Or my ears, to be precise? Yesterday evening I had a nasty attack of head whooshiness and vertigo and went into full hysterical meltdown. Cue a prompt visit to the on-call doctor who could find nothing obviously wrong with me and advised me to see how I feel by Monday.

Well, this morning it happened again so sod waiting till bloody Monday. Nobby rang the surgery and managed to speak to the doctor who advised me to come off the metronidazole earlier this week. He suggested I might have something called benign positional vertigo (BPV) and invited me down to have a check-up.

I actually saw the nurse practitioner as the doctor wasn’t available but, fortunately, he’s a very nice chap. He made me do some head movements to fix the possible BPV, which seemed to help a little, but I think it was just wishful thinking as I was still feeling awful by the time I got home.  He thought it could also be a virus, so prescribed me a week’s course of betahistine which will apparently help the vertigo while the virus takes its course.

I took the first dose shortly after getting home and then had a nap for a couple of hours. Don’t know if I dare say it, but I am feeling slightly better. Still got the vertigo when I tilt my head, but the heavy, woolly feeling in my head has subsided. Perhaps after a full night’s sleep (and a second dose) I’ll feel even better.