r/BPPV

hi!! sorry if this is the wrong subreddit for this

21F. Last night I developed really intense vertigo. It started off mild at 1am, but by 2am, when I got up for the restroom, the room was spinning so badly that I had to hold onto the walls to walk. Even when I sat down on the toilet I was still swaying, and when I got back into bed I could still feel the spinning/swaying while lying down. I felt like on a boat until I fell asleep at around 3:20am

I haven’t vomited, although I’ve had nausea throughout the day. The main thing has been the instability/unsteadiness.
I woke up around 9:40am and the severe spinning had improved a lot, but it never completely went away. Throughout the day I’ve still felt off and slightly dizzy/swayy. At one point I was standing brushing my teeth and noticed that I was visibly swaying even while standing still, so I had to lean against the wall. Even when I leaned my hip against a surface, I could still feel myself swaying. not a lot but i think more than normal.
Head/visual movement seems to make it more noticeable. I wouldn’t drive like this for sure

no other symptoms i suppose

I had a pretty bad flu-like illness less than a month ago, with fever up to around 39°C for several days. I also have a history of migraine with aura and recurrent ear infections in the same right ear, with last one being 1.5 months ago.

I called my GP today. She prescribed Betaserc (betahistine) which i'll start tomorrow and told me that if I have another severe episode like the one overnight/worse, I should call an ambulance, but the thing is, it's been over 20h, i still feel the vertigo-ish feeling and i live completely alone.

i have never called an ambulance on myself cause i have this belief that you need to be horizontal and dying for that + it feels just overall awkward. when it comes to medical stuff, i always feel like an attention seeker wasting a doctor's time with made up stuff even though i always end up getting an actual diagnosis.

anyway, what would you do? is it safe to keep monitoring myself at home? i haven't left my place all day today, so i have no idea how i would behave on stairs or something if that matters

I tried to do a reddit search but I didn't see many people mention they've actually fallen down... only that they "feel" as though they are going to fall or that they are feeling like they are actively falling. But they still manage to stay upright.

When I search online it seems like most falls from bppv occur in elderly people (particularly over the age of 65-70). I'm nowhere near that old.

I'm puzzled what my deal is. I get bouts of vertigo and equilibrium fuckery. Sometimes I'll get out of bed and can't walk at all in a straight line and keep falling down. I've been to an ENT and she wasn't convinced it was bppv but maybe I need a second opinion. Balance testing was going to be the next step but I lost my health insurance so I had to put it off for now.

Just curious what you guys experience with your bppv.

Today was a tough day and it's been a while since I took serc, I take 8mg beta serc. How long has it been for you or you take it daily?

I had BPPV a month or so ago and went to urgent care. They diagnosed me and sent me home with printouts of the maneuvers, which stopped it. I saw my primary care doc a week or so later and she suggested I meet with a vestibular therapist to talk about ways to prevent it from coming back. Is that even a thing? Anyone done this?

I have been battling BPPV for 2 years now. At first it was terrible, but over time the episodes got slightly better.

I recently had an episode 4 nights ago when laying on my side in bed (episodes always happen when laying down)

I have done everything you can think of (ENT, vestibular PT, micro needles, Brain MRI, chiropractor, all sorts of BPPV maneuvers) but it always comes back.

I was in a car accident that gave me a concussion about 2 months before my first episode, so I always thought it was due to that. But also, I had a very hard time breathing through my nose when either laying on my side or my stomach roughly around the same time it started as well. When i lay on my stomach I almost get zero oxygen.

Also, no idea if this is related at all, but I can remember 2 times I took melatonin before bed and it happened both of those times. Could this be from nasal blockage? Anything that would help would be greatly appreciated. This has impacted my life tremendously.