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Should I Be Worried About Having Intermittent Vertigo, Nausea And Sharp Headaches After Roller Coaster Ride?

I rode a roller coaster three days ago and now I m having intermittent vertigo, nausea, and sharp headaches. All three seem to go hand in hand. I can go hours with little to no dizziness but then, with no provocation, I will become so dizzy that I can t even sit up in bed. Is this something I should be worried about?
Mon, 29 Sep 2014
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Sounds like you may have knocked a couple of otoliths clean off from your inner ear and they're just irritating Reissner's membrane.....you need not worry....it should get better. If not, then, you need to seek out either a neurologist or an ENT so they can perform either an Epley, a modified Epley, a Semont, or modified Semont maneuver to get that debris out of your inner ear. But chances are you will slowly get better. Same thing happened to me...EXACTLY....I remained dizzy for about 9 months before it finally went away. It took me about 10 years before I felt like trying a roller coaster again....and now I go on them and they really don't bother me!

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Should I Be Worried About Having Intermittent Vertigo, Nausea And Sharp Headaches After Roller Coaster Ride?

Sounds like you may have knocked a couple of otoliths clean off from your inner ear and they re just irritating Reissner s membrane.....you need not worry....it should get better. If not, then, you need to seek out either a neurologist or an ENT so they can perform either an Epley, a modified Epley, a Semont, or modified Semont maneuver to get that debris out of your inner ear. But chances are you will slowly get better. Same thing happened to me...EXACTLY....I remained dizzy for about 9 months before it finally went away. It took me about 10 years before I felt like trying a roller coaster again....and now I go on them and they really don t bother me! Please don t forget that your written feedback as well as a STAR RATING to this question are greatly appreciated if you ve found the information of value. And CLOSING THE QUERY on your end so that the network may process, archive, and properly credit this case for future reference as well garners my thanks. Please do not hesitate to contact me directly in the future by looking me up on this network and sending questions to my specific attention (Dariush Saghafi, M.D.). You may also get to my specific webpage at: http://doctor.healthcaremagic.com/doctors/dr-dariush-saghafi/68474