Viewer Comments: Benign Positional Vertigo - Diagnosis and TreatmentViewer Comments & ReviewsBenign Positional Vertigo - Diagnosis and TreatmentThe eMedicineHealth physician editors ask:How was your benign positional vertigo diagnosed and treated?
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Comment from: Lynn L, 55-64 Female (Patient)
Published: June 02
I was teaching a music student when I go severely dizzy. I had had this 6 months to a year ago when I awoke dizzy, made it downstairs but then got very sick to my stomach. The symptoms went away by the next day and I forgot about it. This time, I got very sick again and had to be taken home. I was vomiting so much I got exhausted and called an ambulance. They gave me an IV, oxygen and at the hospital, Meclizine and Adavan, an EKG and a cat scan. The next day a physical therapist tried a maneuver where I had to hang my head over the edge of the bed. I rested once I got home for a few days. Since then I have taken the Meclizine 1/2 tab occasionally and had just a few little dizzy spells. Must Read Articles Related to Benign Positional Vertigo
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Have had repeated attacks, which I dread, over the past 12 years, some so severe they required hospital treatment for IV medication and rehydration. This is one of the most debilitating conditions I can think of. I have been unable to determine a cause after seeing several specialists and having many tests, scans etc. I have been told to learn to live with it as it is not fatal. At present, I have little episodes from time to time which, makes life very difficult.