This whole MAV dizziness still leaves me with a lot of questioning. I am never dizzy when lying down, only when standing, sitting, getting up, or walking (upright). I wonder why laying down stops the dizziness and do others experience this? I just find it strange and wonder if its the way the blood is flowing to my brain.
Katie
There are so many unanswered questions about migraine I find it really frustrating also. When I had MAV I was dizzy all the time even lying down. I don’t understand why sometimes it used to go worse? Or why it would sometimes go and then come back? I didn’t always get dizzy with every migraine I had either. When I was driving the car I found I was most dizzy when the car was stationary such as waiting at traffic lights? I also found the more I mobilised the less my MAV got. I wish someone would make a break through and find out all the answers for a lot of unanswered migraine questions…
Yeah, not sure. I can almost always find a position lying down that will stop or reduce the vertigo - it depends on the day, but is usually with my head about 45 degrees into the pillow on my right or left ear. If I try lying on the other side, things will get really bad. Why this is the case I have no idea :?:
My dizziness also settles down once my head has been stabilized for a period of time. I had always assumed it’s because once one has been lying down for a while, the vestibular system is being worked less or taxed only at a relatively low level. In other words, my assumption is it’s a lot easier for your brain to make sense of the signals it receives from the inner ear and proprioceptors (in neck/feet) if there is relatively little input coming in to begin with (i.e., when you’re not moving) and the brain has had some time to make sense of the lack of signals (stillness).
Following that logic, when one has been in a car and the vestibular system/brain is working over-time trying to figure out where one is in space, stopping the motion suddenly (stopping the input of motion sensations) will take the brain longer to process stillness thus creating an illusion of continued movement. In other words, it’s the sudden contrast between input of high motion sensations (driving over bumps/turns in car) followed by a sudden lack of motion sensations (when car stops) that takes some time for the inner ear and brain to sort out.
I also feel no dizziness when upon a moving object but lying down does not make it vanish completely.
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Following that logic, when one has been in a car and the vestibular system/brain is working over-time trying to figure out where one is in space, stopping the motion suddenly (stopping the input of motion sensations) will take the brain longer to process stillness thus creating an illusion of continued movement. In other words, it’s the sudden contrast between input of high motion sensations (driving over bumps/turns in car) followed by a sudden lack of motion sensations (when car stops) that takes some time for the inner ear and brain to sort out.
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Yeh this logic theory makes a lot of sense. Probably the same situation when sometimes it’s easier to walk about but when you stop walking the bobbing feeling occurs. I actually went on the trampoline when I had MAV in hopes that it would train my brain to balance again. Made my migraine very bad at first but did improve later.
I am exactly the same. No dizziness in a moving car or lying down (usually). Have had vertigo attacks when lying down but the daily dizziness is normally negligible lying down x
Thank you all for your replies. It all makes more sense and I don’t feel so alone.
Thanks,