Comments on: Meclizine: effective long-term dizziness solution?

By: CHARLOTTE

CHARLOTTE — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:36:59 +0000

I was just diagnosed yeterday w/ positional vertigo. It happened as I was rolling over in bed to the left side and the room started spinning. I thought it was a fluke so I tried it again and it did the same thing. I have to drive alot so I went to dr. to have it checked. She said I have mild form of BPPV. She prescribed 1/2 pills of Meclizine which I took and only feel tired from it. I slept great last night. I do not have episodes while I am sitting, walking, standing, or even exercising. It is only lying down. Do you think it will stay that way? The dr. didn’t say I was not ok to drive, so I took my kids to school today with my husband and I drove ok. Do you think I can drive long distances again? My fear is that the positional vertigo gets worse. Nice to have someone to chat with. My husband does not understand and thinks one can only be sick unless they are bleeding! I don’t want this problem to come between me and my job, and I want to lead a normal life.

By: Bonnie

Bonnie — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:19:47 +0000

My first bout of vertigo I had was about 8 years ago, it had me in bed for 3 weeks…It was a horrible experience I was given meclizine and it didnt do a thing for me. My next bout came about three years later, which lasted a few days in bed. I went to an ENT dr a neurologist, who ran every test under the sun, thank g-d it wasn’t anything in my brain. I did some research and found a physical therapist who specialized in vertigo, during my 3rd bout and this PT really saved my sanity, he did all sorts of manuvering with my head, puttinmg me into vertigo states, and taught me how to control them and not let them control me. I learned how to focus and do breathing technics that kept them from getting out of control, I’m sure that most people who have vertigo, get very anxious which makes the vertigo worse. Now when I get an attack I can at least keep them in control. I tell meself you are not going to control me I am going to control you!!!!!!!!
Another thing that I was told to do, was before getting out of bed to flex my feet back and forth to get the blood flowing faster, there isn’t a day that I don’t do that now Stay strong everybody we will all beat this people that have never experience this can never understand what it’s like!!!!!

By: Jody

Jody — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:11:03 +0000

I have taken meclizine for about 30 years for BPPV. I have taken up to 50mg per day but for the past 10 years or so I take only 12.5 per day. My episodes of dizziness have decreased to only a couple of times per year where I can’t function for a day. I get the occasional rush of dizziness when bending over or turning over once in awhile but can recover quickly. I have been expericing some blurred vision over the past couple of years and didn’t read until now that it is a side effect. Don’t know if it is that or just older age? The dizziness seems to run in my family, which the doctors said wasn’t possible, but I think is something with our inner ear makeup. I’m afraid to stop taking meclizine for fear that I will get the depilitating episodes that I had 20-30 years ago where I was out of commission for up to 3 days.

By: Laurie

Laurie — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 16:44:50 +0000

I use Meclizine occasionally to try to combat the vertigo, had some really bad episodes last fall that some were lasting up to three days or more, and really intense and debilitating, then I was prescribed Maxalt which helps me, takes about half an hour to kick in but I am able to carry on with my day and the vertigo episodes have decreased substantially. Hope this helps.

By: mooseman

mooseman — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 12:31:54 +0000

well the connection with dyslexia-dyspraxia with vestibular defect was made by Dr Harold Levinson (NY) a neurologist
if any body wants to check it up

thanks

By: mooseman

mooseman — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 12:28:53 +0000

has anybody been diagnosed with dyslexia-dyspraxia and be treated with meclizine?

well i am a dyslexic-dyspraxic with probable vestibular lesion

i want to know 1) what are the side effects of long term use of meclizine 2) does the effect wear off with time 3) do we get tolerant to it?

the thing is IF ARE SUPPRESSING THE VESTIBULAR SYSTEM AND NUMBING IT WE ARE ACTUALLY CAUSING MORE DAMAGE

WE SHOULD ACTUALLY EXPOSE TO MORE STIMULI AND OVER EXPOSE SO IT IS ACTUALLY ACCOMODATED TO ANY SITUATION………

By: BARBARA

BARBARA — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 14:01:46 +0000

the vertigo I get is usually positional, and with all the tension in my neck and shoulders, it also could be shutting off blood supply, usually these bouts are at bhome after a nap and I wake with vertigo try to nap again wake and the vertigo is gone. This time it happened in public while turning my heat side to side looking for a partucular item. It came on fast my fiance was in the car, thank God, I prayed all the way there, got home could not wask the room was spinning so past I vomited 5-6 times in 1/2 hour called after hours doc, he suggested I have someone go get me (Bonine-meclizine) took 25mg woke up 2 hours later, not gone but much better, when I woke next morning it is like nothing has happened, when I went to see the i told him i was told to take 25 mg a day i split- half in am half in pm. I loved it the vertigo was gone and because it is antihistimine based didn’t have to take allergy meds. i was to take a 5 day course as mine comes on fast and serious and then gone, I wish i could talk all the time.

By: Emily

Emily — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 14:12:03 +0000

I started taking meclizine (25mg) once a day, ever since I moved to Santa Fe, NM. I have had problems with motion sickness my whole life. Normally, when I drive I’m ok, but I think this occasional hilly terrain, and possibly due to the high altitude, sometimes gets to me. I feel totally fine all day when I take meclizine, and have no adverse side effects. I’m wondering if I could take this forever? I would like too!

By: Vertigo Guy

Vertigo Guy — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:46:37 +0000

I’m hoping to hear back about the VRT sometime next week, and then we’ll see how it goes from there. As I said, I figure it can’t hurt to try it out. I’ll make sure to ask them when I start if I should stop taking the meclizine before I start VRT (I imagine that would be the best scenario).

I think the neurotologist prescribed meclizine because he thinks my brain has compensated all it can at this point. He said that after 3 years, more compensation is highly unlikely. This was definitely not the answer I was hoping for, and I’m really hoping that the VRT will help me make some progress.

By: thelight1974

thelight1974 — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:30:40 +0000

From my understanding with the correct VRT and time you will compensate. Meclezine merely masks the symptoms as alchohol does. It deadens the faulty signals, I am surprised your specialist prescribed them to be honest as while taking them you will not compensate.