[notmytarga]

The inner ear is a wonderfully designed position sensor and accelerometer - until it goes haywire!

The ear works because of tiny cells that have little hairlike feelers that stick out of them. The cells have nerve fibers that communicate directly to the brain.

For hearing these cells sense movement along a tapered drumhead - the taper allows discrimination of frequency.

For acceleration change the hairs feel for movement of fluid in the semicircular canals which are oriented in the three axis - perpendicular to each other. Once body movement is constant (spinning for 30 sec), the flow stops. Then when you do stop flow starts in the opposite direction - your eyes do wierd things (nystagmus) and you may fall over!

For position sense the hair cells feel which way a stone, called an otolith, moves. These stones are small, like a grain of sand size. If your skull is cocked to one side, forwad or back - these tell you that.

You are on the right track for treatment. I'm pleased that the first place you went seemed to know what it was and what to do. It's beyond my knowledge what is done, but there are manuevers that can be used to unstick these stones - sooner the better. Your internet searches will lead you to a local ear, nose and throat (ENT) doctor that can help you. Call their office and make sure they do the manuevers.