Posted by papusa on May 4, 2003, at 18:57:31
In reply to Not Quite Vertigo » beardedlady, posted by IsoM on April 7, 2002, at 3:02:24
Well, this thread is a bit cold, but I thought I'd add my two cents. I've had intermittent vertigo-like feelings ever since I tried an SSRI 10 years ago. (Zoloft). Any drug that affects neurotransmitters can give me this--ick. When I stop taking them, the symptoms slowly go away.
My ENT gave me a ton of tests and said my ears were normal. He said it was a sort of visio-spacial agnosia, where the brain can't quite put together the different input from the ears, eyes. and body to form a sense of balance. A related condition is called, I believe, mal d'embarkment, where you continue to feel the motion of the sea even after you leave the ship--sometimes for months. He told me that the nervous system is very plastic and that my brain may adapt to the changes caused by neurotransmitters affected by drugs. I hope he's right. I'm pretty bothered now by the effects of an AD on my balance. Also, AD's make my ears ring. Fun with chemistry.
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