# Vertigo & Seattle Area Neurologist **URL:** \ **Category:** Brain Aneurysm Resources\ **Created:** [August 4, 2014, 7:45pm UTC](https://www.bafsupport.org/t/vertigo-seattle-area-neurologist/3493 "2014-08-04T19:45:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Karri](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/www.bafsupport.org/karri/32/2024_2.png) [@Karri](https://www.bafsupport.org/u/Karri)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2014, 7:45pm UTC](https://www.bafsupport.org/t/vertigo-seattle-area-neurologist/3493/1 "2014-08-04T19:45:33Z")
Hi y’all 🙂 Well this year’s episodes- lol! Vertigo arrived in December and still bothers me. Was told at 1st it was a virus, Ebley manuvours seemed to help, but still comes in waves & triggered by reading this small iphone, moving my eyes & head up & down, side to side quickly. It came on strongly when doing downward facing yoga positions. I like to dance too & have to be careful with spin motions. Meclizine- anti motion medicine seems to help, but adds to the fatigue & fog. Been fighting frustration and depression. I haven’t been sleeping well either, but sleep meds & herbs give me a hangover & foggy brain. Red wine ironically seems to help with the vertigo, but I can’t start my day with wine! My gut tells me with the pressure on my left optic nerve from the original rupture, now left periphial vision problems, and 5 plates, mesh, at least 17 screws, jaw muscle cut, cuts in my skull that still have tender spots & a feeling of tightness & pressure on that left side, tight & pain in left side of neck, that my brain is still adapting a year after surgery & there’s damaged spots & nerves & all that hardware is causing my current episodes! I saw an ENT who suspects it’s brain not ear, so going to have tests. I have gone on & on again! Thanks for reading 🙂 Despite my challenges, I am determined, grateful and thankful! My question is a recommendation for the best Seattle area Neurologist? ---
**Author:** ![Terri2](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/www.bafsupport.org/terri2/32/3398_2.png) [@Terri2](https://www.bafsupport.org/u/Terri2)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2014, 7:52pm UTC](https://www.bafsupport.org/t/vertigo-seattle-area-neurologist/3493/2 "2014-08-04T19:52:50Z")
Karri- I have an awesome Neurosurgeon in Seattle. I would recommend him over my Neurologist that I saw in Kirkland. My Neurosurgeon is Dr. Laligam Sekhar. [http://www.uwmedicine.org/Pages/bio.aspx?bioid=134786&redirect](http://www.uwmedicine.org/Pages/bio.aspx?bioid=134786&redirect) Best of luck. Terri ---
**Author:** ![Karri](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/www.bafsupport.org/karri/32/2024_2.png) [@Karri](https://www.bafsupport.org/u/Karri)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2014, 8:29pm UTC](https://www.bafsupport.org/t/vertigo-seattle-area-neurologist/3493/3 "2014-08-04T20:29:51Z")
Thanks for replying! Dr Sekhar did my surgery! Good guy, but I wasn’t happy with the followup. I ask alot of questions & know I can be a pain in the arse, but I think the clinic is more about the actual surgeries, not addressing resulting problems & deficits. As my understanding is neurologists focus on all the brain issues, think I need a neurologist at this point. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/ben_baf_community/original/2X/c/c5103266eb578989c7552e623deca33bc7a80a57.jpeg) [@system](https://www.bafsupport.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2014, 12:03am UTC](https://www.bafsupport.org/t/vertigo-seattle-area-neurologist/3493/4 "2014-08-05T00:03:31Z")
Amazing how many of us have vertigo issues...Karri I am so glad you are seeing a neurologist...esp after the ENT ruled out ear issues...Keep us posted ~ Colleen ---
**Author:** ![Karri](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/www.bafsupport.org/karri/32/2024_2.png) [@Karri](https://www.bafsupport.org/u/Karri)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2014, 12:32am UTC](https://www.bafsupport.org/t/vertigo-seattle-area-neurologist/3493/5 "2014-08-05T00:32:53Z")
Thanks Colleen! Yea i didn’t connect it until 8 months of it now & helped by the others here also suffering vertigo. I hope medical folks are paying attention to our collective experiences living the unknown data! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![expectamiracle9](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/www.bafsupport.org/expectamiracle9/32/4189_2.png) [@expectamiracle9](https://www.bafsupport.org/u/expectamiracle9)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 6:56am UTC](https://www.bafsupport.org/t/vertigo-seattle-area-neurologist/3493/6 "2014-08-06T06:56:58Z")
My neurologist keeps insisting that my dizziness is not related, I have had dizziness since April of 2013, aneurysm coiled November 2013...still dizziness with gait disturbance...I walk off to the left all the time. I really wish these Drs. would read this board...way too many having dizziness and visual problems. ---
**Author:** ![Karri](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/www.bafsupport.org/karri/32/2024_2.png) [@Karri](https://www.bafsupport.org/u/Karri)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 7:15am UTC](https://www.bafsupport.org/t/vertigo-seattle-area-neurologist/3493/7 "2014-08-06T07:15:17Z")
I totally agree!