constant vertigo for a year

[Sa2010]

hi lookimg for some info please
i have had vertigo for over a year now it started last jan after a ear infection and it's never really gone away!i tried medication and then was told to stop as it can prolong healing
i have young children and struggle daily!i was sent to a blance clinic who did tests on my ears and said my ears looked fine no fluid notjing,but why am i still dizzy daily!i have pain in my left ear constantly and neck and i always feel like i'm fallong towards my left!always on a boat feeling and it scares me so much!
my last resort now is VRT i started some excerises today and wow it made me even dizzier that i had to lay on the couch all day!
please tell me some success stories from the excerises or does this feeling ever go away??
it's getting me so down 😪

@MamaBearThius yes this is exactly me!!it's awful and i feel the same my girls are not getting the best of me iv spent so much time on the sofa lately everything is a struggle!hope you feel better soon

@LDom i have tried so many but nothing helps :( they make me dizzier

@HelloPudding thank you!can i ask what ginger tablets you took please?i jusy don't feel iv been diagnosed right i have awful pain in my left cheeck my ear and my nose but it's never infection of the sinuses it's all middle ear related but i can deal with pain i cnt cope with the dizziness i'm lay in bed and i feel like i'm on w boat constantly swaying!

iv had my jaws etc checked from dentist all normal,iv cut out salt also dairy iv cut out since last week xx

@Sa2010 - the ones I took don't appear to be available anymore, but there are similar products currently in stock on the Boots and Holland & Barrett websites. My ones had 400mg of ginger per tablet, and were marketed as a travel sickness remedy. I used to buy ginger root too, just from the supermarket, and make 'tea' with a few slices.

With the dizziness when you're lying in bed, it can help to think of something outside that's solid and still, like a tree trunk or a garden bench, and then think of your head being tied to it with a long invisible thread. That sounds completely mad, but it really did help! It was sort of anchoring when I was all at sea.

Good luck to you, and do keep checking in with your GP.

I can empathise OP, vertigo is one my worse symptoms of my disability, it is totally debilitating.

It sound like a vestibular disorder, rather than neurological have you tried Epley Manoeuver? It didn’t work for me, but does for others.

I take stemtil, but I agree they do make me drowsy. Have you had MRI head? It may be worth asking your specialist just to see if that could give any clues.

I hope you feel better soon

@HelloPudding that sounds intrestinf will try it!thank you and i will definitely order some ginger tablets i'm willing to try anything!

it's so strange i have so much pressure under my ear kind of like where the eaustachian tube will drain so i feel it's something to do with that but 🤷‍♀️

@Roselilly36 hey yes iv had mri all normal it's awful i do feel mine is vestibular related as it's all one sided and i also get earaches when it's really bad but it's a viscous cycle of anxiety when it's there and then trying to not make it worse oh it's horrid yes nothing helps me

You have my sympathy OP, I know how dreadful it feels and it’s really depressing. People that haven’t had it have no idea of how bad vertigo can be. I have been bedbound with it, unable to open my eyes, having to be taken to toilet, truly awful, a bad spell with me can last two weeks or so, that’s long enough. I hope a solution is found soon for you, sending you a hug.

Hi i am currently going through exactly the same thing. Its awful. The doctor's won't give me anymore tablets now for the dizziness. I am being refered to an ENT after almost two months of feeling like this. I am also being tested for addison's and i am waiting to hear from the hospital.

I (hopefully) have some positive news to share. I did some research into vestibular migraines and how to naturally avoid them with diet. I've been taking Magnesium vitamins, and have also completely changed my eating. I've cut out anything processed, any and all e numbers, eating organic basic foods and avoiding Tyramine rich foods and I've felt good for a week now. Better than I've felt since this started. I've also been to see a vestibular rehabilitation physio today, he did the Epley on me and gave me some brain/eye exercises and seems positive I'm fixable. So there's hope OP!

This was me, OP. I had 6 months where I could barely move and I wasn't really recovered till 18 months had passed. I had BPPV, tried everything but sadly the only thing that helped was time passing. I felt better outside than indoors. Good luck

Just regular magnesium vitamins, £1 for about 30 from the chemist =)

Hi OP, did you end up getting to the bottom of this? I'm experiencing the exact same symptoms as you currently.