Hi everyone,
...I'm wondering if any of you can help me. I have been having trouble with vertigo for few weeks now, and I'm wondering how common this is for people after scoli surgery. Who else out there has had this problem? When did it start? Stop? What helped?
I've read JenG's past posts and emailed her for advice a couple of weeks ago. She kindly shared everything she knew to try, and suggested I share my problem here.
My vertigo started when I was six weeks post surgery. I woke up in the night with the bedroom spinning. Since then I've had "spinning" trouble every time I change positions getting in and out of bed. The room just starts spinning and I have to lay back down or sit back up until it stops, then try again, moving extra slow. I also have very slight nausea most of the time since that first episode.
Today things got worse. I was just standing in my kitchen when the room began to spin and tilt. I couldn't tell which end was up! I lost my balance and fell to the floor. I did not fall hard enough to cause damage beyond soreness, but it was very scary!
My primary care had perscribed meclizine initially, which I never took because I thought I could manage the change of positions spinning without more meds which would only be a temporary fix. I read online that meclizine often prolongs the duration of symptoms which usually stop on there own after a few weeks. I also spoke to my with my surgeon who said he hasn't heard of too many people with this problem post surgery, but said that if it persists I should look into seeing an ENT.
Right now I am taking one 2mg tablet of Dilauded every five or six hours, which I know can cause dizziness, but I was taking so much more of it earlier on with no problem. Other than that I take 5mg of diazepam at bedtime and tylanol.
I made an appt for Friday afternoon with my primary care. I also left a message with my surgeon to let him know what happened today, and to ask if meclizine is okay for me to take incase my primary care still recommends that I take it.
I think I am doing everything I can on my own, but I'll take any suggestions anyone out there has that might help.
Thanks for listening. Jo
...I'm wondering if any of you can help me. I have been having trouble with vertigo for few weeks now, and I'm wondering how common this is for people after scoli surgery. Who else out there has had this problem? When did it start? Stop? What helped?
I've read JenG's past posts and emailed her for advice a couple of weeks ago. She kindly shared everything she knew to try, and suggested I share my problem here.
My vertigo started when I was six weeks post surgery. I woke up in the night with the bedroom spinning. Since then I've had "spinning" trouble every time I change positions getting in and out of bed. The room just starts spinning and I have to lay back down or sit back up until it stops, then try again, moving extra slow. I also have very slight nausea most of the time since that first episode.
Today things got worse. I was just standing in my kitchen when the room began to spin and tilt. I couldn't tell which end was up! I lost my balance and fell to the floor. I did not fall hard enough to cause damage beyond soreness, but it was very scary!
My primary care had perscribed meclizine initially, which I never took because I thought I could manage the change of positions spinning without more meds which would only be a temporary fix. I read online that meclizine often prolongs the duration of symptoms which usually stop on there own after a few weeks. I also spoke to my with my surgeon who said he hasn't heard of too many people with this problem post surgery, but said that if it persists I should look into seeing an ENT.
Right now I am taking one 2mg tablet of Dilauded every five or six hours, which I know can cause dizziness, but I was taking so much more of it earlier on with no problem. Other than that I take 5mg of diazepam at bedtime and tylanol.
I made an appt for Friday afternoon with my primary care. I also left a message with my surgeon to let him know what happened today, and to ask if meclizine is okay for me to take incase my primary care still recommends that I take it.
I think I am doing everything I can on my own, but I'll take any suggestions anyone out there has that might help.
Thanks for listening. Jo
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