I am so impressed with the knowledge that you have on this subject. I had trauma due to infection, surgery, emotional stress, and environmental toxic exposure and ended up in a fight or flight brain dysregulation autonomic state. I have been rewiring my nervous system with The Dynamic Nerul Retraining System, DNRS and CFS Recovery, and other neuroplasticity programs with great results in all my symptoms but this is the one that has stayed the longest. The confusion in the brain with just simple stimuli is very difficult to change but is possible with this type of retraining but boy it takes practice and dedication. Symptoms were POTS, Fibro, gastroparesis, IBS, chemical-sensitive light, sound and touch, and so on. All much improved.Thank you for telling people the truth about what is going on! xxxooo A
Let me start by saying thank you. I felt like i'm going crazy, nobody in my family knew how to help me and the doctors ddot understand what I got. I've been suffering from dizziness that leads to anxiety and the other way around (it's a circle) for the past 4 years. It really affected my life and I became the kind of person who just wants to stay home where it's "safe" I did every test in the book and went to every doctor. They all say there's nothing wrong with me. Now I'm almost 30, wanting to have a child and scared to death I wouldn't be able to function. in my condition i'm really looking for some kind of medication to make the bad days less bad and also some exercises so i can get better over time I just want to mention that i ever had anxiety before and used to live a very happy healthy life I have tried anti anxiety pills like clonex but it did nothing, It would mean the world to me if you can share with me the right steps towards recovery Thank you
Hi Oshri, I am sorry you are experiencing this ❤. We replied to your message through the email we received. I hope that we could provide some tools for your recovery
I agree with you ,it’s in the brain and inner earbut when i first started doing you’re exercises they really made me feel better, my dizziness went away.,thank you very much but i still have to continue doing them to make sure it doesn’t come back .
Can I ask how long it took for the exercises to improve your condition, I have been told by my balance therapist to do two sets of exercises twice everyday for 8 weeks..I'm already struggling to keep it up after only starting a few days ago..
@@endevourdazeget out of your comfort zone, doing the exercises will help but experiencing the negative symptoms outside will get you use to the motions. I don’t know if this will work for everyone but it did for me. I’ve been able to stop the rocking boat feeling but not the derealisation this has taken 2-3 years, theres also anxiety medications that have been proven to help quite a lot of people. I’m thinking of trying it out.
Thank you so much for all the great information! I've been dizzy every day for the past three years, and developed a very bad anxiety disorder due to this. Based on my online research I'm assuming, I must have PPPD. The doctors here in Boulder have been unhelpful, as I'm just another patient for them to write a script for - unfortunately since they are not suffering it doesn't seem to be important to them wether or not I improve or get better - can you give me any advice or recommendations. I've been doing vestibular rehab therapy daily for the past two weeks, and practicing more meditation and even getting therapy for the first time in my life, so far the dizziness has not improved witch is very upsetting. I definitely find myself doing the negative self talk like, its never going to get better, and I can't live like this, etc....anyway, any help at all would be so greatly appreciated. : ) Justin
Hi Justin, I am so sorry to hear your story. I hope it helps to know that you are not alone- there are many good doctors out there who just don't have the time or expertise to help. Of my current in-person patients, the average patient took over a year to even get a diagnosis. I have one patient who was dizzy for 20 years!!! You are on the right track doing vestibular rehab and I'm so glad you found this video. It sounds like you're learning that the exercises are just one piece of the healing process. You WILL get better, but it takes time. Shoot me an e-mail at thesteadycoach@gmail.com and tell me more about what's been going on. I'll see if I can give you some advice on how to move forward.
@@TheSteadyCoach Hi, my name is Ashley and I am struggling with horrible dizziness and seen every dr too for 3 heats now. I’m at my wits end and I am not in a good mental state because of this. I would love your advice and expertise too please!!!!
@@ashleyhume7402 please check out my free course! It organizes all the information from my channel along with a step by step process on how to get better! members.thesteadycoach.com
I didn't really have dizziness problems until I got the Covid Booster this past June, and now it's Sept and some of its gone but I'm still slightly I balanced.
Hi there, any challenge to your immune system can cause an inflammatory response. That is usually short lived. I start to look for neural circuit dizziness when it persists beyond expected healing time.
@@TheSteadyCoach Okay, you're right, but what is neural circuit dizziness? I notice that my symptoms, are heavy headedness, I feel some vertigo when I bend forward or move my head forward. But I started out on a walker two days after the vaccine due to vertigo, and a month later I was using just a cane. Now I'm just using a cane. I've been taking ginger and vitamin D3, and I have ENT appointment coming up. I've never experienced this before the booster.
@@traceymallard if you got the the Pfizer one, the Pfizer shots were found to cross the blood brain barrier. This was found in some of the documents released under the FOIA REQUEST. So perhaps there is some kind of detoxing to be done. 🤷♀️
Thank you so so much for all your videos! it's really helpfull. I had a vestibular neuritis in 2014 with a 43% deficit on the left ear, but compensated by my brain. Since then, I have about 1 or 2 rotational vertigo a year and daily dizziness sensations (more or less depending on the time of day). I did 10 vestibular physio sessions 2 years ago but it didn't really help me. It's complicated because in France, there is almost no professional specialized in PPPD and I don't have a diagnosis for now.
Hi Audrey! You are not my only viewer from France. Do not worry- the name of the diagnosis is not important. In your case (assuming doctors have found nothing else wrong), it is clear where the dizziness started and that it is now neural circuit dizziness. I made the free course for people like you who do not have access to care in their countries. If you haven’t tried it yet, you can sign up. It can be translated into French and all the videos are subtitled (to there are instructions on how to do that at the beginning of the course). ❤️ members.thesteadycoach.com and scroll down to the free course. And yes it is applicable to you even though your dizziness started with neuritis because your brain has compensated.
@@TheSteadyCoach Oh thank you very much! It's so nice to help us 🥺 I didn't mention it in my previous message but the doctors discovered something else. In 2019, after a severe dizziness during quarantine (followed by severe dizziness, sensitivity to light and noise, neck pain etc), I went to see an ENT and he told me that my ear was ok, that I had an old neuritis but my brain compensated (as I told you). But I was not well at all so I did my own research and found out what an TMJ disorder was. All symptoms look like a PPPD. I went to a dentist specializing in this, who confirmed that I had an TMJ disorder (pain in the jaw, cracking of the jaw when I open my mouth) and he saw that I was doing bruxism and that I didn't have a good bite. He said all my symptoms came from this TMJ disorder as it created muscle tension and trigger points. The problem of my occlusion comes from the left side and I had at that time a disorder of the convergence of the left eye. And by the way, my neuritis was also on the left side. The last big dizziness I had in January 2022 came after a big source of anxiety. I noticed that I was doing more bruxism and a few days/weeks after BOOM, vertigo. And now I feel dizzy every day. That's why I'm a bit lost and not sure if I have a PPPD. Or maybe it's muscle PPPD but I don’t know if it exists haha
I'm an exercise physiologist and been in the health field for 27 years and I started training in functional medicine 8 years ago because no doctor could figure out what was causing my dizziness. After all my training I found a couple of things. Leaky gut due to h-pylori which led to elevated galectin 3 which is a potent mast cell activator which in turn caused significant rises in histamine 28 times the normal range. This in turn caused severe sleep disturbances which led to sleep deprivation which then led to elevated cortisol, elevated reverse T3 which in turn caused hypothyroid symptoms, and then I was just hanging on for the ride. It's been a challenge trying to fix all these issues.....
Hi Johnnie, I completely relate. When my back pain started in 2018, I went deep down the rabbit hole to try to figure out what was causing it. I found all sorts of things and blamed them one by one- pelvic floor dysfunction, faulty breathing patterns, old injuries, muscle imbalances, weak psoas, nutritional deficiencies, you name it. Resolving all of those things did nothing for the back pain and just seemed to lead to me finding more alleged problems. It was only when I realized I was dealing with a psychophysiological disorder (see my latest video on "neural circuit dizziness" for an explanation) and addressed the underlying stress and emotional pressure that had caused me to develop the back pain that it got better. I went from being in debilitating pain to completely pain free now. I deadlift and hang clean with zero pain. In my humble opinion, the question you might want to ask yourself, instead of "how did this happen?" is "why is my body doing this? What is it trying to communicate with me?" I have a bunch of reading I can suggest to you if you're interested!
Thank you Dr Yonit forvthis video. I can relate as this is me. I'm going back to therapy next week and hope l get different exercises other than vor. I've had pppd for 4 years. I for a while felt ok and my condition was manageable...its flared up badly and can't go to work. I signed up to your free resource but will now join your program. I need and want to get better.
@Deann, I saw your comment but it looks like TH-cam removed it for some reason. One of the listed side effects of alprazolam is dizziness. That doesn't mean that it is causing your dizziness, but it can become kind of a vicious cycle when patients take it to treat their dizziness- they get anxious, they get dizzy, they take alprazolam, the dizziness temporarily stops, then it comes back because their brains don't adapt to the dizziness. Does that make sense?
The Steady Coach yes it does make sense. I'm off of it now since November 2021 and I'm still dizzy and the lighting in stores bother me but being outside it's fine.
I got covid vaccinated after having covid for a job and my adenoids swelled, lost my voice, intense migraines and vertigo within 1 weeks. I've been through the ringer for the past 6 months. Now after being diagnosed with multiple issues, I have PPPD.
i have similar symptoms after the jab, random vertigo, floating sensation, brain fog or my eyes feel jumpy, like something hard to describe. its been almost 2 years though it's getting better, but random dizziness is still lingering. even the first 6 month i was barely functional.
same here it's been over 3 years still can't lose the dizziness had a slew of issues heart chest head pressure neuro issues eye pain pressure vision loss.. on and on.. most symptoms faded after 2-1/2 years but I can't get rid of the damn dizziness.. also no diagnosis like the millions of others like us.. it was so bad I couldn't work for 2-1/2 years... absolutely horrible.
My question is how is it diagnosed that it’s a brain issue, not a vestibular etc issue? I’ve had imbalance/dizziness since 8/18/23. Yes I’ve gotten better in the last 11 months. I’ve seen 2 very good VPT and they have helped. Not sure what my next step is and neither do my doctors. Thank you for any assistance/guidance you can provide.👍 Btw.. I have watched many of your videos and podcasts. The latest being Pablo
Ideally you’ll see a neuro-otologist. They’re the doctors who can tell if there’s truly been a physical issue. But even if there has been, by this point the brain usually compensates and if it doesn’t, it is often neural circuit.
I was diagnosed with PPPD 6 months ago. I started at home vrt 4 months ago and have made progress. The dizziness that felt like it was coming from my eyes is gone and my eyes feel completely focused now. Basic movements like head turns and bending down don’t cause dizziness anymore but I cannot seem to get past the dizziness that comes from walking after around 15 minutes. Is this just my brain not taking in the correct info about my own movement when it’s continuous? I have always been an anxious, but still a pretty positive person. This has really tested me though. I am up for a challenge and really want to believe in recovery but I have seen no one recover from this and I’m starting to wonder if I’m wasting time trying and hoping. Sorry this is quite long.
Rebecca, I remember your story from one of my other videos! I’m glad to hear you’ve still been working on the walking. You mention not knowing others who have recovered from this. I want to reassure you- ALL of the patients with PPPD that I’ve worked with have gotten better. There is a bias to support groups or comments online in that often the people who get better are too busy to participate! One of my patients couldn’t even walk down her driveway and now she can jump around on one foot. It’s a slow process but it does get better. Did you try the grounding breaths when the dizziness comes up during your walks? Another thing you can try is what we call a “graded exposure” plan. Here is an info sheet on how to do it. Replace the word anxiety with dizziness. This will show you how to create a systematic plan to tackle it. I’ll be doing a video about this in the future but you can get started today. cci.health.wa.gov.au/-/media/CCI/Mental-Health-Professionals/Social-Anxiety/Social-Anxiety---Information-Sheets/Social-Anxiety-Information-Sheet---11---Situational-Exposure.pdf
@@TheSteadyCoach It makes totally sense that people once well move on and they are not the people commenting on videos or social media. It is reassuring to know that as someone who works with many patients that you see positive outcomes regularly.
Paula, this is an important point! I am interviewing recovered people now so I can publish some videos to show that people truly do get better. Stay tuned!
Are there people and reflective surfaces. Are they're bumps Ina trail were you see over them sometimes its lighting and other thongs around you that can trigger it. Avoiding a crowded time can help
Thanks for the information ,i believed that my dizziness came from the 3ga tors which are phychlogical,emotional etc.bec i always think of my disease,i’m very sensitive ,gets stressed out easily and emotional to some degree of sickness esp,this dizziness,i get scared easily and panic 😢,but thank you very much i found your video i have just done the exercises thrice ,2 times each day and i had already seen progression .
Its interesting...I had 2 brain tumors which messed up some(not all) of my vistibular system....so fast forward after lots (3yrs) of excercises...my eyes have compensated for my balance,my vistibular can sense the different movements (eyes closed)... but my brain with eyes open balances fine, but the broken pathways tell my brain another story and make me "feel" unbalanced...love to know how to tell it to ignore that stuff.
Thanks for the information!Could it be PPPD if the symptom is triggered by moving in higher speed like driving or sitting in a moving car? It’s hard to explain what the symptom/off sensation is, as I am not even sure if it’s dizziness or feeling of detachment from body. I essentially feel like the car is not actually moving or even moving backwards when in fact the car is actually being driven forward. I can see everything moving past me but somehow feel that I am not moving.
Yes, some people are triggered by movement and others are triggers by being still. Any of those sensations can be caused by a runaway fight or flight response.
I don't have an exact diagnosis but may have pppd. Sometimes I'm not sure if it's my jaw/TMJ and teeth grinding at night or an unstable cervical spine. Do you have any experience with this?
Can dizzyness and anxiety be triggered by sensitivity to screens? I seem to get a trigger from high end phone screens (iphone pro, Samung oled) and also high end tv screens and monitors. Eyes keep vibrating for hours after even using the screens for less than a minute. Feel vertigo symptoms, anxiety and tremors everywhere. I dont have these symptoms in normal life but i have been battling scoliosis, lateral pelvic tilt etc, which is improving. Is this something that you have heard of?
Absolutely, it's one of the most common issues. Visual vertigo is a big issue for people. However, when the problem is not physical and is resulting from danger mode in the brain, exercises don't typically fix it.
Hello, I'm Anna. I am from Poland. I speak and write English poorly. I have PPPD since February 19, 2022. I was diagnosed last Friday by a physical therapist. I'm devastated, my world has collapsed. I am afraid that PPPD will be with me for the rest of my life. I have been prescribed vestibular rehabilitation and antidepressant. Give me hope that someday this will go away. What to do to make it go away.
Hi Anna, I am so sorry to hear what you are going through, I know it feels very hopeless sometimes but you are not alone. It is NOT hopeless. People like you in other countries where there are not so many treatment options are why I made my free course, please sign up for it. It walks you through how to get better. In the first few pages I have instructions on how to translate it into any language. The videos are still in English but much of the course is in text so you will be able to read it in Polish. I have also had people in other countries use subtitle translators for my TH-cam videos as well (they are all captioned). members.thesteadycoach.com is where you can sign up. The free course is one of the first things you'll see.
@@TheSteadyCoach Dear Dr. Yoni. I have signed up for your course. I am currently reading with the help of a translator. An additional problem for me is that due to PPPD, I have a lot of stress which raises my blood pressure and I have to take medication. I did not have blood pressure problems before. I also have extreme anxiety and was prescribed Zolofen for sedation. The doctor said I needed to calm down first and then start therapy. I tried practicing parasympathetic breathing but my muscles are too tense. I do vestibular exercises and try to go for a walk once a day. When I walk I have hypersensitivity to light, I see everything differently. I have a headache after walking. My dizziness gets worse after walking and when I walk. The dizziness is less when I lie down. I am heartbroken that this will never go away. Have all your patients recovered from this terrible disease?
Hi, I’ve recently been diagnosed with PPPD and I suffer with dizziness and balance problems everyday, however it worsens after I come out of a busy visual environment such as supermarkets or after looking at complex patterns. I just wondered what the best form of treatment would be to stop these symptoms as well as the visual stimuli?
Hi Sam, this is very common. I actually have a whole video on visual symptoms that I’ll link to. That said, this video summarizes how to get better from PPPD. th-cam.com/video/4QDFGvHGURc/w-d-xo.html and I also have a course that is entirely free at thesteadycoach.com/free-course. Video on visual symptoms: th-cam.com/video/MsWYyDWuu_s/w-d-xo.html
I have been this way 3 months. I am doing vestibular therapy, have been doing it for 7 weeks and it seemed to get better after 3 weeks then it went back to being bad and has stayed bad. I mean how much time does it normally take ?
Hi Amy, it’s hard to answer that question because it depends on what got you here. Pre-existing anxiety, trauma and certain personality traits all play a role in how quickly people get better. The bottom line is that as long as you are afraid of them and thinking about them a lot, the longer the will typically stick around.
Is pppd worse and better for others cause I’ve heard people describe it as unbearable to walk but for me I just feel slightly off balance when I’m having an attack?
Hi Xavier! Yes, symptoms can vary and the feelings are different for everyone as is recovery. I notice that symptoms can be similar but people's experiences can definitely vary.
Hi Jessica, there is a playlist on my channel called "How to recover from chronic dizziness" or you can take my course, it is 100% free thesteadycoach.com/free-course
I am so sorry you are experiencing this, Amelia. You can stop the circle. I would recommend checking out my free course on how to heal chronic dizziness. Much of my advice is condensed within this course members.thesteadycoach.com/
Hi I really don't know if I have pppd. My symptoms are that I feel like I'm on a ship like I'm not myself like I'm not in my own body and anxiety hits with that now I have found out that I'm pregnant and I'm scared I don't know what to do. I really don't want to loss myself help please. No one understands. I been like this for 3 months.
Hi Amelia, I am very sorry to hear you're going through this. Pregnancy hormones can definitely increase physical symptoms of anxiety, but it is really important to have a full medical workup just to make sure nothing else is going on. Please rest assured that if nothing is wrong medically, there are MANY people here on my channel who do understand what you're going through and who are recovering from it.
Whenever I do VRT exercises one side of my lips begins to twitch. For example when Im holding two cards in-front of me and I look up to look at one card my lip begins to twitch but the moment I switch to the other card on my other hand my lip stops twitching, why could this be? Have you ever heard something like this before? Am I doing something wrong?
I can’t tell you for sure what’s going on with you but stress and anxiety are highly associated with lip twitching. It could be that your body is tensing in response to the exercises.
Jacko, so sorry to hear you have been suffering. I am working on a workbook that will be inexpensive and available to everyone. Right now I am just working 1 on 1 with people who have dizziness.
@@TheSteadyCoach no doctor understand.everyone just sent me to the psychiatrist saying i am anxious.who wont be anxious if suddenly they have slight imbalance,,,then abit more,the even when sitting.then swaying floating on bed.
@@jagjeet9046 very true, dizziness is designed by our brains to be very frightening and create anxiety. Anxiety is always a part of what’s going on but it’s never the whole story. The anxiety is like fuel on the fire but it didn’t usually start the fire.
@@TheSteadyCoach yea its a mess.anyways tq so much your video is so informational.i actually potentially knew about this but had no idea what to do.infact i do see a audiologist and go for the eye movement sessions.but i think u made a lot of sense.if the stress is up there wont be any neuroplasticity changes.but i find it weird, why can the onset of dizziness come on one side,then i think ok its on my right side i feel slightly imbalance,then it comes to the left.then i am okay, when i sit and lie down is fine.then boom here it comes.even when sitting i feeling i am moving back and forth..ofcourse u have to be aware to realise that tho.but the sad part is that,imagine sometimes goes by before i start paying attention to whether is it still there..and most definitely..it NEVER dissapoints to SHOW UP.. I watch another video of yours, about the trigger..what do you think i should do if actually i do not know my trigger,its more like when i think is it there is show up.but when i walk...its just there,coz like i cant really remember how normal is but definitely know my normal not so dizzy times is still not how i used to feel😣
Hello Renee! If you turn on the closed captions (CC), and then go to the gear icon, you can select "auto translate". The translation will not be as good as the one Kristian did for the video about neural circuit dizziness because it's done automatically by TH-cam but it will help.
Have you ever heard of Dr John Sarno Healing back pain you both sound the same , I have For herniated discs in my neck from MRIs in numerous doctors Dr. Sarno knows approach is , just because it shows herniations on the MRIs doesn’t mean that’s where your pain is coming from, it’s comes from emotions and hidden anger ,
Absolutely, yes! I am a big fan of Dr. Sarno's work. I do not share all of his viewpoints as there are some nuances regarding dizziness, but yes, it is absolutely the same idea! You will hear me talk about him on this channel and I do recommend people read his books.
Hi Amelia, yes anxiety can play a part in chronic dizziness. Many of my patients who experience chronic dizziness experience anxiety as well. Part of the recovery is working through the anxiety and finding out the emotional response behind it. If you have not already, I would recommend checking out this video th-cam.com/video/28Uk_Y8T_Y8/w-d-xo.html
hello! can i ask what kind of dizziness do i have? I've been very dizzy for the past 3 years straight and its horrible. My dizziness is like im in a SHIP, it doesnt stop for 3years and im not joking. I cant live with this forever and im seriously depressed. No doctors can diagnose my dizziness, I already went to neurologist and ent. Can you please tell me what or where doctor should I go? Im only 16 when i got this horrible non stop dizziness btw and im 18 now, and the dizziness is still here and its getting worst. Please, help me.
Hi Tobi, I am sorry that you are going through this. I am unable to diagnose you without a consultation. I would highly recommend going through my free course on healing chronic dizziness. All of my techniques and recommendations to heal are condensed into this course and it is completely free. thesteadycoach.com/free-course
So if you get punched in the nose, you can’t get sued for pain because the research says it’s all in your head! Sounds like research funded by insurance companies to me.
I love your way of telling the information !! really thanks, i have just started my journey to heal the PPPD, pray for me guys !
Thank you so much, Muhnd! I believe in you!
How are you now?
@@skibididyyaass61616 nothing changed .. justing fighting
I am so impressed with the knowledge that you have on this subject. I had trauma due to infection, surgery, emotional stress, and environmental toxic exposure and ended up in a fight or flight brain dysregulation autonomic state. I have been rewiring my nervous system with The Dynamic Nerul Retraining System, DNRS and CFS Recovery, and other neuroplasticity programs with great results in all my symptoms but this is the one that has stayed the longest. The confusion in the brain with just simple stimuli is very difficult to change but is possible with this type of retraining but boy it takes practice and dedication. Symptoms were POTS, Fibro, gastroparesis, IBS, chemical-sensitive light, sound and touch, and so on. All much improved.Thank you for telling people the truth about what is going on! xxxooo A
You're very welcome, Ava. Thank you for your trust ❤
I stumbled on your site and omg, yes, my dizziness is not going away! I keep seeing the ENT doctor and have done so many testing.
Let me start by saying thank you.
I felt like i'm going crazy, nobody in my family knew how to help me and the doctors ddot understand what I got.
I've been suffering from dizziness that leads to anxiety and the other way around (it's a circle) for the past 4 years.
It really affected my life and I became the kind of person who just wants to stay home where it's "safe"
I did every test in the book and went to every doctor. They all say there's nothing wrong with me.
Now I'm almost 30, wanting to have a child and scared to death I wouldn't be able to function. in my condition
i'm really looking for some kind of medication to make the bad days less bad and also some exercises so i can get better over time
I just want to mention that i ever had anxiety before and used to live a very happy healthy life
I have tried anti anxiety pills like clonex but it did nothing,
It would mean the world to me if you can share with me the right steps towards recovery
Thank you
Hi Oshri, I am sorry you are experiencing this ❤. We replied to your message through the email we received. I hope that we could provide some tools for your recovery
this is exactly how i feel i’ve been dealing with it for abt 4 years also
did you get any better? Please say yes. I am in same situation
I agree with you ,it’s in the brain and inner earbut when i first started doing you’re exercises they really made me feel better, my dizziness went away.,thank you very much but i still have to continue doing them to make sure it doesn’t come back .
Brilliant, so happy things have improved! With time, you can gently wean yourself off the exercises.
Can I ask how long it took for the exercises to improve your condition, I have been told by my balance therapist to do two sets of exercises twice everyday for 8 weeks..I'm already struggling to keep it up after only starting a few days ago..
@@endevourdazeget out of your comfort zone, doing the exercises will help but experiencing the negative symptoms outside will get you use to the motions. I don’t know if this will work for everyone but it did for me. I’ve been able to stop the rocking boat feeling but not the derealisation this has taken 2-3 years, theres also anxiety medications that have been proven to help quite a lot of people. I’m thinking of trying it out.
I really dont find words to appreciate so informative and explanatory video many thanks
Wahab, you are so welcome! Thank you for your kind words!
@@TheSteadyCoach my pleasure off course
Thank you so much for all the great information! I've been dizzy every day for the past three years, and developed a very bad anxiety disorder due to this. Based on my online research I'm assuming, I must have PPPD. The doctors here in Boulder have been unhelpful, as I'm just another patient for them to write a script for - unfortunately since they are not suffering it doesn't seem to be important to them wether or not I improve or get better - can you give me any advice or recommendations. I've been doing vestibular rehab therapy daily for the past two weeks, and practicing more meditation and even getting therapy for the first time in my life, so far the dizziness has not improved witch is very upsetting. I definitely find myself doing the negative self talk like, its never going to get better, and I can't live like this, etc....anyway, any help at all would be so greatly appreciated.
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Justin
Hi Justin, I am so sorry to hear your story. I hope it helps to know that you are not alone- there are many good doctors out there who just don't have the time or expertise to help. Of my current in-person patients, the average patient took over a year to even get a diagnosis. I have one patient who was dizzy for 20 years!!! You are on the right track doing vestibular rehab and I'm so glad you found this video. It sounds like you're learning that the exercises are just one piece of the healing process. You WILL get better, but it takes time. Shoot me an e-mail at thesteadycoach@gmail.com and tell me more about what's been going on. I'll see if I can give you some advice on how to move forward.
@@TheSteadyCoach Hi, my name is Ashley and I am struggling with horrible dizziness and seen every dr too for 3 heats now. I’m at my wits end and I am not in a good mental state because of this. I would love your advice and expertise too please!!!!
@@ashleyhume7402 please check out my free course! It organizes all the information from my channel along with a step by step process on how to get better!
members.thesteadycoach.com
I didn't really have dizziness problems until I got the Covid Booster this past June, and now it's Sept and some of its gone but I'm still slightly I balanced.
Hi there, any challenge to your immune system can cause an inflammatory response. That is usually short lived. I start to look for neural circuit dizziness when it persists beyond expected healing time.
@@TheSteadyCoach Okay, you're right, but what is neural circuit dizziness? I notice that my symptoms, are heavy headedness, I feel some vertigo when I bend forward or move my head forward. But I started out on a walker two days after the vaccine due to vertigo, and a month later I was using just a cane. Now I'm just using a cane. I've been taking ginger and vitamin D3, and I have ENT appointment coming up. I've never experienced this before the booster.
Hope your doing well..I also going through the same..let me know where you at with your symptoms hope that I can help
@@traceymallard if you got the the Pfizer one, the Pfizer shots were found to cross the blood brain barrier. This was found in some of the documents released under the FOIA REQUEST. So perhaps there is some kind of detoxing to be done. 🤷♀️
Thank you so so much for all your videos! it's really helpfull. I had a vestibular neuritis in 2014 with a 43% deficit on the left ear, but compensated by my brain. Since then, I have about 1 or 2 rotational vertigo a year and daily dizziness sensations (more or less depending on the time of day). I did 10 vestibular physio sessions 2 years ago but it didn't really help me. It's complicated because in France, there is almost no professional specialized in PPPD and I don't have a diagnosis for now.
Hi Audrey! You are not my only viewer from France. Do not worry- the name of the diagnosis is not important. In your case (assuming doctors have found nothing else wrong), it is clear where the dizziness started and that it is now neural circuit dizziness. I made the free course for people like you who do not have access to care in their countries. If you haven’t tried it yet, you can sign up. It can be translated into French and all the videos are subtitled (to there are instructions on how to do that at the beginning of the course). ❤️ members.thesteadycoach.com and scroll down to the free course. And yes it is applicable to you even though your dizziness started with neuritis because your brain has compensated.
@@TheSteadyCoach Oh thank you very much! It's so nice to help us 🥺
I didn't mention it in my previous message but the doctors discovered something else. In 2019, after a severe dizziness during quarantine (followed by severe dizziness, sensitivity to light and noise, neck pain etc), I went to see an ENT and he told me that my ear was ok, that I had an old neuritis but my brain compensated (as I told you). But I was not well at all so I did my own research and found out what an TMJ disorder was. All symptoms look like a PPPD. I went to a dentist specializing in this, who confirmed that I had an TMJ disorder (pain in the jaw, cracking of the jaw when I open my mouth) and he saw that I was doing bruxism and that I didn't have a good bite. He said all my symptoms came from this TMJ disorder as it created muscle tension and trigger points. The problem of my occlusion comes from the left side and I had at that time a disorder of the convergence of the left eye. And by the way, my neuritis was also on the left side. The last big dizziness I had in January 2022 came after a big source of anxiety. I noticed that I was doing more bruxism and a few days/weeks after BOOM, vertigo. And now I feel dizzy every day.
That's why I'm a bit lost and not sure if I have a PPPD. Or maybe it's muscle PPPD but I don’t know if it exists haha
I'm an exercise physiologist and been in the health field for 27 years and I started training in functional medicine 8 years ago because no doctor could figure out what was causing my dizziness. After all my training I found a couple of things. Leaky gut due to h-pylori which led to elevated galectin 3 which is a potent mast cell activator which in turn caused significant rises in histamine 28 times the normal range. This in turn caused severe sleep disturbances which led to sleep deprivation which then led to elevated cortisol, elevated reverse T3 which in turn caused hypothyroid symptoms, and then I was just hanging on for the ride. It's been a challenge trying to fix all these issues.....
Hi Johnnie, I completely relate. When my back pain started in 2018, I went deep down the rabbit hole to try to figure out what was causing it. I found all sorts of things and blamed them one by one- pelvic floor dysfunction, faulty breathing patterns, old injuries, muscle imbalances, weak psoas, nutritional deficiencies, you name it. Resolving all of those things did nothing for the back pain and just seemed to lead to me finding more alleged problems. It was only when I realized I was dealing with a psychophysiological disorder (see my latest video on "neural circuit dizziness" for an explanation) and addressed the underlying stress and emotional pressure that had caused me to develop the back pain that it got better. I went from being in debilitating pain to completely pain free now. I deadlift and hang clean with zero pain. In my humble opinion, the question you might want to ask yourself, instead of "how did this happen?" is "why is my body doing this? What is it trying to communicate with me?" I have a bunch of reading I can suggest to you if you're interested!
Amazing!! Extremely interesting and interested! Will be watching the next videos on this. Thank you!! 😊
Thank you so much for the kind words! So glad it’s helpful!
Thank you Dr Yonit forvthis video.
I can relate as this is me.
I'm going back to therapy next week and hope l get different exercises other than vor.
I've had pppd for 4 years.
I for a while felt ok and my condition was manageable...its flared up badly and can't go to work.
I signed up to your free resource but will now join your program.
I need and want to get better.
Sounds like you are definitely on the right track, Jill! You got this!
@Deann, I saw your comment but it looks like TH-cam removed it for some reason. One of the listed side effects of alprazolam is dizziness. That doesn't mean that it is causing your dizziness, but it can become kind of a vicious cycle when patients take it to treat their dizziness- they get anxious, they get dizzy, they take alprazolam, the dizziness temporarily stops, then it comes back because their brains don't adapt to the dizziness. Does that make sense?
The Steady Coach yes it does make sense. I'm off of it now since November 2021 and I'm still dizzy and the lighting in stores bother me but being outside it's fine.
I got covid vaccinated after having covid for a job and my adenoids swelled, lost my voice, intense migraines and vertigo within 1 weeks. I've been through the ringer for the past 6 months. Now after being diagnosed with multiple issues, I have PPPD.
I am so sorry you are going through this, Hillary.
i have similar symptoms after the jab, random vertigo, floating sensation, brain fog or my eyes feel jumpy, like something hard to describe. its been almost 2 years though it's getting better, but random dizziness is still lingering. even the first 6 month i was barely functional.
same here it's been over 3 years still can't lose the dizziness had a slew of issues heart chest head pressure neuro issues eye pain pressure vision loss.. on and on.. most symptoms faded after 2-1/2 years but I can't get rid of the damn dizziness.. also no diagnosis like the millions of others like us.. it was so bad I couldn't work for 2-1/2 years... absolutely horrible.
Thanks!
Lisa, this is very kind of you. Thank you so much! I am so glad you found this video helpful!
My recent vertigo and dizziness was triggered after acupuncture and deep tissue massage.
Felicia, sorry to hear what you’re experiencing! If I may ask, what were you having massage and acupuncture for?
My question is how is it diagnosed that it’s a brain issue, not a vestibular etc issue? I’ve had imbalance/dizziness since 8/18/23. Yes I’ve gotten better in the last 11 months. I’ve seen 2 very good VPT and they have helped. Not sure what my next step is and neither do my doctors. Thank you for any assistance/guidance you can provide.👍
Btw.. I have watched many of your videos and podcasts. The latest being Pablo
Ideally you’ll see a neuro-otologist. They’re the doctors who can tell if there’s truly been a physical issue. But even if there has been, by this point the brain usually compensates and if it doesn’t, it is often neural circuit.
I was diagnosed with PPPD 6 months ago. I started at home vrt 4 months ago and have made progress. The dizziness that felt like it was coming from my eyes is gone and my eyes feel completely focused now. Basic movements like head turns and bending down don’t cause dizziness anymore but I cannot seem to get past the dizziness that comes from walking after around 15 minutes. Is this just my brain not taking in the correct info about my own movement when it’s continuous? I have always been an anxious, but still a pretty positive person. This has really tested me though. I am up for a challenge and really want to believe in recovery but I have seen no one recover from this and I’m starting to wonder if I’m wasting time trying and hoping. Sorry this is quite long.
Rebecca, I remember your story from one of my other videos! I’m glad to hear you’ve still been working on the walking. You mention not knowing others who have recovered from this. I want to reassure you- ALL of the patients with PPPD that I’ve worked with have gotten better. There is a bias to support groups or comments online in that often the people who get better are too busy to participate! One of my patients couldn’t even walk down her driveway and now she can jump around on one foot. It’s a slow process but it does get better. Did you try the grounding breaths when the dizziness comes up during your walks? Another thing you can try is what we call a “graded exposure” plan. Here is an info sheet on how to do it. Replace the word anxiety with dizziness. This will show you how to create a systematic plan to tackle it. I’ll be doing a video about this in the future but you can get started today. cci.health.wa.gov.au/-/media/CCI/Mental-Health-Professionals/Social-Anxiety/Social-Anxiety---Information-Sheets/Social-Anxiety-Information-Sheet---11---Situational-Exposure.pdf
@@TheSteadyCoach It makes totally sense that people once well move on and they are not the people commenting on videos or social media. It is reassuring to know that as someone who works with many patients that you see positive outcomes regularly.
Paula, this is an important point! I am interviewing recovered people now so I can publish some videos to show that people truly do get better. Stay tuned!
Are there people and reflective surfaces. Are they're bumps Ina trail were you see over them sometimes its lighting and other thongs around you that can trigger it. Avoiding a crowded time can help
Did you have the moderna vaccine
Thanks for the information ,i believed that my dizziness came from the 3ga tors which are phychlogical,emotional etc.bec i always think of my disease,i’m very sensitive ,gets stressed out easily and emotional to some degree of sickness esp,this dizziness,i get scared easily and panic 😢,but thank you very much i found your video i have just done the exercises thrice ,2 times each day and i had already seen progression .
Very true, those things are major reasons why dizziness becomes chronic.
Great video! After my BPPV went I’m left with dizziness and a sensitivity to sound/light… hopefully this helps
You're in the right place!
Excellent...... Subscribed..... Thank you
You're very welcome, Kel! Thank you!
Its interesting...I had 2 brain tumors which messed up some(not all) of my vistibular system....so fast forward after lots (3yrs) of excercises...my eyes have compensated for my balance,my vistibular can sense the different movements (eyes closed)... but my brain with eyes open balances fine, but the broken pathways tell my brain another story and make me "feel" unbalanced...love to know how to tell it to ignore that stuff.
This might be a good one to watch! th-cam.com/video/y6UQmNSnVFo/w-d-xo.htmlsi=RRLcsL8hpU_ozIOT
i think her problem from the ear, because it happend same for me, at the first i hear voice like explosion in my ear
Thanks for the information!Could it be PPPD if the symptom is triggered by moving in higher speed like driving or sitting in a moving car? It’s hard to explain what the symptom/off sensation is, as I am not even sure if it’s dizziness or feeling of detachment from body. I essentially feel like the car is not actually moving or even moving backwards when in fact the car is actually being driven forward. I can see everything moving past me but somehow feel that I am not moving.
Yes, some people are triggered by movement and others are triggers by being still. Any of those sensations can be caused by a runaway fight or flight response.
I don't have an exact diagnosis but may have pppd. Sometimes I'm not sure if it's my jaw/TMJ and teeth grinding at night or an unstable cervical spine. Do you have any experience with this?
th-cam.com/video/rtwNNaw7dqA/w-d-xo.htmlsi=-aedkATLMcL_Qhf5
Is it normal with this disorder that you get head pain in 1 temple & nauseous this is sending me nuts and thank you for these videos,
Absolutely normal- although it’s miserable. I am sorry you’re going through this.
Hi doc, why is it I get dizzer around bright lights, colors, busy patterns throws me off, and loud noise
Can dizzyness and anxiety be triggered by sensitivity to screens? I seem to get a trigger from high end phone screens (iphone pro, Samung oled) and also high end tv screens and monitors. Eyes keep vibrating for hours after even using the screens for less than a minute. Feel vertigo symptoms, anxiety and tremors everywhere. I dont have these symptoms in normal life but i have been battling scoliosis, lateral pelvic tilt etc, which is improving. Is this something that you have heard of?
Absolutely, it's one of the most common issues. Visual vertigo is a big issue for people. However, when the problem is not physical and is resulting from danger mode in the brain, exercises don't typically fix it.
Hello, I'm Anna. I am from Poland. I speak and write English poorly. I have PPPD since February 19, 2022. I was diagnosed last Friday by a physical therapist. I'm devastated, my world has collapsed. I am afraid that PPPD will be with me for the rest of my life. I have been prescribed vestibular rehabilitation and antidepressant. Give me hope that someday this will go away. What to do to make it go away.
Hi Anna, I am so sorry to hear what you are going through, I know it feels very hopeless sometimes but you are not alone. It is NOT hopeless. People like you in other countries where there are not so many treatment options are why I made my free course, please sign up for it. It walks you through how to get better. In the first few pages I have instructions on how to translate it into any language. The videos are still in English but much of the course is in text so you will be able to read it in Polish. I have also had people in other countries use subtitle translators for my TH-cam videos as well (they are all captioned). members.thesteadycoach.com is where you can sign up. The free course is one of the first things you'll see.
@@TheSteadyCoach Dear Dr. Yoni. I have signed up for your course. I am currently reading with the help of a translator. An additional problem for me is that due to PPPD, I have a lot of stress which raises my blood pressure and I have to take medication. I did not have blood pressure problems before. I also have extreme anxiety and was prescribed Zolofen for sedation. The doctor said I needed to calm down first and then start therapy. I tried practicing parasympathetic breathing but my muscles are too tense. I do vestibular exercises and try to go for a walk once a day. When I walk I have hypersensitivity to light, I see everything differently. I have a headache after walking. My dizziness gets worse after walking and when I walk. The dizziness is less when I lie down. I am heartbroken that this will never go away.
Have all your patients recovered from this terrible disease?
Hi, I’ve recently been diagnosed with PPPD and I suffer with dizziness and balance problems everyday, however it worsens after I come out of a busy visual environment such as supermarkets or after looking at complex patterns. I just wondered what the best form of treatment would be to stop these symptoms as well as the visual stimuli?
Hi Sam, this is very common. I actually have a whole video on visual symptoms that I’ll link to. That said, this video summarizes how to get better from PPPD. th-cam.com/video/4QDFGvHGURc/w-d-xo.html and I also have a course that is entirely free at thesteadycoach.com/free-course. Video on visual symptoms: th-cam.com/video/MsWYyDWuu_s/w-d-xo.html
I have been this way 3 months. I am doing vestibular therapy, have been doing it for 7 weeks and it seemed to get better after 3 weeks then it went back to being bad and has stayed bad. I mean how much time does it normally take ?
Hi Amy, it’s hard to answer that question because it depends on what got you here. Pre-existing anxiety, trauma and certain personality traits all play a role in how quickly people get better. The bottom line is that as long as you are afraid of them and thinking about them a lot, the longer the will typically stick around.
Hi dr.Yo! please answer, can medication such as iron pills (used for 6-7month) cause dizziness to the brain? can this be the case!
I believe so my dizziness got started due to iron deficiency and it never left after that
@@SamkeVilana how long are you with dizziness?
@@sindi13 it's been 4 months now 😢
@@SamkeVilana hey it does get better just take the free course of dr Yo
@sindi13 thank you so much for the encouragement
Is pppd worse and better for others cause I’ve heard people describe it as unbearable to walk but for me I just feel slightly off balance when I’m having an attack?
Hi Xavier! Yes, symptoms can vary and the feelings are different for everyone as is recovery. I notice that symptoms can be similar but people's experiences can definitely vary.
@@TheSteadyCoach Thank you so much for your feedback. Also, I was wondering if lifting weights or running can be a trigger for pppd?
I cant find part 2 please help
I listened to the entire video but still don’t understand what to do ? So what can we actually do?
Hi Jessica, there is a playlist on my channel called "How to recover from chronic dizziness" or you can take my course, it is 100% free thesteadycoach.com/free-course
What you are affried of walking? That keep the body preduce stress, and how can i stop this bad cirkel?
I am so sorry you are experiencing this, Amelia. You can stop the circle. I would recommend checking out my free course on how to heal chronic dizziness. Much of my advice is condensed within this course members.thesteadycoach.com/
Hi I really don't know if I have pppd. My symptoms are that I feel like I'm on a ship like I'm not myself like I'm not in my own body and anxiety hits with that now I have found out that I'm pregnant and I'm scared I don't know what to do. I really don't want to loss myself help please. No one understands. I been like this for 3 months.
Hi Amelia, I am very sorry to hear you're going through this. Pregnancy hormones can definitely increase physical symptoms of anxiety, but it is really important to have a full medical workup just to make sure nothing else is going on. Please rest assured that if nothing is wrong medically, there are MANY people here on my channel who do understand what you're going through and who are recovering from it.
What about MdDs?
Same story! th-cam.com/video/4QDFGvHGURc/w-d-xo.html
Whenever I do VRT exercises one side of my lips begins to twitch. For example when Im holding two cards in-front of me and I look up to look at one card my lip begins to twitch but the moment I switch to the other card on my other hand my lip stops twitching, why could this be? Have you ever heard something like this before? Am I doing something wrong?
I can’t tell you for sure what’s going on with you but stress and anxiety are highly associated with lip twitching. It could be that your body is tensing in response to the exercises.
does this work for bppv? DO you have any videos on the epley maneuver?
It does not work for BPPV. BPPV is a physical cause of dizziness. I do not have any info about that here on my channel.
@@TheSteadyCoach okay thank you. Do you think the exercises would still help retrain my brain so maybe the dizziness will not be a severe
Do you have any course or anything.my dizziness has ruined my life
Jacko, so sorry to hear you have been suffering. I am working on a workbook that will be inexpensive and available to everyone. Right now I am just working 1 on 1 with people who have dizziness.
@@TheSteadyCoach no doctor understand.everyone just sent me to the psychiatrist saying i am anxious.who wont be anxious if suddenly they have slight imbalance,,,then abit more,the even when sitting.then swaying floating on bed.
@@jagjeet9046 very true, dizziness is designed by our brains to be very frightening and create anxiety. Anxiety is always a part of what’s going on but it’s never the whole story. The anxiety is like fuel on the fire but it didn’t usually start the fire.
@@TheSteadyCoach yea its a mess.anyways tq so much your video is so informational.i actually potentially knew about this but had no idea what to do.infact i do see a audiologist and go for the eye movement sessions.but i think u made a lot of sense.if the stress is up there wont be any neuroplasticity changes.but i find it weird, why can the onset of dizziness come on one side,then i think ok its on my right side i feel slightly imbalance,then it comes to the left.then i am okay, when i sit and lie down is fine.then boom here it comes.even when sitting i feeling i am moving back and forth..ofcourse u have to be aware to realise that tho.but the sad part is that,imagine sometimes goes by before i start paying attention to whether is it still there..and most definitely..it NEVER dissapoints to SHOW UP.. I watch another video of yours, about the trigger..what do you think i should do if actually i do not know my trigger,its more like when i think is it there is show up.but when i walk...its just there,coz like i cant really remember how normal is but definitely know my normal not so dizzy times is still not how i used to feel😣
I'm dizzy because of anxiety. Is this be helpful for me?
ABSOLUTELY yes. PPPD and phobic dizziness or anxiety are essentially the same thing.
I cant find the text in Swedish language
Hello Renee! If you turn on the closed captions (CC), and then go to the gear icon, you can select "auto translate". The translation will not be as good as the one Kristian did for the video about neural circuit dizziness because it's done automatically by TH-cam but it will help.
@@TheSteadyCoach Thanks, but Swedish is not included there :(
Have you ever heard of Dr John Sarno Healing back pain you both sound the same , I have For herniated discs in my neck from MRIs in numerous doctors Dr. Sarno knows approach is , just because it shows herniations on the MRIs doesn’t mean that’s where your pain is coming from, it’s comes from emotions and hidden anger ,
Absolutely, yes! I am a big fan of Dr. Sarno's work. I do not share all of his viewpoints as there are some nuances regarding dizziness, but yes, it is absolutely the same idea! You will hear me talk about him on this channel and I do recommend people read his books.
Have anixty nothing to do with this?
Hi Amelia, yes anxiety can play a part in chronic dizziness. Many of my patients who experience chronic dizziness experience anxiety as well. Part of the recovery is working through the anxiety and finding out the emotional response behind it. If you have not already, I would recommend checking out this video th-cam.com/video/28Uk_Y8T_Y8/w-d-xo.html
@@TheSteadyCoach Can mindfulness help? I mean if the stress in the body Can be reduces, Will the symtoms (dizzyness) get better?
That's nice but I have abnormalites and symptoms, I just deal with it and move on.
Whatever works for you!
hello! can i ask what kind of dizziness do i have? I've been very dizzy for the past 3 years straight and its horrible. My dizziness is like im in a SHIP, it doesnt stop for 3years and im not joking. I cant live with this forever and im seriously depressed. No doctors can diagnose my dizziness, I already went to neurologist and ent. Can you please tell me what or where doctor should I go? Im only 16 when i got this horrible non stop dizziness btw and im 18 now, and the dizziness is still here and its getting worst. Please, help me.
Hi Tobi, I am sorry that you are going through this. I am unable to diagnose you without a consultation. I would highly recommend going through my free course on healing chronic dizziness. All of my techniques and recommendations to heal are condensed into this course and it is completely free. thesteadycoach.com/free-course
So if you get punched in the nose, you can’t get sued for pain because the research says it’s all in your head! Sounds like research funded by insurance companies to me.
All experiences are in your brain. It doesn’t mean your body hasn’t been physically injured.