In the past, I’ve experienced feeling light headed and dizzy only a couple of times. Sometimes, I figured it was low blood sugar or just from being tired and running around all day. This was something I’ve never experienced before and it was scary.
It was the day after Christmas, a Monday, and I had gone for a morning walk. It was early and I planned to prep for the week and then head to the studio a bit early to get some photos done and teach my evening class.
Everything changed.
After my walk, I sat on my couch for a bit and all of a sudden I couldn’t focus my eyes and the room was SPINNING. It was around 9am and I felt fine just immediately before this experience I had no clue what it was. I lowered my head and laid in child’s pose on my couch because I felt so dizzy even though I wasn’t moving.
I felt nauseous so I tried to run to the bathroom to vomit but fell several times as if I was walking through a spinning living room. I wondered if this was an earthquake? After I had thrown up in the bathroom, the spinning didn’t stop but I was able to list my symptoms and concluded that this must be vertigo.
The question is… what do I do about this? I somehow crawled myself to my room and onto my bed. My phone was beside the bed but really I did anything possible to not move my head. I just laid there.
After probably an hour or so, it didn’t go away so I just went to grab my phone. I messaged my sister and cousin what was going on but I didn’t know what I wanted to do. While keeping my head wedged so it was stable I tried to research remedies for vertigo.
Eventually my cousin sent over a link with the eply maneuver. The directions were written and too challenging to translate into direction at the time.
Can someone just show me please?
I just laid there. I got hungry but I couldn’t move. My dog was hungry but I couldn’t move. I was hot and cold and I just laid there. I dozed off of course here and there and woke up and just laid there. You get the point…
I woke up on Tuesday and emailed my boss that I couldn’t go in because of vertigo. I realized that I needed to figure this out because it wasn’t going away. I was really weak from not eating the last 24 hours which I don’t think I’ve ever done in my life HA! I searched on YouTube for the Eply Maneuver out of desperation for an easy solution.
Umm… yea so simple.
- Watch the youtube video on the Eply Maneuver
- Figure out which ear is giving you the problem
- Proceed with the eply maneuver based on the side of the ear giving you problems
- See a chiropractor or doctor
So it worked. I felt okay but I felt weak (from not eating). Eventually I ate simple porridge type food and headed to my sisters place. I wanted to stay close to home but function outside of my apartment. Yes, my dog was fed.
Feeling fine all day but nervous that it would come back, I didn’t do much activity. I can’t remember if I went to the gym or not on Wednesday but when I woke up to get out of bed, I completed the maneuver because I did feel dizzy but I think it was anxiety more than anything else.
That whole week was off… I felt light headed when standing sometimes but not all the time. As I was walking I felt winded. I didn’t know if I could work out or not. Eventually I saw my chiropractor and he noticed my jaw was out of alignment as well as my neck. He gave me an adjustment and it has been a month since the incident and I haven’t had any other issues.
Hope this helps!
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