Wobbly when I stand up

[BlueMoanday]

I'm flummoxed what's wrong with me. I was all fired up to tidy the house today but started feeling wobbly / dizzy while standing up.
Not immediately after standing but the same kind of empty whirly head you get from standing too quickly.
I keep sitting on the sofa to rest and feel okay here. But whenever I stand and go to carry on tidying I start to feel like I am going to faint.
I've eaten some food, have had drinks. No other symptoms except a slight shakiness.
Any clues what's happening please anyone?

Do you have anxiety? Did you get enough sleep? Do you have blood pressure issues or any chronic conditions?

Vertigo? I get an attack maybe twice a year, lasts a couple of days and then goes again. Apparently not a sign of anything else

Likely some low level virus. Keep your fluid levels up and take it easy.

This is a blocked ear symptom for me

No anxiety or any conditions
Not enough sleep generally but I had 8 hours last night.
I'll go and read about vertigo thanks

That's how I know a lurgy is coming on for me..it's a decent alert system.

Whatever lurgy it is shows it's face in the couple of days afterwards.

Hi Op, I had exactly this a few years ago and it turned out to be labyrinthitis (vertigo as a pp has mentioned).

My symptoms worsened though and when I stood up I felt absolutely awful, like I was going to faint, felt sick, god it was horrendous.

However, I was prescribed some tablets and it did ease in a few days and it has never happened since.

Hope you feel better soon.

I’ve been having this and it turns out I am very low in both folate and ferritin - so, anaemia. Worth getting your iron levels checked if there isn’t another immediate cause.

If you turn your head does the world keep spinning? (Not exorcist style, i hasten to add). BPPV for me when this happens, although confusingly i once had labyrinthitis when the world spun regardless of me moving.

That or low blood pressure?

Could it be low blood sugar? When you have something to eat, avoid sugar but have some protein and a small amount of carb. That should stabilise your blood sugar in the short term as long as you don't overdo exercise in the meantime - and anxiety can affect this too.

Nothing spins when I move my head sitting down. It seems to be when I have walked from the sofa to the kitchen (5 metres?) it kicks in.
I have eaten a cheese sandwich and a cake and that didn't help.

That is exactly how I felt with vertigo, absolutely fine sitting down (felt like a fraud) but as soon as I got up and walked anywhere like the sofa to kitchen it come on as you describe.

Sounds just like vertigo @Badburyrings and @Discombobble thank you