After doing the half somersault, the Epley maneuver, or any of the other maneuvers for BPPV on yourself, I recommend that you wait 15 minutes before doing another maneuver. Providers generally don’t wait long between maneuvers, so why should you do this, and what do you do while you’re waiting?
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Ask the Doctor: Vague dizziness after maneuvers
BPPV maneuvers got rid of my wife’s room spinning vertigo, but immediately after she now has vague non positional dizziness while standing and walking. From what I read, it could be something called residual dizziness caused by the brain changing how it interpreted signals from the affected ear. Supposedly some exercises with head and eyeContinue reading “Ask the Doctor: Vague dizziness after maneuvers”
Canalith jam: a rare cause of BPPV
Rarely, maneuvers don’t seem to work, even though the vertigo seems to be BPPV. The affected person is able to make spells happen by making head movements like lying down, rolling over or tipping the head up, but the particles seem to be stuck, unable to exit the ear. Each time a maneuver is done,Continue reading “Canalith jam: a rare cause of BPPV”