Hello Everyone :)

Hi Everyone! I'm Rosie, I'm from Australia. I've only had tinnitus since March of this year. (about 6 months ago). It's always there, never goes away unless I'm sleeping. Or maybe I cant hear it if i'm in a loud room for a while....but it hasn't gone...

The tinnitus was first but then I started getting violent vertigo spells (and general instability and dizziness in between). I was then diagnosed with benign paroxysmal positional vertigo. And I was given exercises and some times i think the vertigo has improved, but I keep getting it back again.

But the tinnitus never left...

My dad has severe Meniere's disease which is why we are not sure about mine. But Meniere's i am told has a slow onset whereas my vertigo came very frequently. Let me know your thoughts. Who has benign paroxysmal positional vertigo and does it just go away or is it recurring?

 

Hello Rosie and Welcome to TT!

It looks like no one has BPPV. But I was able to find some information on it, which hopefully helps.

First, there's a website that is dedicated to all balance disorders. You might want to visit it. Here is there link to BBPV:

http://vestibular.org/understanding...isorders/benign-paroxysmal-positional-vertigo​

Second, here are some links on the disorder that may be of use:

http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/vertigo/basics/symptoms/con-20028216

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benign_paroxysmal_positional_vertigo
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I hope this information helps. We also have several people on the forum with Meniere's disease.

https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/menieres-disease.5544/page-4#post-62380
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Finally, here are some more vertigo exercises; maybe one of them will work:

Vertigo Treatment - How To Treat Vertigo

Vertigo Treatment with Simple Exercises (BPPV)...

I do hope you will soon be feeling well! And I love your avatar!

 

Wow, thankyou so much Jazz! So helpful!

 

Love your avatar!

 

@jazz thanks! it's my goat, named Tippy !!

 

Hi. I was diagnosed with BPPV many years ago. I used to hang my head off the end of the bed and turn it to the left, then right. I would feel even dizzier but the goal was to dislodge calcium crystals in the meddle ear. I also would take Dramamine or Bonine, which is antivert. It would last a few hours to a few days. I then developed sudden sensiorneural hearing loss and the doctor put steroids directly into my middle ear.. It was awful! Never got my hearing back. In the right ear, but I haven't had the BPPV in 9 years. Hope I didn't just jinx myself!

 

Are you saying you think you lost hearing from taking Dramamine or Bonine?