Does anyone get this on a come and go basis. It's not so bad that I'm spinning but enough to make me a little nauseated and scared.
Seems to get worse in bright sunlight too.
Cutie
Posted by trails (Member # 1620) on :
yep---count me in this club. and worse in bright light too.
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
Yep. I think mine was from babesia.
Posted by cantgiveupyet (Member # 8165) on :
yeppers......im going thru a bought of it today... shower seemed to make it worse.
Posted by Aniek (Member # 5374) on :
Yes, I had this. Particularly after cardio exercise. I believe it was Babesia too.
Posted by ChrisBtheLymie (Member # 8916) on :
I have had this on and off. I had it really bad 2 weeks ago but it went away, it came back yesterday though.
I hope it's not as bad as last time, and it doesn't last long.
Posted by Andie333 (Member # 7370) on :
The bouts of dizziness I've had have all been at night and only happened after I started taking rifampin for Bart
Last night, room was spinning.
Posted by devan726 (Member # 8933) on :
I'm with you. I turn over in bed to look at the clock and the numbers are jumping all over the place.
Posted by dguy (Member # 8979) on :
Yup, been there, done that every day for many years now, except during brief trials of high dose steroids.
Posted by WildCondor (Member # 434) on :
Many of us have dizziness as a symptom. There are many causes for dizziness, medications, co-infections, dehydration, you name it. WHat are you taking, and what else is going on? Posted by liz28 (Member # 4946) on :
Yes, for me that's a babesia symptom.
Posted by jwenny (Member # 8831) on :
I get it too. I use to think it was from the medicine, but since it comes and goes it leads me to think it's not the medicine. I thinkin it maybe from babesia.
Posted by cutie (Member # 8468) on :
The only thing I'm taking right now is Cymbalta, Nexium and some vitamins, probiotics.
I was recently dx with Lyme but haven't started abx treatment yet.
I've had the dizziness off and on for a couple of years. I'm definitely not dehydrated. I was tested for tick borne co=infections but was negative (according to the tests - but these were done at Quest Labs).
Cutie
Posted by WildCondor (Member # 434) on :
Hi Cutie...
I'm re-posting this for you, sice it can be a major cause of dizziness.
The heat intolerance, and feeling worse after a bath can easily be from Lyme disease induced Neurocardiogenic Syncope, Neurally mediated Hypotension (NMH). Not only does it screw up the heart rate and blood pressure, but it can make you feel woozy, weak, dizzy, lightheaded, anxious, depressed, shaky, hungry, thirsty, and faint. These symptoms can happen at other times too...standing in line at the grocery store, a warm day, any time during pain, stress, lack of sleep, caffiene, exercise etc.
The cause of this is the Lyme disease bacteria inflamming the vagus nerve that leads from the brain to the heart.
I have it and its under control with Atenolol/Zoloft/Xanax/magnesium, but it comes out and rears it ugly head when I eat the wrong things, don't sleep enough, or am under stress, but heat is the big one. Don't go to California in August, I learned! A Lyme literate cardiologist can check for NMH by doing a Tilt Table test.
Here are some links to websites with information about Neurally Mediated Hypotension. Keep in mind that Lyme can be the cause in your case, even if it is not listed in these particular articles. There are also similar names for the same condition:
I've defnitely looked into dysautonomia because I fit a lot of the symptoms. I recently when to the beach with some girlfriends, we got inthe hottub and when I got out I felt so awful I had to go straight to bed. It was horrible. The same thing happens sometimes with the shower or bath.
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