Question:
I know we all get dizzy when sitting and standing. But does anyone get
dizzy when they try to lay down, flat?
Answer:
I go through periods when I get vertigo from lying down,
sometimes waking me out of a sound sleep. I keep a foam wedge pillow
close by in the cupboard for when I get dizzy, this props my head up and
seems to help.
I'm not a doctor but I've had many years of this problem with respect to ear
infections. Doctors didn't know what to do but it seemed that it was
associated with clogged eustatian tubes due to backed up sinuses.
I started on Entex LA to keep my sinuses drained and made the golden rule
NOT to ever let water in my ears.
I have reduced this problem to one that occurs only once or twice a year
from one that was a daily occurance.
Oh, one other thing, this can also be caused by particles that come loose in
the closed chamber that maintains our balance. I stopped riding roller
coasters that have loops as these loops can move the particles around in
side that chamber and cause them to lodge in areas that effect your balance.
In fact, the doc put my head through some "movement" therapy which he
claimed would move the particles back to the edge where they wouldn't settle
on the "fine hairs" and transmit balance disturbances.
I've also read other articles on this as well. Stop the roller coasters (if
you ride them) and get some good decongestants. Your problem is most likely
one or the other.
Is it related to CFS? Maybe, but it does exist in many folks without CFS so
most likely not.
It's a horrible problem and I hope you get better.
dizziness when laying down is a reality around here. My 14yo daughter's
first symptoms were many but the one that was worse was she was ALWAYS dizzy.
Ear doctors and neurologists could find nothing wrong (the ear doctor
admitted something was wrong but that it was outside of his realm). Finally
I took her to an adolescent clinic at Children's Hospital in Kansas City.
Her doctor there knew what was wrong with her within 15 minutes. Testing
verified that it was Neurally Mediated Hypotension. He said it gets out of
control with girls as they enter their teen years. She just came home from a
4 hour volleyball practice, possible now that she is on the right medication.
Check it out. It took us 4 months to find the right doc and relief
