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I was wondering if anyone could tell me what is wrong. I am 14.

Every time I stand up from sitting down I get extremely dizzy, and loose my vision. And sometimes I can feel my face go pale. Like I can feel the blood leave my face.

What happens with my vision is...the best way I can describe it is its like static on a TV. It goes all "staticy" and the farther I try walking the more vision I lose. And eventually it goes completely black. But my vision always comes back really quick after that. But during all of this im really dizzy. The other day I even fainted because of this.

Its always worse after I watch TV or stare at any screen and then get up.

If I need to give more details just ask. But please. Any help is appreciated.

Answer 1

From the symptoms, you describe, you have BPPV. There are oodles of materials on this. This is a simplified compilation of impt highlights which you might find beneficial.


What is benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV)?

Vertigo is the feeling that you are spinning or the world is spinning around you. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo is caused by a problem in the inner ear. It usually causes brief vertigo spells that come and go.


For some people, BPPV goes away by itself in a few weeks. But it can come back again.

BPPV is not a sign of a serious health problem.

What causes BPPV?

Normally, there are little calcium “stones” in the inner ear canals that are moved around by gravity. BPPV can be caused by things like infection or inflammation that stop the stones from moving around like normal. This sends a false message to the brain that affects your balance.

What are the symptoms?

The main symptom is a feeling that you are spinning or tilting when you are not. This can happen when you move your head in a certain way, like rolling over in bed, turning your head quickly, bending over, or tipping your head back.


BPPV usually lasts a minute or two. It can be mild, or it can be bad enough to make you feel sick to your stomach and vomit. You may even find it hard to stand or walk without losing your balance.


Benign Positional Vertigo Symptoms
Symptoms are the same ones you experience when you spin around in a revolving chair or on an amusement park ride and then suddenly stop.

Vertigo - A sensation of spinning or movement when you are still


Nausea or vomiting - Due to motion sickness caused by the vertigo


Nystagmus - Involuntary eye movements or twitches accompanying the vertigo

What happens?

BPPV causes a whirling, spinning sensation even though you are not moving. If the vertigo is bad, it may also cause nausea or vomiting. The vertigo attacks happen when you move your head in a certain way, such as tilting it back or up or down, or by rolling over in bed. It usually lasts less than a minute. Moving your head to the same position again may trigger another episode of vertigo.


BPPV often goes away without treatment. Until it does, or is successfully treated, it can repeatedly cause vertigo with a particular head movement. Sometimes it will stop for a period of months or years and then suddenly come back.


Self-Care at Home

1) Lie down and rest. Take precautions to prevent falls.


2) Do not drive, work at heights, or operate dangerous machinery in case you get an attack of vertigo.


3) Avoid sudden head movements and body position changes, especially looking up.


4) You may try some home therapy exercises that are meant to disburse the inner ear particles that are causing the trouble or desensitize the inner ear nerves that are being stimulated.


5) The following are called the positional exercises of Brandt and Daroff. You will feel vertigo while doing these, but with each repetition, the severity and duration should decrease.


6) Sit on the edge of the bed near the middle, with legs hanging down.


7) Turn head 45° to right side.


8) Quickly lie down on left side, with head still turned, and touch the bed with portion of the head behind the ear.


9) Maintain this position and every subsequent position for about 30 seconds.


10) Sit up again.


11) Quickly lie down to right side after turning head 45° toward the left side.


12) Sit up again.


13) Do 6-10 repetitions, 3 times per day.

Your dizziness or vertigo associated with vision problems is possibly also due to eyestrain from too much computer or TV watching. You should assume a safe distance from the TV. You should try to use a computer filter screen. You should take frequent breaks as any electrical appliance including TV and microwave and computer are known to emanate EMF (electromagnetic field) radiation.


Good Luck! Hope this helps. as it helped me!

Answer 2

First off - go to your doctor! I had something like this happen to me at the age of 21. It was a problem with my vasal vagal gland (or something like that). Anyway - anytime my upper body got overstimulated - stand up too fast, get up from bed to quick, eat too fast, exercise too hard, even going to the bathroom could do it - this gland will constrict and I have those symptoms and can pass out. My case was not that bad and simply staying well hydrated solved the problem. My blood was not flowing strong enough to push through the constriction when I wasn't drinking about two liters of water a day. Three is better but hey that's alot of water.

My advice, drink more water and go to your doctor immediately to make sure you are okay.

Answer 3

This is not normal to the extent that it is occurring. You sound like u may have MS. It's not so much life threatening though it can be fatal eventually like in 20 yrs. The worst part is it can cause damage with every attack to your nerves and brain. Better to find out now cause it can cause blindness, cripple you and such. Please, go to doc. right away. ASAP Medicine can slow it down especially at ge your age, by the way teens and twenties is when it's usually going to appear , but the scarring and damage may not show up on mri for yrs. So, tell doc. your complaints and ask for a test that invloves him testing your balance, eye corridination and so on.

Answer 4

Are you taking any medications? How quickly are you standing up? Is it EVERY time that you rise from a seated position? Does the severity of the dizzines depend on how long that you are sitting? Each of us experiences a sudden drop in blood pressure when we stand up. If you are taking any kind of medication with this as a side effect it will be noticably worse. I would talk to my doctor, even if you are taking medications, as this sounds pretty severe.

Answer 5

You may stare too much at the tv, and from too cloos. The pixels are to spread apart and it's hard on your eyes. Must be the same on your pc, the resolution of the screen is always like moving. Be careful, you may end up with petit mal. Talk to your doctor about this, it's important.

Answer 6

sometimes i get this when i stand up.. maybe your just standing up too fast. ive actually fallen over a couple of times because of it.. and im 15. i think the blood is just rushing out of your head. drink more water, maybe stand a little slower.