Part of the reason for my keeping a blog that is mostly dedicated to Meniere's is to help anybody else is also suffering find some information, and hopefully, some help. I wanted to quickly share a little trick my wonderful ENT, Dr. John May of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, taught me. He told me that when I feel a vertigo attack coming on to take a Valium and place it under my tongue. According to him, it gets in the system much faster that way. I can attest to it's effectiveness. It has stopped many attacks for me in its tracks. I have 2mg tablets that I usually break in half and place under my tongue and let it dissolve. Sometimes, I have to repeat the dosage again in a half hour or so. While I no longer deal with severe vertigo (knock on wood), I still always carry a Valium pill in my pocket everywhere I go due to the severe dizziness I suffer. It also helps with the bad balance problems that I am currently having.
For me, Valium has been my saving grace. If you haven't tried it, I highly recommend you give it a shot. It could save you a lot of unnecessary suffering.
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I will definitely have to give that a try
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Hey David,
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear things have been so rough for you lately. I hope this little trick helps you. It may take some experimenting for you to find the right dose you need. If you are still having bad vertigo, I would go with a little higher dose to start with. Good luck to you!
Hi, I live in Toronto Canada and I am also a teacher. I have just started dealing with sever vertigo attacks-spinning, vomiting,,,the whole pretty package. I am just wondering if you have any suggestions for how to manage that with teaching. I am afraid one of these attacks will come on when I am teaching or worse when I have my students on a field trip! How did you so it? Did you continue to work? I really love my job and don't want to give it up! Thanks
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