Wife is in the hospital with vertigo, headache and nausea since Thursday morning.

[L0oniX]

When she leans to the left it goes away but when she leans to the right the dizziness kicks in big time. I said that she had a republican Michele Bachmann disease because it only happened when she leans right.

Serious though ...she is in the hospital for this ...prayers are much appreciated.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. My best vibes to your wife and to you too, of course...

I hope her doctors find out what is wrong, and how to fix it, pronto...

:hug:

[GreenPartyVoter]

2. I am sending her healing vibes. I hope she gets well very soon! *hugs*

[nadinbrzezinski]

3. Take care and remember to take care of you too

Remember to eat, and yes...sleep.

There will be lots of testing by the way.

[cilla4progress]

4. Good luck -

hope everything turns out well!

[BootinUp]

5. hope she feels better very soon. nt

[Suich]

6. Sending prayers and healing vibes your way, LOonix!

Hope your wife feels better soon!

:hug:

[WinkyDink]

7. {{MrsL0oniX}}

[tawadi]

8. Prayers coming her way

Hopefully she will feel much better soon.

[truedelphi]

9. Sorry to hear about this.

Hope they figure out what is wrong, fix it, and get her home in best of health.

[Warpy]

10. Could just be an inner ear problem

that's treatable with manipulation but don't try this at home. Could be something that's treatable with meclizine, it's generic and cheap. Could be an infection.

Sending vibes that it's something easily treated and she'll be on her way home tomorrow.

[ohheckyeah]

17. I did the Epley manipulation

at home and it worked great.

[AnotherMother4Peace]

40. I also did the Epley manipulation at home & it worked - It cured my dizziness. nt

[ohheckyeah]

42. I'll be honest

I thought it might be a bunch of hooey but it really worked. I was amazed and thrilled.

[AnotherMother4Peace]

44. I did too & was surprised & relieved. It's scary having vertigo. It's a matter of repositioning

the tiny "granules" or "debris" from one chamber to another in the inner ear.

[Mojorabbit]

55. supposedly it works in a percentage of the population

and I also did it both at home and at the neurologists office. No go. I was one of the unlucky ones it did not work on.

[ohheckyeah]

56. I'm sorry.

Sometimes vertigo can be a sign of a magnesium deficiency.

[McCamy Taylor]

51. Me 3.

[oldtime dfl_er]

11. I know this is an extreme long shot

but is there a chance she is suffering from Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benign_paroxysmal_positional_vertigo

It's easy to treat, if by some miracle that's all she has. I hope she feels better soon!

[dixiegrrrrl]

22. my god....people CAN have "rocks " in their head.

I had no idea. Fascinating.

[a la izquierda]

32. That's what they thought I had. It wasn't it...

but the symptoms were similar.

[Zynx]

12. I pray that it is something as benign as an ear issue or a spinal misalignment.

My best wishes are with you and your wife.

[woodsprite]

13. Have they done an "Epley" maneuver on her?

Some docs want to push the anti-vertigo meds right away, but they make you feel real dopey. The drugs DO take care of the nausea. If they've ruled out other physical things and have decided it really is vertigo, ask them to try the Epley. My husband has had a couple of bouts of positional vertigo and has had success just going through those timed head motions. Our doc couldn't do it herself, but was able to send us to someone who could. He's been good now for 8 months. They said one of the grains of 'ballast' in the ear canal had become displaced.

Prayers are coming your way that they can get this fixed.

[ohheckyeah]

15. I just posted a video on

how to do the maneuver. It worked for me and I did it myself.

[L0oniX]

21. they've done everything but that or look for sinus mold and inner ear problems.

I mean ...eeg, mri, ct, xray, blood work, ultra sound. They did just take a nasal swab. My money is on mold in the sinus. Going to buy some mold tests kits and try them out.

[ohheckyeah]

14. Vertigo can certainly make one

nauseous and give you a headache. I hope she's better soon. Here's a video that I found that actually got rid of my vertigo. I know it sounds crazy but the treatment worked:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1OY3n3PYwk

Of course it depends on what is causing the vertigo as to whether or not it will work but it sure worked for me. I always got vertigo when I turned my head to the left or turned on my left side in bed.

[ClayZ]

19. My friend swears by these videos. Same symptoms!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=QikUTAmeE0M

[The Doctor.]

16. Any PETs or MRIs yet?

Many wishes for all to go well.

[L0oniX]

23. MRI, EEG, CT, Xray, ultra sound, blood work, 24 hour heart monitor...

I watched the heart monitor for a long time and saw no arrhythmias.

[The Doctor.]

28. And they have nothing?

[L0oniX]

46. Nothing yet.

[teddy51]

18. All the best and I do hope things go well. n/t

[Daphne08]

20. My prayers for your wife.

Please give her a hug for me and tell her that I understand completely what she's going through. Hopefully, it's nothing too serious.

[Glimmer of Hope]

24. I am sorry to hear about your wife. I hope they find the root of the problem

I have upper cervical spine issues that occasionally cause the same symptoms.

[NEOhiodemocrat]

25. Hope everything turns out good.

Will say a prayer for her quick diagnosis and recovery.

[L0oniX]

26. Thanks for all your input and concern ....my friends

[malaise]

27. Sending good vibes

:grouphug:

[Lucinda]

29. Prayers for a speedy diagnosis and quick recovery.

I've had vertigo issues too and it's not fun.

[OhioChick]

30. Prayers that she feels better soon

:hug:

[peace frog]

37. My prayers for your wife's speedy recovery

and for you and your family, God bless. :)

[shraby]

31. Odd that they didn't check inner ear first..that's what it

sounds like

[L0oniX]

49. Yep, that's where my bet is too but they want to try everything else first.

These people love to use all their machines and then when the machines don't find anything then they call in the shrink or treat you like you're a hypochondriac.

[Chorophyll]

33. Sending good vibes for Mrs. L0onix

and for you. (Does kinda sound inner-ear related, but I'm no doctor!) Hope it's resolved soon.

[a la izquierda]

34. One day, after I got off a plane...

I started noticing my eyes doing this weird "trailing" thing (that's what I called it. I'd move my head, my eyes seemed slow to react, I'd get incredibly dizzy and nauseous. The worst was that it often happened when I drove, and would glance over my shoulder to change lanes. It was so weird.
They ran VNG/ENG tests, which showed nothing definitive, but curiously, my eyes move way to much to follow small, moving detail. I was 31 at the time, so my ENT feared multiple sclerosis. Off for an MRI to check for that and eye/ear nerve tumors.
Know what it ended up being? Atypical migraines. These migraines often don't have the accompanying headaches, but I get all the rest of the awful effects.

I hope your wife is okay.

[AnotherDreamWeaver]

35. Has she been swimming in warm water?

I just read this news:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1914581

I have heard of folks picking it up at a hot springs.

Best wishes and quick recovery whatever it is,

[elfin]

36. Hope it is an inner ear virus like I had

Thought I had a brain tumor and was going to DIE. Couldn't walk, vomited constantly and had a two year old to take care of.

Luckily hub took off work and the docs prescribed a med that worked in a couple of days. But I was so scared.

Hope everything works out well.

[madrchsod]

38. hospitals suck...hope she gets better real soon!

[polly7]

39. Best of luck and good wishes to your wife and yourself.

There are so many causes for vertigo and most are very treatable. I hope they find the problem soon.

[roguevalley]

41. bless you and your wife. Tell her someone in Alaska is sending

her all the good vibes I can manage.

[Zanzoobar]

43. I had it in Miami 15 years ago, and it still gets me

Her brain will probably adjust to the inner ear problem over time, with mild symptoms as I have had years later.

When it first happened I thought I was dying. It's pretty f*cking scary.

It was the first and only time I had IV valium. Wasted immediately.

[L0oniX]

47. I did the Epley manipulation to her. Yea she feels like she is dying.

She knows she not dying though.

[Zanzoobar]

50. After I left the ER, I knew I was not dying

But it still messed me up for better than six months. I wobbled around unsteady for more than a month.

A lot of people get over it in a shorter time if it's just an ear infection.

All my best wishes.

[L0oniX]

52. She's still freaking out from it. I told her she isn't going to die from it but...

I know it does make you feel like it.

[ohheckyeah]

53. I'm sorry it didn't work for her.

For me it was like a miracle. I hope she's better soon.

[stevedeshazer]

45. Hey, man. Hope everything turns out alright.

Sending good thoughts to Ms. LOoniX and you.

[glinda]

48. Hope she recovers. My dad is that way right now also.

[pacalo]

54. You got it, L0oniX.

I hope that it's nothing more than an ear problem.

:hug:

[Ruby the Liberal]

57. It may not hurt to ask them what her potassium level is

These are also symptoms of potassium being too low (should be 3.4-5). I hope and pray it is something that simple. A family member had this problem and was able to get it back into check with a 24 hour IV.

I know how scary it can be. Vertigo sucks.

:hug: to Mrs. L0oniX

[Leftist Agitator]

58. Any hearing disturbance?

If so, she most likely has Meinere's disease. Have her checked out by an otolaryngologist.

[femrap]

59. Inner ear infection????

Get well soon. My aunt had this...took them forever to diagnose it.

[ananda]

60. She needs to see an otolaryngolist immediately!

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