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Vestibular migraine: What symptoms do you experience?
Headache & Migraine | Last Active: Sep 18, 2025 | Replies (138)Comment receiving replies
New to the group. Been suffering from vertigo/dizziness and nausea since June of this year. In August I got diagnosed with Vestibular Migraines. While I do suffer from regular migraines and have not had a regular migraine since June, these VM episodes that I am experiencing are mainly just the dizziness and nausea and ear ringing and an occasional head pain or twinge but not always. Doctor started me on Ajovy shot and some supplements but the dizziness and nausea have not subsided. I have it everyday, all day long. I work full-time as a teacher and am coming to work every day but not feeling the greatest. I am really at a loss here. Not sure what else to do but I know that or hope that this cannot be my new norm.
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Hi, I don't know how you are able to work with these symptoms. I'm sorry to hear that you are suffering. I have been dizzy since January 2020. What you describe sounds like what I have been told is "silent migraines." Now there's another fancy name for it. Ajovy did not work for me but has helped many others. None of the other popular preventives have helped me either. Propranolol has been somewhat helpful as a preventive for full blown migraine HA and Reyvow for abortive. Do you have a neurologist? If not, try to find one that helps you keep searching rather than a neuro that passes you off to a nurse that only provides maintenance. I'm not dismissing the importance of specialized nurses--they are important. I just feel that a continued search for successful remedies is important. A book that has helped me a lot: Victory Over Vestibular Migraine: The Action Plan For Healing & Getting Your Life Back by Shin C. Beh, MD
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Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect, @zpagan. Glad you've had a break from regular migraines and that you've got the vestibular migraines diagnosed.
Trying to work as a teacher everyday while not feeling your best sounds challenging.
What did your doctor tell you to expect so far with the fremanezumab-vfrm (Ajovy)?