Hi all

My girlfriend, after drinking, suffers from "spinning room."

I don't thankfully and consequently am not very sympathetic towards her especially as I'll be trying to sleep while she "can't"

Does anyone else suffer from this and does anyone know of any solutions to this problem? With the festive period kicking off, the amount of alcohol due to be consumed by her is rising which means less sleep for me.

BTW the obvious answer is to not drink too much alcohol but to quote a certain cup-a-soup slurping brummie - IT'S CHRISSSSSSTMASSSSSS!

I suffer from this too... The only solution is either to put up with it and hope that the room eventually slows down, or to throw up :)

Smoke some weed

lay on top of her and nail her to the bed so to speak:thumbsup: it may not work but its fun trying:hihi: :hihi:

I used to have this.....I found just sticking it out and hanging onto the bed till i passed out worked.

I don't have it any more but then I can't remember the time i last got THAT drunk :confused:

Originally posted by Gethical
Smoke some weed
Well that would certainly help her to throw up......

Originally posted by ccellis
Hi all

My girlfriend, after drinking, suffers from "spinning room."

I don't thankfully and consequently am not very sympathetic towards her especially as I'll be trying to sleep while she "can't"

Does anyone else suffer from this and does anyone know of any solutions to this problem? With the festive period kicking off, the amount of alcohol due to be consumed by her is rising which means less sleep for me.

BTW the obvious answer is to not drink too much alcohol but to quote a certain cup-a-soup slurping brummie - IT'S CHRISSSSSSTMASSSSSS!

When this happens to me... i just find when i lie down i tend to just fall asleep... or pass out one of the 2! hmmm! got me thinking now... :? :hihi:

pass out or sleep? pass out or sleep? lol :blush:

Luckily this doesnt happen too often! hick! :wink:

Originally posted by ccellis

Does anyone else suffer from this and does anyone know of any solutions to this problem?

The solution is to drink more...........til she's comatose. :D

A trick I use is to sleep with my feet on the floor and when the room starts to spin, I concentrate on my feet being on a stable surface or another good one is to sit half up in bed and try to stay awake until you simply nod off of your own accord...always works for me!

Originally posted by ccellis
Hi all

My girlfriend, after drinking, suffers from "spinning room."

I don't thankfully and consequently am not very sympathetic towards her especially as I'll be trying to sleep while she "can't"

Does anyone else suffer from this and does anyone know of any solutions to this problem? With the festive period kicking off, the amount of alcohol due to be consumed by her is rising which means less sleep for me.

BTW the obvious answer is to not drink too much alcohol but to quote a certain cup-a-soup slurping brummie - IT'S CHRISSSSSSTMASSSSSS!

There is no cure, it's a warning sign sent by her body. Sorry can't help.
I don't drink due to spinning room as I know it doesn't agree with me.

The old saying is:

"You know you're drunk if you have to hang onto the bed to stop you falling off"

The two solutions are -

Don't drink as much. (which you don't want to hear)
Practise more. (which takes dedication)

Originally posted by honeyplanet
Well that would certainly help her to throw up......

Might calm her down though and help her sleep is all I'm saying...

Not that I condone this type of thing etc...

You know, I just 'heard' this works! ;)

If she really won't drink less, make sure she drinks a lot of water, ie, one alcoholic drink then the same amount of water each time.

I worry for her health though. A friend of mine suffers from this and stopped drinking altogether after falling down the stairs one night on her way to the loo and splitting her forehead open :|

OK - windmilling or spinning room occurs when the density of the fluid in the semicircular canals in the ears drops below the normal level. Drink too much alcohol and the fluid density drops, and you start feeling like the room is spinning. For most people this happens after a lot of alcohol. For other less fortunate people, even a small amount of alcohol has this effect.

The best way of counteracting this, that I have heard of, is to make sure that your drinks contain large quantities of heavy water (deuterium oxide).

As you might think, heavy water is denser than normal water and may help to counteract the density drop of the fluid in your semi-circular canals, thereby avoiding the windmills.

what is Heavy water? :suspect:

is that a joke? Maybe you could siphon it from around the cores of nuclear reactors.

I used to suffer from this sometimes, but only when I lay down, not stood up. I thought it was quite good fun, so it helped me going to sleep/passing out. It was only after a lot of alcohol though.

Originally posted by Cyclone
is that a joke? Maybe you could siphon it from around the cores of nuclear reactors.

I used to suffer from this sometimes, but only when I lay down, not stood up. I thought it was quite good fun, so it helped me going to sleep/passing out. It was only after a lot of alcohol though.

No it's a perfectly serious solution (intended).

We all drink heavy water anyway - it is just a question of increasing the proportion of D2O to H20 above the 1 part in 3000 it is usually found at.

Any stronger than 1 part in 4, then it's likely you will be sterilised though - handy for a night out on the p*ss.

just out of interest what is so enjoyable about drinking so much alcohol that you cant control your own surroundings,bodily functions or even a solid building from moving haphazardly.

some people get 'spinning room' from just a small amount of alcohol though.

Originally posted by Phanerothyme
No it's a perfectly serious solution (intended).

We all drink heavy water anyway - it is just a question of increasing the proportion of D2O to H20 above the 1 part in 3000 it is usually found at.

Any stronger than 1 part in 4, then it's likely you will be sterilised though - handy for a night out on the p*ss.

isn't it a difficult and expensive process to seperate it though (if I remember correctly). And obviously you can't go to the bar and ask for a beer made with heavy water.

Originally posted by Moon Maiden
I used to have this.....I found just sticking it out and hanging onto the bed till i passed out worked.

Please remember this is a 'family forum'! :gag: :gag:

Originally posted by Cyclone
isn't it a difficult and expensive process to seperate it though (if I remember correctly). And obviously you can't go to the bar and ask for a beer made with heavy water.

Only if you need 99% pure deuterium oxide.

Concentrations can be increased up to 20% (it says here) by distillation, or the "girdler sulphide process".

Originally posted by Phanerothyme
Only if you need 99% pure deuterium oxide.

Concentrations can be increased up to 20% (it says here) by distillation, or the "girdler sulphide process".
mmm..shopping list for Tescos.
1. Bread
2. Milk
3. Eggs.
4. Newspaper
5. Girdler Suplhide Processor
6. Dueterium Oxide

Can't see it somehow

Originally posted by wibbles
mmm..shopping list for Tescos.
1. Bread
2. Milk
3. Eggs.
4. Newspaper


Then use your computer to connect to the new fangled interweb and buy a bottle of heavy water here (http://www.unitednuclear.com/everything.htm) for less than a £10.....

Originally posted by Moon Maiden
what is Heavy water? :suspect:

Its the same as normal water, except instead of two hydrogen atoms connected to the Oxygen atom, it's two Deuterium atoms.

Deuterium is a stable isotope of Hydrogen, with slightly different qualities (it's heavier).

D20 (deuterium oxide or Heavy Water) is 10% heavier than standard water.

First Law of Thermodynamics......use both hands to lift a glass of Heavy Water to your mouth.

Second Law of Thermodynamics... for God's sake don't drink it :heyhey:

Originally posted by shoeshine
First Law of Thermodynamics......use both hands to lift a glass of Heavy Water to your mouth.

Second Law of Thermodynamics... for God's sake don't drink it :heyhey:

Ah it's relatively safe, so long as you don't overdo it - like alcohol.

I bet you glow in the dark though:hihi:

So anyone else got a solution that works?

I'll admit the heavy water idea is a bit unconventional, but you wouldn't need a lot as the changes in density required in the inner ear to cause "the windmills" are very very small.

But it would make your drinks a lot more expensive.....

What's the medication for vertigo?

Traditional medical treatments for vertigo include Stemetil (prochlorperazine) which is also used in many travel sickness medications so is available over the counter, but which is really sedative and can have other side effects such as dry mouth, and Serc 16 (betahistine) which is also used to treat Menieres disease, and has less unwanted effects but is oly available on prescription.

If you're at the queasy stage already, there's a form of prochloperazine available that you dissolve in the mouth rather than swallow.

I also get "spinning room" after overindulging. My husband reckons I should just lie down and pass out, but I'm too much of a control freak to let that happen, and generally not drunk enough to do that either.

My solution - head to the bathroom, hang onto the sink, stare at the floor and drink the odd mouthful of cold water until I sober up. But usually, I just try not to get that drunk in the first place. Interspersing alcohol with soft drinks is the easiest way to make sure your body has a chance of keeping up.

Part of original post by ccellis
--My girlfriend, after drinking, suffers from "spinning room."

I don't thankfully and consequently am not very sympathetic towards her especially as I'll be trying to sleep while she "can't"

Does anyone else suffer from this and does anyone know of any solutions to this problem?
There's a very simple solution, find yourself a brighter girlfriend, one not so dumb as to drink too much! ... Alternatively, buy her a rotating office-chair for Xmas... It won't stop the room spinning but she'll be able to keep up with it! ;)

When the room spins when your sober...that's the time to worry:)

If she insists on getting into this state then she should lie in bed with one foot still on the floor (best to put a sock on that foot now its chilly). Totally works. :thumbsup:

I have the same problem, when p****d I cant sleep for the room spinning. Have recently found a cure (works for me but Im not saying it will work for everyone) I lay on the bedroom floor, a hard surface does it for me. I used to lay for hours trying to get to sleep in bed and feeling sick. Now I just go straight for the floor and Im usually asleep withing 10 mins and I dont wake up with a bad back either.

Originally posted by kathythebean
If she really won't drink less, make sure she drinks a lot of water, ie, one alcoholic drink then the same amount of water each time.

I worry for her health though. A friend of mine suffers from this and stopped drinking altogether after falling down the stairs one night on her way to the loo and splitting her forehead open :|
It was probably the water that caused the accident; if she hadn't have drunk it she wouldn't have needed the loo!

Get a turntable for the bed and spin it in the opposite direction.

Forgive me for not reading the whole thread but i am sufferingf from this syndrome (spinning room) at the moment, I have been next door as my neighbour bought me a bottle of Vodka as a present for letting her husband use my computer for work all week as his as bust.

I finbd that the berst way to combat the whole spinning room syndrome is to focus on something in one fixed spot. Don''t try to go to bed it will make you feel worse.

I am sorry if this has already been suggested but like I have laready mentioned I am suffering at the momebnt from the one too many !

thank you all 4 your help. I'll suggest all of the above to her to see if they help.

Problems with drink can be terrible, especially when combined with problems to do with sex. Sex and drink killed my uncle Derek. He couldn't get either, so he shot himself.

Originally posted by kathythebean
If she really won't drink less, make sure she drinks a lot of water, ie, one alcoholic drink then the same amount of water each time.
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Urgh!! fancy trying to drink that much water it would make you throw up or more likely put you in hospital!