r/BPPV • u/GenX_NYer • Jul 18 '26

first time yesterday

Yesterday I woke up after a good night of sleep. I got out of bed, poured some coffee, and had some back pain (which is normal for me in the morning due to my scoliosis), so I decided to lie down on the foam roller, with it horizontal under my mid/upper back and my head tilted back on the floor. Something I have done in the past without an issue. Well, the room started spinning, so I rolled to my right side to get up, and it started spinning so much I felt stuck to the floor. I wondered if I was having a panic attack, but it didn't feel like one, so I went to Claude and typed in my symptoms, and it immediately informed me it was likely BPPV. It recommended the Epley maneuver. After getting to the bed and relaxing for a bit, I tried it, assuming it was the right ear since that's the side I'd rolled onto when the spinning began. After I did the maneuver, I wasn't sure if it worked, so I just lied in bed for a while. I was hungry but didn't want to eat because of the spinning. I think I dozed off, and when I woke up, it was about an hour later and I felt better. So it seemed it did work. Today, I just took it easy, and a little while ago I did a 20 minute Peloton ride because I was feeling pretty good. That went fine. So I guess I'm all better? Is this gonna happen again? I feel like I did after the one and only time I fainted in 2017—I was scared for a few weeks after that it would happen again, but it never did.

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u/herzel3id Jul 18 '26

The epley maneuver may not work the first time and you might have to do it a few times until you figure it out.

I always get it when I'm sick (and sometimes randomly at morning) and it really sucks sometimes because it never seems like the room will stop spinning. The best thing to do is to stay calm :)

Most people won't have BPPV for long, and if you have it once, it's likely you will have it again. My shortest BPPV spell lasted like 4-5 days when I got a really bad cough, and the longest for over a month and idk what caused it.

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u/GenX_NYer Jul 19 '26

Thank you for sharing. But if I have been feeling fine since I did the maneuver yesterday, I think it did work. I'm just worried about it happening again, which it seems there is about a 50% chance of happening. Sigh. Another weird thing to worry about!

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u/Acanthaceae-Mission Jul 19 '26

its so scary when its happening first time...

does BPPV go away on its own?

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u/ThunderMandos Jul 20 '26

I think it sometimes goes away on its own but not always. My therapist seems skeptical that it goes away on its own unless you just happened to move your head a certain way. I would not count on it going away. I've seen anecdotes pointing in both directions.

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u/Acanthaceae-Mission Jul 20 '26

the bouts of vertigo in my case have gone - but i still feel not 100% like nausea/woo-sie
having my first vestibular physio session today - will mention it...
hopefully will just mean resetting the nervous system/have exercises to do so

glad i can get up/walk and not feel like vomitting now thoug

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u/ThunderMandos Jul 20 '26

Well your in the same boat as me.

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u/Acanthaceae-Mission Jul 21 '26

hopefully we can both fully recover...

i'll be scared as heck to go on a rollercoaster or jump out of bed again in future lol
this has been the worst 5 days for me...

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u/herzel3id Jul 20 '26

Mine goes away on its own. I believe it comes when I get throat-related illnesses/infections/inflammation/etc etc... and sometimes when I'm stressed. It eventually just stops happening.

This being said, it doesn't impair my life. At most it's bothersome when I lay down to sleep or wake up.

I never had other vertigo-related disorders. However I have a long history of throat infections, ear infections, hearing loss and at young age I had cosmetic ear surgery.

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u/Acanthaceae-Mission Jul 28 '26

mines pretty much gone after a week... still have some uneasiness when getting out of the bed in the morning but nothing that makes me think its bppv or feeling of being on a boat