Has anyone used Epley maneuver for vertigo

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I am suffering from Vertigo at the moment and one way to sort it is the Epley maneuver.
Has anyone one else tried this. I have to say it's the most terryfing thing I have ever done. Talk about your head spinning round - this is awful.

It does work though for a short while then you have to do it again.
Spent 8 hrs at A&E on small plastic chair in waiting room xmas eve.

Big tip for everyone - Do not get Vertigo.:eek:
 
The Epley maneuver is for a condition called BPPV ( benign paroxysmal positional vertigo ). If done properly, and you indeed have BPPV, then it shouldn't come back in a few hours or days. Have you had a viral infection ?
 
I do wear hearing aids and do have a slight infection in right ear. Hospital wouldn't give me anything just said keep putting small amount of Earol in there. Leaving hearing aids out at moment a seeing if it dries up - Vertigo is in left ear.
If you ever get vertigo and Doc say's chop your toes off there is a good chance after a while you would do it.

I also need to perfect this maneuver to get best results from it. - Will have another go at it shortly. It's been a good xmas so far.
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I thought Vertigo was scared of heights :p
Hope your feeling more verticle now.

Edit.

Spent my whole life not knowing that vertigo was the name of the effect and not the actual fear itself, how dumb am I.
 
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Did it again using a slightly different method - Once it was over I found it had other healing properties.

If you have constipation this works wonders. I then went to bed and now feel so much better. :cry:
 
I get vertigo, I used to have a dream when I was younger of free falling in the sky and it used to wake me up.

I don’t like open spaces when high up, I’m ok with closed off spaces… some foot bridges.. I can can remember going to the guinness factory museum where it was 360 glass wall high up in the sky. Some fat Americans; Irish want to be was jumping up and down, making the whole jump shake, which made me dizzy and want to vomit. There was a glass elevator in one of my previous employers offices that also turned my stomach and I used to take the stairs.

Even in the local revolution bar there was a glass walkway to the toilets that I used to hurry up over… very scary.

Oddly, I can climb, bungee and an abseiling up and down places, roller coaster are ok but ladders are scary!

I don’t think my vertigo is helped by my sensitivity to motion, I get sea sick on boats only at night time.. heck I used to get motion sickness sitting on a floating floor at work, so I would have to sit near the edge of the room where there was less motion. I can’t play first person and some 3rd person or 3d games in general as it would make me want to throw up due to jiggle effects.. DoE beach volleyball is fine thou.

I’m fine with have vertigo, I think it’s fine and quite normal to be worried about falling and hitting the floor then dying. Completing sensible behaviour!
 
I had to google the difference between labyrinthitis and vertigo as I knew someone with the former. Turns out vertigo can be a symptom of labyrinthitis and sounds quite horrible to experience.
 
DXP55 said:
I am suffering from Vertigo at the moment and one way to sort it is the Epley maneuver.
Has anyone one else tried this. I have to say it's the most terryfing thing I have ever done. Talk about your head spinning round - this is awful.

It does work though for a short while then you have to do it again.
Spent 8 hrs at A&E on small plastic chair in waiting room xmas eve.

Big tip for everyone - Do not get Vertigo.:eek:
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I completely feel your pain, it was the first major symptom (vertigo) that caused a long chain of events that diagnosed me with my condition. Thankfully haven't experienced it since but nothing I did would calm it. Wish you all the best and hope that it clears up quickly for you.
 
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I have Ménière’s disease and for many years experienced truly horrendous bouts of vertigo that would last 10-12 hours, sometimes 3 or more times a week which completely ruined my life. Vertigo so bad it would be coming out of me both ends for hours. Many times would end up in a panic attack as the sheer terror of it was exhausting.

People who have never experienced relentless vertigo with intense nausea have no idea. I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy.

Left partially death in my right ear and essentially dizzy 24/7. If I close my eyes I am basically spinning. But it’s been a while since I’ve had full on vertigo attack out of nowhere.

Epley never worked on me - that would have been far too easy!

Have they suggested what the root cause is?
 
No root cause mentioned but I am suffering from serious heart failure so that was first thing the hospital looked at -low blood pressure. Thankfully it was basically OK
They just sent me home and said if it continues go see the Doc, Yea wow that really made me feel better.
It seems you have had a real bad time with it. Mine isn't anywhere near as bad as yours (thank god) but it is getting me down.
You have to get in the habit of not moving quickly -just get up or move slowly. My head just feels woozy but the falling over seems to have stopped -fingers crossed.
 
Vertigo is horrible. I blame a late caffeinated drink for vertigo when I had it. And I'd had to do the manoeuvre, once or twice managing to do it before work and its adjusted in time. Another time and it hasn't adjusted
 
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