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1374564 tn?1295059520

Balance problems

I have been clean for 47 days now and I am feeling pretty darn good except for the fact that my balance is now shot. I cannot walk a straight line to save my life and if I close my eyes while trying to stand or even sit still,, my body will lurch or rock forward. Has anyone else had this problem and does it get better?
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495284 tn?1333894042
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I would go and have this checked out with your doctor......Let us know what you find out.    sara
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Congrats on your sobriety, I'm working towards it im currently undergoing methadone maintenance treatment, sometimes i run out a day early with my take homes and start to withdrawal, and i notice that i get th feeling of fluid in my ears which throws off my balance a lil , im thinkin it could be art of getting normal again, but it really couldn't hurt to
consult an ear nose and throat doctor. I know one time I missed 3 days in a row at the clinic due to car trouble (and when u miss 3 in a row u take an automatic drug test which I wasn't worried about cuz i'm always clean, but of course when i finally made i down there it was on a Sunday and the doctor wasn't in, so they had to page him ....and page him....and page him. Anyway I waited 4 hrs (sick as a dog) for him to get back to the nurse and even though I was completely clean and had been at a stable 80mg/day for 8 months, the doctor phoned in and said drop me to 20 mg, when the nurse told me I almost began to laugh because I thought she was joking, but no jokes at all. I mean 20 mg did absolutely nothing to help me and our clinic has a rule that you can only go up 5mg every other day. So i had to wait 16 days just to get back up to where I was stable, and wouldn't you know 80 mg was no longer enough to keep me stable all day, so I up it to 100%.













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1374653 tn?1289239473
Congrats on 47 days....not sure on the balance thing.....could be vertigo.
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401095 tn?1351391770
Congrats on 47 days!
I also had a balnce issue but more while using than after I quit.  I still do but can walk a straight line, only challenging balances in yoga make me feel "off balance" now,
You may want to get checked by a Dr.  Inner ear trouble can cause this and other things as well
Best to get checked
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