So ... I just got back from my follow-up apt. where the ENT talked with me about the results of my test. As I mentioned in previous post, I do have bppv, which is treatable. Yay! But he also said I showed signs of central vertigo. I seem to remember some of you thinking your vertigo was caused by your meds. Did you ever get tested for it, and if so, did that show up as central? Does anyone know if malnourishment can show up as CNS problems in testing?
I'm trying to decide if I need to follow up with a neurologists, because we all could use more dr. apts, right? Oy!
vertigo pt. 2: Questions for others who experience this
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Hi Jennifer,
To the best of my knowledge, there are no tests available to pinpoint drugs as the cause of vertigo. That has to be established by trial and error (IOW, stop taking the drug, to see if the vertigo improves or resolves). Budesonide is notorious for causing vertigo symptoms among some the members of this board, even though it is not officially listed as a side effect risk on the label (at least it wasn't the last time I checked). In my own case, a single Imodium tablet can cause a significant vertigo problem for me. This is unusual though, because most members don't have a problem with it, at any dosage rate.
Sure, malnutrition can cause CNS problems. Vitamin B-12 deficiency is a good example. It can cause peripheral neuropathy, paresthesia, and various other neurological symptoms that are usually resolved upon proper B-12 supplementation. Vertigo is not a common clinical symptom of B-12 deficiency though, as far as I'm aware. Dehydration is even more likely to cause CNS issues, and it can definitely cause vertigo. Dehydration is a constant threat anytime we are in a flare with high-volume diarrhea.
Tex
To the best of my knowledge, there are no tests available to pinpoint drugs as the cause of vertigo. That has to be established by trial and error (IOW, stop taking the drug, to see if the vertigo improves or resolves). Budesonide is notorious for causing vertigo symptoms among some the members of this board, even though it is not officially listed as a side effect risk on the label (at least it wasn't the last time I checked). In my own case, a single Imodium tablet can cause a significant vertigo problem for me. This is unusual though, because most members don't have a problem with it, at any dosage rate.
Sure, malnutrition can cause CNS problems. Vitamin B-12 deficiency is a good example. It can cause peripheral neuropathy, paresthesia, and various other neurological symptoms that are usually resolved upon proper B-12 supplementation. Vertigo is not a common clinical symptom of B-12 deficiency though, as far as I'm aware. Dehydration is even more likely to cause CNS issues, and it can definitely cause vertigo. Dehydration is a constant threat anytime we are in a flare with high-volume diarrhea.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.