![]() I got a second attack of BPPV (in the other ear) at the beginning of this year. The BPPV eventually cleared itself up after about a year. vertigo when I moved my head into certain positions, and general unsteadiness) by the following morning. I did indeed feel dreadful in the immediate aftermath, but I was back to BPPV "normal" (i.e. ![]() Having researched this, I'm convinced that this is what happened to me when an ENT doctor attempted the Epley on me for BPPV about 25 years ago. If the Epley is done by an incompetent operator, there is a small risk the crystals can get into the lateral canal, which can make you feel very bad. You'll see what I'm talking about if you look it up. And you don't need to hang your head over the end of the bed like it says, just throw yourself down fairly quickly. You can look up the Dix-Hallpike on-line and try it on yourself right now. If it isn't, they won't proceed to the Epley, as it wouldn't make any difference one way or the other. They normally do the Dix-Hallpike test first anyway, which will immediately tell them if it really is BPPV.
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