your grandmother may have menieres disease a type of vertigo that comes in attacks like you are describing. people also experience nausea vomiting and temporary hearing loss when this occurs. the next time that she goes to the doctor who is treating her vertigo you may want to confirm or clarify the diagnosis. not all form of vertigo are triggered by movements so this may be what she has. if she does have menieres this can be a very difficult condition to treat and nearly impossible to cure. medical management can help but at age 85 medicines can have more side effects than benefits. her doctor will need to be very conservative.
vertigo questions. my grandmother is 85 and just got told she has vertigo. she has these attacks everyday and sometimes twice a day. my question is how do these attacks happen when she is not moving? she has had 2 attacks today in an hour and she has not moved at all in that time. is this normal and what can we do?