no med that cures poverty. Or loneliness. Or negativity.
I'm glad I didn't get talked into going on meds.
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I feel the same way, Alva. My physical therapist was fantastic. It’s hard work but so worth it. Our bodies are meant to move.
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