#chronic vertigo

[bugtoast]

Happy disability pride month

[captain0fcrows]

I have an ice pick in my skull

And a power drill in my brain

Every time I move my head

All I feel is pain

From the moment the sun rises

Till the moon sinks below

Every waking second

Feels like taking a blow

My vision swims round and round

And my body spins like a wheel

Everything feels unstable

It takes everything not to keel

Pounding and constricting

Like a tangle of vines

All I ask is for a tiny respite 

Just a minute of painless time

[life-to-the-seed]

Nothing like a flare-up before bed to make you feel alive

[living-dead-dyke]

shout out to my cane users that use them for balance! be it vertigo or some other disorder, or just being a fall risk!! ur like me i love you

[hermeticbridgetroll]

honestly, as a disabled person, potatoes are a lifesaver.

I can't eat most foods b/c they trigger flare ups & so shopping and cooking are a dizzying, time consuming nightmare.

But what's fast to make, low effort, high calorie & delicious???

The potato. 🥔🥔🥔

[passiveagressiveprincessleia]

If I woke up without vertigo I would go on rollercoasters and go to lookout towers. I would take in views unaccessible to me for my whole life and spin around and finally... Finally I would look up at the stars without pain for the first time in my life. For the first time in my life maybe I could grab something from the top shelf maybe I could look into my partners eyes without getting dizzy. Maybe.

But this will not happen, and I must grieve the experiences my disability prevents me from having in order to live my life without resentment.

All I can do is accept my life as it is and manage the best I can. I still choose to believe that one day I will be able to look up at the stars, one day my head will stop spinning, even if that day is nowhere in sight.

[dizzy-gamer]

Dizzy Free

Today, for the first time in two years, I had zero vertigo! Of course, that’s cus I went swimming. I also paid for it later by getting a quadruple hit the second I left the pool.

A lot of people who suffer from chronic vertigo have that one activity that lets them go totally vertigo free for a bit. For Sir Patrick Stewart, it’s driving. For me, it’s swimming. While I’m floating in the water, the vertigo goes away. So does my oversensitivity. However, as soon as I get out I get hit with a ton of vertigo. But it’s worth it for those glorious few minutes when the world is totally still.

[hermeticbridgetroll]

chronic vertigo problems

1. Being stationary & still feeling like you’ll fall over.

2. Nodding too quickly makes you dizzy.

3. Shuffling around like a grandma

4. Can’t stand or sit for too long

5. L A U N D R Y. Can only do it on good days. 

6. There are different kinds of dizziness. 

7. Bending over & reaching up is dangerous.

8. When someone behind you expects you to keep turning around to talk to them.

9. Trying to keep up with a fast walker.

10.  Forget about ever driving.... or walking anywhere that isn’t 100% necessary.