Vertigo-anyone else out there used herbal or alternative treatments? I'm on stemetil to treat it at present.

I have been off work for a week, after a sudden violent attack of vomiting and vertigo, for which I was hospitalised. There does not seem to be any specific cause - perhaps a viral infection, I've been told. The treatment I am on is Stemetil; 3 times a day; Serc; 3 times a day.I still feel very dizzy and disorientated - walk like I am drunk. I have read that Ginkgo Bilboa can be helpful in these cases; has anyone used it? Or has anyone any suggestions for exercises, or other treatments? I cannot go back to work until this settles; I'm a supervisor in a very busy clinic, and I need to be on top form to be at work.
I'm open to complementary therapies of any sort; I just feel really strange and "out of it".

I was off work with it for 3months when they finally decided to send me to a ear, nose and throat specialist who sent me to the hearing therapy who gave me exercises to retrain the brain into not thinking that vertigo is normal. They basically included making yourself dizzy like bending over and looking left and right and spinning around but are done with your eyes closed. basicaly bend over with your head between your legs and then look left and look right whilst bent over ten times. and just bend over ten times. Also do the dosey doe with someone (you will have your eyes closed) and spin 10 times one way and ten times the other. Also sit on chair and get up and spin one way and sit down. Now alternate which way everytime for 10 times. Then do it so you sit, stand spin one way and then the other and then sit down for 10 times.There are others but i will be here all day and i can't reall remember them. Hope this helps as I no the feeling, I really can't stand it when it comes on, They have no idea what causes mine at all. Again i got the line,we think a virus started it. Basically they have no idea what really causes vertigo.

My experience with vertigo is this: A few years ago, I began having slight vertigo first thing in the morning, but it would go away very quickly. This happened for a couple weeks. Then suddenly, one Sunday morning, the room was spinning and I couldn't even get out of bed! Had to have my ex take me to the hospital (the only one I could think to call on a Sunday morning!) and got a shot of something (probably Phenergan) and a prescription for Phenergan for the nausea and Meclizine for the dizziness. At the hospital, they said "there's no fluid in your ears". The next day at my regular doctor's, she said "there's lots of fluid in your ears". ?!? So she suggested lots of steady Sudafed or similar for decongesting the fluid. Everyone's statement was "don't know what causes it; it just keeps happening". Not very encouraging, as I REALLY didn't like the whole nausea thing, much less not being able to walk straight. Well, a couple years went by without any more vertigo (yay!) then one night I ate dinner at my local Perkins. Had a Coconut Shrimp Salad with easily over a dozen jumbo coconut-crusted shrimp, which I usually don't eat, but these were delicious. This was at about 7pm. At about 4am, the room woke me up spinning like crazy. I finally put the 2 + 2 together for me that it must be the shrimp! I have no recollection that I was eating more shrimp than I usually did to cause the first episode, but the second one was painfully obvious. So no more shrimp for me, and so far, no more vertigo! I was able to get past the second episode by taking lots of Sudafed on my own without a trip to the doc or the hospital. And while researching motion sickness meds for my very first cruise a couple months ago, I discovered that Bonine and the non-drowsy Dramamine are actually meclizine (which worked great on the cruise by the way). This is good to know for those of us who no longer have health insurance... So, put on your Columbo hat (if you're not old enough to remember him, he was a quirky detective) and pay attention to all the things you eat or drink or even have contact with or breathe to see if any of them could be causing your problems. Good luck!!! : )

Have you been to a doctor? I ask because I have vertigo and have had my ears and hearing checked, 2 MRIs, 1 CT scan, and another test (I forget what it is called). If you have not been to a doctor, go immediately. Some of the things for which they tested me were very serious concerns (cancer, aneurysm, multiple sclerosis) and the first line of defense should be to learn what is the cause before you try to address the effect. Unless you have had all of these tests, you need to see an ear, nose, and throat specialist and, if it is not an inner ear problem, a neurologist will probably be consulted next.

Get yourself along to a Homoeopath. I've been consulted a lot in the last few months about menieres, labarynthitis & just plain vertigo - all of which make people feel just how you've described. Homoeopathy has total success with treating this but you can't treat yourself - it needs the expertise & experience of a registered practitioner. Go to http://www.homeopathy-soh.org/ to find a local therapist. I haven't failed a case yet & the results are pretty rapid & permanent. Best wishes