Please help me find reason for vertigo

Matty332 wrote:Hmm, I sometimes do feel like I am hyperventilating. That does make sense as I also suffer from OCD/anxiety disorder with the odd panic attack. Thankyou for all the helpful advice and suggestions.

I am considering buying a pouch oximeter used for exercise. How does it take readings? does it have a finger probe?

As you stated regarding the higher the pressure the more likelyhood of problems - that makes sense because I was on the highest you can get. I am now doing an experiment for a week on APAP mode with different pressures and I haven't had vertigo yet - knock on wood!

Hi Matty!

The Pulse Oximiter is a little 1 1/2" square box about 2 1/2" long split with a rounded areas on the halves so the finger can fit in there (it is hinged kind of like a clothespin). It measures pulse and oximetery by shining two differant LED lights through the finger, one a color which an oxygenated blood cell is sensitive to the other a color which a deoxygenated blood cell is sensitive to. Pulse info is gathered by the small variations as the whole blood flow changes with the heart beat and oximetery by analyzing the ratios of the two light values as they make it through the finger.

The one I am using for my optimal breathing and interval training is a Model: Concord Sapphire by Concord Medical Supply Inc. which I purchased on Amazon for about fifty bucks. I espically love the belt pouch and that the lanyard ties easily to the D ring on top of the pouch. It is always there and that is great for my hill based interval training thing. New batteries make it a bit unsensitive to changes in SpO2 for the first hour and you do need to clean it from time to time (watch the greasy dirty finger thing).

And indeed have a lot of fun!

Todzo

Matty332 wrote:.

DoriC, I am thinking of doing just that! I will have to settle for a respronics cheaper Bipap though as the Resmed one is a bit pricey here in Australia.

Thanks all for the support and help on this matter. I really appreciate it..

You really won't be "settling" if you can get the PR BiPap, it's a good machine and some people like it even better than the Resmed. More expensive doesn't always equal more better! Pugsy has both machines and can compare both, pros and cons.

I do indeed have both the Resmed and Respironics bilevel auto machines.
If you end up getting a PR S1 BiPap Auto...you aren't settling for cheaper...it is a really nice machine. There happens to be one little feature with the ResMed VPAP in auto mode that I happen to really like and it pertains to something that I feel when I am awake (totally unrelated to actual therapy)...otherwise I like each one equally. I just had a chance to use the PR S1 Bipap last weekend. It had been a while since I used it and man was it ever so smooth. Each one has a couple of little pros and cons differences but overall....they are both great machines.

I came back to read the updates, and something occured to me. When you say you had vertigo, are you talking about feeling faint, dizzy, or do you see the room spinning? Many people refer to feeling dizzy or faint as vertigo, when it is not. The advice you receive will depend on what the responder thinks you are experiencing.

It is possible to have vertigo and hyperventilate at the same time, but they are two different things. I believe air pressure could mess with your ears and cause true vertigo. And hyperventilating can cause you to feel faint and dizzy. The solution will depend on what is really happening.

I have a different theory.

You have an APAP in CPAP mode. Do you have ERP on? If not, drop the pressure to 18 min and 20 max. The constant pressure for the eustachian tubes may be causing this. Use alcohol based mouthwash in the morning. Do you drink? If so drop beer or wine for a single shot of whiskey or 80+ proof at night. If you don't drink, consider a shot and you don't have to swallow but it needs to get to the top of the back of the throat and gargling won't hurt.

Check for signs of infection. Swollen nodes and increase in temperature? Is you're hearing the same in both ears? Does loud music sound the same, try to play something with high frequencies and low frequencies and see if you remember it differently.