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Dizziness

About a month ago I had a couple severe episodes of vertigo? two days in a row-the room appeared to be spinning and I had this feeling of being pulled downward. I went to employee health day one and was diagnosed with vertigo, prescribed meclizine and told to relax for day. The next day I returned to work had another episode, spent several hours with dizziness-not able to tolerate standing up or being in supine position without spinning feeling continuing. I saw primary care doctor was told to continue with meclizine and also take claritin. I was in bed and sleeping for next 4 days taking meclizine 3x per day. The dizziness continued and I was unable to function without dizziness and great effort. I returned to primary care doctor and was prescribed prednisone and referred to ENT. When I saw ENT series of tests were given and I was diagnosed with BPPV and told to perform Epsley exercises for 2 weeks. The morning I awoke after one day of doing Epsley I was in excruciating pain at base of skull into neck/shoulders and bilateral forearms, wrists and hands. I also had decreased strength in hands and unable to open jar-never had this before. I continued exercises for 2 weeks and each time I felt worse after doing them. I was wearing scopalomine patches to decrease nausea and dizziness to return to work. I had been out of work and not driving for over a week. I started seeing a physical therapist. I had 4 sessions where I had my neck in traction and performed exercises. I was then told dizziness was being caused by allergy/sinus issues and to keep taking claritin and wearing patches. It has been a month of wearing patches and taking claritin. I stopped patches a few days ago and dizziness has gotten worse again and I am having some neck pain and trouble with concentrating, remembering things. I have follow up with ENT at end of week and want to get MRI/CAT scan to check for impinged artery/pinched nerve of neck. What could be happening?
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1093617 tn?1279302002
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Thank you for your question. I can understand your worrying health concern about dizziness and balance disorder. Although without being able to examine you it will be quite difficult for us to give you a precise diagnosis here. Since you've had dizziness and balancing problem for so long it is unlikely to go away, but in most of the people it may still slowly improve after few years. It sounds like that you have benign positional vertigo but if you are significantly affected then I would suggest approaching a physiotherapist for treatment. Additionally, pinched nerve in cervical spine can cause similar health concern and should be examined.  He or She would like to suggest few exercises (like epley maneuver) that may be of help in your condition. These exercises may help in improving vestibular nerve (Nerve involves in balance) function so the condition. In addition, I would suggest getting a neurologist opinion here as well in order to get complete neurological assessment and further approach. Hope this helps.

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1276426 tn?1271017738
Sounds like pinch nerve to me also could you have
An ear infection those one exercises sound weird I wouldn't
Do them I don't think they can't be good if they make you feel bad diffently get
A scan
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