[bessie18]

Ok I'm 18 have two kids and I have these "dizzy spells" it interfears with my life so bad....its hard for me to wash dishes with out getting that quickness head spin. I also have heart palipitations that I hear are from virtigo...also with ear aches in my left ear..... I think it started when I got pregnat with my second son and I had a horrible inner ear infection...the doctor refused to even give me ear drops!!!which also leads to virtigo.from having inner ear infections.....I went to the hospital last night and he said I had fluid behind my ear and tried to give me meds that had nothing to do with this...I knew that I had vertigo but man docs don't really know anything here...my dizziness is worse in dim light and at night.... If any one has any tips on how to stop having the dizziness so much they would be my here.... I want my life back with my kids....thanks sooo much!!!!
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[melschool]

Hi,
I'm 50 years old and have had several episodes with this debilitating health issue. A great doctor gave me a very simple exercise I can do on the edge of my bed with my feet dangling off the side. If you do it several times a day (I do it 3 times a day - depending on the severity and my nausea level), you can get rid of it earlier. I suggest you keep doing the exercise for about a week or two even after the verigo is gone. The exercise goes like this:

1. The bed should not have any pillows and be a flat surface before you begin. Begin by sitting straight up and looking forward (I count to 10 "one thousand").

2. Then slowly lower your body so that your shoulder touches the bed, but before your head touches the bed you tilt your head up so that your eyes are looking to the ceiling. This can be immensley uncomfortable and sets on the dizziness - maybe to the point of throwing up, depending on how severe it is - but this is suppose to happen.

3. When the dizziness stops you sit up and look straight ahead - count again - and wait for the dizziness to stop.

4. Then you do the other side and so on. I repeat this 3 times on each side. There's no magic number as far as I know. The more, the better.

Believe me it's not fun but it WORKS! I had it so bad once my daughter had to hold my hands in front of me and I cried. But since that most aweful episode the cases have been less severe. As soon as I feel a vertigo episode coming on I do the exercises right away and it goes away within a few days. Good-luck. I know what you're going through. In fact, I've been battling an episode this week - which is how I found this site.