Dizziness while sleeping

[limomel98]

Im having these episode, as Im drifting off to sleep I feel like my brain is still on. As if my eyes and brain are spinning! My body is tired, but my brain wants to stay up. Which in return gives me these weird sensations as im trying to doze off. Its so scary, I feel as if part of me is pulling me in to sleep, but the other part is fighting it and then I feel dizzy, My heart races, body gets a weak numb feeling likes its so tired, a little nauseated and dazed and sometimes I even get mild hotflashes(im 31). All these symptoms happen as awake. Mind you, when Im awake, these episodes never happen. Only thing that stays is the dizziness that comes and goes. Some moments I feel as if im going to fall over, I get so lighthead and dizzy. I cant stand to be around to much motion or move my head or body a certain way. And sometime car rides just make it worse. But the whole sleep thing episodes are my main concern. My blood workup was fine, Im only iron defiencient anemic. Ekg, chest xray, ct scan of head, abdominal xray....were all normal. Has anyone else experienced any of this? Please share

[limomel98]

*now , instead of nut...spell correction

[limomel98]

Thank you so much, nut im curious to know why does this happen when im dozing off to sleep? Also I did see a neurologist, and he did an assesment where he laif be back, while turning my head and looking in each eye. Then he told me I had migrainess vertigo and referred me for a MRI. I have done the MRI yet.

[Paderla Anitha, DNB]

Hello and hope you are doing well.

Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV), is an entity in which with movement of the head the person is likely to get dizziness. This happens because of a disorder of the labyrinth system in the inner ear. It can get affected due to head injuries, surgeries, nerve inflammations and as a side effect to medications. In a majority of cases the cause is not known. It is diagnosed by a physical examination and sometimes blood tests, a CT and MRI and audiology tests can further help with diagnosis.  Therapy is with diazepam and OTC meclizine. Other measures which help are elevating the head end of the bed, drinking plenty of fluids, avoiding sudden movements of the head and taking precautions with driving during an attack. Please consult your primary care physician who will do an initial clinical assessment and then may refer you to a neurologist.

Hope this helped and do keep us posted.