That's good to know.

[pantryslut]

Yesterday I figured out that the occasional attacks of mild vertigo that I've been experiencing for, oh, several years now...are actually migraine precursors. I just hadn't put two and two together before. Which is kind of silly, considering that as a child, severe vertigo was the big red flag for my migraines. (They changed around early adolescence and then disappeared for a while, then came back in my 20's with a different symptomatology. A couple of years ago they started changing again. Whee!)

Anyway, just noting it for posterity so that I don't ever get anxious about "unexplained" dizzy spells again.

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[elusis.livejournal.com]

FWIW, we've been treating my dizzy spells as migranous in origin for some time now. No idea if it's the right explanation, but it's the best we've got at this point.

[pantryslut.livejournal.com]

Do they have any remedies or recommendations for the vertigo portion of your evening's entertainment in specific, or no?

[elusis.livejournal.com]

On a daily basis as a prophylactic, I'm taking a low dose of nortriptylene (older style anti-depressant) and acetazolamide (diuretic) which for some reason allegedly can work against migraine-related symptoms. It's hard to tell if either is working since my attacks are so intermittent.


However when I have an acute attack, or even stronger residual symptoms, I take a valium, which stabilizes the inner ear. Works reasonably well. I have ondansetron against nausea, and I was using Maxalt as well, but the last few times through the wash I've just taken the valium and it has seemed to do the trick against the worst of it. Can be hard to tell though - sometimes I don't catch the attack until it's really started in earnest, and then even the Maxalt doesn't seem to do much to cut the 8-10 hour ride down. But other times it's hard to say whether the meds improved things, or whether it would have just been a mild attack anyway.

In any case, I keep valium close to hand, for placebo if nothing else.

[pantryslut.livejournal.com]

Huh. Last time I talked to a doctor, they said they couldn't give me anything for the vertigo. But a) I have no associated nausea, and b) this was many many years ago, and possibly the same doctor who was giving me an ergotamine without warning about rebound.