Hiya All
I'm sure there's been a thread of two discussing vertigo-type symptoms, but I didn't think much of it.
Until......I thought back to late last year when I'd experienced a weird sensation when I laid completely flat in bed: no pillows.
It was like my head - only my head - was in some sort of vortex and it was spinning, a bit like I was spiralling downwards. It might just be me, but I remember thinking 'Aww, this is weird', but didn't actually stop myself, almost enjoying the sensation until I reminded myself I was nearly 54, and these things at my age don't represent fun, they may be serious!!
At the time, I did remember having experienced it before but again wasn't unduly worried by it. Possibly because both my husband and late father-in-law had both suffered from bouts of Labrythitis/Vertigo.
Have to add that I've never had this sensation during the day, while I'm going about my business, so never thought of it as a problem.
Sound familiar, anyone?
Sx
Hi Shaznay
Yes I can relate to this but don't have it lying down but have had it going about my business and to the point of when I have to come home from work as I feel like everything is spinning, it's a horrible feeling I am 48 and in the menopause.
L x
I have to sleep with my head elevated to not get dizzy...had several test even an mri...nothing found
Hi Shaznay,
Yes i can relate to this. I recently posted about having vertigo and hearing my own heartbeat in my ear. Ive noticed i get vertigo when im ill and my last bout was when i had a UTI.
My dizziness is usually worse when i stand up. The world is spinning! It subsides when i lie on my side although not always.
I have medication in case it happens again.
Its a horrible feeling!
Elaine x
I have been given medication to take as and when I need it too
Ah Ha! That's where I must have read about this!
I honestly forgot about it: dismissed it even, as it went away, and hadn't caused me too much grief. In a sad way, I sorta found it exciting? (I need to start acting my age, me thinks!)
My husband had Labrythitis earlier this year - as did a lot of guys at the gym where he trains.
To be honest, the morning he came home first experiencing it, I thought he was developing Diabetes (he goes to the gym so early, doesn't eat much before he goes and, dare I say it, he was getting a right mishog at the time!). He said that he felt a bit odd, and couldn't remember much of the journey home (Gawd! He'd driven 4 miles!!). I just sat him down and fed him, but told our son what had happened so that we both kept an eye on him.
Once he was better he confessed that he thought he was having a mini Stroke, as he honestly couldn't remember much
.
Only needed to take the meds for a 3-4 days because he started to feel so much better. We can only imagine his bout was due to a viral infection and as we all know, gyms are not the cleanest, most hygenic of places!!
Yep, like sheri54049, my 'vortex' feeling went when I put a pillow under my head again.
Sx
Yep, my 'vortex' feeling went the minute I put a pillow back under my head.
Throughout the night I swap and change from 2, 1, no pillows, but thankfully haven't experienced this at all this side of Xmas
I've had balance evey day for almost 4 yrs ,go look on the dizzy site your see fair few with it ,I've tried drs tabs chemist tabs,anti seasick wrist bands ,even Acupatches ,nothing's cured the balance,I also have tinnitus but not sure that's related to mine but its common with many with tinnitus .Yes and the menopause .Many to with balance issues have had neck ache .
I have had that once and it was really scary i don't lie flat on a bed I need a couple of pillows to lie on
Shaznay,
I've only had this one time and it hit me about 3 am, woke up out of a deep sleep and everything was spinning. I could feel my eyes darting back and forth and I could not get up. It was really weird. Only other time I had the spins like that was after drinking a bottle of wine lol. I'm 52 and in the height of peri...fun stuff. Have had so many crazy symptoms since I turned 51, was like all hormone hell broke loose. Just looking forward to it being over!
Hi Sahznay
This could be menopause. My Mom used to suffer from this spinning a while ago, and she went through tests nothing came out. Doctors couldn't tell what this was, they said this was stress. Anyway, now she is done probably with Meno and feels quite good. No more spinning
Yep, Shaznay. And it is funny, I too "enjoyed" it, lol. I remember wake up already with the room spinning! Or worse, I was so dizzy it made me wake up. Of course I thought I had labrynthitis, as well. All gone 
but I kept the tinitus that bothers me now and then.
Wonders of peri! We should be handed a manual when we had our first cicle!
Hi Shaznay,
I have felt dizzy all right, but I think it is because of low iron. I am taking iron supplements now, and it really helps, but I don't feel 100 percent yet. Maybe this is different.
Hi Gals
I'll reply to 'me' as I can do a blanket 'Thank You' to you all!
What a bunch, aye?!!! Who'd have thought a few years back that we'd have had all this rubbish to deal with??
You do realise a good few centuries ago they'd have been running us out of town/burning us at the stake had we confessed to experiencing these symptoms:-) ?!!!!
I confess that I was vaguely aware of Perimenopause, sorta understood that Menopause was only once your P's had stopped for around a year. But did i know that the list of Peri symptoms would be so long and diverse
? You are kidding! I thought it was just moaning, crying, sweating, loss of libido, watching Ps become erratic/stop.....and that was it!
Like many of you ladies, looking at this ever-increasing list, I truly believe I've been Perimenopausal for yonks - and that it's just got more obvious and I've become more knowledgeable of them, thanks to Dr Google and this wonderful site!!
Maybe my experience was a combination of a bit of stress (!) and very low levels of a wide range of vits & mins, as since introducing myself to my new BFF, Menopace, I haven't experienced anything like this since. In fact I feel 100% better generally.
We are nothing if not a tad interesting as a species, us women, and we should embrace this I suppose.
All i can say is Thank Gawd there isn't such a thing as a 'recognised' Male Menopause - can you begin to imagine that??!!!
Ta for replying.
Sx
Hi I experienced this to but to a point where I would wake up in the morning and so bad couldnt get out of bed or stand. Been prescribed betahistine 3 times a day and the best thing ever never get any dizziness now. the tablet incresses the blood supply to the inner ear which is the problem why this happens
I get that too. My stuff alll started with a bout of spinning vertigo over 3 yrs ago. It was labyrinthitis and follwed with a couple of bouts of BPPV. I've now got really tight muscles in my neck and jaw which cause the dizzy feeling for me I think. The muscles in the jaw are v close to inner ear so can cause balance issues, also the large muscle in the neck( sternocleidomastoid ) helps with positioning and stuff so I think if that is tight it can also cause the dizy stuff. I do feel this at night when lying down. I also get it if I close my eyes and my eyeballs roll upwards. Weird I know but I think the muscles behind the eye are all connected to the jaw thing. It's all really odd xx
Hi Shaznay
I have definitely had the vertigo/spinning. There is a difference between feeling lightheaded and feeling the spinning though sometimes it's hard to tell and both can be symptoms of peri. I've had occasional spinning attacks for the last two years that can come on suddenly. They can happen anywhere and make me feel like I've just stepped off a roundabout. I also get it when I lay down sometimes - especially last year on holiday, every time I came out of the pool and lay down on the sunbed my head started to spin. It still happenes now sometimes.
I did NOT enjoy it though! It really put me on edge. You must have nerves of steel!! I also get a less intense general dizzy/dazed feeling more regularly, like walking on contton wool. How weird it all is!
LOL Manflu is bad enough without Manmeno!
Now ladies here goes,I wasent aware meno can bring on dietary probs ,hence balance. IBS and the tinnitus,plus migraines if you'd not had them before ,and unexpected allergies out of nowhere ,and anxiety / depression
Now I e been saying my probs not just meno symptoms ,are I believe are allergy related ,were eating Gluten / Dairy that's not sitting happy in our systems ,as of yesterday I've gone gluten free ,strictly stick to it ,see if that drops any of this away from me .Fed up sitting twiddling my thumbs in the hope of getting back to normal .
Drs don't listen ,so how are we going to get back. Think got to look at everything,Look at your diet it takes 36 hours to go through your system ,so keep a list of everything you eat then put how you were feeling for those hours see if then eliminating gluten in your diets makes you feel better .less on edge etc .Just a thought why I've had Gyne anxiety daily now for 9 + years .Go check Gluten / Dairy out .the route Im taking .
What a mess we are all in for sure sad reading all of these problems females on here are struggling with .No way to live if you can call it that .
Ruthie, 'Nerves of Steel' - that's my middle name!
Having read all the replies, I think I was pretty lucky with my 'episodes': they made that much impact I sorta forgot about them!
Really, I live with someone who obviously has a family history of hearing issues - not deaf, they just have probs with their ears. Or, as the case may appear, vertigo/labrythitis.
My personal experience was quite literally that feeling of spinning down, like twirlling down a well. All in the head, no other dizziness, no nausea and there it was - gone!
I just recall reading something on her about these symptoms and I remembered it.
Lets put it this way: I think I'd rather have had my experience than ANY of the others I've read!! Mine didn't frighten/alarm me, but I'm sure if it'd happened during the day, while I was standing, or worse still driving, I'd have freaked!
Just another thing to put on my own personal Peri list!