Why my mother's head is reeling while lying down?
Patient: my mother is 60 yr now. She regularly takes medicine for blood pressure. Suddenly since yesterday night, while sleeping, she had a severe head-reeling problm...as if the bed is going up-side down...When she is sitting upright, its ok... but the moment she is lying down, she is having severe type of head-reeling Doctor: Hello and thank you for using HCM.I carefully read your question and I understand your concern.You shoud not worry I'll try to explain you something and give you my opinion. A hypertensive crisis can give symtoms like headache,  blurred vision,  dizziness,  nausea. A person might experience a kind of head reeling but it is not related with head position.In my opinion this symptoms like head reeling, vertigo,  strongly related to head position or while lying down have to do with inner ear problem. In inner ear patologyes the patient experience this head reeling, like the house or bad comes over or up side down. They are strongly related with head movement  and position becouse in that moment the  inner ear takes imupses and controls our eculibre. So, my opinion is that your mother should consult an otorin and a neurologist doctor. There are some simple objective examinations to do and evaluate this problem.But you should not worry.If it is what I  suppose there are medications to control this symtoms.Hope I was helpful.Wish your mother  good health.Best regards.