weird dizziness as when eyes closed and laying down

[olivia224]

A few times when I am trying to get to sleep or in the morning when I am waking up I feel like I start to get dizzy. When I close my eyes and try to sleep I feel like it starts to spin and then when I open my eyes everyhting is fine no spinning no dizzines no nothing. I went to an ENT and told him all about this and he said i didnt have any ear problem or inner ear diease and that this could be anixety and that when ur eyes and ear and feet arent working toegther then u could feel dizzy??? could this really be or something else??please help

[olivia224]

I also occisionally have dizziness when i bend my head over this happens prob like once every few months and it can happen either when i wake up or like once it happened at night and it lasted until i woke up the next morninig. like i am dizzy if i hold my head down and then when i come back up im fine...and it last like everytime i bedn my head over for  that day...like it doesnt last any more than a day and it is not dizzy constant just when i bend my head...but it cant be bppv b/c that has to last days right?? i think it happens onces and then i become soo fearful that maybe i am causing it to happen again and again??? but like i said it happens like every few months sooo my ENT said it was nothing to worry about??? I see that you are an ENT soo I am like trying to pick ur brain...haha thanks for ur help!!

[olivia224]

and I told my doc about being dizzy when sleeping and then opening my eyes and everything is fine..and he told me that it was becasue my feeet are not touching the ground and my eyes are closed and my ears soo i react funny to it. he also said he didnt think i could have bppv...soo..idk he says he doesnt think i have any ear disorder and this was a specialzed balance ent and this was also my second opinion...the first guy also told me he thought it was anixety...soo idk.

[olivia224]

thanks for repsonding.....yea I think it has to do something with my neck...b/c it has been hurting for a while and i went to a physical therapist and they told me thta my c4 and c5 were out of whack soo maybe that could be casuing this. I don't think it is bppv b.c last night i didnt have any dizziness and it happens when i really think about it soo i think i may be causing it. if it was bppv wouldnt it happen everytime i move my head or lay down or anything like not just certain ways i lay down. like its weird when i lay on my side i kinda feel dizzy and then when i lay on my stomach with my head turned it doesnt happen...soo i am thinking it could be my neck??? do you think?? i am going to the ent tomorrow to get a hearing test and i hope my doc is there so i can ask more questions.

[OHNS2010]

Hi Olivia,

It is indeed very unusual to have a dizziness the one you are experiencing.

Physiology of balancing depends on three factors visual, tactile and inner ear (vestibular apparatus). Problems arising from any of the three factors will send abnormal responses to the brain causing dizziness.

Many different conditions can cause dizziness or sensations of being off-balance, for example, certain heart conditions, or blood disorders like anemia. Dizziness is also the unwanted side effect of many different medications.

In your case as you have mentioned that there is no loss of hearing, hearing tests are normal, you do not have tinnitus, fullness of the ears, and so it is unlikely to be Meniere’s disease. Vestibular neuronitis is also ruled out as you have giddiness only during closure of your eyes not incapacitated by this dizziness for hours/days.

It must be probably either cervical vertigo or BPPV (Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo) causing this problem. But, your neurologist would definitely be smart enough to diagnose the above conditions.

You better get your eyes checked up, get Hallpike’s manoeuvre done.

Do not worry! Please do have faith in your doctor.

Regards
OHNS2010

[olivia224]

no he doesnt think it is meneries he thinks it is anxiety but to put my mind at rest he suggested the hearing test....I am ust wondering about this new symptom...which didnt hapened last night or this morning soo idk..i think it is anixety im moving out this fall and im really stressed and worried about it so mabye thtas why...idk but he told me he doesnt think i have ANY ear disorder but of course the hyprochondriac that I am,..,.I think I might have one...

[Londres70]

If he thinks it is Meniere's WITHOUT  testing and based on symptoms, why did he not prescribe any medication for it?  i.e. Betahistine/Antivert?  

Your symptoms sounds NOTHING like Meniere's to me.  

You should be taking something for your anxiety; sounds extreme to me.