h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

well,it hasnt been a good day today,so if anyone out there has any info about vertigo,,and about aura migraine,i'd love to know that i arent on my own.it doesnt matter how many times these attacks happen,it's always the same effect,,,,,,,panic!!!!sure it'll be better tomorrow,but it isnt nice,is it!!!!!!

hi sal, so glad to hear from you again... i've had probs accessing your page....
i know what you're going thru' darling.... the flashing lights and only seeing half of what you're looking at, it's really frightening at times.... i lie on the bed with my eyes shut and try to concentrate on the flashes getting smaller and smaller..... it's terrible when it happens while you're out tho'...... it makes me sickly too.....
and as for vertigo, well i can't even stand up outdoors for fear of toppling over.... not much steadier indoors.... the bloody pills don't seem to do much only make me drowsy so that makes me more dizzy..... i can sympathise sal, believe me.....
n sheryl.....

hi sal, sorry to hear your not well vertigo is horrible & migraine too i get the pralsing one alway's down my left side so have to very carefull of what am eating dairy product's and veg oil & sunflower oil bring mine on vertigo land's me on my back for day's still have'ent found out what bring's on them? was told once it could be an ear infection but i did'ent have one? do hope your feeling better soon d xxx

Gee sal, definitely not a good situation! Unfortunately I can't really be of any help on either condition . Really hope you can get things under control though.

i sal,jim,have you looked to see if there is any info you can find useful,in the guides

just put vertigo in the h2g2 search box,and see what comes up

hope you will find something there to tell you what to do,and something that may help jimxxxx

hi sheryl,as much as i wouldnt want anyone else to feel like i did yesterday,it's good to know that there are other people with the same problem.i dont usually moan about the bad days,but yesterday was a stinker!!!!!!the vertigo,and the agrophobia go together,and its a vidcious circle,because otther.i am just the same outside,i darent even take a step away from the house,and inside i am as bad when i'm having a bad attack.oh well,theres alot worse out there isnt there,but thanks for your message love.my e-mails are still down,so using an emergency one,but all my addys are on the main one!!!chat soon,take care,salxxx

hi doris,its a bloomin pest,isnt it??i'm not as bad today,but never know when one of these things will happen,so i'm a bit fragiletoday!!!!it'll take days before i feel like myself again,but maybe we should start an association on here for vertigo sufferers!!!!!i'll ring you as soon as i can,hope youre feeling better yourself.chat soon,lsalxx

hello darell ,ove,lovely to hear from you,hope youre okay.i'm sure i'll be better soon,i've had this for years ,but i still hate it when it happens.do you have some sunshine you can send us all over here,its raining yet again!!!!!chat to you soon,salxxx

hi jim,didnt find anything on vertigo,but i read all the phobia things,were a strange lot really,arent we!!!!did you get my message thanking you for the help with the page??i do hope so.hope youre okay love,chat to you soon.salxx

hi sal not too bad today look after your self spk soon & x d

sal, it's good to have a moan now n again, get it out of your system, sometimes it helps.... feel free to moan whenever you wish....
hope it passes soon hun... you just take care of yourself.... your friend sheryl....xxxxx

sorry it didnt pan out jim

Sal my love sorry to hear about your prob, i dont suffer with it babe, but did look up some info, its not much will get some more if you need it! in the mean time this is some of what i found,seems that some sort of soothing music helps! dont know how true this is, but will look up aura migraine as well take care sweetie, hope your better soon heres what i found its an inner ear abnormality that causes fluctuating levels of hearing loss, vertigo (a sensation that the world is spinning), tinnitus, (ringing), or a feeling of fullness in the affected ear,it also has the name Meniere's disease,
and the use of soft soothing music known as white sound, can aid in relaxing.

all my and bbbs n s
Jean

Me again,
ive found a web page about some of the probs your having,about aura migraine, so i,m gonna send you the addy vie your email, so look in your Email Box.
bbbbs n s

Jean

hi sal,sent you an email jim

hiya Sal..well what can i say..sounds like ur in the wars..i told u not to start messing around with that electric chair didn`t i?..seriously hope ur feeling better now.
love Jim xxxxx

Hi Sal,

I'm sorry I can't help you out with the vertigo because I've never had it (just as well considering that I live on the 7th floor!) but I'm a chronic migraine sufferer and have been since I was a teenager, in other words for many years!

I've tried just about everything for the migraine, both natural and synthetic but to be quite honest it all works the first two or three times then I just seem to get immune to whatever I'm taking and the pain just stays there until it goes of its own accord. Right now I'm taking something made by Boots, I buy it here in Spain and it's called Hemicraneal (probably has a different name in the UK) and it really does relieve the pain but it makes me feel very nauseous. However, I'd rather put up with that than the dreadful pain that comes with migraine when I really want to bang my head against the wall to try to make it go away (the pain not my head!)

I'm also looking for help on the internet so if I come across anything, I'll let you know.

Take care,
love
Suzanne

hi suzanne,thanks for your message love,it does help knowing that other people have the same problems .i dont envy you one bit,it must be terrible when the pain is so bad.thats the silly thing about migraine,i get flashing lights,and allsorts of patterns in front of my eyes,but the headache is never really ,really bad.if i could draw what i see when i'm having an attack i think i could become famous for being an artisti did join an association for sufferers once,but it was a long time ago,and it turned out to be more of a newsletter.anyway,enough about me,i hope youre okay love,is the weather nice at the moment,cos its horrible here.hope to chat to you soonthanks again.sal

I drew pictures of my squigglies and patterns seen for my Dr. They went to the nuerologists in the building. They were thankful after all the descriptions to have a patient draw what they saw.

I am fortunate in that the aura comes long before the headache so i can go into a relaxation (self hypnosis) mode, take something and usually get a grip on it. The pattern will change when it is there to stay for a while. I have the aura most of the time too.

Vertigo is really nasty stuff. It does make you feel most insecure about leaving home too I have had people think I was drunk, I am sure. It can be so disorienting with the horizon changing, the nausea and all

I have known a few Dr.s affected by vertigo. Very hard to function consistently. Do you have (noises)tinnitus too?
Good Luck, I hope you find some relief.

I drew pictures of my squigglies and patterns seen for my Dr. They went to the nuerologists in the building. They were thankful after all the descriptions to have a patient draw what they saw.

I am fortunate in that the aura comes long before the headache so i can go into a relaxation (self hypnosis) mode, take something and usually get a grip on it. The pattern will change when it is there to stay for a while. I have the aura most of the time too.

Vertigo is really nasty stuff. It does make you feel most insecure about leaving home too I have had people think I was drunk, I am sure. It can be so disorienting with the horizon changing, the nausea and all

I have known a few Dr.s affected by vertigo. Very hard to function consistently. Do you have (noises)tinnitus too?
Good Luck, I hope you find some relief.