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don’t wait and advocate for yourself

Post a new topicby livingwith on Tue Jun 16, 2009 1:35 pm

I am a 25 year old female who had my first experience with vertigo at 15. While walking in the mall, i suddenly felt as if the room was spinning and had to sit down. within an hour i was vomiting profusely and was admitted to the hospital. I passed out shortly after i was admitted. i woke up with an IV and still felt extremely nauseous. for the next 5 days i continued to lie in the hospital bed vomiting,hearing “whooshing noises,” and feeling completely fatigued while doctors told m...Read the full article
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Re: don’t wait and advocate for yourself

Post a new topicby carrollce on Wed Jul 01, 2009 6:38 pm

Hi - your symptoms sound like Meniere's Disease - did any of the so-called doctors tell you that? You can check out different ways to treat this and see all of the posts from Vestibular.org website. They have all sorts of suggestions on how to deal with vertigo! Good luck!
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