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Dizziness....suddenly came on while lying in bed after just waking up yesterday morning, the episode was so bad I automatically grabbed the headboard to stop everything spinning! ! Throughout the day this dizziness was on and off, sometimes going for hours without feeling this sensation. Today the same again, I almost toppled over at the top of my stairs...I have been topping up with water all day incase its dehydratiion, Im eating ok, dont feel sick yet, other than the dizziness, I feel fine.....any remedies to take to stop this awful feeling please ?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.You will have to go to the doctors to get something for this. I reckon it is vertigo caused by an infection of your inner ear which upsets your balance as boxtops says. I have had this and the sensation is terrible. It is as if everything is going round while you are still and you have to clutch something to stop it. You will fall easily so the quicker you get something to stop it thebetter. If you fall at the top of the stairs it will be obviously bad.
If spinning it sounds like vertigo. I feel very sick with mine though and often throw up with it though some of my episodes throw me to the floor.
Could be labyrinthitis. Stay still and don't provoke it if possible.
I take stemetil on prescription for mine (if it is, in fact vertigo) though some travel sickness remedies might help with, I think, meclizine (?) in it, which can help with dizziness and associated nausea, if you have any of those handy until you could get to see a doctor if it continues.
Hopefully sqad is about as it's his area of expertise.
Could be labyrinthitis. Stay still and don't provoke it if possible.
I take stemetil on prescription for mine (if it is, in fact vertigo) though some travel sickness remedies might help with, I think, meclizine (?) in it, which can help with dizziness and associated nausea, if you have any of those handy until you could get to see a doctor if it continues.
Hopefully sqad is about as it's his area of expertise.
Could be this...
http://en.wikipedia.o...al_positional_vertigo
There have been several posts similar to yours on here.one was just several weeks ago,and described similar symptoms.
http://en.wikipedia.o...al_positional_vertigo
There have been several posts similar to yours on here.one was just several weeks ago,and described similar symptoms.
How old are you?
Are you on any medication?
Do you get any hearing abnormalities with the dizziness e.g ringing or fullness?
How long does it last?
Does it always come on after certain movements of the head or will it come on at rest?
Until the above questions are answered, then 2 conditions come to mind:
1) Menieres Disease
2) Benign Paroxysmal Positional vertigo
I agree with Jenna....take some travel sickness tablets for immediate relief and monitor the situation for a week or so, but please answer the above questions.
Are you on any medication?
Do you get any hearing abnormalities with the dizziness e.g ringing or fullness?
How long does it last?
Does it always come on after certain movements of the head or will it come on at rest?
Until the above questions are answered, then 2 conditions come to mind:
1) Menieres Disease
2) Benign Paroxysmal Positional vertigo
I agree with Jenna....take some travel sickness tablets for immediate relief and monitor the situation for a week or so, but please answer the above questions.
Hi Purple. I had a nasty experience of exactly what you are describing. When I lay on the doctor's couch I actually grabbed the front of his shirt because I thought I was going to roll off it. Anyway, I had some sort of vertigo, got some tablets to cure it and I was as right as rain. That was about 6 years ago and it's never recurred. Good luck.
Hi All, many thanks again for all your great advice, cannot get to doc's until Tuesday - but dizziness is still happening, not all the time, just odd episodes, no warning, fell off my sofa yesterday lol ! ! Plop onto the floor....
Hi Squad, answers as follows :-
How old are you? over 30 lol
Are you on any medication? No - other than inhaler for mild asthma
Do you get any hearing abnormalities with the dizziness e.g ringing or fullness? None at all
How long does it last? doesn't last long really, but when it happens it is pretty rotten
Does it always come on after certain movements of the head or will it come on at rest? Can come on through movement or rest, the first time it hit me saturday morning I was merely lying down in bed....
Thanks all ! Jenna, Im feeling fine no other symptoms apart from these sudden spells. x
Hi Squad, answers as follows :-
How old are you? over 30 lol
Are you on any medication? No - other than inhaler for mild asthma
Do you get any hearing abnormalities with the dizziness e.g ringing or fullness? None at all
How long does it last? doesn't last long really, but when it happens it is pretty rotten
Does it always come on after certain movements of the head or will it come on at rest? Can come on through movement or rest, the first time it hit me saturday morning I was merely lying down in bed....
Thanks all ! Jenna, Im feeling fine no other symptoms apart from these sudden spells. x