Dizzyness and other Symptoms

[Mike]

I am a 31 year old male, 6

[JOHN SHAPPARD]

WHAT IS A VASCULAR LOOP AND THE SIMPTOMS, PLUS WHAT IS THE
CURE.
I HAVE BEEN TOLD I HAVE ONE AND IT IS ON THE EIGTH CRANIAL NERVE.
I EXPERIENCE DIZZINESS, TINNITUS ON THAT SIDE OF MY HEAD.

[Mike]

To CCF Neuro MD

Thank you very much for the information.
I am trying to gather as much info as I can before I go to an equilibrium expert.

I still wonder about my other symptoms possibly being that of an overactive sympathetic system and perhaps the dizzyness is attributed to that also?? Any comment on this theory??

thanks
Mike

[Deedee]

I was dx with the ebv and later chronic fatigue syndrome. It has been 12 yrs with symptoms of nausea, dizziness, pain in the back of my neck,no sleep and headaches > The chiropracters say I have chronic occiput something or another. Other Physicians say its due to the chronic fatigue. I had another horrible spell of this and had an MRI done,they found- a 7.0 x 3.5 x 4.0 cm sharply circumscribed mass located along the dorsal surface of the cerebellum which has a signal intensity= to cerebral spinal fluid on all sequences. This is combatible with an arachnoid cyst.  To me this seems to be something that needs to be addressed. My neurologist blew it off. I have not been able to work for 8 yrs,have no social life,am 37 and live with my parents. Im so limited because this seems to flair whenever it wants to. I have always felt this has had something to do with my central nervous system, can you reccommend some test that are very thourough. Im so tired of being drugged out with meds for pain and nausea. Ive gone without for years but its getting to be too much again.

[Elizabeth]

I had the exact same symptoms, extreme dizziness, (sometimes lasting for a week with no breaks), feeling of the floor rolling, etc...  After the usual MRI (MS scare), inner ear checks and so forth, a wonderful ENT diagnosed me with atypical migraines!  With a regular migraine, the blood vessels expand.  In the atypical variety, the blood vessels contract, cutting the flow off to the brain, hence the dizziness.  He prescribed a beta blocker.  It's the same drug doctors give to high blood pressure patients.  It expands the blood vessels, increasing the blood flow.  Haven't had dizziness since.

[CCF Neuro[P] MD, RPS]

thanks for the comments.

CCF Neuro MD

[Judy]

i have been dizzy for years and now much worse. most of the dizziness is at night and morning. my problem is i can not lay down or lean my head up. i sleep only 3 hours a night and sit up. sometimes walking is like i have been drinking and i don't drink. when starting to lay back the episode is so awful i have to jump right back up it scares me so bad. i feel like an astonaut spinning in one of those tests they do. i am waiting on a eeg report and baer test. almost at the point og giving up i have not had decent sleep since feb. 3 do not want to bring anyone down but i am so scared some times i do not want to knowdoes anyone else have problems lying back?   thanks