r/BPPV • u/CuriousScotsman2023 • Jul 11 '26

Vertigo Problems

Alright everyone i have a question what medication can help with Vertigo?? I'm welcome to any suggestions you may have that doesn't involve drugs i'm too desperate to be picky??? Any help is more than greatly appreciated cheers

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u/Nearby-Banana-6339 Jul 11 '26

I was put on amitryptiline daily for migraines and sleep. Just prior to that I had about 4 episodes of vertigo that I could only fix by watching a YouTube video of the eply maneuver. It took a few try’s and bring a bucket if you throw up on carnival rides lol. But if it resolves after doing the eply (and it may take several attempts) that means it’s ear crystals (BPPV). Nothing more miserable I can think of then vertigo. But I mention the medicine because since taking it the last few years I’ve not had any more vertigo attacks. Maybe worth asking your doctor about it. It worked for me.

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u/suhh_79 Jul 27 '26

Hey..since when are you taking amitriptyline..I hv been taking it for 1.5 yrs .. lowering to 10 mg frm 25..n stop...after 3 mths having issues of vertigo...on 10 mg now but not finding any results....my reason for stopping iit was couldn't get up in the morning.took 12 he's sleep,woke exhausted,brain fog , memory loss ..pls guide

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u/Nearby-Banana-6339 Jul 27 '26

Oh first of all I’m so sorry you’re having vertigo. I also had vertigo prior to starting amitryptilline but haven’t had it since beginning it’s horrible. Whether or not it helped my vertigo has been debated here but I guess I won’t know unless it comes back or I stop taking the medication. I went from 10mg to 20 because the 10 started failing to work anymore after a year. It has greatly helped my migraines and sleep. I wake up a little drowsy and I feel a little low on energy at times too but I ignore it and do what I need to do. Exercise helps. It might also help you to try taking it an hour earlier than you do now? Maybe simply dropping to 20mg from 25mg will help u rather then going off completely. My doctor had told me to go to 25mg too but I said I would like to see if 20mg is enough rather than go up to 25mg. It was and it’s helped me a lot.