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Constant dizziness/imbalance

Brain & Nervous System | Last Active: Jul 11, 2023 | Replies (42)

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This comment is soooo... after the fact, but I too have been battling inconsistent imbalance , weird spacey head feelings that medical personnel call "dizziness", tiredness sometimes not long into my day depending what I'm doing, where my coordination decreases to the point of dropping stuff , just being clumsy in ways that are unlike me. If I'm feeling that way I find if I take a nap of about an hour and a half , I'm better after. After going to neurologists , ENT's etc, I ended up with a PT who was trained in "Vestibular" issues, not your typical ones , but the more involved ones. I will share she treated me for Vestibular Migraine. It did help. But that was a few years ago and I actually came to this site to see if I could find out further information in that area, but feel like what I found is that maybe what I've discovered can be of benefit to others on this site. It is not easy to find a well trained PT in that area ,as I went to two others for that and they had learned some stuff at conferences and did'nt really understand the nature of effective treatment. I am a trained Occupational Therapist myself so I have a good basic understanding of the vestibular system,. Anyway, the long and short of this message is to tell you to go to youtube and punch in this dr's name -Dr. Shin Beh. Hopefully this will open a whole new world for you. Also, if you put in "optokinetic training" , those were some of the things I began doing far into my treatment. I wasn't ready for those exercises in the beginning . Treatment needs to be graded so you can handle it , but not overtaxing the system and making you feel worse!! hope something here helps someone, as I know how frustrating it has been for me, ie being told a few times what was going on was because of anxiety!! Good luck and hopefully I will hear back from someone, possibly with even more good information!!

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Have u been tested for Histamine Intolerance? It’s genetic and if u have it you cannot break down histamine in so many common healthy foods and this problem makes you dizzy and weak. POTS is another thing you need to have checked. It’s where ur BP falls a lot when u stand up; causes dizziness and certainly a lightheaded feeling. There is a Med for this problem.

This is great info. Thank You very much. I am on my way to u tube and will check back for a follow up reply.
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