I started doing VRT about a few weeks ago and basically keeping up with it as ordered, except a few missed times which I will try not to let happen anymore. Anyway, when I do them I dont really get dizzy or really feel any worse than I did before starting each session. Just a little more fullness in my head. Iv'e been doing excercises such as standing for one minute with my eyes closed with one foot in front of another and standing still about 3 feet away from a target on the wall and shaking my head left to right continuously for 90 seconds along with a few other exercises and really just dont get dizzy from them. Is this normal???? I know for many people who do VRT they say that they get very dizzy afterwards and have to take a break but I am able to do them without really getting dizzy.

I still have fullness in my head and ears, clicking and crunching in my ears, with occassional pressure by my nose and sometimes towards the back of my head which just feels horrible and feel like I have to just rest my head. I can also sometimes feel like pulsating beat in the back of my head or right above the roof of my mouth when it is at its worst. Does this sound normal at all. I really feel like my Eustachian tubes are either very clogged of just not working to well right now and could that result from an inner ear virus. I do have a 36% weakness in my left ear from my initial attack but is it possible that from this initial attack along with a sinus infection that I had after my attack clogged up my tubes and my sinuses. I am meeting with a sinus specialist on friday and then my neurotologist right afterwards to try and determine any possibilities, as I mentioned previously on another post that my neuro-oto doesn't really believe that it is still my inner-ear due to the fact that I dont have balance issues or suffer from vertigo or dizzyness. Am still going to keep up with my VRT as instructed by therapist as it can really only help. I must have mentioned this before but any insight on this would be appreciated once again.

Oh yeah, on another note, dont remember who posted it but does anyone recall the article about the tennis player who suffered from VN and that she had to take off for a few months. Well I just remembered that I was watching the US Open and saw that she was back playing and the announcer was talking about how Molik, the player, suffered from an inner ear virus that made her dizzy and lose her balance. If the announcer only knew the half of it. Just thought this may interest you guys. Anyway, hope everyone is feeling well.

Hi

VRT SHOULD cause you more dizziness - if it doesnt, then it wont work to be honest...

It is possible but unusual to have an inner ear problem with no dizziness or imbalance. I suspect your problem is more middle ear related.

xxx

Hi TP
I don't get "dizzy" per say when doing my VRT, but I do get some massive tension in the back of my head...kind of like a vice squeezing my brain. I obviously am dizzy when I can't do something like stand on one foot with eyes closed and arms crossed over my chest for more than 30 sec, at some point I start to lean over to one side and begin to fall over. Maybe that is more lack of balance than being "dizzy". And don't forget the difference between being "dizzy" and actual "vertigo". I don't think you should be spinning or having vertigo during VRT. We will probably all react to the stimulus in different ways depending on where we are in our recovery. If you know for a fact that you have lost 37% (the same amount I lost in my right ear) then your brain has been compensating for that loss, which means VRt is a good thing for you. Keep at it. I am feeling pretty much normal now with the odd bad day in there and occasionally I will do something that will make me check my balance and inveriably I realize that I haven't been doing my balance exercises, something everyone should do as it is a skill that we lose naturally regarless of whether or not we are vestiblarily challenged!!!

A question for Crazylabyrinth...
I remember reading some of your posts a month or so ago when you said that you were going to give VRT a really good go... I just wondered how it's going for you? Your description of 24/7 dizziness or "movement" sounded so much like what I experience. I am not proud of the fact that I have given VRT a try for "periods" (usually 8 - 10 weeks), but have given up for various reasons - mostly because it felt so awful! I know that it may take longer than I gave it to work, and I also know that it usually feels worse before it starts to feel better, but I became so ill and lost a lot of weight due to the associated nausea that I felt I couldn't continue - pathetic, I know. I am able to keep moving (walking ~ 3-4 km at a very slow pace with a cane), but I think it will take more than that for compensation to kick in. Anyway, I hope it's working for you and, if you don't mind, would you let us know what you're doing, how it makes you feel, etc. Thanks for sharing...
~Swirlygirl