I've just had a second episode of vertigo, almost identical to the first after nine months. Both started out the same, but the first came on much faster. I lost hearing in my left ear, and then I begin to start feeling dizzy, then nauseous, and began to vomit. Both of these happened in the AM and at work. I had been given Meclizine but had taken it out of my purse, so I didn't have it with me at work the second time. Both times I was taken via ambulance to the ER and each time I was given medicine to stop the vomiting and dizziness in the ER and after a few hours released. After the first episode, I visited and ENT, who said he found nothing wrong with my ear and didn't think it was Vertigo. I think now I need to see and neurologist. I'm wondering if anyone else has experienced this kind of Vertigo attack? I am a female, 46 yrs old.

Vertigo has pretty much taken over my life! I can't sleep laying down straight, I have lay propped up on my couch, and it gets worse when I am at work. It gets to the point where my head is spinning and I have to sit down or hold myself up against a wall. My doctor prescribed me Antivert but it really hasn't done much for me. Hopefully he can help me and try something different because this vertigo has started to take over my life.

One day I turned around to look behind me and BOOM! I was so dizzy and I just felt so sick to my stomach. I was in such a sweat, my heart was just pounding and I thought I was having a heart attack. I made my way to a chair and asked my boss for help (I was at work). He then had me call my daughter who took me to the ER. I was admitted to the hospital and kept there for two say and I still have not gone back to work because of the symptoms. I work in a deli and I miss dealing with people and this just really depresses me.

My problem started 3 days ago, and I have had 3 episodes since. I was standing there talking to a friend and I had this feeling like someone had pushed me, it was the strangest feeling I had ever had. This has happened 3 times in 3 days, the only thing leading up to this was I had been very tired. I went to the doctor today and he prescribed me a tablet called "Stemetil".

I am 62 and about nine or 10 years ago, I was involved in a nasty car accident. The accident caused me to have severe neck and back problems and severe headaches since then. I was an antique truck buff and usually would lie under them to do repairs and maintenance. One day, I could not get over this terrible headache, profuse sweating, and nauseous feeling. I went to the doctor and explained what I had been feeling, and that everything seemed to be out of balance. I found myself thinking that I was walking crooked down the hall at home. He said that I had vertigo, checked my ears for fluid and said that it would go away, and if it did not to come back to him. He prescribed some pill, and I did not use it because I already take enough of them. The vertigo comes and goes. I was lying on the couch and tried to get up. I could not get my balance and then I found myself on the floor because I had fainted. I get the vertigo attacks if I lie on my back or if my head is lower than the rest of my body. I immediately begin to sweat and the headaches pound in my head. I have a very difficult time when I go to the dentist. He has to elevate me to a position that feels comfortable to me. I had an attack recently that lasted only about an hour, but they have lasted as long as two days. I feel terrible because I can't drive and can't function. Lying down in bed is the worst thing I can do.

I'm 46 years old, and have had vertigo for 6 years. It's still not clear what brought it on for me. I take an over-the-counter product called "bodine" (my insurance no longer covers me for a prescription medication). Besides the dizziness, and imbalance issues, I only find relief when I lay down in a darkened room.

I suffer from regular vertigo and nausea which makes it nearly impossible to work for a week or more every month. I'm fine if I'm lying completely flat and not moving at all, but as soon as I try to get out of bed I start throwing up. At first the episodes were few, but it's gotten progressively worse over the past several years. I've seen so many doctors, had so many diagnoses and have taken so many medications I struggle to keep up with it all. It's debilitating and frustrating. I'm reaching the end of my ability to cope with this.

My doctor spent two months last year trying to rid me of vertigo problems which came about from sinus problems. I was not getting better and the vertigo medicine wasn't helping. I fell several times from the unsteadiness and dizziness. It was not the first time over the years that I came down with vertigo from sinus problems. I went to an ENT and he knew immediately what the problem was. He said it was BPPV. Somehow the little calcium "crystals" in your ears don't dissolve like they should. I went through four Epley treatments at a physical therapy place and I was well enough to fly to family for the holidays. I previously experienced barotrauma (awful pressure pain) every time I flew, but thanks to his advice (a squirt of Afrin in each nostril one half hour before liftoff, ear plugs specifically for flying, and chewing gum) I managed, for the first time, to have a painless flight. I now do the physical ear exercises at home lying in bed which helps those calcium crystals move into the proper area where they can be dissolved.