Can anyone help with vertigo?

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The Epley manoeuvre sorts out my vertigo every time but I do feel worse before it improves and need a lot of will power to persevere each time!

also be aware that it is illegal to drive within 6 month of an attack - you won't be insured either.

This - be extremely careful

If you do the Epley manoeuvre on the wrong side you make the condition worse. If you are affected on both sides, you can't do the manoeuvre at all, because whichever side you do it will be wrong

Fair point, but my gp told me to Google how to do it properly and it did help.

The eye flicker is called nystagmus. It can be a symptom of various conditions effecting balance. I think you need to go back to your GP and be very clear about your symptoms, when exactly you experience them (still/ moving, upright/lying down, turning over etc) and ask for a referral. It might be BPPV which can be treated with the Epley manoeuvre. which has the benefit of being non-invasive and drug free. But it might not and you might need other treatment. Either way it's horrible and debilitating and you need to get it sorted. Good luck.

Yes I think you are right

Perhaps ask GP if this would be beneficial

My GP recommended it both times but I think I also had a virus

It was in the morning when turning in bed and I am in my 50s.

I had vertigo for the first time back in the spring. I'm 53. Went to bed early as I didn't feel good thought I was coming down with a cold and turned over in bed and had the most awful dizziness eyes rolling etc. staggered to the bathroom and was really sick. I felt exhausted and tearful for a few days. Gp said it was probably a virus. Gave me anti emetics and told me to rest and not drive for a week. It passed quickly but It really shook me up.

My GP did Epley remotely and I got some immediate relief. Had to do it myself after to fully resolve and it works whenever it returns.

I really feel for you. I had this a few months ago and also had labrythitis a few years ago. Horrific.

How old are you? Apparently it’s very common with women over 50, another perimenopausal thing.

When I’m the days does it happen? Mine was early morning when turning over in bed. The epley manoeuvre took a few times to really help but I think you should go back and see a different doctor and specifically ask about BPPV

Hope you begin to feel better soon

I really don't think you need to try all these manoeuvres (as PP says without proper instruction) after 5 days without investigating other meds via GP. Vertigo can be viral/ post viral (commonly reported as Covid symptom too) and there are various meds , not just the one your GP gave. They need to try others... ondansetron, cyclizine, for example.

Don’t do the manoeuvre unless you’ve been advised to by someone who knows what they’re on about - if it doesn’t need doing you could end up dislodging the crystals and making yourself worse. I have a balance condition so I totally understand how dreadful it makes you feel. In my experience doctors were useless and I had to go private in the end to get my diagnosis. Not much helped other than riding it out but totally depends on what’s causing it. Hope you feel better soon.

I've had episodes of BPPV for years and the Epley manoeuvre is the thing that sorts it. The effect is pretty much instant for me, like someone flicking a switch to turn off the roomspin. It's such a relief to know I can treat it myself.

I find that sleeping without enough pillows to keep my head up can bring it on, as can turning my head while lying back in the chair at the dentist or hairdresser. So I'm quite careful in those situations. And I've recently read that Vitamin D supplements can help keep it at bay.

Hope you get it sorted OP. The Epley manoeuvre is definitely worth a go.

I had this and it was labrynthitis. I'm afraid mine lasted about 8 weeks. I was told to just keep doing normal things as your brain needs to rehabilitate itself as the virus attacks a nerve in your ear so the brain has to kind of relearn where you are in space. Once I knew what it was and I stopped being afraid of it it just felt a bit like being drunk all the time. Or on a boat.

I had vertigo/labyrinthitis for 6 weeks. I tried the epley manoeuvre early on and it didn't work but went back to it after it was dragging on so long and tried again and it worked the second time. I hadn't realised you were supposed to repeat it a few times each time and also a few times a day.

Do you take allergy medicine by chance?

I was constantly having vertigo issues and then I read that allergy medicine can cause/make it worse, so I no longer take it and very rarely have any issues.

Also try the Epley.

Does the vertigo come on out of the blue when you are sitting/lying down, head still? Or does it happen when you are moving - feels like your body has stopped but your brain just keeps going?

I developed vertigo suddenly. GP gave me some anti sickness pills which did no good. DH was so concerned with my inability even to turn over in bed he called 111 who sent an ambulance and within 24 hours I had been fitted with a pacemaker.
Vertigo can be caused by insufficient blood getting to your brain, don’t dismiss it as a harmless temporary condition.

I find the only thing to help my vertigo is travel sickness tablets.

Is it BPPV? Then the Epley manoeuvre is the only thing that will help. Probably best done by a professional at first but plenty of videos on YouTube that will talk you through it. It's awful and I feel your pain

I was just going to suggest the Epley manouvre. I had awful vertigo a few weeks ago and the advanced nurse practitioner at the GP gave me a sheet suggesting that, so I googled it and tried it a few times and it worked! Maybe did it around 4-5 times over the course of a day and the next day I was right as rain 🎉