Dizziness when eating

[jah1]

Whenever I start to chew the first one or two bites of food, I experience a sense of dizziness.  The room around me doesn't spin, but it kind of feels like I'm spinning inside my head.  It goes away after 2-5 seconds, and usually happens only once during the meal, with the first bite or two.  I can be eating soft or hard foods, doesn't matter.  I can hold my head still or look down at my plate and it doesn't matter.  I don't feel it any other time at all, only when I chew something.  I don't have any other symptoms.  I'm not on any type of medications.  I had a stapedectomy 2 years ago to correct hearing in my right ear.  I just had a balance testing done because I am planning on having a stapedectomy in my left ear now to correct that hearing, and the balance testing came back perfectly normal.  I can't find anything on the web about this, other people that experience it, or what might be causing it.  Any suggestions?

-JAH

[alcar125]

Yes! Thank you for sharing! I have similar symptoms and was diagnosed with BPPV (Benign positional vertigo) many years ago.  I have determined that is I should avoid artificial sweeteners, artificial air fresheners, spicy foods, etc.  I also limit alcohol.  It was nice to see that I am not alone.

[calinurse15]

I have been having this problem for sometime, I get light headed and dizzy when I start to eat rice or bread products.  I don't get it when i eat anything else, it's really strange.  It doesn't really happen when i eat pasta, not as bad anyway. But the other day i nearly passed out from eating a slider at a bar.  It's this overwhelming feeling of dizzyness and shortness of breath. My vision gets a little blurry and rather dark.  It's scares me sometimes.  I really wish I knew what the hell was going on.  I have since cut all grain and bread products from my diet.  I also noticed that when i drink even one beer the next day I wake up with sinus congestion and a head ache.  I do have allergies and take a once-a-day every night, but other than that i'm healthy.  Any answers please????

I have been tested for diabetes and i've had an EKG. my BP is usually 90/60, HR 60-65. All within normal limits

[NameOfTheDragon]

I have similar symptoms, its always the first few bites of a meal and it passes quickly. There's no correlation to the food or anything I can pin down, other than it is always when I start eating, and once it has passed it doesn't recurr within that meal. I hardly ever drink so I don't think it is alcohol related.

I wouldn't describe it as dizziness though. To me it is more like feeling feint. The worst occurrence so far was on Christmas day when I sat down for my Christmas dinner, I felt like I was going to black out and I got a buzzing sound in my ears. It was gone within 5 seconds and I was fine. The next time it happened was the following day when I had a bacon sandwich, but not so severe. Hasn't happened since.

I'm 48 and have been having mild symptoms for perhaps a few months.

[iohn]

i am having exactly the same thing happening to me and i too have fillings  mine were from the navy years ago

[jaxx8]

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[jah1]

No diagnosis for me yet either, unfortunately.  Mine still tends to come and go, although not as often as it used to, and as far as I can figure out, nothing in my lifestyle has changed that would affect it either.  Still trying to narrow it down tho....