Hello! I am experiencing ear problems and I feel like my doctor is not very experienced with ear problems and/or doesn't care enough. So I'm here hoping to come up with a better idea of what is going on. First off, my doctor thinks I have viral infection in my ear.

Here is what has been happening:

At the end of summer 2007 I experienced a vertigo attack that came out of nowhere. First, my hearing faded, then I got dizzy, then I felt like I needed to throw up or drink something and then I got the cold sweats followed by clammy pale skin. It lasted about 5 minutes. I never looked into it because I thought maybe I was just dehydrated and I had nothing bothering afterwards.

On December 7th, 2007 I got a really bad sore throat and then a mild runny/stuff nose. That lasted about a week.

On January 10, 2008 I experienced another vertigo attack that came out of nowhere. It lasted the same amount of time but I felt a lot weaker after this attack. I actually went to Urgent Care to make sure everything was ok. Everything came back normal. From that day on I still felt slightly light headed and not balanced on my feet. I went to the doctor, he took blood tests and everything came back normal. He gave me Antivert. That didn't help much though. I felt light headed and unbalanced for about a week after the attack. Then I had a week of feeling fine.

January 31, 2008 my head started to feel slightly off balance again and then as the days progressed my ears started to fill with fluid. I've been taking Sudafed and a nasal spray that's supposed to reduce inflammation.

Ok the Sudafed has been helping to drain everything BUT it's a week later and I'm not feeling much better. I still have this weird off balance sensation in my head and I have to pop my ears every couple of minutes.

Has anyone had these symptoms before? Does it sound like a viral infection that has lingered in my nostrils for 2 months or more like an ear disorder since I'm having the vertigo attacks out of nowhere??