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YoungPupWithVertigoJr
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Severe BPPV (vertigo) and laying back - literally an impossible feat for me.
Hiya, I just now made an account on this forum. I plan to stick around even after the inevitable surgery I have to have.
Unfortunately, I have been plagued with BPPV (Vertigo) since I was a kid. It has gotten somewhat better over the years as I am now able to change the oil in both of my vehicles without help now.
The only way to trigger my vertigo is by sitting laid back staring at the ceiling. This has been avoidable all my life (don't watch stars at night, sleep on my stomach, I'm always on top etc etc.) But unfortunately, dentistry requires that I lay back facing up.
I am going in for a consultation with my dentist to have a severe cavity, and wisdom teeth removed (although, I believe I may be able to keep my wisdom teeth as the pain is from the cavity.)
I have had surgery before, and during that surgery I told the doctor about my BPPV. In which I wasn't required to lay back, at all, because the surgery was the lower half of my body.
I can sit on a 140 degree angel without triggering it, but that's pushing it.
I am not even sure I have BPPV, I just know my family doctor says it all points to that. Violent spinning and puking when triggered, the off balance portion lasts for hours.
I don't want to be put to sleep and they trigger my BPPV. When I involuntarily roll onto my back during the night, I wake up with violent spinning.
If they trigger it, it might cause me to vomit.
What are the chances they can keep me on a certain angel to work with me? My very first dentist refused to do that, and I haven't seen this one yet.
I'm not even worried about the surgery to be quite honest. I've had a ton of surgeries in my life, but none of them required me to lay back and look at the ceiling.
Hiya, I just now made an account on this forum. I plan to stick around even after the inevitable surgery I have to have.
Unfortunately, I have been plagued with BPPV (Vertigo) since I was a kid. It has gotten somewhat better over the years as I am now able to change the oil in both of my vehicles without help now.
The only way to trigger my vertigo is by sitting laid back staring at the ceiling. This has been avoidable all my life (don't watch stars at night, sleep on my stomach, I'm always on top etc etc.) But unfortunately, dentistry requires that I lay back facing up.
I am going in for a consultation with my dentist to have a severe cavity, and wisdom teeth removed (although, I believe I may be able to keep my wisdom teeth as the pain is from the cavity.)
I have had surgery before, and during that surgery I told the doctor about my BPPV. In which I wasn't required to lay back, at all, because the surgery was the lower half of my body.
I can sit on a 140 degree angel without triggering it, but that's pushing it.
I am not even sure I have BPPV, I just know my family doctor says it all points to that. Violent spinning and puking when triggered, the off balance portion lasts for hours.
I don't want to be put to sleep and they trigger my BPPV. When I involuntarily roll onto my back during the night, I wake up with violent spinning.
If they trigger it, it might cause me to vomit.
What are the chances they can keep me on a certain angel to work with me? My very first dentist refused to do that, and I haven't seen this one yet.
I'm not even worried about the surgery to be quite honest. I've had a ton of surgeries in my life, but none of them required me to lay back and look at the ceiling.