>One little useful bit of information. In some cases, coffee is a vasoconstrictor which affects the veins and arteries in the inner ear. I suffered one year from an excess of coffee which put me on my back with vertigo. I stopped the coffee (and strong tea) and it went away.

Frank Hamilton.<

Thanks for that bit of information, my dad has suffered with dizziness and Vertigo for most of his married life, he is 88 now but he has always had problems. It could have been due to the war but also he has had some heart problems. Whether or not it could have been due to medication, I remember there was a time that it had to be changed but I think that was all sorted out. However, he used to drink a lot of tea but now the older he has got the less he can drink so much and he doesn't seem to suffer so much with middle ear imbalances or the headaches that came with it. Added to that he completely quit smoking at 50. Better late than never, perhaps this was a contributor as well? But I seem to be the same as dad, cannot balance on a bike, if that is the case I will try not drinking so much tea or coffee and suggest to my dad that tea could be making him worse. He gave up cigarettes so I expect he can try that.