[Attarderb]

last two days i have been having rather bad dizziness. so, i went to a doctor. she told me that i have vertigo and gave me some pills to take it. looking up on internet, it's some sort of pill for motion sickness and vertigo. now.. i'm thinking maybe i had one too many shot to the head from kendo.. is it possible?

pete

[Wezfyowk]

Well, I hope you get better soon!

The only thing i can think of (and no i'm not a doctor) is that the men hits might cause you to feel dizzy by the noise and thus pressure differentials created inside the men. As the ears are linked to balance it seems like a possibility, even though a remote one. Can't imagine the actual contact to the men / head would cause much damage... you were wearing men weren't you?

[WaysletlyLene]

Ive had something like this

It comes on very suddenly & is pretty much motion sickness

In my case Id had a cold and my mucal membranes were gunking up my inner ears

One intresting technique i was advised on (and you should check with your doctor before trying this !!)

Hold your nostrils shut and try to blow into them - in effect youyre driving the gunk out of your ear/nasal passage

its pretty unpleasant though ! (it did help me)

[Dilangos]

Ive had my share of bokuto hits on my head doing kata

the men is quite protective, and unless you have people in your dojo that are using jackhammers instead of shinai, you will be safe earinfection of stuff like that can also induce motion sickness like symptons, since your balance organs can get tricked...

[jisee]

. . .Hold your nostrils shut and try to blow into them - in effect youyre driving the gunk out of your ear/nasal passage. . .

I think this is an unwise thing to do and in fact probably does the opposite of what you are intending.
What you are really trying to do here, I think, is equalize pressure, like a valsalva maneuver in diving or doing what you describe but gently blowing. This can also cause dizzyness.

[Duseshoug]

I had the same problem too... it could be because of the men, why not, some of them are really hard and the head is not something too strong as we like to think

[Niiinioa]

Mmmm...scopolamine. Whee!!!

[DraidodaRip]

I had the same problem too... it could be because of the men, why not, some of them are really hard and the head is not something too strong as we like to think

Now there's a girl that knows stuff.

[Doncarlito]

last two days i have been having rather bad dizziness. so, i went to a doctor. she told me that i have vertigo and gave me some pills to take it. looking up on internet, it's some sort of pill for motion sickness and vertigo. now.. i'm thinking maybe i had one too many shot to the head from kendo.. is it possible?

pete

Same thing happened to me. My doctor thought it was either a few bad blows to the head that resulted in a disruption to me ears or a viral infection which, in either case, caused dizziness and slight nausea.

Frankly, my doctor is not excited about my doing kendo except that it is good exercise!

[Blotassefesek]

I had the same problem too... it could be because of the men, why not, some of them are really hard and the head is not something too strong as we like to think

Bless me Father for I have sinned in my own thought.

[Vcwdldva]

last two days i have been having rather bad dizziness. so, i went to a doctor. she told me that i have vertigo and gave me some pills to take it. looking up on internet, it's some sort of pill for motion sickness and vertigo. now.. i'm thinking maybe i had one too many shot to the head from kendo.. is it possible?

pete

Too much bagpipe dude.

I'm prescribing you a sixer of guiness to be taken twice a day for the following week. If dizzyness persists, discontinue use and and switch to Old Rasputin.

[Centurnion]

that meclizine worked. not dizzy any more. went to practice last night and got hammered by sensei and one of the lead instructor from other dojo, and by 6' 7" mudansha who nails down like hammer on my men, and i'm not dizzy. i guess kendo wasn't the issue for me.

pete

[i32I7qyH]

that meclizine worked. not dizzy any more. went to practice last night and got hammered by sensei and one of the lead instructor from other dojo, and by 6' 7" mudansha who nails down like hammer on my men, and i'm not dizzy. i guess kendo wasn't the issue for me.

pete

Almost as much fun as Scopolamine. I forget the brand name, but there used to be a really nifty seasickness remedy that had both. We called them "goofballs". The dizzies go away, but like work after three pints of beer, not a hell of a lot gets done after you take 'em.

[d1Bc25UP]

Too much bagpipe dude.

I'm prescribing you a sixer of guiness to be taken twice a day for the following week. If dizzyness persists, discontinue use and and switch to Old Rasputin.

hell, i don't need reason to drink Guinness. some people breath air, i prefer Guinness.. hmm.. i might ask my wife to pickle me in a keg of Guinness when i die.

pete

[isopsmypovA]

Just this weekend, a semi-truck full of Guiness broke down in front of my house. I'm doing an enormous construction project on it, and we were deep into demolishing part of the structure, covered in dust, rotten wood and the remains of the bugs that ate it. Tt's about 85-90' F outside, and I thought I had died and been delivered to heaven.

Then, the tow-truck came and I felt like weeping.

[Hlennisal]

Thread drift....

Stephanie "Double" Dee!

Ahem,


So....you come here often?

[SkHukV3N]

Almost as much fun as Scopolamine. I forget the brand name, but there used to be a really nifty seasickness remedy that had both. We called them "goofballs". The dizzies go away, but like work after three pints of beer, not a hell of a lot gets done after you take 'em.

Naturally found in Jimson weed a.k.a. loco weed. Causes halucinations that are so real you don't realize they are halucinations and take more thinking it isn't working. Then you die.
Of course I only know this from second hand sources.

[HawksBurnDown]

Well scopolamine can certainly cause hallucinations and death. You have to be careful of the dosage. It's a pretty potent anti-muscarinic drug that readily passes the blood brain barrier. It is still used medicinally but usually an analog like butylscopolamine that does not pass the bbb is used instead nowadays.

Good to see you back in form at practice last night Pete. Wish I had been able to spend more time in jigeiko instead of with the beginners, but thats the way it goes. If you didn't have work later that night you should have gone over to Kurama with Yasuda sensei, Tokunaga, Gabe, Phil and me.