Back from Wimborne Folk Festival

[watervole]

The three of us (Richard, Henry and myself) are back again. We're absolutely exhausted. Too tired even to be hungry.

We collected during Friday's procession, danced in Friday's ceilidh, collected all day Saturday (10-6), went to Saturday's ceilidh, collected all day Sunday, then went home and collapsed.

Serious offer: if anyone running an event that needs a lot of collectors wants a workshop on how to collect effectively, then I could probably help. There are definite tricks to doing it well.

I'm gradually homing in on the things that trigger my vertigo.  I can twirl round in a ceilidh without any problems, but I had an attack when I put my specs on to read the titles of the CDs at the music stall. As soon as I started moving my head sideways to scan the titles, the room started wobbling.  Saved me a lot of money on CDs...

The next time it kicked in was Saturday evening.  We always go to the local Italian restaurant after the street dancing finishes on Saturday.  This time, reading the menu outside the restaurant cause me to feel dizzy. It also kicked in inside the restaurant while eating.  I found myself clutching the side of table to try and feel stable.  I had to leave the restaurant at intervals and walk up and down the street to recover some balance.

Conclusion: although ear trouble is at the base of this (I often get a sense of pressure in the ears, occasional tinnitus and my hearing seems to be a bit off), the triggers may be mainly visual.  (Working at the computer is a minor trigger.)

Comments

[pennski.livejournal.com]

Aha! I wonder if this might help - I had a vertigo thing a few years ago and discovered that with pcs scrolling down a page did trigger it, whereas paging down didn't. I've also learned to look away when other people are trying to find something to show me on their pc.

Hope you get better soon.

[watervole.livejournal.com]

I've noticed that as well. I'm using page down a lot more than I used to. The frustrating thing is that there's no 'half page down'.

[were-gopher.livejournal.com]

Have you spoken to your optician about your vertigo in case it's something to do with your prescription?

[watervole.livejournal.com]

Not yet, but I'll mention it next time I'm there. I don't think it's the prescription as I had an eye test only a few months ago. However, moving between glasses and contact lenses may be a factor. I get less trouble when I'm wearing contacts (but my eyes are not able to wear them 24/7).

[sigisgrim.livejournal.com]

I don't think it's the prescription as I had an eye test only a few months ago.

Don't rule the prescription out. I know someone who's prescription was changing on an almost daily basis. Sometimes she was finding it different in the afternoon from the morning, I kid you not!

[rockwell-666.livejournal.com]

You mentioned wearing the contacts and the glasses at the same time, so I was just wondering if it might be linked to that?

Even if you're only switching between them, contact lenses do change the shape of the lens somewhat, so maybe that's affecting your vision?

[watervole.livejournal.com]

I use weaker reading glasses when I have the lenses in. I think vision is a factor, but it's not the only one as the problem is at its worst when my ears feel funny. Sometimes, I can get a quick improvement by yawning.

[vjezkova.livejournal.com]

It is good to hear that you survived the Festival relatively all right.You are brave!
It seems that you might have been able to discover a real source of your problem - but to prevent the attacks may be quite difficult...