I previously had violent attacks of vertigo with vomiting, but the attacks were separated by many months, sometimes as long as a year. About six weeks ago my attacks became more frequent (about once a week). Although my attacks are more frequent they are milder with little to no vomiting. However I am experiencing imbalance almost all the time. I also get more headaches now. Has anyone else experienced similar symptoms?
I recently had a bout of more dizziness with no vomitting, headaches (mostly migraine headaches--pressure one one side), and a fairly constant imbalance. It turned out to be two things. BPPV--which was cured by the Epley maneuver, and MAV (migraine associated vertigo) which was cured by getting new glasses (eyestrain was the migraine trigger). I wonder if you might be experiencing one or both. The BPPV vertigo and dizziness seemed to be set off by turning or tilting back my head, and being in grocery stores with lots of aisles. The MAV was set off by eyestrain at the computer.
I can relate to the erratic part. I was symptom free for 10 years. Then I had a bad episode with fast spinning, but Meclizine knocked it out. The next episode was bad but the meds did not work. Then I went almost three months no episode. Then I had one but mild slow spinning and several since then all mild. I take Meclizine and go to a Neurological Chiropractor who is helping me.
Well I spoke too soon, because yesterday afternoon I had one of the worst Meniere's attacks ever. I had severe vertigo from about 5:50 to 7:30 and was really sick at my stomach. I woke up this morning still with vertigo and nausea. I took an anti-nausea pill and felt better but still have some spinning sensation although not as bad (or I wouldn't be on the computer). I lost 5 lbs. overnight! Not the best way to lose weight LOL. Everyone on here talks about anti-viral medicine, but my doctor didn't mention that to me. What I hat the most about this condition is that it's so unpredictable.
Doctors consider the anti-viral medication experimental. It has helped many people, but not others, and is not established enough in the medical literature for it to be something that doctors will routinely recommend. My ENT doctor did not mention it to me, but when I asked her about it, she had heard of it, and was willing to try it, particularly because anti-viral medication has been around for a long time (by Western medicine's standards--so a few decades) and because side effects are rare, so it is considered low risk.