Question: I have been in a serious auto accident about a year and a half ago. I have diabetes (lost 75 labs)....I have attracted A-fib; glaucoma (stage #3): and, melanoma (Stage #3) recently. What I am concerned about is vertigo that started affecting me right after the accident which totaled my new auto. I was stationary at a 60 MPH freeway entry gate and an in-attentive driver hit me squarely at the back of my care at a high rate of speed. At first I was much more interested in medical attention for my spine and left shoulder. That treatment has been applied for almost two years now. I had frequent bouts of vertigo after the accident. Doctor Billet told me they would go away. I wasn't particularly worried about it. The vertigo appeared when I parked in vertical parking slots about 3 to 4 times a week when a driver to the left or right or moving behind me moved. That calmed down but did not go away. Dr Billet (my Internal Medicine Dr of 30 years) referred me to a Dr who works with mental problems (I can't find the exact name right now). I only saw her once. She prescribed a book for me and exercises. What I learned from her was that when I experienced vertigo not to react to it emotionally. Be in control and stop your auto until the movement is gone. I thought this was going to be easy. I didn't go back to the Dr. But things changed. I started experiencing more elaborate episodes: A. During daytime I got trapped in an amazing rain storm I couldn't imagine where the autos around me were, so I gradually moved over to the curb in the nghbrhood and stopped until I was in control of things again; B. A few days later I was at a stop light on a four XXXXXXX residential street. An elongated bus to my right started to move before I did. I was trying to read my clock at the moment. When the bus moved I had no idea what was happening. It was rush hour I didn't get hold of my emotions immediately. Cars were everywhere. I just thought of the equipment on my car making sure I did not hit the gas.I gently applied the brake. The auto I was driving was a stick shift. It was over in a few seconds. No other drivers seemed to notice what was going on in my car; C. The next episode occurred one night about 3 AM as I was sleeping. I woke up thinking that I was experiencing a stroke. The room was spinning. (I am a-fib but I have never experienced a stroke.) I went to the neighborhood ER and Dr. XXXXXXX after doing tests, said no stroke. He thought it was the inner ear. He referred me to a 30 year ear specialist. The ear specialist said that my ear canal was clean and with no growths which would cause vertigo; D. The next vertigo experience was pretty exciting and embarrassing. I reached down to pick-up a newspaper and found myself bent over and skipping to the right..Starbucks was suddenly jaw dropping quiet while I laughed. The last experiences have been frightening. Over the last 6 weeks I have lost all balance from overbearing vertigo. All of a sudden I cannot walk up, or down stairs without assistance, I feel like falling is going to overtake me. I almost feel like crawling to keep from falling down the stairs. I Feel like my body has overnight lost the ability to use the bottom half of my back at the tail bone and thighs. Both of my upper thighs require much more strength to raise my body than just a few weeks ago. What is happening to me?