vertigo

[debri]

i have vertigo has anybody been up in a plane with vertigo and how does it affect you

[chygill]

hi yes I've got vertigo (had it for 5 years) when flying i find that I have more problems than otherwise and am waiting to be rerefered to discuss this with a consultant. Are you affected?

[jno]

vertigo's dizziness rather than fear of heights, so it mightn't affect you flying

[scoobydooby]

jno's right. It's very different. I suffer with vertigo and cannot stand on bridges/at the end of piers etc. because I feel as though I cannot keep my balance.

I don't like flying but the fear I suffer with vertigo isn't there - its' simply because i can't understand how planes can stay in the air!

[sddsddean]

Scooby - Aeroplanes fly because an 18th Century mathematician called Daniel Bernoulli discovered that the faster a fluid flows, the less pressure it exerts. I don't know if this assuages your fear or not!

[Gef]

I also suffer with vertigo and have to avoid escalators, glass sided lifts etc. However, I've never had a problem on a plane and I've been to New Zealand two years running.

[scoobydooby]

Lol.....thanks. It's more of a problem with my brain accepting anything anyone's ever explained to me. It doesn't function properly up there!

[ojread2]

Vertigo is not a fear of heights - acrophobia is. you may find flying causes further problems but speak to your GP if you take medication for vertigo - or are you just afraid of heights?

Vertigo is an inner ear condition that causes dizziness and has other symptoms.

Vertigo is often misnamed as a fear of heights because the acrophobic has dizziness as a symptom of his fear