Dizzy spells?

sawdust said:

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Please mention to your doctor BPPV syndrome, easily cured with a few gentle head movements by your GP (if he has heard about it) Write it down so you do not forget it.

Quite simply it is caused by loose crystals of calcium in your inner ear, they can become dislodged on their own, but more often than not something as simple as a sharp jar to the head like you do if your heel slips down a curb or a step.
The dizziness happens when you move your head, so can occur in your sleep as you have described simply by turning over on your pillow.

It is also easy for the GP to give a definitive diagnosis, by him/her moving your head through a series of manoeuvres.

Unless a GP has seen someone with it, they do not often know about it, despite it being relatively common.

It is also important you describe whether your symptoms were a spinning motion or a tumbling motion, the latter being uncommon in episodes of vertigo, but will point him/her to other diagnosis.

Good luck.

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Old Boar said:

The key thing to BPPV is that you get dizzy in bed - this is the real clue. My GP sent me for a scan - I just did the movements myself and cancelled the scan - has not come back so far and this was about 5 years ago!
Yours sounds much more like Arrythmia but that should have been picked up on the monitors, although it has been known that as soon as someone is strapped up, the heart behaves itself until the instance the straps are undone!

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Alicecow said:

Just a thought. .... do you drink things like Red Bull? They can cause palpitations for about 2 weeks after drinking them.

Does sound like you need a pacemaker fitted, though. They have clever ones now that only kick in and help when the heart needs it, rather than the old sort which were on permanently.

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bravheart said:

Just to check, sounds like a heartbeat problem but inner ear infection can cause the symptoms you first described.
That is an INFECTION and not just a build up of wax.

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