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Parkinsons symptoms vs BPP Vertigo

Posted by janna2 @janna2, 3 days ago

Well now, this morning I just had an occurrence of Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) as in EVERYTHING was spinning when I moved my head, since my PD diagnosis. It has been awhile (maybe 5-10 years?) so I had forgotten about it and immediately stressed that it was going to be a new PD challenge. Eventually I was able to get ahold of my phone and while looking vertigo up realized it might be the BPPV! Yeah, I know, my brain doesn’t work the way it used to. 🤣😂 While it took me a couple of tries each direction the Epley move did work. My point of this ramble is don’t always assume something is because of the PD.

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bmfoster | @bmfoster | 2 days ago

I've had incapacitating vertigo several times over the past 6 years. Also diagnosed as BPV and with some improvement using head/neck positioning maneuvers. No recent episodes since I was diagnosed with neurodegenerative disease - don't think they are related. Mild imbalance noted, but the room not "spin̈ning" like with vertigo
Thanks for sharing your experience.

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