Dizzy for 6 months now...ugh

I started getting dizzy spells at work about six months ago. I would get very dizzy and disoriented, my heart would race and after about 30 minutes it would go away. Well, after about a week all symptoms were gone except the dizziness. I went to my Pcp who ran a bunch of tests and couldn't find anything wrong so he referred me to an ENT who did some tests, CT and MRI all normal..so she referred me to a neurologists who said I am having silent migraines. She put me on Topomax which did make the dizziness go away but left me unable to function. I couldn't talk most of the time and couldn't even get a thought together in my head. It also brought on painful migraines that I had not experienced before. She decreased my dosage and now I am dizzy again. I am so frustrated. I feel like I have missed the last six months of my life. Nobody understands how I feel and acts like I just " have a little headache" and its so much more than that. I am just so freakin frustrated!!!

Thank you for the suggestion. I did try that after my initial trip to the ER that led to me seeing my primary Dr. Honestly it wasn't much help. The Topomax worked wonders but side effects are much worse than the dizziness(and its bad!). I have to admit after reading through the different posts on here last night I am..... relieved .....to know that I am not crazy or imagining these spells, the exact thing happens to ALOT of other people but at the same time I am even more distraught over this because it seems that so many people are suffering and going through so many different treatments without much success :(

Hi all, usually post on the IBS and UC forums, because I have life long IBS like symptoms from having a colon resection (cancer) and then my gall bladder removed. Mid-July I suddenly lost 50% of my L ear's hearing, I've been diagnosed with Cochlear Meniere's Disease, while I don't have severe dizziness I do sometimes experience it. My ENT doctor asked me if I've suffered from migraines (I'm 58) and I said, yes, since I was 16. But they've never been so severe I've needed to be on migraine meds or even occurred weekly or sometimes even monthly. But I do get them and my former go to fix was Pepsi, pretzels and Vanquish. Now I've had to cut out caffeine, alcohol and drastically reduce my salt intake. Caffeine constricts the blood vessels in my ear and make the Meniere's worse. I sneaked a 1/2 cup of coffee the other day and I had the roaring/ringing in my ear all evening. I also had 1 piece of Dentyne gum although I knew I shouldn't, had a job interview and wanted fresh breath, it was just sitting in my car back from when I didn't know aspartame is in Dentyne (and mainly all gum unless it's purchased at a health food store). I think the combo of a small amount of caffeine and aspartame gave me the roaring sounds (and dizziness I might add).

So long story short my doctor said to look up migraine triggers and avoid them like the plague.

Aspartame and it's many names - Nutra Sweet, phenylalanine, Aspartic Acid - is a poison in our bodies and is what is used to create formaldehyde, which of course is used to embalm dead people. This substance is in so much now - all sugar free Metamucil products, Yoplait Light yogurt, diet sodas, the total # of foods and beverages is now 6000.

Avoid Aspartame - it's evil stuff. It's now out of my system again but it's been only 48 hours.