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Re: Are dizzy spells (vertigo) with PCOS common?From: Tracy (anonymous@obgyn.net)Wed, 28 Nov 2001 10:56:27 -0600 (CST)
Wow, I can relate to everything you said! I have noticed as well that it seems to correlate with my cycles. Either I wake up with the room spinning ro I am immediately naseaus (sp?) I hate PCOS! At Thu, 1 Nov 2001, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote: > >At Thu, 18 Oct 2001, LaDawna wrote: >>I have also had this happen to me on occasion. I really believe it is PCOS related. Our hormones are so out of balance that I wonder if that has something to do with it. I also have time periods when suddenly I cant concentrate and I seem really dingy - I know it sounds weird but it is hard to explain. >>At Wed, 17 Oct 2001, LaDawna wrote: >>Actually, I've been thinking about this, and these dizzy spells are >>different from when I feel hypoglycemic. These dizzy spells occur in >>all circumstances (i.e., lying down, standing up, sitting still, >>etc...), but usually I'm feeling fine and all of a sudden the room >>moves. With hypoglycemia, I usually feel "ucky" - lethargic, headaches, >>cranky - that's when I'll feel light-headed. This is a different kind >>of dizzy. This is like when you have the flu and stand up to go to the >>bathroom and the floor moves out from under you, only this happens when >>I'm sitting still. >>I'm not ruling out low blood sugar, but it worries me that it might be >>something else. >>> >>>At Thu, 30 Mar 2000, Anonymous wrote: >>>> >>>>Are dizzy spells common with PCOS. Dizzy like in vertigo? Someone please >>>>advise - desperate for answers. Had all kinds of expensive, sophisticated >>>>tests for the vertigo to be told I am ok, it is probably a genetic inherited >>>>tendencies, exaggerated by my allergies and (here comes the common line we >>>>women ALWAYS hear...) nerves! >>>>Toni >>> >>>I am newly diagonosed with PCOS, but have known this was the problem for >>>the last three years. I have had dizzy spells ever since I started >>>having the symptoms of PCOS. My current doctor thinks that I'm >>>retaining water in my brain and that is what is causing the dizziness. >>>The cool thing about the vertigo is that it's severity is cyclical with >>>my periods. I always have dizzy spells, but right before my period they >>>get so bad that I can't sleep at night because the room is spinning. >>>When I do sleep, I wake up nauseaous. In addition to the dizziness, I >>>am very clumsy - running into walls, dropping things, etc... this also >>>seems to get worse with my period. Again, my doctor thinks I'm just >>>retaining water. I'm not on Met or Spiro (Spiro caused the left side of >>>my body to seize for no apparent reason, kinda' like a stroke, so I went >>>off it).
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