@mikaylar Thanks for your concern and it is good to consider other issues that can produce similar symptoms. That’s what doctors have to do to diagnose properly. When I had the first vertigo symptoms, I got on the phone with my physical therapist who talked me through how to check my cervical spine for rotation of vertebrae and what to do to fix it. I got it resolved about 90% on my own in minutes. I was having ongoing problems with neck spasms and this happened intermittently in various degrees. What made it bad was that I looked up at birds flying overhead while I had the rotated C1 and C2 which caused the extreme dizziness immediately. I straightened my neck which didn’t help the spinning sensation. I had to close my eyes and sit down. My dizziness was always was related to rotated vertebrae. This was prior to my spine surgery and I also have TOS (thoracic outlet syndrome) that makes one side of my neck tighter and sets the stage for this to happen. Having the cervical stenosis and TOS at the same time escalated the muscle spasms. Since my spine surgery, things have calmed down and this doesn’t happen now. If some slight rotation happens now, it is a lesser degree and I recognize it because I get a headache on one side on the back of my head or one sided jaw or ear pain. This had happened because I didn’t have the right support for my neck while sleeping so I would wake up with a slight twist. I figured out the right support to keep from side bending my neck while sleeping and that resolved the problem. I should mention that TOS affects circulation in the neck and shoulder and a diagnostic test for it is to see if circulation is diminished by either turning the head or raising the arms or both. It affects breathing too. It’s a complex problem caused by restriction of vessels and nerves that pass between the collar bone and rib cage in various places.