BPPV ADVICE

[Glenkerry40]

Just wanted to ask how you cope living with bppv ? I have had it a long time but only mildly had episodes of balance and dizziness just today I had sudden dizzy spell just by taking washing out of the dryer turning my head I came really dizzy I managed to hold on to the kitchen work surface till it passed in a minute or 2 I was given exercises to do which I rarely do so would like to hear from others if they regularly do exercises .

[Happyrosie]

oh how I sympathise! The last time I got a bad bout was just from going up and down in the dentist’s chair. The dentist got me to have a drink of water and a glucose tablet and I walked home and had a rest.

mostly I know how to avoid bppv but sometimes I wake up with it and take chlorpromazine, I think that’s how you spell it, which is prescribed and I get a fresh prescription once every two years or so.

I did the exercises but they were not enough. I then had the Eply procedure which worked well. But I got worse again (even with the exercises) and had Eply again. After a couple of years I had Eply for the third time, and again it worked and I avent even done the exercises since.

Have you had the Eply?

[akbukdidim in reply to Happyrosie]

Hi , I am new to this group and suffering from Tinnitus since April this year. As soon as I wake up I hear buzzing sounds all around my head . I find it hard to ignore it . I have joint this group to get ideas and support . May I ask what Eply is ?

Many thanks

[Happyrosie in reply to akbukdidim]

I thought, as you know about the exercises for BPPV, you’d come across Eply. If you go to utube there are several videos showing how it’s done. Usually it’s done by a health professional of some sort, either a doc or physio or a nurse who’s been trained, though it is possible to do it at home with someone helping you.

[TinnitusUKPat Partner in reply to akbukdidim]

The Epley Manoeuvre is, as Rosie says, an exercise designed to help people experiencing Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo, a condition of which tinnitus can be a symptom. It isn't intended to treat tinnitus but to help with sensations of vertigo.

[akbukdidim in reply to TinnitusUKPat]

Thank you for your reply 👍

[Glenkerry40 in reply to Happyrosie]

Hi Happyrosie

Yes i have Eply done a couple of times and I do my exercises at home it’s bending down sometimes will bring it on it’s only happened a couple of times I’m can be fairly wobbly on my feet and getting up from a chair or from lying down thanks again

[Happyrosie]

yes, I think that when you’ve discovered what sets the BPPV off, and you are able to avoid it, life get easier!