Why am I so dizzy on a plane during take off and landing and also in bed?!
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Hi there, I have mostly avoided flying becausr like I said, I feel really dizzy when im in a plane thats taking off or landing. Its very scary. I feel totally disorientated and disabled till we are either flying at altitude or we have landed. I will "Put up" with these awful sensations to fly to USA etc but wont fly local as the ups and downs are too close together. I would love to find out if there is a way to fly without this dizziness. Anyone any idea?
Also a few years ago I woke up in bed one Saturday morning severely dizzy. Terrifying. It only lasted 30 seconds but felt more like 30 years.dizzinesswss about 6 years ago. It happened again perhaps 3 years later. Since then when ever I put my head on the pillow I suffer mild dizziness and sensations like Iam floating to one side or falling through the bed or I suddenly feel lightheaded and dizzy. This can go on for some time before I go to sleep. Sometimes it wakes me up. Ive not been rolling over in bed or anything. Mostly Ive been quite still. I am scared something is badly wrong and have got a dizziness phobia. Anyone have similar symptoms?
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lisa215
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workingmom
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Workingmom, Yes perhaps there is a link to my BPPV and dizziness on a plane. No Ive not tried head movements on a plane though I think we had hard sweets to suck on. Ive not flown for a while if Im honest but have been invited to the French Alps after Xmas and of course its brought the subject to my mind again. Its either fly there or go over land. Used to do loads of coach trips when I was single, including one round USA but not in recent years. I will have a look for the vertigo pillow you mention. Never heard of those before.
Hi Lisa, Your ENT consultation sounded similar to mine when I had electrodes on my head and was put in a darkened room and had to move my head from side to side. And yes may be the pressure on my ears when Ive already got problems wont be helping matters when I am in a plane. Not heard of exercise being a treatment for BPPV though. Like you I would struggle where exercise is concerned as Im now suffering with arthritis in my knees, hip and lower back so nor good in that respect either. Sorry to hear about your anxiety and depression. I have been there myself and know how hard it is to find motivation when you feel like that. Yes dizziness is debilitating. I wish there was a quick and easy answer to it.