Vertigo question

I experienced vertigo about 4 weeks ago. It started off kind of strong, but not horrible. I felt like I was on a tilt-a-whirl ride that was moving very slowly. I just felt like I was being pulled to the right. If I tried to walk I would veer towards the right. This was off and on, kind of strong like that, for a full day, and did make me slightly nauseas. It would last a good hour, then I would be ok for 2 hours or so, then it would start up again. The next day, it was the same on and off but it was not as strong. Over the next 2 days it faded, less strong each time. So, the whole incident of vertigo lasted 4 days.

I know that no one can give me a definite answer to this...but my question is: since I have experienced vertigo once, is it more likely I will experience it again? And, those that do get vertigo, do you notice any warning signs or does it start up quickly with no warning?

Thanks!
~Jess  

[twopack]

I like that description of being on a tilt-a-whirl ride although I wouldn't like the feeling so much.  Everyone else in the family loved amusement parks.  I didn't and I'm the one that ends up on the endless ride.

I wouldn't describe what I have as vertigo.  I do get dizzy or light headed very easily.  Sudden or rapid head/eye movements will almost always leave me reaching for a stabilizer.  Being a passenger in the hubby operated truck-on-curvy-Ohio-hills ride is often beyond my tolerance level anymore.

I'm no expert on MS.  Just working on it.  It does seem from what I'm finding out here and from personal experience that a specific symptom will fade but tend to reappear under a variety of stressors or during an exacerbation.  There is, of course, the added feature of new symptoms barging into the fray at random points along the way.

Best advice would seem to be to never think you've got it figured out.

Mary

[CaliforniaMum]

I hate this!! To me, vertigo is my worse symptom. I can take all the others but vertigo has me in tears. I cant drive, walk, lay down, move around, nothing when I get this.
In my case, once I got it for the first time, I am now getting it all the time. I finally got on a medicine that works for me, Klonopin. My neuro says this is the med that works for most of her MS patients.

[jensequitur]

>  but my question is: since I have experienced vertigo once, is it more likely I will experience it again? And, those that do get vertigo, do you notice any warning signs or does it start up quickly with no warning?

I would say yes.  Almost all of the symptoms I've had start out with a little activity here and there, and then three full-blown months of the symptom, and then it goes away.  This is because of nerve damage - the nerve gets a little damaged, then a little more, and then your brain has to heal up from the damage.  Typically neurological damage takes at least three months to heal.  This is just my experience!

My worst vertigo was always in the middle of the day, so if you schedule things right, you can be inside when the vertigo hits.