Originally Posted by Gina (Post 64021)

Donna, I can sympathize with you. About two years ago I was getting episodes of dizziness. Some like you explain where I would be lying in my bed in the morning and I would get up and I would feel very dizzy and I had to lay back until it passed. I mostly had incidents where I would just get out of my car and I felt very light headed and dizzy. Or while shopping in a store I get the feeling of being dizzy.

I waited awhile to see how many times it would happened. I finally went to my doctor and he said I was border line low blood pressure.. He made me lie down on the examing table and moved me all sorts of ways and when he did so I would get dizzy. This was in the summer time so the dr. had told me to drink lots of water to stay hydrated and to eat foods with salt, yep chips and stuff to bring my pressure up.

I am better thank God I haven't had it in awhile.. You should check with the dr. to see what is causing it. I to suffer with allergies and sinus but lately knock wood I have been better. Good luck.

Originally Posted by donna1990 (Post 64022)

I have always had low blood pressure until recently, but I am so bad that I would not even think about driving. I can't even take a shower until my husband comes home to be with me.

Originally Posted by judy (Post 64024)

That's a scary thing Donna. I feel for you.

I had vertigo a few years ago. I had it for months at the same time I was really getting hot flashes. So if I wasn't dizzy, I was flashing. Making a left turn in the car was a little dangerous because the world would be spinning after.

I was so annoyed because I was also on sabbatical, and wasn't going to let anything ruin it. I had trouble shopping because I couldn't look at things that required putting my head back.

I finally found a great doctor who told me that sometimes, after sinusitis, little
thingies (I forgot what they are) break loose. There are tiny hairs in the ear which control balance. If one of these thingies hits the hairs, it causes dizziness.

He laid me on a table, made me go into the positions that made me dizzy, did something to my head, and it was gone! I was shocked that it was so easy to treat.

I love that doctor! He's an otolaryngologist.

Originally Posted by Gina (Post 64129)

Judy, my dr. did the same thing to me as far as laying me down on the table <wait that doesn't sound kosher > lol anyway since then I was fine.. So was that the cure??? lol

Originally Posted by judy (Post 64024)

That's a scary thing Donna. I feel for you.

I had vertigo a few years ago. I had it for months at the same time I was really getting hot flashes. So if I wasn't dizzy, I was flashing. Making a left turn in the car was a little dangerous because the world would be spinning after.

I was so annoyed because I was also on sabbatical, and wasn't going to let anything ruin it. I had trouble shopping because I couldn't look at things that required putting my head back.

I finally found a great doctor who told me that sometimes, after sinusitis, little
thingies (I forgot what they are) break loose. There are tiny hairs in the ear which control balance. If one of these thingies hits the hairs, it causes dizziness.

He laid me on a table, made me go into the positions that made me dizzy, did something to my head, and it was gone! I was shocked that it was so easy to treat.

I love that doctor! He's an otolaryngologist.

Originally Posted by donna1990 (Post 64170)

Thanks for letting me know what kind of a Doctor he was. I did some research on WebMd and learned about those "thingies", it said to take Benadryl, fruit juices, and antibiotics which I did and today I am much better. Will find an Otolaryngolosgist if I don't get better. My health ins. just went up $150 a month with a $2500 deductible, 80/20. My husband is going to go nuts.
:mad:
Thanks for all of the info.

Originally Posted by Dobie (Post 64226)

How are you doing today? Are you feeling dizzy at all?