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Yes, the dizziness is part of neuropathy. I just went through over 3 months of it, incapacitated every morning for hours. I thought I was having seizures. It went away pretty quickly, within a week. During that time I had a brain MRI, and CT scan - $400. Then it faded away, within a week’s time. But I’ve had two recent episodes lately. You might want to read about Dysautonomia, or autonomic neuropathy. You can put together enough symptoms by yourself, without a doctor, to realize if you might have this. I had lots of testing for dizziness, which was all normal of course. So it’s just part of my neuropathy. Now I pay more attention to what is happening preceding the dizzy episode, and try to get lying down quickly to “ head it off”. Lots of fluids, especially in the morning. Big glass of water shortly after waking, etc. Hoping learning more about Dysautonomia will help you gain some control over this.
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Here's what I've tried so far which has been helpful. I remind myself "you are just dizzy from the peripheral neuropathy, you are not having a stroke or heart attack, you are not going to pass out in your chair in this restaurant!" That helps my anxiety - no, I am not going to end up in an emergency room. Then I focus on "grounding." I push my feet into the floor, breathe, drink some water and focus my eyes on something or someone near to me and don't look around a lot until it generally passes. I am a dancer, and I use those strategies - get grounded into the floor, engage my core, find a "spot" to focus on (we do this when we are spinning or turning). It's also kind of like when we were younger and came home after drinking too much and lay in bed with one foot on the floor to ground us and stop the spinning 🙂 Anyone else have some strategies?