Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Support Group
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The following is a really informative article taken from About.com on vertigo and MS. (and BPPV...which probably means nothing to you if you haven't either read the article or had vestibular therapy) It talks about some of the therapies that help subside some of the spinning room sensations that accompany MS and related vertigo. I personally have had the vestibular therapy and I have to add that while, I'm not as good as I once was at doing the exercises....while I DID, they REALLY did help.
http://ms.about.com/od/signssymptoms/a/bppv.htm
http://ms.about.com/od/signssymptoms/a/bppv.htm
Rhonda: "Becky, (not real name) How long am I going to need this cane to walk because of my dizziness?"
Becky: "Rhonda, you're gonna need it forever."
Rhonda: WHAT??!!!!????!!
Becky: "Well, I guess we could give vestibular therapy a try"
DUH! What's did we learn here boys and girls? That all you need to call yourself a medical professional in this country is a stethoscpope. "Moron!" I get angry every time I re-hash that scene.Fast-forward,the vestibular therapy worked marvelously and I've not needed my cane since April (feel free to check out my journal, I tracked the whole process) Also, I had five or six visits to the occupational rehab clinic at the hospital my old neuro (and his ding bat asst) was at. I only had to pay once though. Good luck guys, it did help!
(I just read the part where I "promise" to be nice - HA! I promise to be nice to everyone excepted occupationally challenged medical morons who screw me over!) :o) (but I said this with a smile, does that count?) :o)