Link between AS and Vertigo?

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Hey there guys and girls,

I don't post here very often, but I was just wondering if anyone knew of any connection between AS and Vertigo? Maybe someone else here is suffering from it too?

Thanks

Chris

I don't have vertigo, but I think I have a healthy fear of smashing into the ground from a great height at 160ft per second ever since I fell off a roof and shattered my arm..

The weird thing is, even though I do not like heights so much I get this weird compulsion to wonder what it would be like to try flying, even if only for a moment lol

This is why I try to avoid any unprotected heights at all costs...

I've had waves of vertigo and ocular migraines from severe stress. They're rare (maybe once every few months), with one exception. I always get them when I go for an eye exam. I get primed by the bright flickering lights and the flicking of lenses then anything touching my eyes will send me spinning. I have to make two appointments to keep the tests separate. I was told it's a vasovagal response and there's a really wide range of triggers. I thought I was just some kind of eye wuss, but my optometrist had seen it before and recognized it immediately. I don't think there's a direct correlation with AS, but who knows.

The only other time I've ever had them is sitting in front of a computer monitor and then getting stressed about something. Never just from stress and never just staring at a monitor for too long. Similarly, I can have my eyes prodded without a problem as long as I don't have the eye exam immediately before it.

Too much of anxiety does that to me sometimes.

I get position vertigo - usually when I'm lying in bed. I feel like I'm in astronaut training, doing 3-axe spinning. If I move, just slightly, it goes away. My balance isn't great either, but the vertigo isn't a problem when I'm upright. I have other symptoms, which I think are related. I'm waiting for an ENT appointment due to recurrent one sided throat pain on swallowing and a swollen gland. I also have mild asthma and undiagnosed but obvious GI problems with dairy.

Being up really high tends to make my anxiety levels spike, especially if I look down. I usually lose control of my legs at that point. Not certain if its related, but I have a healthy distaste for heights.

Contrary to popular belief, vertigo has nothing to do with fear of heights. I have a normal unease, but no fear, of heights and I get vertigo when I'm lying down, in my bed.

Really? Hmm....Perhaps I need to do some research on the word.


Just did that....I got mixed up badly there.

Don't be embarrassed. I don't think I knew what it was until I actually had it. Anyone I've spoken to about vertigo has mentioned heights, so it's quite common for people to think it. I think it's the film that has managed to give this impression.

I don't have this. I try not to associate everything with AS anyway.

I also suffer from vertigo. It can be a pain to walk over a small bridge and feel like I'm drunk afterwards.

Yes, there are vestibular problems associated with autism, affecting balance, proprioception and alertness / over-stimulation. Some people with autism seek out vestibular stimulation, while others have gravitational insecurity and avoid "falling" movements.

Fear of heights is often called acrophobia (acri = Gr edge, fear of edges), in contrast to vertigo / dizziness that need not involve height.

I am trying out an air-cushion in my work chair, that provides continuous, low-level vestibular stimulation because it requires some effort to stay upright without a firm base. It is the same kind of feeling as sitting on a gym-ball, but not so unwieldy.

I get it a lot too. I once had it so bad I could not even stand up with out throwing up. I always felt like my brain was "throbing" and even when sitting perfectly still, I felt like I was falling down. I was SERIOUSLY considering sucide. It still comes and goes and it's been coming back again recently but it hasn't gotten as bad as it did that one time.