What does "vertigo" symptoms feel like?

I've had a few occasional intense migraine episodes and felt like I was about to vomit and was sick all day in bed.... and my vision just sorta spins around, is this what vertigo feels like?

Vertigo is a type of dizziness that's characterized by the sensation of spinning. It's sometimes referred to as a hallucination of motion. Imagine what it would feel like to be placed suddenly on a roller coaster that won't stop, and you begin to understand the alarming symptom of vertigo.

A fairly common cause of vertigo is labyrinthitis (explanation below). This type of vertigo may occur after a flu-like illness, severe ear infection, or may have no clear cause. It's usually self-limited, meaning it goes away all by itself. But it may intermittently reappear over weeks to months. Bouts of vertigo are commonly treated with meclizine (Antivert).

Vertigo can also result from other vestibular (balance center) disorders. Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) is thought to be caused by tiny loose particles floating freely in the fluid (endolymph) of the vestibular system. Meniere's disease is a chronic condition that causes vertigo associated with ringing or roaring and progressive hearing loss in the affected ear(s). Other causes of vertigo include vestibular neuronitis (inflammation of the vestibular nerves), and post traumatic vertigo, which may occur after an injury to the head involving the inner ear structures. Sometimes vertigo may be a symptom of a more serious underlying illness such as a stroke or tumor.

So, anyone with the symptom of vertigo should be seen immediately by a doctor in order to determine the cause. If you can't get in by appointment, then obtain a ride to your local emergency room. They're well equipped to do the required initial evaluation, and provide relief from the unpleasant symptoms, regardless of one's ability to pay. Don't drive or operate machinery until cleared by your physician

Dizziness is the main symptom

Like you are constantly about to fall down, it is a persisting dizziness.

dizzy
off balance(equilibrium off)
blurry vision
vomiting
spinning head/room spinning

According to my family (I'm the only one without vertigo) it feels like you're really dizzy and about to fall and that the ground is dropping away and suddenly you really, really want to jump.

My mother has vertigo, and she also has very bad migraines. Vertigo makes you dizzy and blurrs your vision to the point where, sometimes, you cannot get out of bed. Sometimes vertigo is caused by an inballance of the liquid in your ears which causes dizziness. Go to a local pharmacy and ask them for a pill that you can take to balance the fluid.

I had vertigo do to a blockage in my right ear. I couldnt get out of bed for 2 days and had to be carried to the ER. When I was laying down it wasnt so bad, but if I even moved my head the room would spin.
After 2 trips to the er they used a plastic syrimge to clean my ears and told me to stop using q-tips.

Hope you get better I know it can be a miserible experience.

Yes. Also if you try to walk it's as though you are drunk. Go see a specialist not your GP although you will need to see your GP for a referral. it's an infection that usually can be treated be antibiotics.

i felt like the wall was falling down on top of me also that i couldn't stand up properly not dizzy but hard to discribe

i live with vertigo constantly as one of my symptoms of multiple sclerosis, which btw, the dr's finally ended up putting me thru a battery of tests to rule out the reason(s) for my migraines, after mri's and spinal taps, it was concluded the my migraines were actually ms in progression.
to be on the safe side, i would consult a neurologist, but the people that have said it is like being dizzy and or falling down are correct.

it may be just after effects of the migraine. if it is truly vertigo a doctor will most likely prescribe mescaline. vertigo is usually a catch all phase for any dizziness

honestly, i think the symptoms are from the migraine. that is how my migraines feel, where the only way to alleviate the pain is to sleep, but even that takes a while to happen. definitely go to a doctor though, jsut in case.