Weird Q: can you mess up your head w/too many thrill rides?

[DizMe]

Exactly 1 week ago we were wrapping up our 5-day trip to DL. I rode all of the coasters and thrill rides multiple times except Screamin'. Well, I rode practically everything!

Quite often, I seem to still have the sensation of spinning. It takes my equilibrium a while to adjust now. Has anyone else had that happen? I hope it gets better soon or I may have to change my username to DizzyMe!!!

 

[bumbershoot]

Sure you can.

With screamin' it's important to keep your head back the whole time. MOving your head around will make it so much worse.



For a good amount of time I refused to go on roller coasters b/c they messed up my spine so badly. But after many many years of chiropractic care I have a very healthy back and they don't mess me up.

But I do get dizzy after Screamin'! it's a bit concussive.

 

[evilprncess96]

You could also have an inner ear problem. After a week of being home, I would go to your doctor and have it checked out. A close friend had an ear infection a few years ago and it caused permanent vertigo so I am a little paranoid but better safe than sorry.

 

[Krissy Marissy]

You could also have an inner ear problem. After a week of being home, I would go to your doctor and have it checked out. A close friend had an ear infection a few years ago and it caused permanent vertigo so I am a little paranoid but better safe than sorry.

Same thing kinda happened to my little sister...something was messed up in her ear but thankfully was fixed. She has been riding coasters since she was tall enough, about 15 years now, so a few years ago when we got home and she was still woozy she went to the dr. GL

 

[prettyprincessbelle]

You could also have an inner ear problem. After a week of being home, I would go to your doctor and have it checked out. A close friend had an ear infection a few years ago and it caused permanent vertigo so I am a little paranoid but better safe than sorry.

My Aunt got permanent vertigo from being on a cruise ship (I’m guessing the rockiness of the boat?) so I’m sure you can get something from too many thrill rides.

 

[PinkBudgie]

It could be from the coasters, but maybe it is from a cold. Are you sick right now? I go through "dizzy spells" when I catch a cold. For weeks, the room will tip and spin. You should still go to the doctor, but there are some exercises I found on the internet that helped me. It had to do with turning your head slowly in a certain direction. But check it out at a doctor first. In my case, the doctor didn't really have a solution and it will go away after a few weeks.

 

[jemilah]

I also thought check out the inner ear , if it's that you will better in no time!

 

[DizMe]

It could be from the coasters, but maybe it is from a cold. Are you sick right now? I go through "dizzy spells" when I catch a cold. For weeks, the room will tip and spin. You should still go to the doctor, but there are some exercises I found on the internet that helped me. It had to do with turning your head slowly in a certain direction. But check it out at a doctor first. In my case, the doctor didn't really have a solution and it will go away after a few weeks.

Hmmm...interesting! I haven't been sick but I have sinus problems (non-allergy related). I'll call my ENT and check it out. I get this vertigo stuff fairly often, from something as silly as riding an elevator. Sometimes it lasts a long time and other times it goes away quickly, as with the elevator dizziness. This is the first time I've made the connection with DL, though, as a long-term source of vertigo.

Thanks, everyone!

 

[Albort]

hmmmm, this is experiance from Knotts. Some guy rode Jaguar like 25 times and survived... though he complained about getting whiplashed...

 

[Leash]

Exactly 1 week ago we were wrapping up our 5-day trip to DL. I rode all of the coasters and thrill rides multiple times except Screamin'. Well, I rode practically everything!

Quite often, I seem to still have the sensation of spinning. It takes my equilibrium a while to adjust now. Has anyone else had that happen? I hope it gets better soon or I may have to change my username to DizzyMe!!!

My husband had a seizure during the night after we went to Disneyland last November. The doctor couldn't say exactly what caused it but he said it could have been a combination of rides and things at the park. To avoid freaking anyone out let me just add that he has a history of seziures but had not had one for 11 years before that. The doctor (in the emergency room a few blocks from DL) said he has seen a number of neurological issues come in from DL but most are temporary and not very serious.
So yes it is entirely possible that the rides might have done a number on your head, though I agree with the previous posters that you might have something like a sinus problem that just got aggravated by the rides.

 

[jory29]

Oh no, I feel horrible for you!! I went on with vertigo in my life since around March of 2008 - I suddenly started experiencing vertigo that was horrible to deal with daily. I was taking serc, but it only helped a little bit. Upon going on our trip in September, I knew one of 3 things would happen - either 1.) It would get worse. 2.) It would stay the same, or 3.) It would get better.

Believe it or not, despite the sensation of the ground moving up and down for a long time after exiting rides (I went on CS a couple of times during our 5 day pass, and other rides, too, with motion), somehow, during those days, and upon our return home, I have been feeling sooooo much better. I have to wonder if it was the airplane ride for several hours there and back that helped (I used earplanes by the way, to help alleviate pressure in my ears from flying, as well, I took a sudafed prior to the flight), or was it my cold that I got on the 2nd day there (I had to take sudafed for the rest of the week), or was it the humidity and temp. change from our dry, cooler Alberta. My real question though, is... DID the rides - the G-forces, etc. help for me to overcome that?

I HOPE you start feeling better soon- it is such a horrible sensation to move your head and feel vertigo. I always felt low grade nausea, too.

Also - hormonal changes can trigger if it's going to be worse or not.

Do you have TMJ, or arthritis in the jaw? I have TMJ, and think that my vertigo is pegged mostly to that.

GOOD LUCK!!!! I am glad you will go have it checked out, and please post back here when you do, to let us know how you're doing.

 

[DizMe]

Oh no, I feel horrible for you!! I went on with vertigo in my life since around March of 2008 - I suddenly started experiencing vertigo that was horrible to deal with daily. I was taking serc, but it only helped a little bit. Upon going on our trip in September, I knew one of 3 things would happen - either 1.) It would get worse. 2.) It would stay the same, or 3.) It would get better.

Believe it or not, despite the sensation of the ground moving up and down for a long time after exiting rides (I went on CS a couple of times during our 5 day pass, and other rides, too, with motion), somehow, during those days, and upon our return home, I have been feeling sooooo much better. I have to wonder if it was the airplane ride for several hours there and back that helped (I used earplanes by the way, to help alleviate pressure in my ears from flying, as well, I took a sudafed prior to the flight), or was it my cold that I got on the 2nd day there (I had to take sudafed for the rest of the week), or was it the humidity and temp. change from our dry, cooler Alberta. My real question though, is... DID the rides - the G-forces, etc. help for me to overcome that?

I HOPE you start feeling better soon- it is such a horrible sensation to move your head and feel vertigo. I always felt low grade nausea, too.

Also - hormonal changes can trigger if it's going to be worse or not.

Do you have TMJ, or arthritis in the jaw? I have TMJ, and think that my vertigo is pegged mostly to that.

GOOD LUCK!!!! I am glad you will go have it checked out, and please post back here when you do, to let us know how you're doing.

jory, It's interesting because I had just been googling both TMJ and arthritis before our trip. I'd been having pain in my jaw and a lot of migraine headaches, which fit the TMJ thing. I don't clench or grind my teeth, though, and my jaw didn't hurt where it hinges. I didn't really seem to fit the overall pattern. The pain seemed to be coming from the bone under my chin. Now I'm wondering if it might not have been tension/anxiety (which also might relate to TMJ?) because it all went away once we got to DL. It might have been my usual sinus trouble. I have scarring inside from several nose repair surgeries (it got smashed years ago) that has left a very tiny opening into one of my sinuses. That makes it difficult for it to drain and so when there is anything that creates fluid build-up in it, I have a problem. That's where most of my vertigo has come from, I think, but who knows? I had a bad problem with it when I was pregnant but that didn't seem to have anything to do with sinuses, so maybe that was the hormonal aspect you were talking about. My hormones are going crazy right now (welcome to middle age), so I guess it could be a lot of things or a combination of factors.

But hey, I like that yours got better with a trip to DL!! I'm going to try that--I'm going to go back and do it all again. Maybe it's like when a hit on the head restores the memories that got wiped away with a first knock on the noggin!! I wonder if my insurance will cover it? Wouldn't that be cool? DL as a medical necessity