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JosephB
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 Posted - 10/04/2006 : 02:35:40
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Vertigo/Symptom Imperative/Vicarious Rage
I am posting this story to knowledgably help myself to overcome my new symptom imperative, Vertigo, to inform other dedicated TMS’ers on the scary subject of Vertigo, and to seek their valuable encouragement and support for my quick recovery.
On October 2nd, I experienced for the first time in my life --- Vertigo --- very scary!
After awakening that morning, I felt very dizzy and when I got up out of bed and tried to look out the window to see what the weather was like outdoors, I became completely unbalanced and immediately collapsed to the floor. I laid there for a few minutes until I could get my bearings and get up onto my feet, but I was so dizzy that I had to lie back down again in bed for the rest of that day. But every time I rolled over to change position in bed throughout that entire day, the bed and the room seemed to swirl around me.
That evening, after I could get up onto my feet again, I went onto Google, so as to learn about the symptoms, causes, and diagnosis of dizziness and vertigo (which I had suspected as my symptom). See the following links:
http://vertigo.upmc.com/Overview.htm
http://www.neurologychannel.com/vertigo/causes.shtml
http://www.tchain.com/otoneurology/disorders/bppv/bppv.html
Early the next morning, I went directly to my ear specialist as an emergency case for Vertigo. The nurse cleared out any accumulated wax in both my ears, the audiologist tested my hearing, and then the doctor tested me in his rotatory chair. He was able to induce a sudden symptom of Vertigo from only the left ear. He then told me that he knew exactly what it was --- BPV – Benign Positional Vertigo. (sometimes labeled BPPV – Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo)
To zero in on its cause, he asked if I recently had a head trauma, an ear infection, or a cold or flu. I told him I had none of the above. His explanation then for its cause was the same as for about half of all cases of BPV: it was “idiopathic”, which means that it occurs for no known reason! He prescribed an antiemetic drug to curb the nausea, but he told me that I should not use the drug unless I really needed it. My next appointment is scheduled for October 19th, at which time he felt that my Vertigo would no longer be present.
Now enter Dr. John E. Sarno, the Good Doctor, into this story! In TMP, on page 121, Dizziness, Dr. Sarno states that in his experience, most cases of dizziness, including people with true vertigo, are stress-induced. Naturally, dizziness should be studied by appropriate specialists (which I had done), and when no other cause is found (as is usually the case, and as my ear specialist had determined), then the true cause is obviously TMS. Dr. Sarno further states that he has had patients whose dizziness disappeared promptly when they learned that it was psychologically induced.
In my case, I truly believe the cause is TMS, due to Vicarious Rage, which is another subject itself!
JosephB 
10/04/2006
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ndb
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Posted - 10/04/2006 : 06:05:31
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For a few days, during the time I had shoulder and neck pain, I had vertigo too. I agree, very scary. Mine would strike when I turned in bed or got out of bed...I felt like my bed was a ship tossing in the sea.
Fortunately, it subsided in a few days...I was still 4-5 months away from knowing about Sarno.
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Scottydog
United Kingdom
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Posted - 10/04/2006 : 07:13:10
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I had it several times when I home decorated - was it due to balancing on high ladders and looking upwards to paint ceilings? - no it was because I got no help in anyway from my husband - decorating was MY job and had to be fitted in around small children and work - aaaaarrgh! |
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tennis tom
USA
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Posted - 10/04/2006 : 10:50:19
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Thanks for the intersting post JosephB. You did all the right things, went to a doc who tested you for anything obviously structural and found nothing. That leaves the doors open for "cause unknown" which usually translates to TMS.
Sounds like you picked a good doc who was open enough to NOT trying to make anything more of it and padding his bank account with further testing or surgery. Maybe give him a copy of Sarno for x-mas.
Maybe we can start a list here of doctors who aren't TMS docs but who should be and practice a conservative approach and don't refer out to surgery at the drop of a symptom.
We had a long thread about "dizzyness" here a while back, you could search for it, (but I wouldn't reccommend it). It became pretty much of a soap opera. Now we know where the term "dizzy dames" came from.
I think Depaak Chopra said "Staying home sick, is the Western form of meditation." Probably your TMS reservoir was filled to over-flowing and needed to drain to keep from exploding at work.
The "rotatory" chair sounds interesting. What was that like? I have a Panasonic massage chair, the rotatory chair sounds like it could be a fun ride. Could you describe that experience?
Cheers,
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