Question
When I close my eyes at night and begin to sleep i have vertigo. It's happened
the last 5 nights in a row.It's not the lying down that gets me or movement it's
when my mind starts to drift toward sleep . It only last about 30 seconds and
sometimes i dream and sometimes i dont. I'm not sleeping well and am tired
during the day.
Answer
It could be one of two things, though understand im no md. The dizziness or what you call dizziness could just be that your body and brain are not going to bed the same time or awakening the same time, sometimes we dont know why one or the other fall behind a nano second you then are dreaming with your eyes open. This is called hypnangogic hallucinations and sleep paralysis. This is natural phenomenon if it happens once in awhile if it happens all the time and your daytime wakefulness is affected then you might want to see a sleep center for a sleep study. to rule out narcolepsy. Im going to post basic form letter I send to all who have insomnia, follow the tips where it says foods to stay away from 3 hours before bedtime and what to do like the hot bath and warm milk. Also go to sleepnet.com click on disorders narcolepsy and read about its symptoms. If it persists you might consider going to an ear nose and throat doctor as you could have menieres or inner ear syndrome which causes dizziness due to equilibrium imbalance which antivert is given until it clears up. feel free to email again karel . the tips are below.
You must reset your sleep clock. Do the following religiously for
4-6 weeks though many have seen changes in as little as 2 weeks.
You must go to bed and awaken the same time every day regardless
of how much or little sleep you got the night before. This starts to
reset your sleep clock. 3 hours before bedtime stay away from
tea, coffee, caffeine, caramel colored soda like, coke,pepsi, ginger ale,
or root beer, chocolate and exercise .All these make for restless sleep.
Make sure room is quiet and dark. When you go to bed if you start to
twist and turn or if you wake up in the middle of the night and cant
go back to sleep, twist and turn for only 20 minutes, then get up, go
into a different room and read a book or magazine only! No computer!
When you start to doze immediately go back into the bedroom.Do this as
many times as you awaken during the night.It will lesson.This retrains
the brain into thinking that the bedroom is for restful sleep only.
30 minutes before bedtime take a hot bath and immerse hands under the
water.Latest research states that the palms of the hand when immersed
in hot water send signals to the brain to relax. 15 minutes before bedtime\
drink a glass of warm milk. Milk when heated contains tryptophan, a
natural amino acid sleep inducer. Go to sleepnet.com click on disorders
insomnia for more tips. Feel free to email again , Karel
