brief history: 2008 left ear full and loud roaring. no vertigo or previous sickness. went away few days later. 2009 woke up on right side spinning. no fullness, no tinnitis, no previous sickness. severe vertigo all day ended up in er. did epley manuever. vertigo went away. 2015 july, turned on right side in bed woke up with mild vertigo. lasted a few hours when ever moved head. went away. no fullness, no tinnitis no previous sickness but did walk around a park for 8 hours in 106 degree heat. current day 12/6/15 woke up with fullness in left ear, loud roaring in left ear, distorted hearing in right ear. sick previously. had a cold a month ago that then turned into sinus infection , then bronchitis. stopped taking antibiotics on 11/29. no vertigo with this but definite car sickness feeling like off balanced. doc said there is no fluid in there and eardrum looks fine. doc says leaning towards menieres. just looking for opinions. thank you
the vertigo when turning of the head is most likely BPPV Feeling unbalanced after being sick could point to Labyrinthitis, which mimic MM symptoms and is caused by a virus and is the inner ear where the Dr can not see and it usually occurs after being sick. The good news about that is it usually goes away but it can take weeks. Ask him for an antiviral and also try meclizine when feeling unbalanced.
The fact that there is some positional connection, if the Epley doesn't work; try the somersault method (you can find it online). Would also highly recommend seeing a Nucca dr (upper cervical) as that might prove to be beneficial.