u/amumureo

i’ve been experiencing awful residual dizziness after a BPPV attack 8 weeks ago and my symptoms have been worsening so much so that i’m having persistent panic attacks and nausea and struggling to sleep.
i phoned yesterday at 11am to see if the doctor had any cancellations and could fit me in to see the ENT. i was told to phone back tomorrow (today) first thing in the morning and as the ENT was on call they were SURE they could see me.
flash forward to today. i phone at opening time, 8am and i am second in the queue. great! i get through and am told that there are NO APPOINTMENTS LEFT? i’m told to queue up outside the doctors surgery first thing tomorrow morning which is a 10 minute drive away from me and i don’t drive so i’ll probably have to ask someone to take me. i understand the situation the NHS is in right now but i think this is crazy. am i really expected to queue up at 7:30 in the morning to have the chance of an appointment? i can’t deal with this dizziness anymore but i can’t afford vestibular therapy. feeling very disheartened today.

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My boyfriend and I have been together 2 years. We mostly see each other one evening during the week and then the entire weekend as we live 5 minutes away from each other. Occasionally, he asks for a weekend alone as he cherishes time to himself and I completely understand this. However, I do get a little sad as I like being able to sleep over at his, or him at mine as I just like falling asleep together.

I asked if when he has a weekend to himself if we could compensate by having another evening during the week instead as we live so close and it seems weird to go a full week without seeing each other when we live this close. Im worried I’m being too clingy by asking for this? He says it’s alright but he seemed a little disheartened by it so I feel guilty.

TLDR: boyfriend wants a weekend alone sometimes but as we live so close i want to compensate by having another evening in the week together instead

had my first ever attack about 8 weeks ago that was resolved with an epley. i’ve had multiple tests at the doctors since and they have all confirmed im negative for bppv now. however, i am still experiencing disorienting dizziness and nausea every single day since. this is made especially worse when lying down and moving my head or just moving my head in general especially in the morning.

the only thing that seems to help me is a medication called prochlorperazine but im not allowed to take it long term as it can have bad side effects. i thus only take it on especially bad days. i was also prescribed betahistine which you CAN take everyday long term but it has done absolutely nothing for me so i stopped taking it.

i’ve been told the wait time to see a vestibular therapist on the NHS is one year and i can’t afford to see one privately so im unsure what to do. i thought i was getting better a few weeks ago but it seemed to get worse again. i was told by the dr to go back again in a few weeks if i didn’t feel better but i just don’t know what else they’ll do for me. feeling kinda hopeless rn i just want this to go away.

I’m a fairly healthy 22 year old female. I don’t drink alcohol, I rarely drink caffeine and I eat quite healthy.
I had my first attack about 5 weeks ago, it was terrifying and took me completely by surprise. Still suffering with residual dizziness 5 weeks later, although I am having good and bad days.

I just received my blood test results, and apparently my vitamin D levels are at the low end of sub-optimal and what they would see in someone during winter? I’ve been taking supplements for 5 weeks since my attack too. Thinking now I should maybe up my dosage, or take with k2 but going to speak to doctor tomorrow and ask. Is this likely why my attack occurred?

i had my first bppv attack about a month ago, still experiencing residual dizziness but overall a lot better. only really feeling off in the mornings now.

i’m still a bit worried that an attack will come back when i’m sleeping or in the morning. is it better to sleep with two pillows or one? i currently sleep with two pillows and i always have, so my head is quite propped up. i sleep on both sides and rarely my back. is there a certain position to avoid when sleeping or does it not really matter if you aren’t experiencing active bppv?

I had my first BPPV attack about 2 and a half weeks ago. It wasn’t corrected properly and I had another attack a week later. This attack I believe was corrected. I performed an epley on myself (although it made me very sick) and I went to the doctor who performed a test on me and I had no more dizziness.

However, since then I’ve been feeling very off. Every time I turn my head I feel as if it’s in slow motion and I feel especially off mid-turning over at night. It seems to be worst in the morning. Occasionally I am feeling a little nauseous too. Nothing that prevents me from carrying out daily activities but it is just there and a bit miserable. It feels worse when looking up or down. I’ve been doing brandt daroff exercises too but I’m not sure if I’m feeling better or about the same. There’s also a heatwave in the UK right now which I doubt is helping.

I went to the pharmacist who said I can take travel sickness tablets for days where I am feeling terrible but I was wondering if there is anything else I can do to ease this?

Hello everyone,

Posting again on here. I had two attacks last week, the second attack being triggered by the first attack not being fixed (but I think it’s fixed now as barely any residual dizziness and nothing with epley). My experience with BPPV was awful. Throwing up both times when I tried epley or even just sitting up in bed. The dizziness terrifying me. But even now after my attacks I’m so scared they’re going to come back. I keep giving myself panic attacks every time I feel a bit of dizziness thinking it’s come back. For example, last night I rolled onto my back started feeling a bit dizzy and couldn’t sleep for an hour because I was so scared. But I believe it’s just residual dizziness. How do I stop feeling so worried about having another attack? I’m buying vitamin D supplements today as I believe I’m deficient and hoping that helps.

I had my first BPPV attack last week, couldn’t sit up in bed without throwing up. It was the scariest thing I had ever experienced, like being on a 1000mph teacup ride. It eventually went away after a few days but forward a week later and I had another intense attack. All I did was bend down to stroke the dog.. I did the epley but the spinning was so intense it made me have a panic attack and throw up again. I managed to get a doctors appointment the same day, and they did some manoeuvres on me but nothing happened? No dizziness or sickness at all? They think that I fixed it myself when I did the epley in the morning but I’m genuinely terrified it’s going to come back I’m scared to move my head up or down at all. I’ve been doing the brandt daroff exercises twice a day since so I’m hoping that prevents it but I feel like I am just living in anxiety rn. Has anyone else experienced a recurring attack this quick? I’m thinking maybe I didn’t properly cure it last week and bending down triggered it again.

Context: I woke up this morning feeling like I was being pulled to the right. Thought not much of it as I’ve had that before and it usually went away after 5 minutes. I went back to bed for a while, got back up again and suddenly it was 100x worse. I couldn’t sit up without feeling insanely nauseous and I threw up twice from it. I phoned 111, they prescribed me some medication for the nausea and I got told to do these exercises which I’ve been doing but they made me throw up before I had the medication. I’m honestly quite terrified I’ve never had something like this before. I’ve had hearing issues in the past with lots of built up wax in my ear but that’s it. I’m worried I’ll still feel like this tomorrow and for the rest of the week which would be detrimental as I have university and a job interview. Any tips to solve this quickly? I’m also scared it’s something I’ll have to deal with again in the future.