Posted by IsoM on April 7, 2002, at 3:02:24
In reply to Re: feeling weird on WB .. is the ground moving ?? ! » beejays, posted by beardedlady on April 6, 2002, at 15:02:48
Beire-dei, I have that sensation too. When I read about you toppling over when you put your pants on (or is it when you take them off), I laughed. So there's someone who does that besides me? Hence, my saying I'm always klutzy.
My Mom also gets that sort of feeling but she doesn't take any psychotropic meds. Let me tell you something I know about balance - not that it's going to explain the problem or what to do about it.
I've read that our sense of balance doesn't just involve the our inner ears but are a combination of the it, the messages sent to the brain, & the information coming from our eyes & muscles giving us the sense of where we are in the physical world. The semi-circular canals in our inner ear are filled with fluid & when we rotate our head, very fine hairs within send signals to our brain letting it know. Two other inner ear organs are the utricle & the saccule which detect straight-line & acceration movements.
There's many things that can damage the fine hair-like structures or can alter the fluid or cause infammation in the inner ear, or even damage the major nerve from ear to brain. Anything gone wrong in these areas can affect our balance. Even some viruses with no special names can cause long-lasting balance problems. Not very encouraging but it's really hard to track down what might be the reason.
Me, I just try to be careful. If I close my eyes, I'll start swaying. I can't walk with my eyes closed, I lose my balance very easily then. I can't whip my head around quickly either if something grabs my attention. Feels awful when I do. Something we have to learn to live with but I do understand your curiousity to just know 'why?'.
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