I'm 61 and woke up on August 6 2025 totally deaf in my left ear, When I got out of bed I felt like I was on a small ship in heavy seas, I could hardly walk and did a 'pinball' down the hallway just to get to the bathroom. That degree of vertigo/dizziness lasted almost a week. As on September 7 it's manageable but hasn't gone away.

I've had an MRI, oral steroids and two intratympanic injections (one more next week). None of that has done anything useful whatsoever.

I've been very physically active my whole life and exercise always seems to help, which it did in the case. I am probably doing my own crude form of vestibular therapy. I make a point to be very aware of my posture and hold my shoulders square and chin up and to turn my head all the way left, right and up while walking. That makes me dizzy and takes practice but it seems to be a way of dealing with the dizziness. I got more used to it and I think it's just my brain 'recalculating'. At the gym odd things (like dips) you wouldn't think would cause a problem do and again, I just try to move past it. Intellectually I know this will eventually pass but viscerally I am not dealing with the very well despite the exercise.

Just had my left hip replaced in February and really, REALLY didn't need this.