Dizziness & Vertigo Support Group

I dont know that much about it since mine is so recent but I do get nausceous..and my doctor even asked if I was so I am guessing this common..

Nausea is common during the acute spinning of BPPV. There is no chronic nausea in between the brief spinning episodes in "pure" BPPV. I think I mentioned that BPPV often co-travels along with other vertigo disorders.

Well, the BPPV has, as usual, become worse over the past several days. Today, when I woke up and moved my head I got slightly nauseated again. Is it common for BPPV to come on slowly sometimes and then progress and go away slowly like this? This is the way it has been coming to me the last few episodes. Four years ago I would wake up falling over and the room spinning, but it got a little slower to come on lately so it fools me sometimes into thinking that "it won't be that bad this time" but then it gets worse before it gets better.

Recurrent BPPV is almost always associated with another underlying inner ear disorder. The key to minimize or eliminate recurrences is to identify and treat the underlying problem.

Can the other problems sbe detected through MRI?

Almost never. Advanced balance testing (ENG or VNG, plus rotary chair and posturography) is most likely to provide answers. Sometimes advanced audiometric testing (ECOG, VEMP) is helpful. Biggest factor is a physician who really understands balance disorders (ie neurotologist or otoneurologist) and takes the time to listen to your whole story.

I go to a neurotolgist on the 3rd to go through all these tests but I have an MRI scheduled by my regular physician for something else that could be unrelated to my inner ear and so was wondering if by chance anything might show up such as menieres, because I read somewhere that it could be picked up that way.

I have chronic nausea. I have a vestibular disorder that is coming from my brain, not my ears. I also have 'unusual eye movements'. This causes this to 'move' in my visual field. I have low grade nausea all the time, add anything to that (odors, additional movement, turns in a car, movement on TV, noises, etc.) I take tigan when it is 'over the top'. At one time I used a couple of drops of liquid ginger under my tongue. It did help, for a while.