Oohhh lalaaaaaa……If I could cut off my head to get rid of tinnitus and vertigo I hesitate albeit slightly, to say I would look into it. If I were undead it would not be an issue. I am supposing neither of the former would probably be an issue either. As I am still very much alive (hopefully for a while yet), I must deal with this annoying pain in the head.
It is one of those mystery ‘things’ the Dr. can never really help with. I don’t have a fever, my eyes are not rolling into the back of my head, my ears are not oozing blood and I am not spewing green, sticky mucus in projectiles across the room. So I must be fine. But I’m not. My head feels like a hot, buzzing bee hive and there is a constant whooshing-like noise in my left ear. Sort of reminds me of late night TV back in the day when the CBC would go off broadcasting around 2 or 3 am (or earlier) and the only sound was that of static snow.
I hear they actually sell sounds like that to put people to sleep. It doesn’t quite work the same when you hear it all the Fkng time.
I was discussing my frustrations with a colleague who told me she previously suffered from some pretty intense vertigo and proceeded to explain a number of exercises you can do in the comfort of your own home. For many people only one time is all it takes; relief is instant. For others it may take a number of days but there is usually relief. And it may even help the tinnitus. I was hooked.
I googled it of course and did some research on the methodology; ‘It’ being the Epley . The whole point is to remove loose calcium crystals (otoliths) that have ended up in the wrong part of the ear canal (in a nutshell). These maneuvers involve moving your head around at varying angles to your body and holding the position, I assume to get those little bits of calcium into another part of the ear so they can be removed. First one I did I threw up. Nice. Tried again and it was a little better but you can’t overdo it as it completely defeats the purpose.
Add a migraine on top of this and thus my opening comment of chopping the ol’ block off.
I will continue with the Epley’s in hopes of obtaining some relief and am always open to suggestions…
M