I have had maybe....6-7 episodes? They first started when I was like 32... happened out of nowhere.

Went to the ER during that first episode because I didn't know what was happening. Was on a date with my now wife and my hearing went from fine to like I was underwater. Felt all dizzy and disoriented. Kept getting worse as the night went on. Any movement triggered insane nausea. I was throwing up outside the car door. I couldn't really walk without fearing I'd fall over.

ER doc said it was vertigo. Nothing can cure it, you just have to learn to live with it.

I woul get episodes here and there afterwards. I could usually tell when one was coming on because I'd hear an intense ringing in one ear and then the symptoms would start soon after that.

Once I was driving home from work. Maybe a 10-15 block drive in total. My ear started ringing when I was a few blocks from home. I panicked but made it home, collapsed on the bed, and laid there in the dark for the next few hours.

The most intense episode, though, probably more intense than the first one, happened maybe a year or two later. By then most of the episodes had stopped.

I felt the symptoms one day, and tried fighting through it, but soon it was apparent it was another attack.

This one was the most nauseous I've ever felt during an attack. Numerous instances of throwing up. The most intense, debilitating, disorienting spinning in my head with even the slightest movement. I found laying down on the couch and having one foot planted on the carpet helped stabilize me a bit and counteract the dizzy spells.

I eventually moved to the bed and laid there pretty much motionless for the next 6-8 hours in the dark until the attack eventually wore off.

I noticed a lot of my attacks happened when it was chillier/colder outside and my ears were unprotected. Not sure if the cold weather caused the crystals in the inner ear to dislodge?