Labrynthitus

[dl56uk]

A month ago last friday I was diagnosed with Labrynthitus.Today i'm still having the lightheadedness feeling. I have had the prescribed pills and i wonder if there is any 1 out there with some real good advice how to speed up the process to get rid of this feeling. Any 1 who as had this and as recovered quicker through taking any other medication than the 1s the doctor prescribed. I'm coming to the last of the prochlorperazine maleate the doctor as prescribed,but i dont want to come too dependant on those. Any good herbal remedies that will clear the head, any over the counter remedies.

[Sqad]

I am assuming that the diagnosis of labyrinthitis is correct.

Don't bother with herbal remedies..... there aren't any that will help.

Google........Cooksey-Cawthorne exercises.

[ladybirder]

I've been on tablets for a month or more with it and feel no better and just as dizzy. Apparently it will sort itself out eventually. Doc wants to do this manoevre on me whereby they pull your head and neck about a bit and it clears. She's frightened me to bits so I'm thinking about it.

[Eve]

Ahh there are two threads, got confused there! Was just saying on the other one it was Sqad you needed :)

have menieres and I found meditation helped me to get some techniques to feel more grounded (stable), with concentration and breathing etc... like putting your feet flat on the floor to feel more grounded. Avoid busy, crowded, noisy areas too, keep to calm controllable environments.

I'm not sure if the salt thing factors in general labyrinthitis like I've heard it can in menieres (sure Sqad will be able to confirm), I was advised to keep to a low sodium diet and amazing how much sodium is in everything when you check labels, even bottled water.

[boxtops]

..by an osteopath, I hope, ladybirder?

[Sqad]

Jenna.....salt is indeed thought to play a part in Meniere's Disease, but plays no part in labyrinthitis .....if that is what it is.

[Sqad]

boxy.....why an osteopath?

They are simple exercises that can be done by the patient at home.

Are you getting "back handers" from these....osteopaths?.....;-)

[Eve]

Ah, never mind then. Could the Cooksey exercises help me with menieres when I get dizzies - it's been behaving not too badly for a while, big dizzy wise anyway, and am more used to the more day to day stuff by now, albeit annoying, and got my betahistines and stemtil but good to know for if it rears up worse again. I can let my mum know too as her menieres is far worse than mine.

If it's anything like cranial osteopathy, that's great! My osteo used to do some at the top of my spin, back of my neck and into the lower back of my head and it was brilliant.

[tonyav]

sqad, what is the difference between labrynthitus and vertigo ?.

[Sqad]

Jenna....no......exercises would not be suitable for you as the mechanism of dizziness in Menieres Disease is completely different than the vertigo in labyrinthitis.

In Menieres, the dizziness is due to a build up fluid in the inner ear (endolymphatic fluid) and exercises would have no effect between the attacks and would make the dizziness worse during an attack

[Sqad]

tony.....vertigo is a symptom (of many disorders) and labyrinthitis is a specific disorder.

[tonyav]

Righto sqad, thanks for that.

[ladybirder]

boxy I thought she was going to do it herself but as I was going on holiday in a few days she said best to leave it till I come back as I might not be fit to go if she did it before. EEK! I haven't been back since. I'll wait for it to clear itself.

[TOWIE]

I totally sympathise dl56uk - I have had labrynthitus and was taken to A & E as they thought I was having a stroke. Was given Prochlorperazine (which I also take for migraines) as I get dizzy with them aswell.

Apart from pain, I cannot think of anything else that is worse than feeling dizzy. (:o(

[boxtops]

Blimey, I wouldn't let my GP pull my head about :-) - sqaddy, I have had good experience with osteopathy :-)

[TOWIE]

When I was in A & E, a Doc wanted to throw my head about to cure the dizziness - I politely said to him if he so much as touched me at that point, I would punch him - not a good idea when one is feeling really sick and dizzy...

[ladybirder]

It's a nuisance. If I look upwards, I fall over:-(

[Trishy]

I had the epley manoeuvre done to me by an ENT consultant. It either works straight away or doesn't! It did the trick for me at the second attempt. It was most unpleasant but painless and only lasts a couple of minutes. You can find it on google. Some GPs are trained to do it.

[ladybirder]

yes Trishy I've got the info here:

http://www.dizziness-...orders/bppv/bppv.html

Just have to sort my head out and make an appointment.

[pastafreak]

I had the Epley manoeuvre done to me by an Audiologist.

[Eve]

That's interesting, I didn't know there was a difference. I knew about the fluid thing as it was the common thing said to me when GPs looked in my ears, no sign of infection but they could see fluid. Am guessing that's where the fun (not) tests come from where they pour water in your ears and see what happens.

How does the vertigo/imbalance thing work in labyrinthitis if you don't mind me asking?