Still, when I had that bout of vertigo yesterday, it reminded me so much of the awful helpless feeling of having drunk too much and then you come home and try to lay down and the room is spinning.

I do know that drinking, especially my favorite, vodka, has given me severe all-day–sometimes even two-day–migraines.

Now I have to seriously wonder if alcohol might be a trigger and if I should cut it out of my life, but that would alter my whole lifestyle. A very hard choice to make–yet NEVER AGAIN would I want to experience the merry-go-round vertigo I awoke with yesterday!

Today I am lying in my bed feeling very anxious as my symptoms, which had begun to get better, have returned with a vengeance. Many people including my husband would say I have a Hang over which I may indeed have BUT I also have vertigo and I have had many in my life but not like this. Yes I did have an outrageously boost night that included the intake of a lot of champagne but I know I have vertigo and I now also know that my symptoms are made worse by alcohol.

I am terrified that as a mum and full time worker I am going to suffer severe problems that might compromise my ability to function and that this will impact on my job and my personal life. Reading your stories has made me feel better since I know that I am not alone. Steve’s post (26 dec 2011) actually made me cry.

I am of today absolutely going to give up alcohol. Forever. It will not be easy as I do love my tipple but I also do not want this vertigo to continue. I owe it to myself and my family to be the best that I can and that if there really us a connection between this awful condition and alcohol, then the alcohol must go. I am already feeling depressed about the possibility of this not ever going so I have to at least try.

Thank you everyone for giving me hope

I don’t know if this is the right thread to post this or not but I would like to add it to the conversation and it is related to alcohol and sleep.

I believe that taking certain medications can induce the kind of symptoms we are all complaining about particularly if we drink or are short of sleep. The drugs that cause my symptoms are the hypnotics, a class of prescription medications that include Ambien and other sleeping pills and Valium. If you read the information on these drugs one of the listed side effects is dizziness. The information also advises you not to take the medication with alcohol.

I’m a long time insomniac, diagnosed with severe sleep apnea and have bouts of sleeplessness that can last three days. I try to stay away from sleep drugs because of the side effects. They don’t really provide real, restful sleep, but sometimes it’s better than nothing.

Alcohol may actually help me to fall asleep, but I usually wake up in two to three hours and cannot fall back asleep. The temptation is to take medication and sometimes I do.

If I fall off the wagon and begin drinking again, it disturbs my sleep and I’m tempted to take medication to get through the night. If I do this three nights in a row, the vertigo returns. Even if I stop drinking and taking meds the vertigo can continue for weeks.

So that’s my contribution. I haven’t done rigorous testing. I try not to drink at all, but sometimes I do. (That’s what happens with recovering alcoholics.) Drinking leads to disturbed sleep which leads to taking sleeping pills which leads to … vertigo. The combination probably makes things worse, I don’t know for sure.

Anybody else have an experience like this that you can share? I’m just throwing it out there in case it might help someone sort this nasty experience out. Not drinking seems to be the key.

The answer to your question about dehydration requires a little more information. How many drinks of what did you consume over how long a period of time? About what do you weigh?

The symptoms you describe are probably the result of drinking too much. Simple as that. You need to know that alcohol is poison. Drink enough of it and you can die. I knew one person personally who did just that.

Your body is telling you that you have poisoned yourself and it is doing its level best to purge that poison from your body. Dizziness and drunkenness go hand in hand. The dizziness com comes from confusing your brain by poisoning it. Drinking more water might have helped, but not so you would notice.

You will probably recover and not experience the ongoing vertigo that many on this list do experience. But, establish a drinking habit and you could.

You are very young and I hope that is the last drink you take in a long time. It easy to establish the habit of drinking to excess and difficult to stop once started. As a recovering alcoholic I can tell you there are many side effects that sort of sneak up on you that can flat ruin your life. Constant dizziness is just one of them and not the worst by far.

I’m not a smoker. The reason I’m not is I tried a cigarette when I was about your age, didn’t like it, and never picked one up again. I wish the same had been true about that first drink. The best thing you can do for yourself is … leave it alone and it can’t become a problem.

please and thank you

steve

p.s. this is a great poage very helpful