Stroke Support Group

Vertigo can have many causes such as an inner ear problem or she may be suffering from a condition called Miniers Disease not too sure on the spelling there. if it is a simple case of an inner ear disturbance the Dr's would treat it with Antivert. but meniers disease is more complex.
Check with her doctor.

Casey

www.wicab.com, The "brainport" balance device. I too suffer from imbalance caused by by my stroke in Oct, 2006. Although the "brainport" still has to be ok'd by the FDA here in the US, Canada & Europe already has been using this device with great success. I also recommend getting the paperback book titled "The brain that changes itself" by Norman Doidge, M.D. I am strokesantafe@yahoo.com and also the same here on DS. I would very much like to continue a dialog on this subject. Anyone else is also welcome.

It must be stroke-related because I, too, deal with the same issue; heck, even while laying in bed, I sometimes jerk up/away coz I feel like I'm falling, lol It's very annoying! I 'll have to ask my doctor about it next time I see him. It can also be very scary at times, especially when I'm just laying there, resting - I don't get it at all. . .I'll be coming back to this topic discussion often now, to get some insight into this vertigo issue.Casey, you seem to be very knowledgable about this. . . thanks for your insight!

My vertigo is about 2/3 under control thanks to an over the counter supplement called Lipo-Flavonoid Plus. For me, this is a miracle in a bottle. It's a tablet and you're supposed to take 3 per day. That would make a bottle last about 30 days. Since I'm so poor, I only take 2 per day. One at night and one mid morning. It took about 3 weeks for me to get the full effect. The bad thing about my having vertigo is that I am prone to motion sickness so everytime I turned my head a certain way I'd get dizzy and then nauseous and then I'd vomit. One night I threw up for 6 hours! These pills are about $30 per bottle here, but I think they're cheaper by about $5 online, but then you have to pay postage and handling. I'm NOT an employee of the company that makes these and I get no compensation for recommending them (even though I SHOULD! - LOL). I am simply and honestly just one person whose life was improved by discovering an OTC supplement that TRULY works for me. I think it would be fabulous if they worked for someone else.

In April of this year I had a stroke in the cerebellem. One of the symptions was vertigo. The doctors have given me meclizine to help with the dizziness and zofran for the vomiting. I still have to take the meclizine. I also have been going to physical therapy to help with retraining my brain about balance. When I first began I had to walk with a walker, not because I couldn't walk but because I would fall over because I didn't have my balance back. Now I walk with a cane. The PT gave me exercises to do that threw my balance off, but the more I do them the better I get. Hope this helps.
Angie

i am 6 months post stroke and recently been suffering with vertigo i guess especially laying down and it is annoying as heck