Hi i. I.have been diagnosed with
Virtigo I’ve,been given antibiotics for Iweek and prochlorperamzine 5mg 1 three times a day for 3weeks .I still feel very light headed and dizzy its
Getting me down I can’t do the things
need to be doing . Looking suggestions from anyone who may have suffered same and recovered.
please and thanks
I with you! I’m assuming you have either labyrinthitis or Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo. Look up vertigo on the NHS.
it takes several weeks to wear off so be patient! If you were not given exercises to,do, post here again and I will guide you to what I found the best.
Thank you so much Happyrosie
If it’s BPPV - see this -
dizziness-and-balance.com/d...
But if t are on antibiotics and it’s due to virus please check with doctor it’s okay to do the exercises.
If you’ve heard the term Post Paraxial Positional Vertigo then ask about Eplay your GP might not be able to do it but an ENT consultant definitely can. It’s quick painless and a cure. I paid £195 for consultation and well worth the money. No need to suffer or take medications it’s a cure. Excercises help but a cure is better and fast.
I think you mean Eply? Only to be undertaken if nothing else works as it makes you very nauseous for several days.
That isn’t correct sorry but an ENT consultant will tell you, it’s first line of treatment but not all GPs can perform it. They just prescibe meds which are not needed if the grit that’s moved is put back. It doesn’t make you sick at all, and stops the dizzyness within seconds. Our GP doesn’t like the anti nausea meds in favour of Epley. They can tell where the grit is by looking at eye movement and when it’s gone back. This time because I’m going away I went private as quicker than GP. Why take medications if no need. I had surgery 4 weeks ago and they must have caused it while under general anaesthetic. So last thing I needed was being dizzy.
I have to disagree with you, I’m afraid. I had the procedure done first by a doctor at my surgery whose speciality was ears. I was nauseous afterwards for several days. Sadly after a few years the vertigo came back and I had the Eply again. I was actually vomiting in the surgery this time. Never again.
Well disagreeing is fine but if you look up NHS it will confirm that the Eplay is now the preferred treatment as side eff3cts are very rare, you were unlucky over 30 years I’ve had 3 attacks each tim4 Eplay and never any side effects. But you must follow advice after the procedure. I know for sure it’s better to not take anti sickness and dizzyness medication for several weeks when this is far better and done properly works. Yes sometime twice but relief is immediate. Look up NHS website
I had that done in hospital as the vertigo had me admitted. Just to say I was not nauseous at all so best not to scare people that it would happen to them !
I have Vertigo, & get bouts from time to time. Mine doesn’t fully go away. I taje prochlorprazine, too. There are several manoeuvres that can help. The Epley manoeuvre has to be done by somebody else for you. I use the other manoeuvres recommended by my Dr. Cannot remember name, will add it later. I’m sorry, but with a bad bout you can’t do anything! If I move I get sick when it’s bad. The Epley manoeuvre doesn’t always work 1st time & needs to be removed in some cases. More later…
The manoeuvre I was recommended is called Brandt-Daroff. I see, from Google, that there is now a version of the Epley manoeuvre that you can do an home. The prochlorperazine contains an ‘element’ that should help with the dizziness, as well as the nausea & vomiting. I find it very drowsy making, so as I i prove I change to Cyclizine, which doesn’t make me drowsy, but still prevents the sickness! If you are taking antibiotics, too, then you’re obviously fighting an infection, so I think it will be some time before you’re up & running again!
Yes and take care with Brandt-D. Start with the easy ones sitting down and after a week or so progress to the standing up and lying down ones. Eply in my view is a last resort.
I have hads virtigo as a result of low thyroid hormones and also when my B12 was low. I dont get it anything like as bad now I have those issues sorted with the help of the relevent health unlocked forums.
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