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Vertigo on waking up
Vertigo on waking up is the sudden sensation of dizziness and that the room is spinning, occurring as someone wakes up from sleep.
Dr. Robert Kwok reviewed this
35 year experience in Pediatrics
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A 39-year old asked:
Dizziness and vertigo attack when waking up. What should I do?
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A 34-year old asked:
Waking up with extreme vertigo. Could it be I slept with my head in a bad position?
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A 24-year old female asked:
On March 14th, i had vertigo while waking up. Diagnosed as BPPV & did Epley. Found improvement. After some days, again came with lesser intense. Why?
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A 27-year old male asked:
Vertigo attack (Dizzyness) twice in two days. Its worse after waking up with pressure on top of the head but gets better during the day. Any help?
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A 18-year old female asked:
What causes vertigo upon waking in the morning then disappearing after eating?
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A 32-year old male asked:
Waking up with bad vertigo where the room is spinning. Also, have a sensation of moving while standing still, I don't have a cold. What could be wrong?
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A 42-year old male asked:
I have a vestibular disorder. Since last Wednesday my vertigo has been worse than normal. Move my head, crouched down and get up. Waking up with headache.Even a noise out of the blue will trigger it. Its not lightheartedness. I know the difference?
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A 68-year old female asked:
Had severe vertigo attacks two days in a row, when waking up. As soon as I raised my head off the pillow. Any ideas on the cause?
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A 46-year old female asked:
I smoke 5-7 cigarettes a day. Sometimes when smoking feeling numbness in entire body and vertigo. Usualy after waking up or when tired. Why?
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A 48-year old female asked:
I am 3wks post-op L5 S1 fusion. Third day of vertigo when I roll to left (prominent) or right upon waking. No vertigo when laying on back or upright?
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A 55-year old male asked about a 51-year old female:
My wife has symtoms starting out with waking up with super sensitive hearing, fatigue vertigo laying on side headache vision issues over 6 mo. Off&on?
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A 41-year old asked:
Vertigo upon waking? My father is in his 40's and complains of vertigo upon waking up. He's been to a doctor to see if it was related to his inner-ear and the doctor said it wasn't. Also, the vertigo doesn't change when he changes in position and is often
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A 34-year old female asked:
Feel dizziness & unbalanced with zoloft (sertraline) 50 mg after waking up - does that mean its not the suitable drug?
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A 39-year old female asked:
I am being treated for possible seizures, I am now waking up with severe dizziness, so bad i cant lift my head, should I worry?
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A male asked:
Almost constant dizziness,weird feeling around forhead and getting sleepy 10 hours after waking up while doing nothing basically. causes?
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A 39-year old male asked:
Dizziness in morning 1 hour after waking, also before,during,after breakfast. Goes away when I lie down even few seconds. Goes away after belching. Y?
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A 23-year old male asked:
Inhaled steam almost 10 times in a row, was apparently too close to the source, did it despite the pain and dizziness. afterwards taking deep breaths was painful. now after waking up I feel ok but different, should I be worried?
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A 33-year old male asked:
Waking daily with a headache that feels like it's squeezing my head also some nausea and dizziness it can last from 10min to a couple of hours?
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A 25-year old female asked:
I have dizziness and nausea with sometimes vomiting. Feel fine in the morning, starts around 4 hours after waking getting increasing worse til night?
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A 32-year old female asked:
Can hyperthyroid cause low blood sugar? I get bouts of dizziness if I don't eat every 2 hours or upon waking. Eating helps a little but doesn't resolv
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A member asked:
For three months I have been waking up with rapid heart rate, dizziness and weakness. Also it has occured during the day. Tests show not heart related?
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A 31-year old female asked:
Option neuritis, possibly MS, now tight chest extra dizziness and huge palpitations waking me up at night. Not anxious or stressed. Emergency? 30yrs
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A 34-year old female asked:
An upset stomach yesterday, hence took an imodium (loperamide).Today morning after waking up, had an attack of dizziness&everything was spinning around facing right.
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A 20-year old female asked:
After sometime from waking up in the morning I had blurry vision and dizziness as if it's drop in blood pressure,then a headache all day, any idea ?
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A 23-year old male asked:
What causes sinus tachycardia, dizziness, and rhythm changes when standing, after eating a meal, and after waking up? Ekg and echocardiogram normal
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A 37-year old female asked:
Help! I have fatigue, brain fog, dizziness (upon waking only). My 24hr salivary cortisol results were very low which instigated a serum cortisol test (8am 11.2 Mcg/d)l and a plasma acth (8am 16 pg/ml) my A1C was 4.8. Should I do a stimulation test?
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A 29-year old male asked:
Been waking up dizzy couple times past week, one day all day. Went to ENT, no signs of ear inflammation and everything looks good. Wants me to get mri scan. Does a tumor cause dizziness? It usually dissipates throughout the day. Tumor act like this?
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A 18-year old female asked:
Dizziness esp after waking up ,headache,swollen lymph nodes under armpit,fatigue,i found drops of blood on my external ear what causes these symptom?
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A 33-year old female asked:
Can a malignant brain tumor form in 6 months? Had CAT scan at the ER for dizziness and was normal, but within past week have had symptoms of head pressure waking up, nausea, tingling. Really anxious and scared about brainstem tumor or something?
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A 37-year old asked:
What is vertigo?
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