Cathy: I'm not sure who you are or how I got here (I googled "tulips", trying to figure out whether I should be cutting back my once pretty but now dead tulips) and saw "labrynthitis", something I have suffered from for years. I hope you're feeling better and walking upright soon.

Barbara

Thank you :-)

Actually, walking upright I can cope with at the moment; it's walking in straight lines that's giving me difficulty ;-)

I have just had my second severe attack in eighteen months. Don't do what I did the other day and try to do too much before you are satisfied that the condition has improved. You may feel okay but then it hits you very hard and fast when you are least expecting it. Give yourself time and try and rest and relax for a couple of weeks.

I am a 52 yr old woman and experienced by first attack of labyrinthitis about 7 yrs ago. My second attack was just over a week ago and although the symptoms (dizziness) have abated, they haven't disappeared altogether. I am prone to mild dizziness and have learned to manage it. However, with this attack, I got to thinking that its perhaps something more sinister (brain tumour!), and I decided to "google" labrynthitis. I've been encouraged by people's anecdotes and also by the fact that its actually not life-threatening!

Coincidentally, Diane, I am 52, am suffering a bout of labyrinthitis, and had my first experience of this condition about eight years ago. In the interim, I remember having several very minor and short-lived attacks of dizziness, which suggest that I may have either a propensity to this disease or a long term infection which comes and goes.
My doctor has prescribed Stemetil (Prochlorperazine Maleate) to combat the symptoms, although the suspected viral infection, of course, cannot be cured.
The Internet provides a wealth of information, which can be encouraging.