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I've had something similar.

Woke up one night and everything was spinning really hard. Crazy, where I couldn't stand up.

I had no idea what it was, but it was a little alarming, esp. when it wouldn't go away.

Went to the ER, and they said it was vertigo.

I'd had it mildly in the past, a kind of "positional" vertigo, that would happen when I was working under the car, etc. Where your head is face up, then to the side, then standing up, etc. - changing positions a lot.

I didn't get it much after that, but when I did, the over the counter motion sickness medications always stopped it cold. I would get Bonine, but I think most of the OTC motion sickness stuff has the same active ingredient.

As odd as it sounds, I think mine was stress related. It happened to me mostly around 10 years ago, when I was working on matters where tens or hundreds of millions, and people's jobs and livelihood, were on the line. And working crazy hours (12-15 a day) 7 days a week. I've slowed that down, gotten in good physical shape again, and haven't had any vertigo for at least 6 or 7 years.
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