I occasionally get vertigo while ascending. If I ascend slow It does not happen, so I kind of use it as a guide to gauge if I am coming up to fast. "I" attribute it to my ears not keeping up with the change in pressure. I was wondering if this happens to anyone else, or if this could be a problem I need to have checked out
Vertigo
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Posted 11 April 2006 - 06:18 PM
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Posted 11 April 2006 - 06:38 PM
I occasionally get vertigo while ascending. If I ascend slow It does not happen, so I kind of use it as a guide to gauge if I am coming up to fast. "I" attribute it to my ears not keeping up with the change in pressure. I was wondering if this happens to anyone else, or if this could be a problem I need to have checked out
I've never had vertigo underwater, only topside and it has always been when I had a head cold or something wrong with my ears
I think you should get your ears checked out by a diving ENT
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Posted 11 April 2006 - 07:20 PM
I had vertigo a couple of times during my 10 years of flying, but never had it in the water. But of course, we were talking about it on my BVI trip last year, and another diver said - "you will get vertigo sometime" - next night dive - it was a no moon night, and we did not have any lights aimed down on the water from the boat.
I got it while ascending, and I think it was the change in orientation without any visual reference. I'm one of those who likes to ascend vertically. I had turned my light off because the blood worms were driving me crazy so I was without any bottom or surface reference. The other divers were fairly close but I was watching my watch & computer during our free ascent.
I think if I had not encountered it a couple of times before, and knew what was happening, it would have been very disturbing. When it happened, I had the sensation of spinning and tumbling rapidly and had absolutely no sense of "up". I took a breath, turned my light on, watched my bubbles go up, and it immediately went away.
Bottom line, there are those have had vertigo, and those who will get it. (or get it again).
I got it while ascending, and I think it was the change in orientation without any visual reference. I'm one of those who likes to ascend vertically. I had turned my light off because the blood worms were driving me crazy so I was without any bottom or surface reference. The other divers were fairly close but I was watching my watch & computer during our free ascent.
I think if I had not encountered it a couple of times before, and knew what was happening, it would have been very disturbing. When it happened, I had the sensation of spinning and tumbling rapidly and had absolutely no sense of "up". I took a breath, turned my light on, watched my bubbles go up, and it immediately went away.
Bottom line, there are those have had vertigo, and those who will get it. (or get it again).
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Posted 11 April 2006 - 07:33 PM
I occasionally get vertigo while ascending. If I ascend slow It does not happen, so I kind of use it as a guide to gauge if I am coming up to fast. "I" attribute it to my ears not keeping up with the change in pressure. I was wondering if this happens to anyone else, or if this could be a problem I need to have checked out
I've suffered from the same thing on occassion, it's kicked off by an ascent, and when it hit's my 'world' is literally spinning, my eyes feel as if they're darting from left-to-right and back again very quickly....... it instantly ceases once one or both ears release a bit of pressure.....it's not painful,and once I can just hear bubbles escaping, the symptoms instantly vanish.....it was VERY scary the first time it happened at significant depth in Cozumel summer of '03........ it's still very NOT FUN when it happens but I'm a bit more prepared now...I'm not sure what the solution might be.
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Posted 11 April 2006 - 09:16 PM
I occasionally get vertigo while ascending. If I ascend slow It does not happen, so I kind of use it as a guide to gauge if I am coming up to fast. "I" attribute it to my ears not keeping up with the change in pressure. I was wondering if this happens to anyone else, or if this could be a problem I need to have checked out
Get thee to a SCUBA ENT. Not all ENTs know about diving related issues. DAN can find one in your local area if you don't know where to look.
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Posted 12 April 2006 - 06:12 AM
The only time I've ever had vertigo in the water was when I ruptured an eardrum while retrieving an anchor in cold water and the pain caused by that left no doubt in my mind what was wrong. Inner ear infections can also do that without any other symptoms. See an ENT, DAN should be able to give you a name of one in your area.
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Posted 13 April 2006 - 12:42 PM
Thanks for the input, I will look into it. When it did happen, I was not lost, I knew up from down, but felt slightly dizzy. It only seemed to happen on days when I had trouble clearing my ears. After a second or two it cleared.
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Posted 21 April 2006 - 03:07 PM
Well, I got back from my Carolina dive. No ear issues what so ever. I did not even get water in them. But I did get sea sick for the first time ever, so did everyone else that was diving, and lost a fin. Dive was great though.
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