Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Vertigo & vomiting

I don't know exactly what was different.   We ate Mexican on a Saturday.  The carnitas seemed salty. I worked out in the yard on Sunday and didn't drink enough water.  That's all I can come up with.
At work on Monday, I was out for an afternoon walk and had a sudden onset of vertigo.  The kind where the landscape moves left and right.  I was near my car anyway and sat in it for a bit with my eyes closed.  It passed temporarily but hit me later in the day.  I drove home with it, not turning my head, just focusing on the horizon.  Laid down on the couch and slept for hours, then went to bed.
On Tuesday morning, I woke up with it.  That's a new one.  Usually, sleep will reset the symptoms.
I tried to muscle through it.  I ate some breakfast but the room kept moving left to right, back and forth.  I decided to call in sick and went to lay down.  Just a few minutes of lying there and I got a sudden nausea attack and lost my breakfast.  
Haven't had an attack of this severity since living in Colorado.  I slept until 1pm and felt better but washed out.  No vertigo or nausea but tired, weak and hungover.
Maybe it's time to go back to the ENT.