Unbalanced when walking and when moving head and body

[eagles2008]

Hello.  I am new here and would like to see if anyone can help.

For the past 4 weeks I have been experiencing a spaced out feeling, a little unbalanced while walking,  a little dizzy when moving my body and head.    I never got severe vertigo though, no bad spinning where i couldn't stand up or walk, just mild dizzyness.  I also get the same sensation while laying in bed and turning over sometimes.  I have been to my GP and he says its Labyrinthitis and will eventually go away.  I even spoke to a family member about it who is a neurologist and he says the same thing and that what I am experiencing is positional vertigo which is nothing to worry about.  All of this has sent my anxiety through the roof.  I'm constantly worried that this is something else that is bad.  I was simply wondering if anyone elses has experienced this and how much more it might last.  Could the labs have turned into positional vertigo or is positional vertigo a symptom of labs?  Any help would be appreciated.  Thanks.

[pattig]

My daughter suffers from vertigo/dizziness/balance problems.  She was diagnosed with vestibular damage due to a viral infection, not positional vertigo.  But the dizziness did not go away for months and now she also suffers from severe head pressure, nausea and other symptoms that they feel may be anxsiety related due to the unresolved vertigo.  She was doing vestibular rehabilitation therapy to help overcome the vestibular damage in her ear and it was working, but then she had a relapse about 4 days ago.  Now the therapist says she will treat her also for right side positional vertigo, even though that was not her diagnosis.  She has been bedridden pretty much for the last 4 days due to this set  back.  It is a terrible thing to be told you are healthy when you feel lousy all the time.  And she is only 17.

[penelope220]

My advice is to use ear drops.  lie down on your side for an hour or two and clear your eustachian tubes.  once a day for 8 days or twice a day for 4 days.  just be patient.  maybe while watching tv put drops in your ears.  i did have a couple of vertigos.  just check out the rest of my postings and you'll know the rest of my story.  i really hope this will take care of your problem.  good luck!

[Nancy T]

Positional vertigo (in full, benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, or BPPV) often occurs after some vestibular injury such as labyrinthitis.

However, your symptoms don't sound like labyrinthitis. It is typically a severe and sudden-onset dizziness that keeps you in bed for a few days. Also, I think the term "labyrinthitis" is supposed to be used when there is also hearing loss; otherwise they use "vestibular neuritis."

For tons of good info on different kinds of dizziness, testing, treatment, etc. see Dr. Tim Hain's site at www.dizziness-and-balance.com. He is a highly respected neurologist specializing in dizziness.

Sometimes (actually, often!) the cause of these symptoms cannot be determined for sure. If your symptoms don't resolve, see a NEURO-OTOLOGIST (also spelled neurotologist), which is an ENT who specializes in the inner ear. Lists at the American Neurotology Society Web site, and also try www.vestibular.org (but the latter are not always complete listings).

Good luck,
Nancy T.

[nathan35]

My name is Nathan. A little over a month ago I was hit with a bat in the back of the head and robbed and now find it impossible to walk straight or hear through the ringing in my ears which gets really bad and never ends. I had just started a new job and am without insurance. I'm not sure if I have any options or if this is now my life which I cant imagine could be much worse.