Hi,

Just wanted to ask a quick question (again), I have been doing really well for the past few weeks, wouldnt say 100% but 95ish. Saturday and Sunday I seemed to have a bit of a blip, quite off-balance for much of the time then Monday and today improving again. Took me off guard a little.

Are these blips a good thing? I can't work out what I did or didnt do apart from the fact I'd had a very busy couple of days with the children just before. I was just wondering whether you encountered them just as you thought you were there? I seems like just when you start to feel good it slaps you back down again.

Anyway, better today so onwards and upwards.

Cheers

Lizzy x

Also, has anyone suffered with acid reflux as a result of this? Never was a prob for me before but in the last few weeks it seems to have reared its ugly head! Prob a result of all the stress!

Hi Lizzy :wave:

Sorry to butt in here but I also seem to be at the same stage as you. I tend to be at about 95% for about 2 or 3 weeks at a time then I get a bad time for about 2 or 3 days - it is so annoying!

Hopefully Subs will say that we are on our way to a dizzy-free future and a life again!!

Best

Milly

HI Lizzy/Milly

Ah---the occasional "blip"---yep---got it---once in a while---never lasted.

Think it tracks back to-(from the NIH(Govt)/Northwestern Univ web sites)

....."motor impulses that are sent from your brain to the other muscles of your body control their movement so you can maintain your balance whether you are sitting, standing, or turning cartwheels.

Some of the impulses that leave your brain stem go back to the cerebral cortex, carrying information to your thinking centers that tell you it's okay to see trees whirling in circles as you turn cartwheels. As you practice these and similar new activities, your brain learns to "read" different kinds of sensory input as normal.

This is exactly what happens as a baby learns to balance through practice and repetition. The impulses from the sensory receptors to the brain stem and out to the muscles form a pathway. With repetition, it becomes easier for the impulses to travel over the same network or pathway, until many activities of keeping your balance become automatic. Physiologists say that these nerve pathways become "facilitated." This is the reason why dancers and athletes practice their activities over and over again. Even very complex movements become almost automatic over a period of time. Anyone who has learned to ride a bicycle, swim, or ski can relate to this idea. This is also the basis for physical therapy in treating people with a damaged vestibular system

-- the exercises mimic the movements that make them feel dizzy and lose their balance. After a time, the brain "learns" that the input from this activity is "normal" for the damaged system, and the side effects of dizziness and balance decrease."........


Note---it does not say "goes away"---says "decrease"---however---think for all practical purposes---except prob for a "tight rope walker"---it goes--also think(just a guess) that they "blips" come about at the end of this---because---we have prob---previously made---99.99% of our individual "repertoire" of movements---then---sailing right along through our normal day---we make an unusual movement---brain says "what the xxxx never practiced that one before"---and logs it in for future reference/fine tunning....:cool:---never seem to slow you down.

As for the reflux---yes---but it also---went---think it is the stress.

:cool:

Thanks Subs,

I have just realised what the "new" thing was that prob caused the blip. You will probably think I'm crazy but I went on a rollercoaster last Friday. We had been away for a few days with the children to a UK theme park and I decided to give it a whirl (after much persuasion from my 5 yr old!). Felt completely fine whilst on it but think I had a delayed reaction to it. I must add, it wasnt an adult ride, just a child's one, but sure felt great to be normal(ish) again.

Millsy - You seem to be nearly there too. What are your symptoms now?

Lizzy x

Wow Lizzy, a roller coaster!! yep, that sure must have caused your blip. You wouldn't catch me on a roller coaster for all the tea in China - or whatever. The only time I did go on one was years ago when we'd promised the kids they could have a ride and then discovered that the under twelves had to be accompanied by an adult. that's when hubby remembered he'd had back problems so muggins here was left to "enjoy" the ride. I hated every minute and I didn't have any dizzy problems then.

I am just about 100%, the only thing I do still have some slight movement when I turn my head - not always - in bed. Also when I do my lie down/sit up exercise - a sort of more gentle B-D. Strange thing is that my right side, (when doing the exercise) which initially had been the worse side, suddenly completely cleared up for two whole days but then came back more so than before and just at this time I had new glasses which took about 3 days till I really got used to them - I was seeing just fine but could feel a slight headiness with them which disappeared after three days. So I reckon that was my blip and now i am back to where I was - with the exercise - before i had the new specs. I guess if we really put our minds to it we can always figure out what caused the blip.

anyway,keep n feeling god Lizzy, and Subs - your explanations really are g reat - and very comforting to understand the physiology of all this.

Madeleine

Glad you're well Madeleine. I bet those remaining feelings will soon vanish for you.

The word "rollercoaster" does conjur up thoughts of huge, steep structures doesn't it? It really wasnt that big or fast.

I went on a ghost ride type thing as well which was bizarre, to start off with you had to walk in the dark on a slanted floor with pictures all hung higgledy, piggledy on the wall (hope you know what I mean), then at the end of the ride, the cart went through a rotating, stripey tunnel which made all four of us dizzy!! For me, it was a bit of a test, I really wanted to see how far I could push myself and I really surprised myself.

Best,

Lizzy x

Great Lizzy - sounds like you've really made it if you can do all those things. Haven't been to the fair for years as my kids are all grown up - I guess I will just have to wait till they get married and i have some grandkiddies.

Isn't it strange though - or maybe not - how these blips bother us with the dizzies more than with any other type of condition, at least any condition in my own experience. I mean, I've been a back sufferer for years, as are many of us, and when it bothers me, I ease up a bit, maybe take some medication and I know it will pass. Doesn't panic me - same with migraines, colds or any such thing. Yet one little bit of extra dizzy, headiness and all that, sends us into a panic wondering just where we are heading with all this. Can't think of anything else where we are constantly on the lookout, checking ourselves to see if our world is about to move of its own accord, when really we're fine. This beast really has the weirdest of natures.

Madeleine

Rofl at lizzy's rollercoaster comment - I wish! My ENT infact said "you'll never go on a rollercoaster again" - I never liked them anyway!!!!!! Good on you lizzy xxx

Madeleine - know what you mean about the panic setting in with a blip. I think because this is such a bloody awful condition, any whif of a recurrence sets our minds reeling with "What ifs?". I'm sure this will vanish. I have 2 friends who both completely got over this within a year (I think) and they never give it a second thought now. Strange, but I sometimes look at them walking around and wonder if it ever worries them at all. They both say not, so maybe time is the key!!

Emsy - Glad I made you laugh, Rollercoasters aren't really my thing but my tearful 5 year old shouting "Please Mummy" swung it for me. Plus, it didnt go more than 10 foot in the air and had a nice dragon face!!!

Lizzy x