About B. Todd Troost, MD Expertise vertigo, benign positional vertigo, BPPV, and related ailments.
Experience
Past/Present clients More than 2000 patients with vertigo.
Chairman of Neurology Department for 18 years and examiner for American Board of Neurology for over 25 years. Extensive information is provided on my commericial free website at www.ivertigo.net
Expert: B. Todd Troost, MD Date: 2/9/2004 Subject: vertigo
Question I have been suffering from continuous vertigo for seven weeks-it feels like everything is moving rotationally all the time. I also have a high pitched ringing sound in my left ear at night and have been suffering from headaches and fatigue. I have been sleeping for up to 12 hours a night and still feel tired all the time. I have experieced bouts of vertigo before, about 7-8 times since I was 14 (I am 19 now) but these only lasted 1-2 weeks. I was prescribed stemetil which I had an allergic reaction to, cinnarizine and betahistine dihydrochloride which were both ineffective. I have been referred to an ENT specialist but as I live in the UK it will take 17 weeks to get an appointment. Any advice you can give would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time, Eleanor Brown.
Answer Dear Eleanor:
You best approach is to see your ENT physician. You can read more about vertigo on my website at:
www.ivertigo.net
It may be you have Meniere's disease or some positional vertigo also.
