Many months of 24/7 vertigo...very debilitating

Hi all! I am definitely no expert in vertigo but do know a bit about sensory dysfunction. I thought that might be the problem with my mom. She is 72 years old and developed vertigo to the point where she could not turn her head without experiencing extremely bad dizziness and vision blurring. Her PCP couldn't find anything wrong so she was referred to an ophthalmologist. They did multiple tests and could not find anything except that her eye muscles were weak and said she could have "special glasses" made to strengthen her eyes. They did say that at her age, it is normal for her eye muscles to weaken. However, for a reason I am not sure of, they requested that she visit her endocrine doctor (as she has hypothyroid) to rule anything else out. Turns out, she was low on Vitamin B12. The doctor gave her a shot and within a few minutes the vertigo was gone. She has a prescription for B12 and takes it daily. The vertigo is completely gone and she didn't have to get the glasses. I don't know if this is helpful but figured I would share.

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Hi , did you improve, hows is your vertigo now? I was diagnosed with it in may 2016 my symptoms lasted for 6 weeks and went away for 9 months, then the vertigo came back in March 2017 and never went away even for 1 minute ever since. I have it now for 23 months non stop.It's awful, sickening in the head , feel like drugged or drunk all the time. I get it worse after flying and my symptoms get very bad for 6 weeks after flying. I have a small brain cyst , it's not dangerous and its fluid filled. Other than that no illnesses, checked my neck, had a neck MRI, checked my ears, I was told no inner damage so it's not Meniers disease as I was told in may 2016. So far I have been getting slightly worse every year, have worse tinnitus, worse headaches, more lightheaded than before. I cant take any medication as it only makes me worse. So I'm off everything, curing myself with herbs and fresh veg and fruit juices, stay active, doing yoga, going to accupuncture and massage treatments every week .So far no improvement in vertigo symptoms at all, its still here 24/7. Also I cant drink alcohol at all, I had some months ago over xmas,thought I was gonna die, I was in bad way for 8 weeks after consuming 3 glasses of red wine. And I can't eat too salty food, literally nearly fainting when my meal is a bit too salty, my vertigo gets 10/10 , I get a relief when its 2/10, normally its 5/10 and having bad weeks when its 8/10.

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Hoping that things have gotten better for you in the last few years. I am new to this journey but have found amazing relief and focus from The Steady Coach on YouTube. Please, everyone, check her out! Very well life changing.
I am also doing PT for horizontal canal issue, cervicogenic dizziness, and vestibular-occular issues.

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Hi, yes , thank you! I got better when I stopped worrying about it altogether. I have done acupuncture for a year. It helped so much! Doing mindfulness, self work , setting my mind on illness free
health mode. If you believe your body is capable of healing itslef,- healing happens ! Also I do detox and get rid of parasites(worms) every 6 months , take herbal remedies, no meds nor chemicals in anything , sugar free and low salt diet, organic
whole food only, also fasting. Trying to keep the cells free from the glucose and toxins , otherwise illnesses and viruses stick if they have what to live off in the body . People do not realise how powerful our mind is and how much damage do we do with toxins (physical and mental) to our only best friend- our body.

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