Months of Dizziness and "Floating" Feelings

Hello all. For just over 4 months, I've been dealing with various symptoms, and I'm trying to figure out what's causing them. Back in January, I had a sudden "jolting" feeling in my head (kind of like when you miss a step or feel like you're falling in your sleep and it jolts you awake). It lasted for just a second or two while I was reading an article on my laptop, and it really shook me up. Ever since then I've dealt with fluctuating dizziness or that feeling you get when you've been on a plane or a boat all day, then you get on solid ground but still feel as if you're moving. I also get tinnitus that comes and goes. I get it in both ears but never both ears at the same time, and it typically only lasts for less than a minute. I've not had vertigo or any spinning sensations, just the feeling of floating/swaying/rocking or general motion sickness feeling. I've not had any vomitting either. I'll have days where it really bothers me and I don't want to leave the house and then I'll have days when I feel almost 100% normal. It just depends. So far I've seen my regular doctor who had me get a CT scan with no contrast and had blood drawn, both of which came back normal. I've also seen an ENT a few times, and he had me do an audiology test which came back saying I have exceptional hearing, and the little pressure test they do in your ears also came back looking great. His guess is that I've had some sort of attack on my vestibular system that's causing all these symptoms and it's just taking a while for my body to heal itself. I expressed my concern for having Meniere's and he said that even though I have a grandmother who has it, and it's certainly a possibility, my symptoms are very atypical of a Meniere's patient and that I should not worry that I have Meniere's at this point. I'm 25 and otherwise in good health. Also, I'm writing from the U.S. If anyone has any thoughts/opinions/experiences they can share, I'd appreciate it. Thanks!

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