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Susanna Sullivan Author's avatar

I also suffer sometimes from benign positional vertigo, but mine seems to be tied to the condition of my sinuses. It sucks, big time.

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Vertigo sucks bigtime. Earlier this year I got hit with what the doctor thinks was something called "benign positional vertigo," and it was anything but benign. For three days straight, I couldn't walk and was vomiting nonstop. My saint of a husband is an excellent nurse. 😊

The doctor suspects my GAD (general anxiety disorder) had something to do with it, but just because something is "all in your head," it doesn't mean it's not real. My anxiety has brought on irritable bowel syndrome as well (though my GI doc thinks it's sort of a chicken and egg situation there - the brain can make one's intestines hurt like heck, but then the intestines can make one's brain freak out, all through the magic of neuro chemistry). Despite the fact that some folks think it's something mystical and mysterious (and I guess it sort of is), the brain is simply an organ like the heart or lungs or stomach, and all the organs can affect each other. It was hard for me to wrap my head around, but apparently a problem in the intestines can indeed cause mental health problems.

And, yeah, I tend to dive into Google self diagnosis sessions, too. Everything always seems to add up to cancer, my hubby tries to tell me that I don't have cancer, and so far (luckily), he's been right. Google can be a dangerous tool for anxiety sufferers. 😱

I hope your vertigo stays away for good!

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