Dizzy after freediving

[danaterau]

I've been scuba diving for a few years, snorkeled forever, and just recently started freediving and spearfishing. Within the last few months I've developed a problem after I do my first 20 foot or so dive. After I get to the surface I am extremely dizzy and disoriented. So bad, that I can hardy tread water and stay afloat. It isn't from holding my breath, because it has happened when I didn't hold it too long. Any ideas? Could it be from water getting in my ears? Like I said, never happened scuba diving or diving down when I snorkle.

Thanks

 

[Rogert]

HEy danaterau, i also had this problem when doing dynamics in the pool. I changed my breath up and ive never had a problem since. I think in my case had something to do with a short breath up. In your case might have something to do with narcosis maybe?

 

[azapa]

is the water you dive in very cold? it is a common cause of nausea.

 

[par2005]

HEy danaterau, i also had this problem when doing dynamics in the pool. I changed my breath up and ive never had a problem since. I think in my case had something to do with a short breath up. In your case might have something to do with narcosis maybe?

i really doubt it has something to do with narcosis ..

 

[rbsub]

Guess you hyperventilate. There are a lot of information about that here in the forum. Do a search.

 

[danaterau]

The water was about 52 degrees, I had a wetsuit but no hood. This weekend, the water temp has jumped to around 70 so I'll see if that makes a difference. I'll also work on changing my breathing up somehow. Thanks.

 

[azapa]

check this re breathe ups vs hyperventilation: http://forums.deeperblue.net/freedi...e-up-vs-hyperventilation-how-distinguish.html

You will need a hood in those temps, I dive in same, without it, the body will reduce blood flow to/from your exposed extremities and you will not feel cold after a while, but the initial cold is 90% certainly the cause of your dizziness.

 

[danaterau]

Azapa,
Thank you so much. I was starting to think I wasn't going to be able to do it anymore. Hopefully this weekend, with the water being around 70 degrees up here in New Jersey, I will see a difference.
Thanks for the link too.

 

[wilddiver]

Google alternobaric vertigo ... sounds like that is your problem.

 

[Azrael3000]

Somebody is digging up a grave here, I'm quite sure that after more than 5 years he has solved his issue...

 

[tycoonelyk]

Well lets hope he solved his issue...
And hopefully he tested these with a buddy...

 

[tuboludo]

There are some special balance control elements inside your ears that might have been displaced (I don’t remember the name of these – either in Danish *** I am from Denmark *** nor in English). These elements are like tiny, tine small pellets. The good news is that this problem can be fixed and it is an easy fix up! The bad news is that you need to get a reference from an ENT doctor to one of those very few hospitals that has the special machine to fix the problem. They will actually strap you and your head in a big rotating device, and they will be rotating you in certain patterns until the small pellets have fallen into correct placement again! I am not kidding. This is not some since fiction thing, this is a real world machine, and it works. I know for a fact that only one hospital has one of these devices here in Denmark! But I am sure most countries have at least one hospital with one of these devices. BTW, I am not saying this is your problem, but it could be!

 

[Fabalicious]

There are some special balance control elements inside your ears that might have been displaced (I don’t remember the name of these – either in Danish *** I am from Denmark *** nor in English). These elements are like tiny, tine small pellets. The good news is that this problem can be fixed and it is an easy fix up! The bad news is that you need to get a reference from an ENT doctor to one of those very few hospitals that has the special machine to fix the problem. They will actually strap you and your head in a big rotating device, and they will be rotating you in certain patterns until the small pellets have fallen into correct placement again! I am not kidding. This is not some since fiction thing, this is a real world machine, and it works. I know for a fact that only one hospital has one of these devices here in Denmark! But I am sure most countries have at least one hospital with one of these devices. BTW, I am not saying this is your problem, but it could be!

Hi tuboludo, you wouldn’t happen to know the names now that its ten years later? also the name of the machine to fix it would be handy thanks