[RichM]

Hello Everyone,

just out of curiosity, has anyone ever ridden a roller coaster and experienced severe dizziness and puking (lasting a few days), along with your eyes going black whenever you experience intense G-forces on a roller coaster?

Before i was diagnosed, i NEVER had ANY issues on roller coasters. I always enjoyed them, never got insanely sick, and never came close to blacking out.

a few weeks ago, i was at six flags and all of the above happened to me. My blood sugar was high that day and i think that was the problem. After the first roller coaster i had to puke. I couldnt handle it any longer. I went to the car and i slept in it for about 3 hours. I felt a little better but then the next day it was the same thing. I felt like **** for about three days....constantly needing to throw up and always dizzy.

This also happened at universal studios back in July. I rode one roller coaster and i was miserable for the next few days.

just to let you all know, i was not sick with anything.

Any ideas?

[soso]

Could be a vertigo type thing? I had a friend who had an attack that lasted for weeks and she could not even sit on a stool, without falling or throwing up...

[Subby]

Ouch. No I don't know of this. But here's some of my experiences with high BG. In me, high BG and/or quickly elevating (or spiralling) BG can cause all sorts of weird effects - including balance issues, stressing my neck muscles and creating headaches, back spasms, headaches, extreme vertigo etc. I have found that osteopathy re-relaxes my neck. Bad BG fluctuations re-stress the area. I believe there are mental effects from this too (I feel I have mood and memory impairment when my neck is "out").

Do you ever feel highs affecting your head or neck in this kind of way? Maybe something like that did contribute, perhaps your upper spine/neck then went out of alignment on the ride in my experience this can cause all sorts of side effects like nausea). I think this phenomenon is reasonably accepted by a number of therapies, but I don't know what backing there is, scientific or otherwise. It's just based on my experience.

[DeusXM]

Nope, never. Might not be diabetes related. Don't take this the wrong way, but it might just be a side-effect of aging?

[Huckleberry]

Are you taking any other meds that could cause that - perhaps for high blood pressure??

[Keezheekoni]

I think it might be a new vertigo problem, not diabetes related... Yes, maybe your high bg had something to do with it, but mostly it would seem to me that something's up with your inner ear fluids. Make an appt with an EMT to see if they can help you.

[art]

I don't ride coaster like I used to but I do on occasion step out of a perfectly good airplane.

I've never encountered the problem you describe post diagnosis.

There's something else going on.

Art

[genie86333]

Originally Posted by Keezheekoni

I think it might be a new vertigo problem, not diabetes related... Make an appt with an EMT to see if they can help you.

Ummmm...maybe an ENT (Ear, Nose & Throat) doc would work better than an EMT (Emergency Medical Technician)
EMT's would have been the ones to call just after getting off the rollercoaster, but now I think an ENT appt would be more appropriate.

I have a feeling that's what you meant (darn typos) but figured it wouldn't hurt to clarify.

As a sufferer of vertigo myself, I'd say I agree, it sounds more inner-ear related. I've never blacked out or anything from it, but the dizziness, nausea, etc sounds exactly like what I have.

[RichM]

yeah a few of my friends said its probably an Inner-ear issue and a unbalance in my head.

Its just wierd 'cause im only 21. i was diagnosed at 18. before that, there were no problems.

Thanks for the replies everyone.

[fgummett]

Originally Posted by genie86333

Ummmm...maybe an ENT (Ear, Nose & Throat) doc would work better than an EMT (Emergency Medical Technician)

OK... let's get real fancy and call an ORL - Otto-Rhino-Laryngologist