Vertigo isn't something I've ever had to deal with so I'm not sure what to do to help him apart from making sure he behaves himself and stays resting which the Doctor recommends until it passes. The Doctor was probably able to suggest something to help him with this but hubbie being hubbie probably said he didn't want to take anything, he has this problem with being helped, he'd rather suffer the sickness himself and just trundle on.
He's thinking tomorrow will maybe help him and bring him out of the funk he's in at the mo, and possibly he's right, but we have to get to tomorrow 1st!
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Gawd, I've had that with the fear of heights and, like this, the illness... it's really not fun... Rest is the best thing, although I popped a few antibiotics which cleared it up for me, it was an infection somewhere in my head.