What's even weirder though is they happen only AFTER I have been asleep. I have bouts of vertigo and can lay on bed for anywhere from 3-5 hours and not have the first one but, as it is now, it's 3:30 and I can go to sleep at 8 or 9 and they will wake me very early like this. Sometimes I wake as early as 2 but can go back to sleep sometimes, others I just get up. I did sleep until 6:00 2 nights in a row last week only because I think I was exhausted but it's usually 3-5 hours and I'm up. It's just crazy that they only happen after I have slept. That makes me think it may be related to my central nervous system, like my neurologist said. It's puzzling and I wish there was someone that would take it seriously enough to find out what's going on. I've got to finish paperwork to donate my body to science so if nothing can be done about it while I'm alive, maybe they'll find that "ah hah" moment after I'm gone.