[talldatethrow]

I once had a bad dream and violently shifted in bed hard enough to headbutt the connected nightstand next to my pillow (weird design). Hard enough to bleed.

I was dizzy for days whenever I laid down. It was as if I was spinning in an amusement park ride slowly.

I called an ex GF neuro radiologist, who after realizing I wasn't going to go in for any scans (no health insurance at the time), told me of a series of "brain/balance reset exercises" you can do. I did the exercises, moving my head in several positions in a particular order, and all symptoms went away.

The brain is crazy.

[singleshot_]

More or less benign paroxysmal positional vertigo. The bang on your head dislodged crystals that form in the fluid in your ear’s semicircular canals. These crystals form with age and normally collect in some nook in the inner ear. When they are floating around in the fluid, they can strike the tiny hairs in your inner ear that indicate to your brain how your body is moving and how it is positioned. When fluid flows by the Haus and makes them sway, your brain interprets that as motion.

But when a crystal hits a hair, your brain interprets it as “I am suddenly moving about one axis at high angular velocity.” You become insanely dizzy. The nature of this phenomenon is that when you turn your head one way, you feel like you are falling forever in that direction.

Solution: the Epley maneuver. Turn your head quickly in the direction of the falling while you are sitting in a bed. As your head turns, fall backwards quickly on to the bed. This motion more or less tucks the crystals back into their niche so you can regain your sense of balance.

The brain is crazy. The inner ear is crazy. See an ENT specialist before you follow my dumbass version of doctor’s orders, but if you suffer from Bppv maybe this will be interesting information.

[sizzle]

I studied neuroscience in undergrad and never learned about this. Thank you for sharing, I feel like I’ve experienced this phenomenon over the years and it might explain the changes in my behavior and erratic moods thereafter.

[gukov]

The brain is indeed fascinating. The stories here reminded me about https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirror_therapy.

[Aeglaecia]

search engines are not returning useful results , do you recollect any of these exercises ?

[singleshot_]

Search term: Epley maneuver.

[talldatethrow]

It wasn't exactly what you've described, but Im sure with enough googling someone could find all the various brain balance reset protocols and just try them all.

[singleshot_]

Downside: the Epley maneuver makes you feel so, so dizzy while it is resetting the crystals. Trying every one of these weird motion sequences one after another would probably give you some peculiar syndrome all on its own.

Like I said above consult a vestibular therapist, neurologist, or someone other than this dummy if you want real medical advice.

But it is real fascinating that this kind of physical manipulation is so effective.