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Dizziness, made worse by lying down

Dr. Geoffrey Rutledge reviewed this

39 year experience in Internal Medicine

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A 41-year old female asked:

40 y old female, woke w vertigo attack, still very dizzy, worse when lying down but present moderately at all times. no other sym's. ER or wait n see?

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A 26-year old female asked:

Woke up with very bad dizziness... All day dizziness, nausea, headache, really bad neck pain at the back of neck. Dizziness gets worse lying down?

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A 34-year old female asked:

Can symptoms of impacted ear wax come and go? I have clogged feeling in right ear only along with mild tinnitus and muffled hearing. No earache or dizziness. Usually feels worse after lying down but fluctuates throughout the day?

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A 34-year old female asked:

Pressure behind eyes, forehead, temples, nose. Mild dizziness, full ears. Head throbbing, no pain just pulses. Worse lying down, wax/wane many months?

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A 37-year old asked:

Could topamax (topiramate) be causing chest pain and dizziness that are worse when I lie down?

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A 37-year old female asked:

Having sex and head was off the bed for a minute now I have severe dizziness. it gets worse when I lay my head back or lay down. what is this. been 24?

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A 18-year old male asked:

My head is heavy and im dizzy. it gets worse when i move my head but the feeling stays even if i lay down. i drink plenty of water and havent hit my head. no headache either. what could cause this and any way to fix it?

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A 27-year old male asked:

I have bad seasonal allergies. On drive down through the mountains had dizzy/vertigo/numbness. Now i feel fluid behind eardrum. Worse dizziness drivin?

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A 29-year old male asked:

4 months having pins pain tingling dizziness and numbness all over body. Now have vibration in my left ankle and burning sensation in lower back. I noticed it gets worse when i turn my head/back down?

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A 20-year old male asked:

At the gym, I sat down to rest/caught my breath. I got dizzy, so I waited for it to subside, instead it got worse for 30 mins. Vision blacked out, hearing muffled, and vision was blurry and everything was yellow. What could this be?

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A 39-year old female asked:

Feels like fluid in ears&blocked&dizzy&worse when i lay down.Antibiotics&spray didn't help.Seems to b getting worse waiting to see ent.Have it month?

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A 51-year old female asked:

Dr office closed started doxcy and Medrol (methylprednisolone) fri worse when i lie down now gurgling inspiration using ventolin no fever headache dizzy feet not swollen?

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A 28-year old female asked:

Will do an mri soon. I feel a throbbing, pulsing feeling in back of head and neck, it makes dizzy and like Im rocking. Cant look down or it feels worse. When I stretch my neck side to side I hear a pop sometimes. Ears red and painful, no weakness?

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A 38-year old female asked:

I have a encephalocele from a hole in my tegmen. after flying I have salty water draining down my throat and worsening headache/dizziness ear pain?

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A 33-year old female asked:

My daughter 14 has been having upper left tummy pain below the ribs she said its worse laying down I've noticed she has petechiae and random bruising. She's been sleeping earlier than usual. And gets tired and dizzy just walking up a set of stairs?

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A 52-year old male asked:

What causes dizziness when i stand up from lying down ?

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A 40-year old female asked:

Dizziness while lying down and when sudden change of position..

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A 39-year old asked:

What causes the temporary dizziness when you get up after a long time sitting or lying down?

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A 16-year old female asked:

She is 14 yrs old. She often feels dizziness and blurry/dark vision when getting up from sitting/lying down, she also loses her balance. ?

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A 67-year old female asked:

When lying down on my left side I am having severe dizziness and when i try to get up also. I have been on BP meds for 2 years. What could this be?

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A 35-year old female asked:

I feel light headed and dizzy whilst lying down?

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A 39-year old female asked:

I feel dizzy when lying down but gets normal when standing or sitting . What is the cause?

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A 23-year old male asked:

For the past 2 days, I've been feeling dizzy... While standing, lying down and bending over... What could be causing this. ?

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A 23-year old male asked:

I woke up with dizziness and nausea which was worse when I was lying on left side. I had to lie for hours on right. I had same episode 3 months back. ?

2 doctor answers • 3 doctors weighed in

A 17-year old female asked:

When i stand up after lying down, i go all dizzy in my head. Help.

1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in

A 38-year old male asked:

I often feel dizzy/unsteady, when I'm standing, sitting and when I'm lying down & when I look up, then look back down. What can cause this?

1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in

A 32-year old female asked:

Bp isusually norm. Went to dr 4 headache& dizzy. Bp was 150/100,&been that ever since. When lying down it's 135/86. Dizzy when sitting. What iswrong?

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A member asked:

Feel swaying sensation and dizziness and 24/7 mild unsteadiness while walking more than 15 minutes or lying down or sittingfrom 8 years . Is it dangerous?

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A 38-year old asked:

Can topamax (topiramate) cause chest pain and dizziness that worsens when lying down?

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A 34-year old asked:

Have you on topamax (topiramate) experienced chest pain and dizziness that worsens when lying down?

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