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Dizziness - Causes

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Comment from: Jim, 75 or over Male (Patient) Published: February 16

Upon getting up I feel very dizzy and cannot control my ability to stand properly. When I do get up the dizziness is still there, and I fall back down on my chair, and finally when I do get up to start to walk, I cannot turn my eyes from either side without feeling dizzy. If I did not have my walker to support me I would not be able to get up and probably I would fall, however when I do sit down in a chair I am not dizzy, the dizziness is only there when I try to stand or walk around. My doctor said I will have to live with it. I have also been to therapy clinics to try to help, but to no avail. I have tried everything and nothing helps.

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Comment from: carvirgoqueen, 55-64 Female (Patient) Published: May 09

I am a diabetic, have a kidney disease and lupus. I take medications for the above diseases as well as high blood pressure medications. I wake up in the mornings often feeling dizzy, shaky, and confused.

Comment from: 65-74 Male (Patient) Published: January 15

I took medication for my tremor, an hour later I felt dizzy and nauseated.

Comment from: Slow Speed Dizzyness, 65-74 Male Published: November 05

This past Sunday morning I woke up feeling light headed a dizzy but not in a way that the room was spinning, just feeling like I was off balance. During the day I would stand up and would stumble and regain balance. I feel a constant pressure in the back of my neck.

Comment from: anita, 45-54 Female Published: September 10

I have had headaches for four weeks then dizziness started a week ago in the morning when wake up. Now it's happening throughout the day and night.

Comment from: Sandy, 65-74 Female (Patient) Published: September 10

This past week I have experienced dizziness when stretching and bending over. My left eye has been watering since this started.

Comment from: Siti, 55-64 Female (Patient) Published: September 10

Sitting quietly playing on a Google nexus. I get extreme dizziness with nausea. I closed my eyes and waited for it to subside. I was able to walk to the bedroom to lie down. My symptoms decreased with lying down.

Comment from: Marcia, 55-64 Female (Patient) Published: June 13

I have been suffering with chronic dizziness/vertigo for the past 12 years. I am a 56 year-old female. This feeling I have doesn't ever go away unless I lie down. The feeling I experience when I sit or stand feels like I'm rocking back and forth in a boat, or like I'm on a never ending roller coaster. I have seen an ENT and neurology specialists with no answers. There are no doctors in Albuquerque that specialize in vertigo that is not caused by inner ear disorders and the neurologist I saw I felt he just brushed me off.

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Comment from: Genny, 55-64 Female (Patient) Published: May 01

I took Fioricet for a headache and I was dizzy for hours afterward.

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Comment from: willtelme, 55-64 Male (Patient) Published: April 30

It has happpened to a lesser degree but always from a squatting or stooping position. I usually lose my balance and regain it after a few seconds.

Comment from: melody, 65-74 Female (Patient) Published: April 25

I have fluid in my ear with small particles that affect my balance. It's is causing severe vertigo.

Comment from: Frenchy, 45-54 Female (Patient) Published: April 25

I am 52. I've never drank coffee, smoked, done illegal drugs, and I have no drugs prescriptions. I have dizzy spells for the last 17 years. When I lie down, sit up, or turn my head quickly, my head spins and it can make me vomit, and when I get to this point, I'm out for 24 hours. 10 years ago I finally got a diagnosis from my head, neck, and jaw doctor. He said it was crystals in the inner part of the ear and that these crystals can get displaced. It's called benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV). He positions my head in different ways for different lengths of time to relocate the crystals.

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