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Dizzy for 14 months
I had a pretty serious case of vertigo over 14 months ago. After multiple doctor appointments I still have a tough time concentrating, and continually feel lght headed. I have had multiple check ups, x-rays, and ct scans but still get dizzy with any quick movement or if I tilt my head up and then to the right side. I have tried different excercises but am still in this floating mode. I was told it probably was some type of viral thing and I should get a balance ball and try to rebuild my balance, which I will try.
Any other suggestions?
Any other suggestions?
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Hi, this could very well be benign paroxysmal positional vertigo which is one of the most common causes of vertigo, the symptom that describes the feeling of intense spinning of the head. It is most commonly thought to be due to debris which has collected within a part of the inner ear. Several medications, including common motion sickness remedies, may relieve symptoms of BPPV and may be used for less severe episodes of vertigo or in addition to the Epley maneuvers.
This drug could raise blood clot risk by 32%
They're pretty new, and they're mostly used for psychiatric diseases.
But in the relatively short time they've been around (since the 1990s), doctors have been finding more and more applications for these drugs -- including nausea, vomiting, and vertigo.
Which only casts the net of risk that much wider.
I'm talking about atypical antipsychotics like Seroquel, Abilify, Solian, Lonasen and Risperdal. Recent research out of the UK, soon to be published in the British Medical Journal, shows that these drugs could raise the risk of serious blood clots called venous thromboembolisms.
Researchers looked at records for 25,532 people over a wide range of ages -- 16 to 100 -- who developed deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism between 1996 and 2007, and what they found is pretty darn frightening.
Comparing those records to those of 89,491 people who didn't develop either condtition, they found that those who took the drugs in the two years before developing a blood clot had a 32 percent increased risk of the condition.
And get this -- the risk was almost double in the first three months on the drugs. People taking low-potency versions of the drugs -- which you might assume to be safer -- were in fact at higher risk, too.
The highest risk -- nearly four times that for people not taking the drugs -- was seen in people taking Seroquel.
Considering that deep vein thrombosis can lead to death if the clot breaks off and ends up in the lungs, this is pretty scary news.
It's hard for some people to break the impulse to drug every condition they come across. But this is just one more bit of evidence that we need to look for safe, natural alternative treatments before writing prescriptions for problems like nausea and vomiting.
They're pretty new, and they're mostly used for psychiatric diseases.
But in the relatively short time they've been around (since the 1990s), doctors have been finding more and more applications for these drugs -- including nausea, vomiting, and vertigo.
Which only casts the net of risk that much wider.
I'm talking about atypical antipsychotics like Seroquel, Abilify, Solian, Lonasen and Risperdal. Recent research out of the UK, soon to be published in the British Medical Journal, shows that these drugs could raise the risk of serious blood clots called venous thromboembolisms.
Researchers looked at records for 25,532 people over a wide range of ages -- 16 to 100 -- who developed deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism between 1996 and 2007, and what they found is pretty darn frightening.
Comparing those records to those of 89,491 people who didn't develop either condtition, they found that those who took the drugs in the two years before developing a blood clot had a 32 percent increased risk of the condition.
And get this -- the risk was almost double in the first three months on the drugs. People taking low-potency versions of the drugs -- which you might assume to be safer -- were in fact at higher risk, too.
The highest risk -- nearly four times that for people not taking the drugs -- was seen in people taking Seroquel.
Considering that deep vein thrombosis can lead to death if the clot breaks off and ends up in the lungs, this is pretty scary news.
It's hard for some people to break the impulse to drug every condition they come across. But this is just one more bit of evidence that we need to look for safe, natural alternative treatments before writing prescriptions for problems like nausea and vomiting.
I have the same problem. My doctor thinks it is anxiety (I have GAD) but he also wanted to exclude physical causes.
Did you do heart echo? If not ask for it and then do a 24 hr holter monitor test.
If that is good then see an ENT specialist because it is possible that you have some inner ear problems.
Also do blood work if you havent, including thyroid and vitamin B12.
Good Luck
Did you do heart echo? If not ask for it and then do a 24 hr holter monitor test.
If that is good then see an ENT specialist because it is possible that you have some inner ear problems.
Also do blood work if you havent, including thyroid and vitamin B12.
Good Luck
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