I've suffered with this or something similar for the past eleven years, my doc calls it acute labarynthitis
a viral thing affecting the inner ear. to start it is pretty unpleasant but it only lasts for a week or three and it only happens rarely, about 6 or 7 times in 11 years. the last time i went to the doctors i was prescribed stemetil, i think for motion sickness but after going through the list of potential side effects i only took a few, i also suffer from TMS ( Typical Man Syndrome
) when i comes to going to the GP, something usually has to be pretty bad before i go. i don't know what it is with our half of the species