When I first started having problems with VS, I had a severe attack of spinning dizziness and neck pain from the head down the spinal cord and a headache for 2 weeks. I had prior bouts of dizziness without a lot of neck pain and without headache. A few days ago, I had another bout of that dizziness after not having problems with dizziness for 6 months. On that day, my blood pressure was measured at 70/58, which is below normal. Low normal threshold is 90/60. I also had my neck turned in an awkward position for 20 minutes while I was having a cosmetic procedure. When I got up from the table, I got the same sensation of spinning dizziness; in fact, I had to lay back down to avoid falling. I think I have my problem narrowed down now to neck issues/spinal issues or low blood pressure. I know that low blood pressure can cause problems with vision and that there are some references to low blood pressure on this forum. Anyone have these problems? Migraine aura is associated with low blood pressure. I am interested in knowing how many of you out there have low blood pressure? Anyone out there keep a diary of severity of symptoms and blood pressure? HOw many of you have out-of-alignment necks? I am a software engineer, and my neck is out of alignment due to my work, according to my chiropractor.
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I have VS and my neck is very screwed up. I've been in several car accidents and a motorcycle accident, which made my neck alot worse. im also pretty tall
and have to look down on alot of things which doesnt help either. I have a phase 1 shift in my neck, which means its a lil straigher than it should be.
There is a person on this forumn whose son was completely cured of VS by a chiro. His neck and spine were super super whacked out. Pinched nerves or w/e, etc. i think there can be a connection. |
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my neck is very messed up. i was in a minor car accident a few years ago, not sure if its related.
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I hear cracking when I rotate my neck and it feels sore a lot in general.Many people seem to have neck complaints, but it could be just another symptom rather
than a cause.
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Bones in my neck grind a bit if I move my head from side to side, but it doesn't bother me and doesn't hurt or anything.
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I generally have high blood pressure, but if I get up fast it drops very low. Well, I should say if I do not get up very slowly it drops low.
But that is because I have adrenal insufficiency, I am told.
The bone grinding/popping/walking-on-gravel noise is arthritis. I have that all the time and have had it for years, but don't know when exactly that started. I think that is part of my hearing problem, to be honest. They say I hear perfectly - but during the test I had my neck still. I bet if I had been moving my head, I would have failed miserably! I have had chronic muscle spasms in my neck and shoulders since I was a kid... they had me on muscle relaxants when I was 15 trying to break the spasms, before that they tried injections of cortisone/Novocaine. I've tried physical therapy several times and several different chiropractors for extended lengths of time (read 3 times a week for YEARS). Nada. Traction, ultrasound therapy, TENS, massage... no relief. I once got kicked off the traction machine when a famous hockey player needed it, lol. With some of these, the spasms get better for about an hour then tighten up again worse than before and trigger a chain reaction down my whole back and sides (usually triggering sciatica to go out as well, both sides), sometimes the muscles in the front of my body get involved in the chain reaction. When my neck gets really bad, both arms get numb. The last chiro used to put both feet on the wall to push hard enough to try to break the spasms! Didn't work. My neck has been either straight or a reverse-C shape since the docs first began investigating all this (and that was only after YEARS of my complaining and them saying it was "growing pains") With a migraine, the first pain symptom is my neck going into a MAJOR spasm on that side. |
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I've had VS since I was 4 so don't know if I had low blood pressure then, but I do now in my twenties, my normal sitting resting postion BP is 100/50
which is very low compared to the normal.
I also have TMJ, crackling and pain in Jaw, and Jaw misalignment. My neck is also a bit stuck forward and not straight and I like to walk with my head tilted to the left. I also been slouching my back since a kid..... |
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I have high blood pressure.
And my neck is royallly in bad shape. |
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My neck is ok now, but I have low blood pressure also. Shifts in blood pressure definitely affect my migraine and migraine-aura patterns. What it most commonly
does to my vision is sort of a gray-ing out, especially from the periphery inwards.
I've been on a range of medications for low blood pressure, but what works best for me is eating extra salt and staying very well hydrated. My cardiologist has me drink a gatorade a day, and that does help. I have to sleep on a certain kind of pillow or I get all kinds of neck issues. Yoga and a series of neck exercises a physical therapist taught me help also. Especially when you sit in front of a computer all day, those neck exercises make a huge difference. |
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I HAVE HAD LOW BLOOD PRESSURE IN THE PAST,NOT SURE NOW.I KNOW THAT MY MEDS CAN
CAUSE A COMBO OF HIGH AND LOW BLOOD PRESSURE. I WAS IN A CAR ROLL-OVER IN 07,NOT SURE IF IT CAUSED OSTEO ARTHERITIS(SPELLED WRONG)OR IF JUST SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED.IF IT HAD HAPPENED BEFORE THE WRECK I DIDNT NOTICE IT.ANYWAYS,IT NOW GENERATES ALOT OF PAIN. |
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From what I know my blood pressure is normal, but I've had vertigo issues in the past and a chiropractor seemed to help.
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I have read that migraines are associated with low blood pressure, and those of us with persistent visual snow also have migraine like aura that never goes
away. I am wondering if there is a connection now or a symptom cluster involving blood pressure. I was also diagnosed a couple of days ago with positional
vertigo and am wondering if positional vertigo causes visual disturbances as well. Finally, CQ10 is being studied as a supplement to prevent
migraines...anyone try it? Here is an article about CQ10, magnesium, and riboflavin in migraine prevention.
http://bastyrcenter.org/content/view/430/ |
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I have'nt ever had a problem with blood pressure, I do recall many cases of vertigo though.
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Posts: 4 07/12/09 7:17 AM |
I've had low blood pressure in the past, but think I'm okay now. I've never had any neck problems. I did have an fractured skull and extra-dural
hematoma (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epidural_hematoma) when I was 8 years old and fell over in
the playground. I saw some serious stars then, it was like VS central. I was very dizzy too, but that's a symptom of serious head injury.
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Posts: 1159 07/12/09 11:43 PM Administrator |
tandori wrote: I take all three of those for migraine prevention. I had numerous doctors recommend them. Hard to say whether they help or not, but I do seem to have less migraine activity as a whole when I take them regularly. |
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