Dizziness over last 18 months

You mentioned stress at work, this could be the primary cause. He could surely retire at 64 years old?

Could it be vertigo. I suffer from this especially if I turn right when laid down in bed or if I look upwards. If you think it is, google excercises for vertigo.

Gundy

Nicolenet You’re right! I’ve never understood why people come here for medical advice seeking answers to their illness or affliction.

“For the love of…!” Go to the Doctor if you’re sick, don’t waste time here. Waiting here days, weeks or months… they could be dead. (to put it one way…)

OP here. I didn't come here asking for medical advice !

I asked 'Does anyone have any experience of this kind of dizziness and what was the outcome.'

Not the same thing

i don't like the sound of that doctor. should not make comments about being unco-operative.
why don't you go see a different one next time.

It can also be a symptom of long COVID.

It sounds like your husband needs a referral to an ENT specialist.

Lostmyglassesxx

A lot of personal experience here. This could very well be BPV, which is where the crystals in your ear get dislodged and they have to be moved back with various manoeuvers. This is something a GP can easily do and he can do it himself. If you look up the Epley manoeuvre And establish whether he is having the symptoms, BPV vertigo is when your head in a certain position either to the left or the right dependent which ear and everything spins. When it’s observed by professional, they will see something called a nystagmus , which is where the eyes sort of judder - it can be connected to other physical issues or just something that comes and goes, but a GP or an osteopath or physio can diagnose it or rule it out. It is one of the worst horrible discombobulating things to live with so tell him to get back to the GP or find another professional- it could be other things within the ear and dizziness can be a symptom all sorts of things, but there are specific types of dizziness which you they attribute to specific conditions.

I have BPV. If I lay down flat I feel like I am rolling off the bed. If I bend down to pick something up I go really dizzy, same if I reach up to a high cupboard.

Coming on here talking and asking questions about things, including medical issues, is like talking to your friends. Sometimes we learn from each other.

If you think he could have ear issues, there are a lot of manuvers on You Tube for ear crystal issues. My doctor said to use this one, for it works the best. www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/treatment-tests-and-therapies/home-epley-maneuver

Nicolenet You’re right! I’ve never understood why people come here for medical advice seeking answers to their illness or affliction.

“For the love of…!” Go to the Doctor if you’re sick, don’t waste time here. Waiting here days, weeks or months… they could be dead. (to put it one way…)

I had extreme dizziness, even felt like I could fall over to the side when I move my head a certain way. I had all the standard test and they were all clear. I was back in my doctors office sitting on an the exam table when she asked me to lie down. She then tipped the table quickly and there it was... My eyes where flickering back and forth. It was my ears. Apparently I had a crystal dislodge. She gave me a paper with ear exercizes, it took awhile but it finally stopped it. Once in a while it'll slip out again and I just need to do the exercize once or twice and it is back where it belongs.

More attention needed from your GP. Dizziness has many causes, more and less serious. Some, like inner ear problems, are trickier to diagnose. Keep after it!

Fluer 20 - And please stop scriptwriting, that helps no-one and will just add to the problem

I am the OP and don't understand what you mean by this comment

Here is an update:

DH had his eyes tested. No issues other than quite weak reading glasses.

I went to the GP with him on Friday. The GP commented that he hoped DH was in a more cooperative mood. DH told him that he struggled with the backwards months as he is dyslexic. GP said why didn't you tell me this last time.

GP did balance tests and I helped with answers. GP gave DH some tablets to take and told him to come back in two weeks.

The tablets are the same ones he had previously. Last time he only took them randomly. DH said he will take them three times a day religiously.

I can't remember the name of the tablets - picking prescription up today - but they are supposed to help with the blood flow in your ears and help the crystals move into a better position.

The GP said if they don't work there was other medication he could try. I suppose the GP is trying to eliminate other things before sending him for more tests. He did have a MRI scan about six years ago for a similar problem. They didn't find anything amiss.

Agree with many here - your GP is not helping you. I get dizzy with atrial fibrillation and am now on pills which stop it. My father as he got older, often got dizzy as he suffered from very low blood pressure. Your husband’s problem needs investigating.

He needs to do the exercises several times a day every day for months at a time . Doing the odd exercise will be no good at all but retraining his brain with the exercises will make a difference . The idea is to train his brain not to react to some situations by provoking the dizziness and learning to cope with it .

I have dizziness and have had maybe full on for 6 months or so, at first it was easily managed with betahistaine but now its worse because I had hight blood pressure but now that is under control I still have it & my dr says its because of ear problems so I had my ears syringed and its still there. dr looked into the ear & said I have an infection the other side of the ear drum so I must do steam inhalation 4x daily, you know when you put your head over a bowl of hot water with added menthol, but I'm really bad at doing it, its so boring. I don't agree about keeping away from dr google, I think as long as you're on a respectable website, ie NHS or one of the charities it can be helpful, it only means my imagination runs wild if I don't research things, but bear in mind not all the advice might be relevant to you. It's a horrible condition & your GP should do more to check its nothing more serious. Perhaps you could explain why some tests are going to be more difficult for him, maybe she does suspect dementia because of that & hasn't considered other reasons

It could be this or it might be that. GP should have a guess, not Gransnet!

I have a friend with long standing dizziness problems. She has been under investigation for two years with eye tests, hearing tests, hospital tests. They found a lesion on a brain scan, which couldnt be identified so decided to monitor it annually. The monitoring happened a couple of weeks back and they have decided it was caused by a mini stroke several years ago. She is now on anti-stroke meds, statins and a regime of walking for half an hour a day, plus balance exercises.

Another cause of dizzyness/lightheaded feeling is atrial fibrillation. It can be intermittent so won't show up when at GP. However, if a person has been having dizzy spells for a while, he should be referred for tests, not just prescribed medication which may not be correct unless cause has been identified.

After eighteen months your poor husband really needs to get to the bottom of this.
Hasn’t he been referred to an ENT consultant as a first step?

A few hospitals up and down the country have specialist balance clinics with clinicians and consultants who specialise in balance and vertigo problems and, as there are diagnostic machines in the clinic, they are more likely to be able to unearth the problem.

There is likely to be quite a wait on the NHS so your husband might be prepared to be seen privately. It shouldn’t be too expensive. I wish him luck.

Suggesting that your husband has his eyes tested is a good idea, as dizziness can certainly be caused by wearing glasses of the wrong strength or not wearing them if you need them, or not being able to adjust to bifocal lenses.

Some forms of flu leave you with dizzy spells too, as do lots of ear problems.

The doctor may well want you along too, not because she knows very well that a wife is more likely to remember when exactly her husband developed any symptom rather than the man himself doing so.

Are you going to tell her that your DH didn't bother doing the exercises or taking the medicine as prescribed, or try to insist the DH admits this? One of you should mention it.

Stress can certainly cause dizzyness and memory loss.

If the doctor suspected something really serious she would have sent your husband for tests the first time she saw him, so please don't wory about her wanting you there too.

A lot of personal experience here. This could very well be BPV, which is where the crystals in your ear get dislodged and they have to be moved back with various manoeuvers. This is something a GP can easily do and he can do it himself. If you look up the Epley manoeuvre And establish whether he is having the symptoms, BPV vertigo is when your head in a certain position either to the left or the right dependent which ear and everything spins. When it’s observed by professional, they will see something called a nystagmus , which is where the eyes sort of judder - it can be connected to other physical issues or just something that comes and goes, but a GP or an osteopath or physio can diagnose it or rule it out. It is one of the worst horrible discombobulating things to live with so tell him to get back to the GP or find another professional- it could be other things within the ear and dizziness can be a symptom all sorts of things, but there are specific types of dizziness which you they attribute to specific conditions.

I second what Gundy says... STAY AWAY FROM DR GOOGLE!!!
Get the eye test, go with him to the GP.. he might just not be comminicating well with the GP.
The fact that your husband basically disregarded the advice the last time speaks volumes!
And please stop scriptwriting, that helps no-one and will just add to the problem.

Pink Cosmos - first of all stay off Dr Google!! While it may have a few nuggets of verifiable and solid information, there’s more mis-information and falsehoods and quack stuff posted by companies and charlatans wanting you to buy their useless stuff. Do not open any links!

Reading that stuff just makes people crazier and more worried and confused. Stick with your Doctor and follow their advice.

From personal experience I have vertigo, my dizziness is not blood pressure related.

Has he had his vitamin D checked?

Dizziness is a common symptom of vitamin D deficiency, along with fatigue and brain fog. If you are feeling dizzy all the time, it is worth checking your vitamin D levels.