Dizzy

[Peta2407]

Feeling Dizzy hi l was diagnosed with an acoustic Nueroma about 5 yrs ago and had cyber knife treatment just lately l keep getting dizzy attacks/ vertigo and very sensitive to sound just wondering if anyone else has experienced the same and any ideas to help usually lasts a couple of days

Thanks

[drdeanbellavia]

Peta2407:

Balance or lack of it with its repercussions (dizziness, vertigo, etc.), is controlled by the interaction of: 1) your cerebellum (through the inner ears), 2) muscles and 3) vision. When you have an AN any one of these three can cause dizziness/balance problems. Also, there is a direct feedback mechanism between the inner ear and vision as you can see when you spin around and then stop, but your eyes keep rotating to the side. It’s called nystagmus, but instead of your balance affecting your eyes, it seems that your eyes are affecting your balance.

I use a special exercise to maintain my 3 aspects of balance, which may help you with your problem, especially since you sit during work.

If you want to use these exercises to improve your balance click on the following link for instructions and a video:

thebioengineeringco.com/ind...

Here are some messages that I received from people after doing these exercises:

1) “My AN is similar in size to yours and I had Cyberknife two weeks ago. Too early to say whether it made a difference to my dizziness (although I was told not to expect much change) but your exercises made a massive difference pre-surgery. My specialist also said to do as much exercise as possible, particularly anything involving hand eye coordination such as racket sports. I’m a cyclist and a runner so have continued both but am completely convinced that it is these exercises that have made the difference.”

2) “I had an acoustic neuroma removed 6 years ago. I found your one page article on the treadmill exercises and they have made an amazing difference in my life. I am very thankful that you shared this and that it somehow popped up on my Google search early last year.”

I hope that this helps,

Dean

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HI Peta2407, I had surgery in 2015 and just recently i have been experiencing the same thing. I did some research i have decided to see a balance therapist I am hoping it helps.