Again With The Vertigo
December 29, 2008
It's been about a year and a half since my vertigo has flared up, but flare up it has.
Bah.
Good old BPPV. Evidently one of the wee calcium crystals in my inner ear has gone walkabout. Normally I applaud this sort of independent thinking, but the problem is that this behavior triggers some very obnoxious dizziness whenever I lie on my right side or sit up too fast from a lying-down position. It's the same type of dizziness you get when you've had waaaaaay too much to drink -- you lie down and the room starts spinning around you.
Yeah, like that, only without the fun beforehand.
At least I know what it is now. It started Saturday when I sat up quickly and almost fell off the bed. I lay back down to test it out and yep, welcome back BPPV. It's not going away, so tonight I will do the Epley maneuver to see if I can nip this in the bud.
If not, it's back to my otolaryngologist and all the damn dizziness tests. Because as sure as shit sticks to a blanket, it'll clear up on its own the day before my appointment.
Bah.
Good old BPPV. Evidently one of the wee calcium crystals in my inner ear has gone walkabout. Normally I applaud this sort of independent thinking, but the problem is that this behavior triggers some very obnoxious dizziness whenever I lie on my right side or sit up too fast from a lying-down position. It's the same type of dizziness you get when you've had waaaaaay too much to drink -- you lie down and the room starts spinning around you.
Yeah, like that, only without the fun beforehand.
At least I know what it is now. It started Saturday when I sat up quickly and almost fell off the bed. I lay back down to test it out and yep, welcome back BPPV. It's not going away, so tonight I will do the Epley maneuver to see if I can nip this in the bud.
If not, it's back to my otolaryngologist and all the damn dizziness tests. Because as sure as shit sticks to a blanket, it'll clear up on its own the day before my appointment.