It’s been a while …
I know it has been a long time since I have posted anything about my vertigo. Sorry about that, if you have been wondering how things are going.
Basically, here’s how it seems to be: Some days are great, and nearly normal. In fact, most days tend to be pretty normal.
Other days things are very, well, kinda dizzy. I can feel reasonably normal one day and then feel remarkably unstable other days. But on the dizzy days, I still am not feeling the panic that I was having before.
The problem with the dizzy days is that I cannot really function without some unsteadiness. Driving is stressful when I feel dizzy and stuff. I also feel occasionally nauseous trying to get around during the day. Still, it hasn’t had a great impact on my life in the last several months. I still occasionally don’t feel much like getting out when I am having a "dizzy" day, but I can still function.
I am wondering if I might be suffering from Meniere’s disease since I seem to be having transient symptoms. I had been having more tinnitus but even that hasn’t been noticeable in the last several weeks. Then again, I don’t seem to be having the debilitating problems that come with true Meniere’s disease.
I still cannot explain the positive Hallpike test results that indicated BPPV. Maybe that’s what it is and the Epley maneuver just never really cleared things up. I guess that that is more likely since there are times when I am laying and bed and can feel what seems to be my eyes jerking around when I lay on one side or the other.
I guess I still have the neuropathy but my legs haven’t been hurting quite as bad in the last several weeks, either. I am also still having the funny twitches in the face, too, especially when I work hard and strain.
It’s just a couple of months shy of the first year anniversary of when this stuff started. It’s odd that it has been going on for so long but nice that it has become something that doesn’t interfere too badly. If you are experiencing the same thing, be encouraged that it won’t always be so debilitating, even if it doesn’t go away altogether. It can be handled.
