vertigo

[ag8416]

i notice that when i look at a computer screen for more than a couple of hours i get vertigo and headach. I wonder if i can take a paper version of step 1. Either way, it just seems unethical to make people look a computer screen for so long. If u have any info on taking a paper version, i would appreciate it .

[FOID]

suck it up and get use to it. or take some anti-emetics before you take the step 1.

[kemper6036]

look on the usmle website under testing accommodations

[kemper6036]

suck it up and get use to it. or take some anti-emetics before you take the step 1.

haha very diplomatic FOID........i like paper tests, but when in rome....

[Arkie]

I don't really enjoy taking tests. What can the NBME do for me?

[FOID]

haha very diplomatic FOID........i like paper tests, but when in rome....

yeah, that kinda sounded mean. but the truth is, you gotta get use to it. i hate staring at a screen but you have to for step 1, 2, and 3.

[kemper6036]

yeah, that kinda sounded mean. but the truth is, you gotta get use to it. i hate staring at a screen but you have to for step 1, 2, and 3.

hey it doesnt bother me.......take that meclizine and man up

[kemper6036]

I don't really enjoy taking tests. What can the NBME do for me?

hey oooooooooo

[FOID]

hey it doesnt bother me.......take that meclizine and man up

reglan would do

[FOID]

reglan 5mg po q8hr, prn nausea, vomitting

[kemper6036]

i was thinking meclizine since he said vertigo =P

[FOID]

oh yeah, that would work too

[animal_lover81]

TOS violation

[ag8416]

Quoting TOS violation


i didnt intend for this thread to be a "coming out party". Please stick to the topic.

[stateofequilibrium]

if you have a true genuine problem that it makes you completely incapable of taking long exams on the computer, then go see a doctor, get tested and contact the NBME. Otherwise there are many people out there that get headaches after staring at a computer screen for many hours.

[kryptik]

i get it after starring at the blue and white theme of vmd for 20hrs

[ag8416]

if you have a true genuine problem
.

it's not only true, it's genuine as well. It's not really the headache, it's the dizziness that gets to me. Things will start spinning. But, yea, i guess i will have to see a doctor for it. I wouldnt say in makes me "completely incapable", also it's the fact that it's just cruel. We are not their animals that gotta stare at a computer screen for 8 hours because thats how they want it.

[longchode]

i notice that when i look at a computer screen for more than a couple of hours i get vertigo and headach. I wonder if i can take a paper version of step 1. Either way, it just seems unethical to make people look a computer screen for so long. If u have any info on taking a paper version, i would appreciate it .
Maybe you should see a chiropractor?

[sashy]

Maybe you should see a chiropractor?

I agree with longchode - my mom had terrible vertigo and found that 2 chiropractic adjustments took care of it.

[kemper6036]

i get it after starring at the blue and white theme of vmd for 20hrs

that is a legit problem

[kryptik]

that is a legit problem
got any cure for it? :shock:

[rokshana]

it's not only true, it's genuine as well. It's not really the headache, it's the dizziness that gets to me. Things will start spinning. But, yea, i guess i will have to see a doctor for it. I wouldnt say in makes me "completely incapable", also it's the fact that it's just cruel. We are not their animals that gotta stare at a computer screen for 8 hours because thats how they want it.


you will have to have a documented disablity as defined by the Americans with Disablities Act to get any special consideration or a documented learning disablity to get special testing conditions--and best get started on it now...you will need rock solid documentation for the USMLE people to budge.

and you don't have to stare at the screen- you can take braeks you know..manpants, dude...invest in a pair!

[lsmith55uf]

Nice to see Rokshana back!

Manpants, I love it!

[FOID]

Nice to see Rokshana back!


i know! it's good to see rok back!

[kemper6036]

got any cure for it? :shock:

spam?????????

[argazul]

spam?????????
i get dizzy when i am not looking at the VMD website. :p

the only thing i know about vertigo is BPPV, and they have exercises for that.