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[quote=Anonymous]Does she have vertigo?  Was she recently in a car crash or any other situation where she might have been upside down?  Does the dizziness always happen when she moves her head a certain way when getting in or out of bed?  In my case it was a concussion and I almost vomited every time I got out of the bed to use the bathroom.  Fortunately, we found a fabulous ENT specialilst in Vertigo.  This is a very new technique discovered by the military when they performed autopsies on jet fighter pilots who suffered vertigo.  What happens is that tiny crystals that are suppoed to be in one chamber of the ear get jossled around and wind up in another ear cavity.  The ENT will put you in a special chair, study your irises, then ask what movemnt makes you feel queasy.  HE will repeatedly try to replicate the movement, to the point of turning you upside down (in the special chair) to relocate those crystals.  He can tell if he's successful by watching your eyes while doing the procedure.

My doc went back to research so I can't recomment him.  This treatment plan is only 10 years old.  Not many ENTs know about it.  Only the youngest ones coming out of med. school seem to be aware of it and purchase the fancy chair.

Good luck.[/quote]

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