I just had my vitamin D tested and it’s 29, which is low as the lab cut off is 30 for normal. does increasing Vitamin D actually get rid of BPPV??? I have recurring episodes like every 3-4months. I also have VM.
Hi everyone,
I got a concussion 6 months ago and have been experiencing post concussion symptoms ever since. Headaches, off balance feeling, rocking feeling, nausea and dizziness.
I recently started to see a new physiotherapist.
He's great and has been focusing on my neck. I told him about the off balance feeling and he said that he can do tests to figure out what is causing the dizziness/off balance feeling. He is going to do the tests this Friday.
I was feeling good last night and ended up doing a aerobic cardio session which was 15 minutes long. I was feeling good during it and after it. This was the first time I had excercised in 6 months.
I got into bed and my room has been really warm lately because of the weather change so I was tossing and turning a lot before I actually got to sleep.
I woke up at 2:30 laying on right side and went to sit up and got extremely dizzy. I was extremely scared so I tried to lay back down and i still felt dizzy. I tried to do maneuvers because I thought it was bppv but i got dizzy and scared so i stopped and didn't complete them. I would describe the dizzyness as not room spinning but I felt as though I was spinning. I couldn't go back to sleep so I just stayed awake.
I had never experienced dizzyness this servere and it really scared me and now I am anxious that it will happen again when I'm standing and laying down. I don't know if it's bppv or something else. Maybe the workout was too intense? I just need some advice and support.
Has this happened to anyone before? Any tips and tricks to help? Any help is appreciated.
Thanks everyone!
I recently went to an urgent care (I live in the UK) with constant lightheadedness and a floating/dizzy feeling as well as severe headache. I was told I have BPPV and they prescribed prochlorepazine and pain killers for the headache which they said was a migraine. I’ve had this dizziness and headache for four days straight.
How long did you have to take off work for recovery? I a 24 and work as a dental nurse and the feeling of dizziness/swaying/unbalance was really difficult to cope with at work. I am on my fifth day and the headache is still severe but the dizziness has gone from constant 24/7 to intermittent, every few minutes or so.
Did you wait for the dizziness to be completely gone before going back to work? Or were you able to go back to work and tolerate the dizzy spells.
I finally was able to see an ENT today. I’ve been trying to for months due to constant ear pressure and pain in my left ear. I can hardly ever release the pressure from my left ear, it almost always feels how your ears get when changing elevation.
It was mild and not as persistent almost two years ago. A year and a half ago I went scuba diving and almost had to ascend to the surface because I couldn’t equalize. I finally did. That was my first big notice. Previously it was just something I didn’t pay much attention to. I live in high elevation and travel down a lot so I’m used to pressure change.
Fast forward to this past summer I kept feeling like there’s something in my ear and had some pain. Went to Dr and they said no ear infection all clear. I was prescribed Flonase, and some other allergy meds instead of the over the counter Claritin-D that I was taking.
Pressure/pain continued to get worse. Dr sent referral for an ent. Anyway long story short after issues with referrals/insurance etc I finally saw an ENT today BUT in the meantime I’ve developed dizziness.
I woke up April 16 and lost balance and fell. Talk about being scared. That day off and on I was holding on to walls or furniture for support. That was the worst episode but it’s been constant since. Worse when I drove down the mountain and back up. I’ve pulled over a few times from onset of dizziness.
Now, if I go down the mountain, the pain is a lot worse upon getting back home and the dizziness gets increased for two days then it mellows out, but doesn’t go away.
I’ve tried eply and some other procedures I found on YouTube, it kinda of helped but not really. I feel stuck on the mountain now, knowing I’ll suffer for a few days. I work down the mountain and also drive a lot throughout the mountain in various altitudes for work too. I’m now stuck at home for the most part. It’s miserable.
Doctor said it’s BPPV today. She’s putting in a referral for VT, and audiology. She said diet change will help. I already avoid gluten and dairy due to intolerances and high fat foods.
I’m really at a loss. Also had a CT done in October all clear other than a small retention mucus cyst in my posterior ethmoid air cells. In April I went to the ER and they did another CT but not a sinus one, a head one and er dr said all good and to see an ent for further help. (Er on the mountain isn’t the best and doesn’t have an ent on staff)
Is this BPPV considering all my symptoms or something else? Do you guys experience constant ear pressure and pain in the affected ear?
Any insight or advice is greatly appreciated.
Hi, I first experienced vertigo in June 2025 — it was severe, with vomitings, and I ended up being hospitalised. After more than four physiotherapy sessions, it resolved, and I was symptom-free for almost a year.
It came back last month, and again after more than four physio sessions, it cleared up completely for a few weeks.
Then last Sunday it returned, and I've been dealing with it through to today (Tuesday). I've been taking anti-nausea medication since Sunday, but the dizziness is still present. I'm feeling very weak and low on energy, and I'm having trouble sleeping. I'm planning to see my physio but also considering waiting to see whether it resolves on its own.
I'm starting to wonder whether I'll ever be free of this. My first doctor told me I'd have to live with it for the rest of my life. I've already had to give up sport because of the sudden neck movements involved. I'm beginning to feel quite down about it — vertigo is so unpredictable, and I'm now scared to ride a bike or drive, unsure of how I'd cope if an episode hit while I was doing either. At the moment, it only occurs when I turn over in bed, but even so, it's really hard to deal with, especially at 30.
I wonder, were you eventually able to get rid of it completely?
Can any medication/supplementary can help?
A bit of background — I've had low blood pressure since I was a child. When I stand up too quickly from bed, it makes me feel faint, but the house spinning from vertigo is another level.
Did anybody’s residual dizziness go away and then come back after a few weeks?
I’ve been experiencing some of the residual dizziness again after around 3 weeks of nothing.
Hi everyone - Long story short I’ve never had vertigo before. I had 16 teeth extracted and like 7 days later started feeling really off balance. Dentist said not related - doctor said vertigo. Prescribed meclizine and PT which I start in 2 days. If it doesn’t help we will do labs etc. My question - last night the meclizine seemed to work. No bad side effects from it and definitely helped. This morning I took it… still feeling real off balance. Anyone else that’s taken it- is there times it didn’t work for you? I just worry it’s not vertigo and could be something else. I’ve also had small, mild headaches when I’m feeling it.
I’m not having room spinning dizziness, my eye was a little jerky when my doctor did exam. Any help or tips would help. This is the first time I’ve ever experienced this.
I just had my first episode in the middle of the night on Friday. I woke up around 2 am with the room spinning. Every time I would lay back down it would trigger it. I figured it was in my left side.
It’s Tuesday and I tried the eply maneuver yesterday by myself and felt bad after, but later that day was able to move my head to the left laying down.
But the thing that bugs me the most is just that I still don’t feel right. I just feel airy and almost scared like it’s going to happen again. Kinda like low blood sugar when you get up from sitting down.
I’m able to walk fine and drive, but I ride horses and I’m not 100% sure if I feel safe getting back in the saddle.
When will this residual feeling go away? To make this worse I’m in the middle of a military move so I can’t go to any specialist or get referral
28F. This all started on 4/12/26 after I had my music extremely loud in my left ear with Beats Solo headphones. The next day I woke up with ear pain and dizziness.
Since then, the dizziness/off-balance feeling has been terrifying. I feel unsteady walking, can’t walk in a straight line sometimes, and going uphill is the worst. Mornings are usually the worst too. It’s less “room spinning” and more like I’m off balance/drunk/on a boat.
I saw an ENT who didn’t see an ear infection or anything obvious in my ear. He did the BPPV maneuver but said he didn’t see crystals/nystagmus. He ordered an MRI and vestibular/balance testing. MRI came back clear, but my balance test isn’t until mid-June.
This has honestly become debilitating. I barely go outside anymore, I’ve been ordering Uber Eats constantly because walking around feels awful, and I mostly lay down all day even though I know that probably makes things worse. I’m also a parent, which makes this even harder mentally. I feel depressed and scared because I just want my normal life back.
I also just got my wisdom tooth removed on that same side because I started spiraling thinking maybe it was pressing on a nerve or somehow connected to the ear pain/dizziness. I know that probably sounds crazy but at this point my mind goes everywhere trying to figure this out. Has anyone experienced something similar after loud noise/headphones? Did vestibular therapy or balance testing end up helping you get answers?
Hello everyone! I'm actually seeking some support since this last months have not been easy on me. Im a 27 year old female and I had my first vertigo episode in January this year. It went away on its own a couple of days after and had my second episode 3 months later in April and had the epley done. One month after, in May I had my third episode which required 2 visits to the hospital and epley maneuvers to be cleared.
I'm super scared since my recurrence pattern seem to be quite close in time. I feel like there's nothing I can do. Mi Vit D levels are super good and I have an overall healthy lifestyle. I'm quite active and do strength training and pilates, which has obviously been afected by the VPPB. Is it even normal to recurr this much?!
I even have a secondary rhinoplasty surgery (a pretty complex procedure that will last 5 hours) in less than 3 weeks and i'm TERRIFIED a new VPPB will be triggered by it. My otoneurologyst has already warned me about this possibility but I cannot imagine dealing with VPPB during post op.
I'm not sure why I'm publishing this, I guess I'm just seeking emotional support.
I started wearing glasses for the first time and it's messing up my bppv. , vertigo..I wear glasses a few times in the morning, at the start of the day and my head was about to explode with head ache (borderline migraine). I was as diagnosed in 2019 and it is ups and down with me with a couple of episodes but really I am not ready for another episode but also need glasses....any tips, advises pls I am so stressed out.
I’ve been doing Brandt-Daroff exercises for a couple of days and today I’ve experienced my first vertigo when I laid down on my right ear. I do the exercises twice a day and it only started happening today and ONLY during the first round. It doesn’t happen during later rounds.
Is my BPPV back? Should I stop doing the exercises? I’m honestly confused as to what to do. My doctor only said to come back if it got worse but the vertigo isn’t that bad and only lasts like 5 seconds.
Hi!
In March, after two weeks of episodes of extreme dizziness I was diagnosed with BPPV by my laryngologist. She did an Epley maneuver, I did everything as she told me to, I was free of dizziness for an entire month.
In April, I started experiencing it again - it was just sudden, short spinning in my head and then back to normal. Nothing as extreme as I experienced a month earlier. Went to the same doctor, she did the maneuver and told me to do the Brandt-Daroff exercise.
I started doing it last week and felt completely fine. I didn’t experience any dizziness during the exercises but I do feel a little uneasy for a couple of minutes after doing them.
What is worrying me is that I started experiencing dizziness AGAIN when I’m lying on my right side or move my head to the right side. I’m exhausted as I can only either sleep on my back or on my left side and I keep waking up whenever I want to change sides because I have to do it really slow.
Has anyone struggled with recurring episodes even after the maneuvers and exercises? Is there a way to fix this? I’m honestly tired of it.
I want to ask i have a vertigo for a week
I started taking betahistine but i think its making things worse and i feel bad/tired after starting it and i dont get better i did crystal alignment but it did not work
What to do ? How rhis thing can go away
Thank you
I had another BPPV flare up over Mother’s Day weekend. Went to my ENT, did the epley maneuver and went about taking all precautions. The residual dizziness is very bad this time. The other night I was dreaming about getting dizzy or having a dizzy episode. Finally woke myself up and was just drenched in sweat like I was having vertigo in my dream. I have no idea I can’t even escape this in my dreams now. Has anyone ever experienced this too? Is it just the residual dizziness?
**side note I did chat my ENT, but he has yet to respond back**
I have been dealing with intense vertigo since last Saturday, this is following a migraine on the right side of my head. The migraine went away, but the vertigo has been life altering. It most often affects me when standing and turning my head, as well as bending down. Sometimes, with too much effort, the headache returns and the cycle starts all over again.
I have been to the emergency room twice over the past 2 days. Ear checkups show nothing remarkable, my CT scans (neck and brain) thankfully show nothing out of the ordinary. Bloodwork looked normal too. My primary care is looking to send me to physical therapy soon.
Got told that it was likely BPPV. EKGs are normal as well. I have a follow up with my PCP next week, in the meanwhile I have done nothing but lay down. I cannot afford to be taking this much time away from work, but I have been doing so anyway. It gets better in the morning, but gets worse with activity. It is beyond annoying.
How do people deal with the constant vertigo from this condition? What exercises help you the most?
I know the ER doc tried the Epely Manuver, as well as giving me Toradol and Benadryl. The latter very nearly made me faint due to the heaviness and worsened my dizziness, the former got rid of the headache. This all has given me some of the worst panic attacks of my life.
I was diagnosed with BPPV at the hospital and they did some maneuvers on me and my bppv sort of went away and i was able to go home, but 5 days later my vertigo came back again :/ I was not told to continue the maneuvers at home and I am wondering if it’s normal that my BPPV came back so quickly. i would also like some advice on how to manage it i guess
any tips/advice/shared experiences please
i had an episode of vertigo back in 2022 when i got hit with a pretty severe flu, the vertigo lasted 2 days and that was it and i didn’t experience vertigo again until this year.
end of january while at work, i started experiencing vertigo which i believe this day was related to anxiety, too much caffeine and not enough food and sleep. it lasted a few hours then went away.
start of feb i was at the shops, felt completely fine and all of a sudden i got hit with intense vertigo, a sensation that my head was falling backwards, a heaviness/numbness that started on the left side of my body and very quickly spread to my entire body but mostly effecting my calves and arms, nausea, rapid heartbeat, and stinging/shooting pain through my chest and armpit, blurred vision and a weird sensation in my brain that i can’t describe. i went to the ER as i was sure i was having a heart attack or stroke. they listened to my heart, checked my blood pressure and oxygen levels in the waiting room and i saw in the monitor that it was all fine and immediately most of my symptoms went away (besides the vertigo). i stayed in the waiting room for 8 hours before deciding to leave. when i got home i started to feel like i was coming down with a bad cold. the next 2 days i had very mild dizziness/vertigo but was fine besides that.
end of feb i came down with the flu, 2 days into the flu i started experiencing horrible vertigo that had me bed bound. the second day of vertigo i was sitting up and my left foot went numb and tingly, while moving it to get feeling back the tingling suddenly shot up from my foot to just below my knee, i suddenly got extremely light headed and sweaty, my heart started racing (140bpm sitting down) and i thought i was going to pass out. i spent the rest of that day with vertigo so bad that i couldn’t even roll over in bed. i spent the next 2 weeks in bed with horrible vertigo, only able to get out of bed to have a quick shower once per day.
basically since then, ive had vertigo/dizziness every single day to varying degrees. ive noticed my vertigo is worse when i sleep on my right side, which is annoying because i can only fall asleep if im on my right side. sickness, sleep deprivation, hunger, dehydration and caffeine all trigger my vertigo and i also notice that when i move my head to my left i feel vertigo more intensely.
on days my vertigo is really bad ill experience really intense weakness in my legs, specifically in my calf muscles, weakness in my forearms/shoulders, my head feels unstable, my entire body just overall feels weak, sore and very sensitive, i feel weird nerve like pain in random parts of my body, my ears sometimes feel blocked, ring, or crackle when i swallow, i get very mild pressure in my right temple, the left side of my jaw aches sometimes, my eyes won’t focus properly and i get a weird spinning sensation in my eyes, sometimes i get a weird internal vibrating feeling through my back, chest, stomach and ankles.
on days my vertigo isn’t as bad, i still experience mild weakness in my left arm which i think might be due to the fact im spending most days in bed lying on my left side with my left arm up under my head, and horrible fatigue which feels mental? im diagnosed with adhd and to begin with my adhd medication actually helped my vertigo but after 3 days of it suddenly making my vertigo worse i have become afraid to take my medication, so im unsure if my fatigue could be due to this.
i keep booking doctors appointments when my vertigo isn’t as extreme for a few days but then by the time it comes to the day of my doctors appointments my vertigo is so bad that i can’t go so i’m looking into booking an appointment with a gp who does home visits, however they’re quite expensive so i currently don’t have any answers for my vertigo.
does anyone have any shared symptoms/ similar experiences? or any idea what type of vertigo i could be experiencing? when i research vertigo conditions i feel like i fit almost all of them. i’m not looking to self diagnose or seek an internet diagnosis, i would just like some peace of mind until i can be checked out by a doctor as all this has caused me to develop horrible health anxiety and i completely spiral on days my vertigo is bad.
I have had this for about 20 years and it started i think after jaw surgery. I have been to countless ENTs and vestibular therapists and spent a lot of money on private appointments. I either cancel last minute or go and dont let them do the manovres.
I cant understand why mine hasnt resolved itself like with other people and why it's lasted so long. I dont have any vertigo unless id try to lie down or extend my neck to look straight up. I dont lie on my sides just propped up. Sometimes i would feel generally dizzy or woozy.
I dont have any other symptoms or fit into having vestibular migraines or menieres etc. I keep getting told that epley and other manovres is the first step to getting rid of it but i just think it sounds like fantasy and i don't trust it.
The thought even of going into those positions sends me into panic.
Has anyone else been in my shoes and overcome the fear and got rid of the bppv?
Thanks