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.

[were-gopher.livejournal.com]

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

[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...