I want to let you know that I will be reading your posts and giving out flowers. I am struggling with Positional Vertigo. I am on medication but the medication gives little improvement but makes me sleep a lot. I am in no danger and my Handsome Hubby is taking good care of me. I want to wish everyone with birthdays a happy birthday. I must say the world is an interesting place right now. But I will take where I am at over where I was prior to the Emergency room visit and overnight stay in the hospital.

I too suffered from Benign Proximal Positional Vertigo. It was so severe the spinning. My doctor sent me to a physical therapist that did the Epley Maneuver on me. I am completely cured for over eight months now. This cure has been out for about 8 years, however not all doctors know about it. Please search out a therapist because there is help with out medication.
the following web site is what my doctor printed out for me as education of the problem. http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/ne...

Best wishes to you. Audreyan

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by stork 06 Jan 2014

I can sympathize with you!!!! It's horrible when everything seems to be spinning and nobody quite understands. I pray that all will be healed real soon.

Glad you are back home and have excellent help; interesting how so many seem to have it as well...they also seem to have interesting ideas on dealing with it. Hope one of these remedies can give you some relief.

I hope you feel better soon.

Good husbands make everything so much better...........I am happy that yours is helping you too. I will keep you in my daily prayers Karen, hugs Loralye

Do hope you and back to normal soon. Glad hubby is taking good care of you.

I feel you pain, well, not really pain, unless you have sever ear aches with it. But I do feel your world spinning. I too have vertigo and it's no fun because mine comes on me even when I'm laying down. Let alone standing and sitting.... So I feel you. Hope it gets better for you.... :( so sorry you are dealing with this too.

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by pldc 04 Jan 2014

I will add you to my dailies too Terre, hugs Loralye

Please get well soon Karen.

I have had that a few times and they keep giving me a wee ,the size of your baby finger nail gravel patch .it fits behind your ear and keeps your balance .Well it works for me .
I will pray for you Hugs and happy New year !!Carolyn

Sorry to learn you have such an unpleasant problem - hope it doesn't make you feel sea-sick - thinking of you and wishing you a speedy recovery so that you can fully enjoy lots of good things in 2014.

I do hope you recover quickly and glad your husband is so helpful. I will be praying for complete healing.

I hope you will be feeling better soon and be able to do the things you enjoy. Hugs Jerri

Karen, did they give you Meclizine? That is what I have and it makes me sleepy as well.......Been battling my "Vertigo" for over a year now. They tell me mine is from complicated migraines......was tested for the BPV, but they said no.....our bodies can sure do some strange things.......hope this improves for you really fast!!! Vicki

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by highlandermom 30 Dec 2013

I hope for better and better on your behalf as well. I did not know you had this. I say had because I have to speak the mountain gone. I will keep trusting for you as well as Karen. Hugs Mary

by basketkase 02 Jan 2014

Thank you, Mary......it just comes out of the blue, sometimes with a migraine and sometimes not......it usually happens when I bend over or get up too fast from a squat position, occasionally it takes forever to recover from one stupid movement.....gggrrr!

by pldc 04 Jan 2014

Vicki you are in my prayers too! HUgs

Hope you feel better soon and your doctors can get it sorted out.

Hope you get better soon, I know it isn't fun as my husband had vertigo. It comes back from time to time if he gets stressed out. Take care

Karen, so sorry to hear about your hospital stay and your vertigo. Please, just take it easy - do as the doctor says and be patient!! It is good that you have a Handsome care giver!!!! Feel better fast!! Keep us up-to-date!! Hugs, Laura*

Oh, Karen...I am so sorry to hear this news. I, too, have suffered with positional vertigo. I fell and hit my head about 20 years ago and ended up with a concussion and positional vertigo. I couldn't drive for almost a year. I did take medication for several years...it finally subsided, thank goodness, but comes back periodically for no reason. To this day, if I move my head into the wrong position it sends me spinning. I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy...I do hope your recovery is quick and all goes well for you. I just read awesome1's post below about the Epley Maneuver...I have never heard of this, but I will ge Googling it next!! My simpathies and prayers are with you...Hugs, Kim

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by pldc 04 Jan 2014

Kim I keep you in my prayers too, hugs

by dragonflyer 04 Jan 2014

Thank you, Loralye...

Dear Karen, I hope you can get over this really quickly. Thinking of you whilst you recuperate. Love Chris

P.S. Hope 2014 is full of good health.

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Here's hoping you get better soon so you can enjoy a happy, healthy New Year.

Dear Karen, I hope you will be feeling better soon. Hugs Sarah.

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Karen, her's hoping you get well soon. Stella

Hope you are doing better. I have a couple of friends who have also been diagnosed with this condition recently. Did they give you any reason for it? Seems strange this is happening to so many people lately. Will keep you in my thoughts and prayers. Best wishes, Susan

Wishing you and your hubby all the best for the new year, and may our Lord bless you with good health and a speedy recovery. Hugs

Karen you need to get well for the new year. I'm glad your hubby is taking such good care of you,someday show us a picture of yourself and your handsome hubby. Take care and feel better
Bev

Get better soon! Wishing you a more healthy, happy New Year!
Maria

Karen,sorry to hear you aren't well,but hope you are soon.Best wishes for a quick recovery-Toogie

Praying for you and all that you need.

I have worried about you. Thank you for checking in. I will add you to my prayers and give thanks that you have a husband willing and able to take care of you. May you be blessed with improvement very soon!
Hugs

Wish you all the best for the new year. Let your hubby spoil you :o)
Greetings, Bettina

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Take your meds and listen to your doctor. Hope you get better quickly.

Prayers for you to get better fast. Thank you for letting us know.
Hugs Angie

Bad stuff out by end of year. Good stuff in for 2014. Wishing you the best and keep in touch when you can. Wishing you & HH the best for 2014.

Hoping the vertigo is soon gone, and you feel great again! Very frustrating to be "under par", when there are so MANY things we not only need to do, but WANT to do!!
Hugs, Angel

Karen,. I hope you feel better soon. Emergency room visits are no fun nor are the overnight stays in hospital. Take it easy, Hopefully this will soon go away and you will be back to feeling good again. Hugs, Mary

good to see your post here, I ( we) really missed you, hope you and others can take good care of you. My hugs and prayers for you to feel better soon. Hope 2014 will be a lovely year for you. Hugs, Gerry

I, too, have suffered an episode of what you are enduring...it was awful and scary. One a.m. I sat up in bed and the walls were spinning around me- my hubby said he tho't I was having a seizure. The ENT diagnosed 'misplaced crystals' in my ear and did the "Epley Maneuver" to reposition the crystals. It worked for me--no meds involved. Worst was having to stay upright for 24 hrs. Slept?sitting in a chair. The ENT doctor taught the procedure to my hubby....but have not needed it again. Do a Google on the Epley maneuver.

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by joansatx 30 Dec 2013

Bless you for sharing your information. Glad you are well.

by dragonflyer 30 Dec 2013

Thank you for sharing this information...I, too, suffer from positional vertigo...and no one has ever told me about this...mine is due to a fall and hit my head..concussion...couldn't drive for almost a year because of it...that was about 20 years ago...

by mommajo 30 Dec 2013

My mother just had a bout with this and they re-positioned her crystals too. She also had to sleep upright for a couple of days and that helped greatly. Best of luck to you. I know it is no fun.

Glad you have a diagnosis and medication and are through with the Emergency Room part. I've been on make-you-sleepy meds for a year. Wake up between 7:00 and 8:30, keep waking up again till about10:30 or 11:00. It really cuts into your day. Then, I cn't imagine vertigo on top of that! Tucking ou into my prayers for short duration.

I know exactly how you feel. Take care my friend! Hope you are standing on your own two feet soon ( without the wall). I know how miserable this is.I feel for you. You are in my prayers. HUGS

Get better soon!

Sounds like you have too much spin in your earth orbit! heehee, My kind of a joke, no really the quickest way to health is laughter and I hope handsome hubby has some humor! Say that quick 3 times! Feel Better Woman!

We missed you and I'm praying for a speedy recovery. I'm sorry that you have this. I'll veto the search party and give full permission to be MIA. Please take care of your sweet self. Hugs!

Take good care of yourself and a speedy recovery

Hope you get better soon. Prayers being sent your way.