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Balance, Dizziness, Disequilibrium, Oscillopsia, etc.
Hearing Loss | Last Active: Feb 24, 2021 | Replies (22)Comment receiving replies
If the dizziness continues after rising leaving you feel sick, nauseated, stagging and falling you may need to have a procedure called "Epplys" It is a method of re adjusting the partial in the inner ear that tell you when you are horizontal. It is difficult to find someone that knows this procedure. Usually a neurologist. It does not involve surgery or anything painful. Just a series of positions to adjust the particles back in place. You must keep you head up for a couple days, no down moment. The are no drugs to correct this problem.
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Reply to pipineiro: Yes, the Epley maneuver, named for the Portland, Oregon doc who invented it. It has to be done correctly, but, if what you have is definitely BPPV, it fixes the problem. Some people do have to return for additional sessions after intervals of years, but it really works to reposition the tiny bits in your inner ear. Don't forget, though, that it's fairly normal to have more than one inner ear disease! A very high percentage of us with Meniere's also have BPPV. I've always supposed that we have weaker inner ear systems than the average bear, so are susceptible to more than one disease. For me, BPPV is only a fleeting thing, a moment on intense vertigo. I've always joked that you could tape $100 bills to the ceiling and I might never see them!