Yeah... first time I've ever heard of this.. well, had an apparent issue with this on Monday.
www.mayoclinic.org
It actually woke me up at 3:27AM, I could barely walk/crawl from the bed to the bathroom. It causes extreme dizziness and because of that, nausea. At first I thought I had some new flu strain but no fever, sore throat, runny nose or any typical flu symptoms. I then thought it was food poisoning but I've had that and this felt 100 times more severe. All I could do Monday was lay in bed and not move.
Tuesday was much better, the nausea was gone and the dizziness was reduced by about 60%.
Wednesday the dizziness was at about 15% so I felt okay to drive to an urgent care location to see what they had to say and the Dr. there basically said 99% of the patients that come in with my symptoms have had an issue with BPPV. He said since I'm improving, I should continue to do so. Some take days or weeks for this to go away. There are even movements you can perform to get the dislodged crystals back to the desired location but you need to go to a specialist as there are a different sequence of movements depending on which ear and where the crystals are located. The Dr. stated that unless the symptoms get worse they should only improve and go away.
This would have been tough if touring. I assume it can happen when not sleeping and would have been nuts if on a bike when it happened.
I'm getting better and just thought I'd throw this out there in case anyone else has, or might, experience it in the future.
Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) - Symptoms and causes
www.mayoclinic.org
It actually woke me up at 3:27AM, I could barely walk/crawl from the bed to the bathroom. It causes extreme dizziness and because of that, nausea. At first I thought I had some new flu strain but no fever, sore throat, runny nose or any typical flu symptoms. I then thought it was food poisoning but I've had that and this felt 100 times more severe. All I could do Monday was lay in bed and not move.
Tuesday was much better, the nausea was gone and the dizziness was reduced by about 60%.
Wednesday the dizziness was at about 15% so I felt okay to drive to an urgent care location to see what they had to say and the Dr. there basically said 99% of the patients that come in with my symptoms have had an issue with BPPV. He said since I'm improving, I should continue to do so. Some take days or weeks for this to go away. There are even movements you can perform to get the dislodged crystals back to the desired location but you need to go to a specialist as there are a different sequence of movements depending on which ear and where the crystals are located. The Dr. stated that unless the symptoms get worse they should only improve and go away.
This would have been tough if touring. I assume it can happen when not sleeping and would have been nuts if on a bike when it happened.
I'm getting better and just thought I'd throw this out there in case anyone else has, or might, experience it in the future.
