Posted: 9/22/2009 5:25:25 PM EDT
it seems my balance is off when i get up out of bed at nite only last for a couple seconds and doesn't happen all the time.no ear aches or infections.just started Saturday nit.......................and no i haven't been drinking
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My Mom had a similar issue a few years ago.
I stopped by her place for coffee one morning and found her laying on the hallway floor. Ambulance took her to the hospital... several hours of various tests and the best they could come up with is "Vertigo". They also found a small "mini stroke" that looked very old and was proven unrelated after consulting with a neurologist. They told her to take dramamine to help with nausea... and after a few days it eventually went away. |
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My Mom had a similar issue a few years ago. I stopped by her place for coffee one morning and found her laying on the hallway floor. Ambulance took her to the hospital... several hours of various tests and the best they could come up with is "Vertigo". They also found a small "mini stroke" that looked very old and was proven unrelated after consulting with a neurologist. They told her to take dramamine to help with nausea... and after a few days it eventually went away. my wife said vertigo! |
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Quoted: it seems my balance is off when i get up out of bed at nite only last for a couple seconds and doesn't happen all the time.no ear aches or infections.just started Saturday nit.......................and no i haven't been drinking You said "equilibrium", I thought this was going to be a question about chemical reaction equilibrium!  |
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Vertigo?
or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9ni%C3%A8re%27s_disease "I believe you are talking about Meniere's Disease, which is an inner ear disturbance. Promethazine (Phenergan) is usually prescribed to treat nausea, vomiting and vertigo symptoms. To reduce fluids in the system, diuretics may be prescribed. A low-salt diet may accompany this plan. Diazepam (Valium) is frequently prescribed to lessen anxiety and to sedate the vestibular system. For some people, physicians prescribe antihistamines, and in some cases, steriods. However, if you want a more natural approach to this, try Vertigoheel from Heel Inc. which is a homeopathic remendy which may help with the intensity and frequency of vertigo attacks. Taking ginger (may be in tea form), ginkgo biloba and St. John's Wort are useful herbs. As much as possible, reduce anxiety in your life as stress is a major trigger in Meniere's disease." |
| You can calm down and relax. Most likely it is viral labrinthitis. Meaning that a virus settled in your inner ear and gelled the liquid inside. In other words, virus induced vertigo. The virus can accompany the flu or a cold, or can present with no other symptoms. When I had it, it lasted 2-3 weeks and was really bad - I had a hard time even driving, and had to crawl out of bed in the morning. You need to see a doc though and ask for Mecylizine, which does help the symptoms. It should go away all by itself, with no adverse long-term effects. You should really see a doc sooner rather than later though to rule out anything serious and to avoid any death panels in the near future. |
After laying down for long periods of time and getting up suddenly, many times the heart fails to pump enough blood to the brain fast enough and you end up dizzy. Could just be you're getting up too fast? But if you have any concerns you're better off asking your primary care physician rather than a bunch of armchair doctors here.
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One thing to know would be whether it seems like the room is truly spinning like you are on a merry-go-round or if you just feel light-headed or off balance. Is it always provoked by movement or does it happen when you are sitting or lying still? Does it just happen in the dark (i.e. you can't see your surroundings well) or does it happen when it is light as well (i.e. morning) Is there anything else that happens laround the same time ike ringing in the ears, changes in hearing, headache, racing heartbeat, weakness, numbness, or vision changes etc. ?
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Obviously -see your Doc and don't rely on what you read on the internet
+1 There are zillions of reasons for transient dizziness, some very serious and others completely harmless. When in doubt, see a doc. With that said, this is the internetz. 
Viral labyrinthitis has associated hearing loss which may be permanent. Its cousin: viral vestibular neuritis just has the dizziness part. Typically the vertigo is very intense... like make you vomit for hours intense... and it lasts hours to days at a time. The hearing loss (and loss of balance function in the ears) can be permanent (ref. Rush Limbaugh). Someone mentioned Meniere's disease –– always a bit of a tricky diagnosis –– but the vertigo of Meniere's lasts at least 20 minutes and usually doesn't exceed 2 hours. One hallmark is a "fullness" or plugged sensation of the ears during the attack. It is also associated with hearing loss which waxes as wanes (but also can become permanent over time) as well as some ringing in the ears. Meniere's happens in discrete episodes which go away. The key item in the above items is "vertigo" which is a sensation of real spinning. Many people who have real vertigo can even tell you what direction things are spinning. There are a few non-ear things that can cause real vertigo (e.g. vertibrobasilar insufficiency, migraine, TIA/stroke) but if it is just a sensation of feeling faint or lightheaded or "off-balance" or "drunk," (i.e. not true vertigo) then the ears are not likely the source. Orthostatic hypotension is a possibility if the symptom always happens when the person is getting up out of bed or a chair. The sensation won't be spinning but a woozy, lightheaded or drunk sensation. The heart will probably be beating quickly and the sensation should gradually subside when the person lies down. Often happens to people on blood pressure medication, with heart problems, or anemia, but can happen to normal folks too (esp the elderly). |