How old are you? What exactly do you mean by tilted? Do you mean that images seemed doubled? Distorted? Did the visual problem go away if you covered one eye or the other? Has this ever happened before? How long did the condition last? Was it followed by a headache?
Possibilities include an ophthalmic migraine. As a one-time occurrence, it may be hard to know for sure what happened.
It comes on suddenly, and everything starts to tilt down to the left, as if I am on an amusement ride. Of course, I compensate for it, and end up losing my balance and/or falling. To someone watching me, I'm sure it looks like I'm drunk.
Immediately after losing my balance, I break out in a very heavy sweat and feel a little nauseated. When this passes, I am exhausted for several hours.
Until seeing this post, I thought it was just me, but I will try to answer some of the questions you posed to fredm23. I am 55. I do not see double images, and my vision is not blurred or distorted. When it happens, it is in both eyes. I have closed my eyes, hoping that it goes away, but when I reopen them, it is still tilted. The tilted vision has lasted for about five minutes each time, and when it goes away, it slowly rights itself. I do not remember a headache afterward, just the exhaustion.
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