Greetings,

I thought of starting a new thread on the way we all feel with this condition. I have read a number of posts before, but thought maybe having a variety of experience in one thread would be nice.

For me, this is a little over a year now feeling this way. I had a bout with this 8 years ago, and it dissappeared as mysteriously as it started. I'm not even sure that it is ear related, though I have my suspicions.

I am constantly, 24/7, in a spacy headed, foggy state. The only brief moment of "normalcy" (or close to it) is right when I wake up in the morning. Punctuated through the day (some days worse than others) are these sudden waves of feeling like I'm going to pass out, slightly dizzy, though not severe.

Oddly, if I have 2 or 3 glasses of wine in the evening, I don't feel too bad, though I have no ambition either... :) My theory (and only a theory) is that the wine "tricks" my brain into thinking that the spacy feeling is from the alcohol, and so it doesn't seem out of place. Whereas, when I am sober, the brain notices that things "aren't right." Make any sense?

Anyway, looking for some other input and opinions/ideas.

Regards, Brenden.

I am also dizzy, foggy, lightheaded 24/7, have been for 5 months now. i usually feel really bad when i wake up in the morning, and sometimes it gets a little bit better during the day (not much though - cant walk anywhere by myself or drive). then i feel sick at night a lot, and i guess that is just from feeling dizzy all day long. my head usually feels very stuffy, and especially clogged in the ears. my eyes very often feel like there is pressure behind them, like they will pop right out of my head, and when they feel like this my vision seems as though i am looking through a pop bottle, or looking through the wrong perscription glasses. my ears ring a lot, but it never lasts long, maybe about 5 minutes each time, but it happens almost everyday.

i always feel like im going to pass out, but sometimes i just get waves of dizziness that makes me CERTAIN i will pass out, but i never have yet. all symptoms are worse when i am up and walking, i think because i get scared, and i know anxiety is a big part of this.

after 2 months i started vrt and was doing well, feeling better. then about a month ago for no reason at all i started to feel very bad again, like i was starting all over. i still feel pretty bad now but i think i am gradually climbing back up the hill again (hopefully).