Positional vertigo

[momoftwo74]

Hi,

About 3-4 times a year, I will wake up in the morning with positional vertigo- If I roll over from left-right the room spins. When I sit up, tilt my head back to look up, or lean down to pick up something, it happens again. It goes away after about 10 seconds or so each time. This usually lasts 1-2 days, and then goes away on its own. I dont have any other neurological symptoms. No headache, no blurred vision, lightheadedness, nausea or syncope, etc. I do sometimes notice that the vertigo will come on right before or at the beginning of some mild nasal allergy symptoms or a mild cold, but not always. Since I am currently without insurance, I really cant afford to go to a specialist at this time. As long as I am careful, I can go about my normal daily activities during these episodes, and it does go away after a day or so on its own. My guess is that this is benign positional vertigo, maybe related to inner ear. Should I be really worried about this being something more serious? Any advice from those of you have experience with this, professional or otherwise, would be appreciated. Thanks.
MM

[compnet]

Here is a post from the internet:

"I had vertigo so bad I had to hold on to furniture to walk. I went to several DR's to no avail. Finally someone suggested an herbalist. He saved me. It turned out the meds I had been taking depleted my potassium. He put me on a heavy dose of potassium and the vertigo was gone within a month. I also knew what type of vitamins my body actually needed and got rid of the ones I really didn't need."

[compnet]

I've read that potassium and magnesium deficiencies are often seen together.  All the electrolytes/minerals are connected.

[momoftwo74]

Thanks for the advice, frome someone who has similar symptoms I AM thinking it might indeed be the BPPV. I have heard that it can be much worse, so I guess I am lucky in that respect.

MM

[momoftwo74]

Hmm. Interestingly enough, I have been found to have a mild and temporaru potassium deficiency when I had some basic blood work done before. I wonder if that could be related. Thanks for the advice.

[compnet]

It could be a Magnesium or Potassium deficiency.  Magnesium has helped many people with vertigo.

[Londres70]

Oh, boy, do I have experience with this; had it myself.  It is classic BPPV.  It is definitely inner ear related.  Mine seemed to correlate with allergies.  

I would recommend you follow up with an ENT Specialist when you have insurance and/or the money if it persists.