Thank you for answering my question. I'm sorry I couldn't attend this Q&A. I'm gonna follow your videos and take a free course because I definitely had traumas in my life.
Thank you so much Dr Yonit!! This has answered several of my questions! You are a Godsend! I have had dizziness since 2020 that started out as actual vertigo (room spinning) and a couple more of those episodes within that year but ever since I’ve been experiencing dizziness episodes at least a few times a week. They come and go but feels more intense when I’m stressed, anxious or a week before my cycle. I have cried so many tears as most of your followers have. I have had brain MRI’s, vision tests, VNG testing and doing Fyzical Therapy. I’ve been diagnosed with vestibular migraine from 1 ENT doc and PPPD from another. The Fyzical therapist thinks it’s coming from my neck because it’s always sore, tender at the base of my skull, behind my ears, shoulders and upper back. I would love to hear your opinion! Since the dizziness episode I have developed anxiety. 😞 I hope to meet with you- I see that you are in Longwood or Lake Mary? I live in Orlando! I literally cried when I realized that you are local. Please help! Thank you so much!!!🙏🏾🙏🏾
Hi Dr Yo, I hope you are keeping well. Thank you for a great Q & A! I particularly loved the bit that you said we aren’t aiming for symptom free, EVERYONE gets dizzy sometimes and you describing how yourself without PPPD sometimes gets lightheaded or dizzy made me think that actually it’s not like I’d never been dizzy before in the past . Its just I hadn’t given it a second thought before. It’s only since having that bout of vertigo that I was terrified of dizziness symptoms. We thank you because you are amazing and have helped so many of us. You are such a great support and it’s you that gives us the courage. Thanks again 😊
You make such a good point here, Gill! That initial attack for many people is what triggers the fear that keeps the brain hyperalert. For some people, it's as simple as that! Then I start to ask, hm, what might pre-dispose you to becoming hyperalert? And that's when we start to get into someone's background, personality and history.
@@TheSteadyCoach Definitely!! Anxiety has kind of crept in more and more over the years and it’s definitely true that there was probably NO way I wasn’t going to get PPPD if I’m honest as health anxiety was already rearing it’s head with me long before all of this!
Hello Dr.Yo, such a shame the subtitles are not available I'm from the Netherlands, and just listened to your video with Dan about dizziness very interesting,I've been a member of Dan Pain Free You channel for years after that I joined your channel, greetings Anja
Hi Anja, that is incredibly frustrating- TH-cam does this sometimes with my longer videos. Stay tuned, I will reupload it in shorter videos this week so you and the many others on my channel who are not native English speakers can watch it.
@thesteadycoach hey I’ve been listening to The Way Out by Alan Gordon and I’m wondering how to modify his corrective experiences and the use of avoidance behaviors when pain is really high can be modified for Chronic dizziness. How do you expose yourself to dizziness while being ‘safe’. Maybe you can do an interview with him or, if you’ve read his book maybe you could talk about it.
I would LOOOOVE to interview him but he's not available! However I interviewed the amazing Vanessa and she shared some insights on this. th-cam.com/video/PSmgkZZvh-I/w-d-xo.html (she is the executive director at the center Alan Gordon founded)
I love all the content on your channel + with a diagnosis of PPPD I thought I’d sit with it for a while to feel into what is actually going on. Mri that showed bilateral low hydrops I’m assuming is not nec a conclusion of a biomedical issue.
Lynn, I believe that hydrops, especially when it’s on both sides, can be an incidental finding, aka does not explain chronic symptoms. The fact that it’s mild supports my conclusion, but I will say this one is a bit trickier because I’d want to look at someone’s patterns of symptoms to know for sure whether the hydrops were a factor.
@@TheSteadyCoach 💞 you’re very kind to take the time to respond. ET fluid blocked for the year before (random) so assuming it’s connected. No middle ear abnormalities on mri but unilateral hearing loss due to trauma to head. PPPD symptoms around this.
To add to my previous comment. My posture has caused the ongoing neck pain, stiffness and weak neck muscles. As there a permanent fix for this? I know w/o a doubt that my nervous system is very sensitive from stressful marriage, parenting with young boys, work and past life stressors. Also how do you handle dizziness/anxiety when driving?
Hi, I’ve been told by my ENT and neurologist that I have VM and pppd. My neuro says that my neural circuits have basically gone crazy in a sense. I have anxiety disorder and I’m very stressed about the fear I have if the symptoms. The fear comes from misdiagnosis in the past and when I hear the word symptoms to me that means there is a disease process going on. But they’ve missed it. I have a psychologist I speak to weekly and we are trying to get to the trauma of these issues. I’m constantly dizzy daily to the point of anger. The mri’s I’ve had done one in 2011 and one in 2021 both showed T2 hyperintensity flares that they say are vm. I’ve had cranial testing done to see if blood flow is correct and that was normal and had carotid artery tests done and it was as normal and vm checked for PAD which was normal. But I have so many sensations like I can’t look down or bend over or forward without being dizzy, sitting I feel like I’m floating on a raft or bobbing, standing for a long period I feel off, standing I feel like I’m either falling forward or backward, when my mid back hurts I’m more dizzy, I also gave BPPV on the right side, I have neck pain and shoulders are tight, brain zaps, vision issues, every night around dinner time the dizziness becomes much worse and many others. I don’t know how to become less afraid of the dizziness or other sensations. I’m dizzy 24/7. I do VRT at home, it helps some. I also wake every morning with adrenaline feeling pumping through my body. I’ve been to so many doctors over the last 7 years but I don’t know if this really is what they tell me. I watch your videos and thought maybe you could help me to see it’s not just anxiety but it is vm and pppd. Thank you for any help you can provide.
Hi Patty, I am sorry to hear what you been experiencing. I know that this is hard, but this is not how it always will be. I do believe you can heal from this. I would recommend checking out my free course on healing chronic dizziness thesteadycoach.com/free-course. All of my techniques and recommendations are condensed into this course. You are not alone in this ❤
This video is brilliant but I do have a question is it possible that the trigger isn’t emotional but environmental? For example, can decades of toxic, mold, exposure throw off my sense of stability and balance, and then that continues to develop over the years.
Hi Monica, you may find the video that I linked on your prior comment to help with this question as well th-cam.com/video/StYWlDFkFjM/w-d-xo.htmlsi=4T5Jr2JxZax-7Kdo
I have extreme anxiety and health anxiety and can’t find anyone to help except to tell me to “breath”. I get afib from stress. I also have mechanical problems in my neck and back. I also have PTSD. My doctor says I’m stuck in fight or flight. Who helps with this? My counselor doesn’t help much. I am at my wits end.
Amazing video! Really appreciate how much you care about your clients 🥰 it shines through in every video how much you care! Thank you Yonit ❤ In terms of childhood trauma, I sometimes wonder why the dizziness doesn’t start back then? I assume it’s because overtime our nervous system becomes more and more perceptive to danger and then maybe we wake up one day with a strange dizziness sensation and fixate on it until it becomes chronic? For me I have no idea what started it all, it wasn’t BPPV or anything, just kinda gradually happened! But I was already extremely stressed and anxious so I suppose my body just heightened those sensations until they were all I could feel.
Dr yonit I totally agree with but just want to know most of the people suffering from 10 years with continuous dizziness this is not fair that they suffering for so long and even there is no test which can tell how much time they suffer more. Dr do u thing that there should be some good treatment has to come for people who suffered for soo long ?
The treatment is exactly the same. It doesn't matter how long they've had it. Symptoms will last indefinitely if they never got the correct information about the cause of their disorder and proper information on how to treat it.
Goodday Dr. As always thank you for your very informative videos. I am going through recovery after a second pppd episode. I am about to get braces (as an adult) I was wondering if you have anything against it for someone who is still dizzy. I guess the answer is no, but I thought I d ask you anyway. Thank you again for your help. - thomas-
Crystals are easily resolved with an exercise from a physio and symptoms should then go away. if they don't, the other techniques I talk about on my channel will help.
As long as your doctors are confident that you do not have disease or tissue damage, I would proceed with working with your symptoms as I suggest on my channel.
Thank you for answering my question. I'm sorry I couldn't attend this Q&A. I'm gonna follow your videos and take a free course because I definitely had traumas in my life.
I’m so glad you found the answer helpful- it was a fabulous question.
thank you so much. i just discovered you today may 5/2023
Welcome to my channel, Mirella!
Thank you so much Dr Yonit!! This has answered several of my questions! You are a Godsend! I have had dizziness since 2020 that started out as actual vertigo (room spinning) and a couple more of those episodes within that year but ever since I’ve been experiencing dizziness episodes at least a few times a week. They come and go but feels more intense when I’m stressed, anxious or a week before my cycle. I have cried so many tears as most of your followers have. I have had brain MRI’s, vision tests, VNG testing and doing Fyzical Therapy. I’ve been diagnosed with vestibular migraine from 1 ENT doc and PPPD from another. The Fyzical therapist thinks it’s coming from my neck because it’s always sore, tender at the base of my skull, behind my ears, shoulders and upper back. I would love to hear your opinion! Since the dizziness episode I have developed anxiety. 😞 I hope to meet with you- I see that you are in Longwood or Lake Mary? I live in Orlando! I literally cried when I realized that you are local. Please help! Thank you so much!!!🙏🏾🙏🏾
Hi Kirby, please consider taking my free course on healing thesteadycoach.com/free-course
Don’t worry!! I am on it!! Gotta get my life back! Thank you so much!!
Hi Dr Yo, I hope you are keeping well. Thank you for a great Q & A! I particularly loved the bit that you said we aren’t aiming for symptom free, EVERYONE gets dizzy sometimes and you describing how yourself without PPPD sometimes gets lightheaded or dizzy made me think that actually it’s not like I’d never been dizzy before in the past . Its just I hadn’t given it a second thought before. It’s only since having that bout of vertigo that I was terrified of dizziness symptoms.
We thank you because you are amazing and have helped so many of us. You are such a great support and it’s you that gives us the courage.
Thanks again 😊
You make such a good point here, Gill! That initial attack for many people is what triggers the fear that keeps the brain hyperalert. For some people, it's as simple as that! Then I start to ask, hm, what might pre-dispose you to becoming hyperalert? And that's when we start to get into someone's background, personality and history.
@@TheSteadyCoach Definitely!! Anxiety has kind of crept in more and more over the years and it’s definitely true that there was probably NO way I wasn’t going to get PPPD if I’m honest as health anxiety was already rearing it’s head with me long before all of this!
went for a ct scan looks good waiting to get a call from hospital for a mri and goin go c a neurologist for the eyes in june 6/2023
A good place to start here would be this video! th-cam.com/video/4QDFGvHGURc/w-d-xo.html
Hello Dr.Yo, such a shame the subtitles are not available I'm from the Netherlands, and just listened to your video with Dan about dizziness very interesting,I've been a member of Dan Pain Free You channel for years after that I joined your channel, greetings Anja
Hi Anja, that is incredibly frustrating- TH-cam does this sometimes with my longer videos. Stay tuned, I will reupload it in shorter videos this week so you and the many others on my channel who are not native English speakers can watch it.
Please watch the captioned version here: th-cam.com/video/GuYy7PiJjug/w-d-xo.html
@thesteadycoach hey I’ve been listening to The Way Out by Alan Gordon and I’m wondering how to modify his corrective experiences and the use of avoidance behaviors when pain is really high can be modified for Chronic dizziness. How do you expose yourself to dizziness while being ‘safe’. Maybe you can do an interview with him or, if you’ve read his book maybe you could talk about it.
I would LOOOOVE to interview him but he's not available! However I interviewed the amazing Vanessa and she shared some insights on this. th-cam.com/video/PSmgkZZvh-I/w-d-xo.html (she is the executive director at the center Alan Gordon founded)
Thank you so much
You're very welcome, Natalia!
I love all the content on your channel + with a diagnosis of PPPD I thought I’d sit with it for a while to feel into what is actually going on. Mri that showed bilateral low hydrops I’m assuming is not nec a conclusion of a biomedical issue.
Lynn, I believe that hydrops, especially when it’s on both sides, can be an incidental finding, aka does not explain chronic symptoms. The fact that it’s mild supports my conclusion, but I will say this one is a bit trickier because I’d want to look at someone’s patterns of symptoms to know for sure whether the hydrops were a factor.
@@TheSteadyCoach 💞 you’re very kind to take the time to respond. ET fluid blocked for the year before (random) so assuming it’s connected. No middle ear abnormalities on mri but unilateral hearing loss due to trauma to head. PPPD symptoms around this.
To add to my previous comment. My posture has caused the ongoing neck pain, stiffness and weak neck muscles. As there a permanent fix for this? I know w/o a doubt that my nervous system is very sensitive from stressful marriage, parenting with young boys, work and past life stressors. Also how do you handle dizziness/anxiety when driving?
Hi, I’ve been told by my ENT and neurologist that I have VM and pppd. My neuro says that my neural circuits have basically gone crazy in a sense. I have anxiety disorder and I’m very stressed about the fear I have if the symptoms. The fear comes from misdiagnosis in the past and when I hear the word symptoms to me that means there is a disease process going on. But they’ve missed it. I have a psychologist I speak to weekly and we are trying to get to the trauma of these issues. I’m constantly dizzy daily to the point of anger. The mri’s I’ve had done one in 2011 and one in 2021 both showed T2 hyperintensity flares that they say are vm. I’ve had cranial testing done to see if blood flow is correct and that was normal and had carotid artery tests done and it was as normal and vm checked for PAD which was normal. But I have so many sensations like I can’t look down or bend over or forward without being dizzy, sitting I feel like I’m floating on a raft or bobbing, standing for a long period I feel off, standing I feel like I’m either falling forward or backward, when my mid back hurts I’m more dizzy, I also gave BPPV on the right side, I have neck pain and shoulders are tight, brain zaps, vision issues, every night around dinner time the dizziness becomes much worse and many others. I don’t know how to become less afraid of the dizziness or other sensations. I’m dizzy 24/7. I do VRT at home, it helps some. I also wake every morning with adrenaline feeling pumping through my body. I’ve been to so many doctors over the last 7 years but I don’t know if this really is what they tell me. I watch your videos and thought maybe you could help me to see it’s not just anxiety but it is vm and pppd. Thank you for any help you can provide.
Hi Patty, I am sorry to hear what you been experiencing. I know that this is hard, but this is not how it always will be. I do believe you can heal from this. I would recommend checking out my free course on healing chronic dizziness thesteadycoach.com/free-course. All of my techniques and recommendations are condensed into this course. You are not alone in this ❤
This video is brilliant but I do have a question is it possible that the trigger isn’t emotional but environmental? For example, can decades of toxic, mold, exposure throw off my sense of stability and balance, and then that continues to develop over the years.
Hi Monica, you may find the video that I linked on your prior comment to help with this question as well th-cam.com/video/StYWlDFkFjM/w-d-xo.htmlsi=4T5Jr2JxZax-7Kdo
I have extreme anxiety and health anxiety and can’t find anyone to help except to tell me to “breath”. I get afib from stress. I also have mechanical problems in my neck and back. I also have PTSD. My doctor says I’m stuck in fight or flight. Who helps with this? My counselor doesn’t help much. I am at my wits end.
I would highly recommend therapy with someone trained in mindbody modalities like IFS, AEDP or somatic experiencing.
How are you???
Amazing video! Really appreciate how much you care about your clients 🥰 it shines through in every video how much you care! Thank you Yonit ❤
In terms of childhood trauma, I sometimes wonder why the dizziness doesn’t start back then? I assume it’s because overtime our nervous system becomes more and more perceptive to danger and then maybe we wake up one day with a strange dizziness sensation and fixate on it until it becomes chronic?
For me I have no idea what started it all, it wasn’t BPPV or anything, just kinda gradually happened! But I was already extremely stressed and anxious so I suppose my body just heightened those sensations until they were all I could feel.
Thank you
Hello
Dr yonit I totally agree with but just want to know most of the people suffering from 10 years with continuous dizziness this is not fair that they suffering for so long and even there is no test which can tell how much time they suffer more. Dr do u thing that there should be some good treatment has to come for people who suffered for soo long ?
The treatment is exactly the same. It doesn't matter how long they've had it. Symptoms will last indefinitely if they never got the correct information about the cause of their disorder and proper information on how to treat it.
Goodday Dr. As always thank you for your very informative videos. I am going through recovery after a second pppd episode. I am about to get braces (as an adult) I was wondering if you have anything against it for someone who is still dizzy. I guess the answer is no, but I thought I d ask you anyway. Thank you again for your help. - thomas-
No issues at all! Go for it!
Hi Dr. Yo How else can we take that fear cycle away besides from the Somatic Tracking?
How to stop being afraid of your chronic dizziness symptoms th-cam.com/video/B1iQELBDYII/w-d-xo.html
My friend said you don't address the crystals in the ear that shift and then she gets dizzy. Any help for her?
Crystals are easily resolved with an exercise from a physio and symptoms should then go away. if they don't, the other techniques I talk about on my channel will help.
How to take free course
You can sign up here: thesteadycoach.com/free-course
Yes. The ents just say your ears look fine and send me away. I can not get my insurance to cover.
Hello Dr. Yonit I am just watching this Q&A right now, I miss seeing these, always so informative!
As long as your doctors are confident that you do not have disease or tissue damage, I would proceed with working with your symptoms as I suggest on my channel.