# Vertigo (No not the movie) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 23, 2022, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vertigo-no-not-the-movie/970134 "2022-08-23T02:17:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2022, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vertigo-no-not-the-movie/970134/21 "2022-08-24T17:49:12Z")
It might just be a temporary inner ear issue that will pass. When we were kids, my older brother woke up like that. He literally got up and fell to the floor. It passed in a couple of days. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2022, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vertigo-no-not-the-movie/970134/22 "2022-08-24T18:33:34Z")
Mine is on going right now. If I’m sitting up straight I’m good. However, certain movements are difficult bending over, lying down, and I walk like an old drunk lady. I made a doctor’s appointment, but there’s no way I can afford a specialist. I didn’t know there was a previous thread or I would have gone there. Sorry about that. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2022, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vertigo-no-not-the-movie/970134/23 "2022-08-24T18:48:04Z")
> [@Sylvanz](#): > > Sorry about that. Don’t be sorry! You’re suffering and need help. Let us know if the doctor is able to help. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2022, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vertigo-no-not-the-movie/970134/24 "2022-08-24T19:15:21Z")
Thank you! I will. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![bob\_2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_2/32/3341_2.png) [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2022, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vertigo-no-not-the-movie/970134/25 "2022-08-24T22:28:43Z")
The deafness was caused by the infection. Vertigo was a side effect of it. Note for those who suggested Menieres - that is a whole different and much more serious problem. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2022, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vertigo-no-not-the-movie/970134/26 "2022-08-25T16:25:44Z")
Thank you! I will. The doctor thinks it’s BPPV. She prescribed prednisone and told me to get meclizine (sp?) if if I thought I needed more. I’m better today, but still not over it. She let me decide if I wanted to do the prednisone since I’m getting better. But I want this over. Sick of it, I AM. ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2022, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vertigo-no-not-the-movie/970134/27 "2022-08-25T16:54:10Z")
> [@bob\_2](#): > > The deafness was caused by the infection. Vertigo was a side effect of it. Okay, I misunderstood. Sorry you had to go through such a bad situation. I can’t imagine having to adjust to being unable to hear in one ear. ---
**Author:** ![bob\_2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_2/32/3341_2.png) [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2022, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vertigo-no-not-the-movie/970134/28 "2022-08-25T18:40:39Z")
> [@mordecaiB](#): > > having to adjust to being unable to hear in one ear. The main effect is that it’s hard to tell where a sound is coming from. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2022, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vertigo-no-not-the-movie/970134/29 "2022-08-26T23:50:50Z")
I still have it. Had a bad episode last night. Sigh. By the way chewable Meclizine is godawful. I’ve never licked blacktop, but I strongly suspect that it tastes just like the chewable “raspberry” flavored Meclizine. I’ve had raspberries and that was not raspberry. I went and found myself non-chewable today. Much better. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2023, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vertigo-no-not-the-movie/970134/30 "2023-07-20T17:22:07Z")
So, I’ve gotten insurance and a new doctor. I wouldn’t have changed doctors, but they did not participate with my new insurance. Anything they did par with were out of my price range. Good news! New doctor took me more seriously and sent me to a vestibular therapist. I was very slowly getting better, but the therapy is getting rid of the last of it, finally. Thank you all for your comments and advice. I guess the moral of the story is get a new doctor? A second opinion? Anyway bye bye the spins. Yay! P.S. I had no idea it had been this long. I’ve been telling the doctor and therapist three months ago. Sheesh what a pain. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2023, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vertigo-no-not-the-movie/970134/31 "2023-07-20T17:43:22Z")
Yay indeed. 👍 ---
**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2023, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vertigo-no-not-the-movie/970134/32 "2023-07-20T17:52:54Z")
My partner suffered her first bout of BPPV about 3 months ago. We went to urgent care (not PCP or emergency at hospital) where she was diagnosed. The clinician gave us info on Epley’s. It didn’t help much. Our PCP recommended a physiotherapist training in this. He said the “standard Epley” that the clinician recommended and is all over the internet is about 10 years out of date and is as likely to prolong symptoms as relieve them. He did a variant of it that worked instantly. He also noted that the “standard medicines” are no longer considered the appropriate first steps. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2023, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vertigo-no-not-the-movie/970134/33 "2023-07-20T21:33:59Z")
The therapist did the pikes some`or other then epley to treat. It took 3 sessions with her to relieve it completely. I go back for probably discharge Wednesday. She gave me a home care flyer with the eply she was using. I really don’t know if it’s the one on the internet or not. It’s been too long since I tried it on my own and if I recall I didn’t think I did it correctly. No those meds are worthless. I didn’t have sea sickness. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2023, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vertigo-no-not-the-movie/970134/34 "2023-07-23T08:35:58Z")
> [@Kropotkin](#): > > He said the “standard Epley” that the clinician recommended and is all over the internet is about 10 years out of date and is as likely to prolong symptoms as relieve them. Do you remember the steps, or at least how it was altered? Or perhaps know of any links about it? I’m quite curious. ---
**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2023, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vertigo-no-not-the-movie/970134/35 "2023-07-23T13:36:33Z")
I’m sorry, I don’t. It would be a little difficult to do on your own. There may be a physiotherapist who specializes in vestibular disorders near you; this site may be a place to start. [https://acpivr.com/](https://acpivr.com/) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vertigo-no-not-the-movie/970134.md?page=1)