I am not the original poster, but I have occipital neuralgia and horrible dizziness, tinnitus, stabbing ear pain, and ear "fullness." Everything started after doing some sit-ups while pulling up on my neck with my hands.

The dizziness feels like my head is in a swimming pool. All my symptoms have been getting progressively worse over the last 16 months. The OC initially was pressure and a weird tingling on the left side of my head and neck. It has progressed to a burning/cold sensation.

Does anyone know the connection between the dizziness and other ear issues and the occipital neuritis / neuralgia? More importantly, how can I fix this? I responded favorably to a nerve block, but the doctor wants to destroy the nerve root. I'm not sure that doing that will make the dizziness go away... I'm going to research Dr. Jho's procedure where he decompresses the nerve root at c2. Does anyone have any feedback on his procedure?