I mentioned before that my new neuro had me going to a Balance and Gait Center. Best PT I've ever had, as it addresses specifically the issues I'm dealing with, and just doesn't run me through a PT routine.
So I went in yesterday and had been having dizzy spells all morning, and was nauseated. My PT decided this would be a great day to test for the BPPV (which she had planned to do at some point in the therapy.)
My dizzy spells have been chalked up to MS, by neuros in the past, and I was told to take a benzo when it hit. I have grab bars all over the bathrooms...because when it hits, all I can do is say "Whoa" and hold onto something until it passes. When she mentioned it could be positional, that made sense because I'm always up and moving when it happens.
So we did the test...so cool, they put you in a position to trigger the dizziness (then they take a video of your eyes during the dizziness phase, you get nystagmus.) Then she taught me the maneuvers used to calm it down...and it worked like a charm. After doing the maneuvers about 3 times, the dizziness had completely subsided to the point I could do the original dizziness inducing position with no dizziness..
Now I might have to do this often, or sometimes the maneuvers can keep everything "status quo" for a long time. Finally something that's not related to MS. I really
like my new neuro and appreciate him sending me places to explore other options rather than just RX a med.
Note: only a therapist can determine if your dizziness is BPPV or CNS vertigo. But don't let them write it off as CNS vertigo, see if they'll prescribe the test especially since if that's what you have, it's correctable, you can't cure it, but you can treat it and correct it. From what I gathered CNS vertigo is much harder to treat, and usually you are prescribed meds for that.
The new neuro also sent me for a sleep study, I'm embarrassed to know how much I snore an hour. But it showed lapses in respiration and low O2 levels. Tried another sleep study with the CPAP and everything improvedl So that's another positive...maybe some of the
fatigue is coming from the lack of sleep (although if you had asked me before the test, I would have told you that I sleep well and don't snore)...but this test proved my husband was right
So I went in yesterday and had been having dizzy spells all morning, and was nauseated. My PT decided this would be a great day to test for the BPPV (which she had planned to do at some point in the therapy.)
My dizzy spells have been chalked up to MS, by neuros in the past, and I was told to take a benzo when it hit. I have grab bars all over the bathrooms...because when it hits, all I can do is say "Whoa" and hold onto something until it passes. When she mentioned it could be positional, that made sense because I'm always up and moving when it happens.
So we did the test...so cool, they put you in a position to trigger the dizziness (then they take a video of your eyes during the dizziness phase, you get nystagmus.) Then she taught me the maneuvers used to calm it down...and it worked like a charm. After doing the maneuvers about 3 times, the dizziness had completely subsided to the point I could do the original dizziness inducing position with no dizziness..
Now I might have to do this often, or sometimes the maneuvers can keep everything "status quo" for a long time. Finally something that's not related to MS. I really
like my new neuro and appreciate him sending me places to explore other options rather than just RX a med.
Note: only a therapist can determine if your dizziness is BPPV or CNS vertigo. But don't let them write it off as CNS vertigo, see if they'll prescribe the test especially since if that's what you have, it's correctable, you can't cure it, but you can treat it and correct it. From what I gathered CNS vertigo is much harder to treat, and usually you are prescribed meds for that.
The new neuro also sent me for a sleep study, I'm embarrassed to know how much I snore an hour. But it showed lapses in respiration and low O2 levels. Tried another sleep study with the CPAP and everything improvedl So that's another positive...maybe some of the
fatigue is coming from the lack of sleep (although if you had asked me before the test, I would have told you that I sleep well and don't snore)...but this test proved my husband was right
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