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what you say about being okay in the car but not sitting in a chair: that was me!! Bedtime was so scary because the bed moved. Floors moved up & down like walking a floating dock.
All I can say is that this got better after many many months of intense ABX treatment
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Keebler
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- Lyme REALLY hits the inner ear. And the more overwhelmed the liver is, the inner ear can also be even more affected.
I've had episodes where it felt as if I had just experienced a violent earthquake and felt tossed about like a rock. That can be a kind of seizure, actually, triggered by inner ear pressure.
For me, the benzos made it worse. All seizure drugs made it worse, perhaps because of the strain on my liver from them. Allicin made it better. Ginger helped but not enough.
Are you taking minocycline, azithromycin ? Both of those can be hard on the vestibular system.
* B-6 and NAC are said to be calming to the vestibular system (inner, middle ear and the whole hearing/balance system).
* Lying down with the head and torso at a 30 degree rise is the best position for the inner ear.
There is a chance that - either in addition to or regardless of lyme that you have some crystals loose in your ear canals. That would be called BPV.
A simple physical technique can help IF that is the cause. It's called the
A note about the Epley Maneuveur: ONLY If BPV - I have had the honor of being a patient of Dr. Epley. It was he, in fact, who suggested that I get tested for lyme and he was correct. Little did either of us know that I'd not be able to get treated in my state, though.
However, when hearing other patients in the waiting room say how much better they were getting - and they WERE with vertigo nearly GONE - I asked him to do the same treatments for me. They had the maneuveur done on them - about 6 or 8 over time said how much it helped.
Well, when I asked him to do the same for me he said: "But you don't have what they have. Vertigo has MANY causes and we can't treat everyone the same way since the causes are different."
So, if NOT BPV, such a technique can make it worse.
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Gary, I know you've seen these thread before but there may be something new or you might find just the right link for what is going on right now. It could also be mal de embarquement syndrome, a catch phrase but nonetheless description that implies how bad it can be.
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I had this happen to me when I was taking too much Vitamin D3. I am currently taking 1000 mg per day, and my Dr. had me at about 7,000. I looked up the symptoms of "too much D" and it fit me to a tee.
So if you are on alot of D, maybe pull back a bit.
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nefferdun
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I also had this symptom. It is called ataxia. You feel like you are trying to walk on a boat at sea, falling to one side and then to the other. I also had vertigo which is when the room spins and your eyes move quickly from side to side. Mine was the result of herxing when I first started doxy. I suggest you do not drive as you will not be able to control the car if you have a bad spell.There are also drugs with these side effects so I have to be careful of what I take. I have inner ear damage from a virus years ago. The doctor put drops of ice water in my inner ear to test for it. Normally that would cause you to become dizzy but it did not affect me. I hope you get over it soon.
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