Hi. I posted my problem at the headache thread, but they suggested I come here instead. So here goes.

I have been getting this dizzy/light-headed feeling for about 5 years. They just happen on and off. Here are the symtoms:

1. Sometimes when I'm sitting/standing still, all of a sudden I feel light-headed.
2. I feel very dizzy and nauseated when I tilt my head back.
3. Sometimes when I get up too quickly from a lying position, I feel dizzy and I can't see anything for a few seconds.
4. When I move my head back and forth, I feel light-headed.
5. I cannot hang upside down at all or else I feel like throwing up.


I have normal blood pressure, and I'm not anemic. My ears feel fine. But this feeling of dizziness and light-headedness is not going away. I went to see a couple of internal medicine doctors but they don't know what's wrong with me. I am very concerned because I don't know if it's an ear problem or there's something growing in my brain!


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I am also dealing with almost the same symptoms you described. I saw my GP last week and she told me i had an inner ear infection.

Hi Hollandlop
Sounds like you may have a case of BPPV which is an inner ear disorder that causes vertigo or dizziness when you change your head position. There are some crystals in your inner ear that have moved out of where they should be into the ear canal and are giving your brain mixed messages about where you are in terms of head orientation when your eyes are telling you one thing but your inner ear is telling you another.
IF you go to the sticky post at the beginning of this board you can research the BPPV sites and try doing a repositioning maneuver to help get those crystals back to where they belong. It can't hurt to do this, and won't make it worse so you really don't have anything to lose. The big problem though will be determining which side is affected as the MEP (modified epeley maneuver) is done specifically for whichever ear is affected. IF you doctor told you which ear is bad then you can do it for that side, otherwise keep reading for tests to try and determine what side is affected.
I would also look into blood pressure problems, if you have very low pressure on lying and higher on standing that can cause lightheadedness also. I have that to some degree also and get headrushes all the time, but it is a different feeling from the dizziness I have from my inner ear stuff.
Hope that helps
FC