Oscillate Wildly*
February 29, 2008
I’ve got that dizzy feeling these days, and it’s not a good thing. I think it’s something called benign postional vertigo. I had it after Little IT was born, and two weeks ago on a business trip in Indy it came back. Big time. I was getting out of bed in the am, and the room would not stop spinning. It got worse over the next couple of days, which I found out was due to taking Claritin-D, aka the drug that made me fuzzy and spinning. Those are some serious meds. I stopped taking them and the fuzziness went away. The spinning is a little better now, affecting me only in the morning, but boy is it a head trip. Pun implied and intended. It’s instant when I am lying down on my left side, less so on the right. I got an ear dr. appt for the Friday before St. Patricks Day, so I think I’m taking this down to Austin with me for SXSW.
*any excuse to expertly reference a Smiths song. One of my favorites too because it’s Morrissey-free.
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Susan Helene Gottfried | February 29, 2008 at 5:12 pm
There’s a great exercise that you can do to reset your balance. Be sure to ask for it. BPV sucks, but the exercise works immediately.
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40for40 | March 3, 2008 at 7:09 pm
Hey, my partner had exactly the same thing a couple of years ago - caused by being in planes. (Very unfortunate first episode resulting in being helped off lane and phuking all-over friends apartment). It sucks. Cure is to do weird exercises involving throwing yourself backwards!…and waiting for it to pass. Hope you’re feeling better. LouiseB