I understand. I am much older than you, over 70 and had dizziness for over 4 years. mayoclinic a blessing, network. When I had my initial symptoms of dizziness 2015.....luckily I was attended by a physician which could focus on me(had a scribe at that hospital), and not side taxed with computers to physicians time and skill. Anyway, for an initial assessment, in a system that works off to a great start(had an initial CT to brain). Soon after that initial assessment had an emergency visit relating to dizziness and given diagnosis of BPPVC(benign paroxysmal positioning vertigo), an emergency MRI at mid night. With associated symptoms of nausea. I did later have another neurologist read my CT . Never take a blind shot in medicine, as in any profession, different dedication , skill and compassion levels. Now 2019, I been free of symptoms for about two month. During the initial period I was scouting assisted living systems, and not impressed with reward of having daily meals and waiting for the final hurrah. Anyway I was luckily, my dizziness did not tax my skills in computer research and able to drive, one reason I was scouting assisted living. During this time the level of neurological assessments and treatment are poor(in a world of medicine that has chapters in genetics and personal molecular medicine). The best for treatment is/was: dramamine(antihistamine) meclizine (antivert...a trade name more costly wasted product).....after these failures, found good old ginger about the best product to counter my type of dizziness. I did have to use a drug for nausea(for cancer patients initially) it does work, but with any complex, new expensive drugs, be careful. ) During this period, in the matrix of research, I found a great article by Dr. Martin A. Samuels M.D. Chairman of Neurology Professor of Neurology Brigham & Woman's Hospital Harvard Medical School Dizziness, that addresses Ill defined lightheadedness. One major mistake many physicians make in diagnosis of dizziness is to sort out vertigo from syncope. Because of this problem, many physicians get lost in defining dizziness solely to vertigo(a spinning type of dizziness), which is associated with Vestibular assessments and treatments, without addressing the other neurological dimension, syncope. Finally, since I was having less problems with nausea and regular dizziness, tried my final approach(all anti hypertensive meds, have side effects of dizziness) I changed anti HTN meds from CCB(Norvas), to an ARB, it did help the final step in the battle. But as all medications, the ARB's now found to have cancer side affects, had to return to my CCD. Such is the world of medicine, people, market and ones story. Luckily Mayo provides us with a network to share our story. JIM>>>

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