Googling symptoms has been my biggest enemy I’d say. Unbelievable amount of anxiety. There’s nothing worse than being inside. Your own head sometimes

It's a relief to find people who "get it" and are offering explanations and possible solutions for the thousands (if not millions) of people who may experience this at some level.

I literally cried after watching your video. I've never had anyone explaining so simply yet so effectively what PPPD actually is. After hearing you explaining that this is a constant "fight or flight" state, I became more aware of what I have to do with my body and brain to feel better. More importantly, I have deep belief that consistency in calming my body and doing these exercises can actually heal me. Thank you. God bless! ❤

SOLVED …. So I had all the symptoms of PPPD. I’m male, 50 years old. Spend long hours in from of computer screens. Symptoms started about 2 years ago. Feeling of confusion, brain fog, unable to concentrate, poor memory. Then mild dizziness when walking especially corridors and the supermarket. Symptoms got worse, depression and very emotional. Jaw pain at my TMJ and incredible neck pain. Had MRI, CT, ear pressure test, eye test, changed glasses, dental checks etc. All cost me a small fortune. Tried stretches, yoga, meditation etc. nothing worked. THEN… by chance I had reason to close my ears with my fingers… symptoms reduced. So I wore earplugs and …. Symptoms reduced. Kept them on 24/7 for a week to get through the day. I still didn’t know why symptoms reduced. Took the ear plugs out it was like letting the devil back in. With the earplugs in whilst driving and pressed down on the plugs and symptoms reduced even more. Was convinced it was ears. So I watched a video on doing ear massage and stretching. When I pulled and stretched my ears, away from my nose line, and held them there for a minute, it was quite sore, the symptoms had reduced massively!! The pain in jaw / cheek had gone but my inner ear was very sore as I kept doing this all day. The next day all symptoms had gone by 90 percent but has very sore inner ears. I am now on day 3 and no dizziness etc but still quite sore inner ears and haven’t stretched them since. Please try this and reply if this worked for you. Go easy on the ears tho. Very gently pull and stretch them away from the side of your head. Please do reply if this works or not.

Love the use of the cards! Went thru balance rehab. Your use of cards is so much easier and more simplistic. So glad I found your channel!

I am so happy i found this veideo and trying it will get back to you in a week, i have been having Vertigo since Feb.2024

Thank you, thank you, thank you. I'm so happy you felt compelled to make this information (and these rehabilitation techniques) accessible. To say these are mind and life-saving is not an exaggeration. You've made a significant difference in the lives of people who need it.

Thanks for providing your expertise here, I’m looking forward to trying your system. I’ve battled this stuff for years and am always looking for good info to try 👊🏻

This might be the best explanatory and educational video about pppd all over the internet. Thanks doc!

It’s so good to know I’m not alone in this omg what an awful decease thank you so much

Hello there I need to tell you that watching your videos helped me tremendously and you don't even know it but you helped me survive through the symptoms and it made me able to still finish my masters degree while I had VN in February and afterwards pppd. I was very anxious before I found your videos and they helped me pull through it and work on my internship. Thank you so much your work is very valued and important 🥰

i love the intro explaining why. I've had tinnitus and vertigo for years before being diagnosed with pppd and ging to PT for it. Im very happy now that i can do my balance exercises and optokinetic videos also helped me as far as walking in busy areas like grocery stores and for driving. i appreciate you.

Thank you for all you do Dr. Yonit! 💕

Thank you so much. I am starting to try these and feel relief. You should be blessed back with health and life for all that you have offered for humanity!

this makes so much sense, to do breathing in between, so the brain/body isn't feeling overwhelmed. I have been doing my therapy one after the other and always feel horrible afterwards. This is the first time I actually feel relaxed after. Thank you!

Thank you for the time and effort you put into making this helpful and informative video.

I'm new to your channel, I'm experiencing undiagnosed scary dizziness, off balance , depersonalization etc 5 years already, but I'm taking the opportunity to say that you are very beautiful and listening to you can calm my symptoms down, thank you, Doctor ❤

You’ve answered so many of my questions, THANK YOU! 🥺

2+ yrs post concussion (or what ever they call it now) and still working on my constant dizziness + elevated nervous system which I believe roots from my eyes and neck instability. Have improved but still in need of tracking down what exactly is going on. Simple exercises like this and charismatic teachers like yourself truly give peeps like me more confidence and direction...especially when we've tried all of the PTs and doctors out there.

Got great relief after starting exercise staring one card at a time, didn't try saccades yet to try. Thanx for your great great efforts putting here on KZfaq for betterment of humans. God bless

You may not belive how helpful this video was to me. God bless you. Thank you very much.

your videos are such a blessing. I have been using somatic tracking to heal for quite some time and it has worked for my migraines and chronic muscle tension. Over the summer dizziness started to pop up and that brought some fear. A lot of the Mind Body books don’t mention in detail about dizziness even though I know from my own research it comes from the brain. Thank you so much for confirming this. Sometimes just hearing somebody else make the connection makes me feel not so alone and brings a little safety to my brain. I will continue to do your meditations and somatic tracking and add in these ideas. I know my body will release when it feels safe. I am even having my students meditate and breathe at the beginning of each class. I am a middle school teacher and I have been in chronic fight or flight throughout Covid. This year the classroom is much simpler but I believe the exhaustion has set in and is keeping my nervous system in high alert. I think we could all use reminders to trim the volume dial down I appreciate what you do💜

I'm a Medical Exercise Specialist and Pilates Instructor for seniors predominantly and have done some of the same, but will be adjusting a few techniques thanks to your very good explanation. The way you explained this is perfect for those that are completely green to this. Thank you.

Hi! I am currently taking your course. Thank you for offering this course and dedicating so much to this cause!! So far it has been very helpful. I have been chronically dizziness for a year and a half…chronic for me is everyday all day long except when I am sitting or lying down. Hoping this course can give me some relief! I have been to multiple doctors are had many tests performed…everything coming back ‘normal”

Thank you, I just ended up in an ambulance and the er twice in 3 days. This has been going on for almost 2 years and this exercise helped immensely. Thank you thank you thank you ❤ Randy from Regina, Saskatchewan Canada

Thank you for your amazing clear and precise video , it is making a big difference . 😊

From Switzerland : I appreciate the exercices, very efficient to calm down my chronical dizziness. Would appreciate to have more exercices of this kind to practice, please show more ! Thank you. Elena.

My PPPD, VM, MDDS started 3 years ago and VRT didn’t work for me. Now thanks to you I know why. Thankful I’ve found this channel

You are awesome, I have watched everything I could since 4/2/21 unfortunately. You are truly amazing thank you.

Thank you doc for this video. I’ve been experiencing non spinning vertigo since mid October and it’s been scary. I have high anxiety and PTSD. This has happened to me in the past but it only lasted about a week each time. I also had a 9 day headache about 4 years ago that “magically” went away when I got the MRI results back, which of course was all clear. Finding your videos has helped me so much. I am scheduled to see my doctor on the 11th but I think I’m on the right track!

Your knowledge and explanation always amaze me appreciate your sincerity in helping the needy 👍

Thanks a lot.I ve been suffering from 3pd for 20 years non With years of complete stop of the symptoms and moments of severe dizziness. I m French and here nobody puts words on this illness. I m so grateful to have found you and a French physiotherapist who understands my dizziness issues. For the moment the most I practice exercices the dizziest I feel but I reckon it' s normal at the beginning of the healing? Just 3 days now...

Hi dr. Yonit! Your videos have been a blessing. Have had dizziness since December and I’ve been cleared by doctors as nothing physically is causing my dizziness. When I finally accepted that this is neural circuit dizziness - my anxiety about it has gone down drastically. It hasn’t disappeared completely yet but am doing ur free course and meditating, going back to working out and I feel a lot better about myself. Confidence is slowly building and I know the dizziness will go away in time. Thank you again for doing what you do! 💖

Thank you doctor...your videos are very reassuring for those of us with these vertigo and dizziness symptoms..they are very complicated for normal and healthy people to understand

Combining tracking and balancing drills with parasympathetic breathing has been an absolute boon. In just 3 days the difference has been incredible. I've been dealing with mild balance issues for roughly a month after some significantly stressful moments in my life. Also, your empathetic approach really comes through. That alone alleviated so much of the stress surrounding chronic dizziness. It feel almost claustrophobic but your insights and guidance are showing us a way out. Thanks so much.

Thank you so much for all your information on your videos. I have been going this since last July. It was the audiologists and balance testing after seeing an ENT that got me some answers. Now in PT and they have me doing these exercises now. But I am going to use the breathing techniques as well. Also lots of walking has helped me a ton as well. I was basically bedridden for about 5 months from this awful crap. I am excited to hopefully get to drive here soon again. Life has been pure hell with this. I was told from loved ones that nothing was wrong with me and it was all anxiety and in my head. Thank you so much for letting people know this is so real! God bless you for real!

Wonderful video, wonderful coaching, and explanation of a problem. Thank you so much. I am starting my exercising today.

First had PPPD back in 2008 finally got to see ent in 2011 and could not find anything so I had to just deal with it. The feeling ebbed and flowed since then, I dreaded going into some shops with the fear of going dizzy and then getting anxious about it all, people don't get the it when I say that I feel disconnected all the time. It has been bad the past month but I'm glad I stumbled upon this channel, at least I know what it is now and shall do these exercises which I hope will improve my current state. Thanks so much.

Just started watching today. I going to try these external exercises today. I am also going to change my diet, internal changes, to lessen my stresses/anxiety so my brain doesn't shut down or disassociate.

Almost 8 years of dizzy with balance problem and I refuse to give up so I'm searching for help every day...just listened and did exercise with you and will do this daily now...thanks much, praying it works....it will be nice to be "normal" again soon. Was diagnosed with Vestibular Migraines...by the way.

I’m very happy I found this channel and I’m also happy to learn it can get better. I’ve been going through this since January 2022. I had horrible migraine like headaches from Covid and then gradually these swaying feelings came on. I’ve seen a lot of specialist and had multiple imagining and they are all normal. I’m not longer afraid that the source is something serious but it’s annoying and I want it to go away. I’m going to begin these exercises right away.

Very helpful. Thank you!

Love your attitude! Have had PPPD for 6 months now. And yes, I’m dancing it too 😁 not cured but not scared

I've been going through this constantly, apparently caused by Meniere's disease, since June of 2021 and it's becoming worse every day. I'm too young to live the rest of my life like this... I'm glad I've found you because, even though the doctor showed me a series of vestibular exercises and I'm taking some medicine (bethaistine), the breathing part before practicing the exercises was never on the list and the exercises are not helping me anymore. Now I know why! It makes sense, since anxiety is one of main issues we all go through as well. Thanks so much! I've heard all exercises are not appropriate for everybody and they should be personalized. Do you agree with that!?

Thanks for caring and sharing.

The best explanation ever. Thank you

Thank you for this video! I’ve been suffering this type of dizziness and imbalance since April 10th! My life has been turned upside down. And yes the fatigue is real! I will gladly try this out.

This was super helpful. Thank you so much! Chimes ver much with my experience.

Thank you so much for this video! I think I may have PPPD, and the parasympathetic breathing exercises helped me a lot. I’m hoping to consistently do the exercises and look at your other videos as well!

Dr Yonit! I have been diagnosed with Long Covid and also PPPD. I have been sick since April 1, 2023. I found your KZfaq channel 5 days ago. Since Then I have felt the best I have felt in 7 months. I have turned all of my negative thinking around. I have started pushing myself again. The breathing and eye exercises are game changers. The biggest challenge for everyone who has PPPD is the diagnosis. Once I got to the right doctor it changed everything. Then I found your channel and it;s amazing! Thank you so much for taking the time to do these videos. Truly life changing!

I am diagnosed with autonomic dysfunction, I suffer with pots, dysfunctional breathing and pppd. It all feels never ending, my hrv is permanently low and I've tried everything to improve my health. I'm going to try all of these exercises and hope for some improvent. Thankyou for this video I feel like I understand the the condition much more if nothing else.

Thank you! You are a godsend!

Fantastic thank you!

Hey guys! Wanted to comment on this video and say that I did this routine for two months straight and it helped me so much! Keep going ♥️

I Love You! You are helping me a lot

I’m still in the diagnosis stage and I still don’t have a label for what I have! This makes a lot of sense though, I do feel my mood and anxiety level play a massive part in the severity of my symptoms. Thank you for putting these videos up!

Super helpful, thank you so much.

Excellent explanation. Thanks

Im glad i found this. I just started having dizzines after caught an influenza a. The dizziness wont go away.I can't do things normally things ,coz its so annoying. found this I know i will get better. thank You so much❤︎❤︎❤︎

Blessings steady coach🎉🎉

Bless you ❤ The worst thing about this illness have been the gaslighting by the Norwegian doctors and neurologists for years now!

Dr.Yonit Please l only found your channel 2 weeks ago ,l already feels a big relief , you're certainly an angel sent by God Jehovah , the doctor gave me prescription l felt that was making me fell even worse , thank you for loving heart. May the Almighty bless all your loves one and your followers who suffer with that very dangerous disease .

Thank you Dr Yonit for all your videos that explain so well the PPPD case.Thank you for sharing your knowledge and taking the time to do it.Even my family doctor never heard of it. I had to wait a long time before I got a diagnosis.I hear that CBT might be helpful.Whad do you if it . Grateful to have found your channel. God Bless you🙏

Hi Dr. Yo, this has been very helpful and am getting some relief. What is the next step after this video? Thank you for your work, Kim

Thank you, I will follow your advice, I am sure that I will get better soon.

This really helps that I'm not going crazy 😜 but it drives me crazy so thank you for yr help n having compassion to help others going through this torture ❤😢

This is so great! I still have occasional dizziness from long COVID. I'll try these.

I went through a month ordeal getting CT scans and visits with a Neurologist and ENT for my dizziness and headaches. Everything was normal. So now I'm left to rehab my PPPD, which was the final probable diagnosis. Two months later I'm 50% better simply by walking outdoors an hour a day. A week ago I tried the treadmill for 10min and as soon as I got off I was dizzy intermittently for the next 12 hrs. I will try these exercises from this video before getting back on the treadmill. Thank you for these exercises!

Your a genius ❤

Thanks so much Dr.Yonit for the very practical medical exercise to start treating mg recurring BPPV.

thankyou so much..thankyou for making this video🥺..I'm gonna be doing this exercise thrice a day

Great video, thankyou

I believe that this PPPD thing has some cervical component instead putting to much focus on vestibular system, eyes are related with visual stimuli indirectly secondary to the neck position output to brain, in fact eyes are compensating neck position error all the time that makes them very tired, neck muscles and eyes as an outcome make you feel heavyheaded or lightheaded given the feedback information to the brain. This issue almost always induce anxiety or happen after anxious situations. What I suggest is that, it is simply due to the neck muscle spasm (continuing weeks), constricting it too much, make the bloodflow decrease, squeezing nearby structures and effecting eyes and neck position feedback to the brain. Almost all recommended exercises in youtube which make you feel better is somehow related with neck movement. Try to unlock the spasm in neck with scientific manner first and then if it is not working, try more complicated things.

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I have been dizzy n dealing with vertigo for months. Since June.

Really helpful videos. I never even knew what PPPD was until I got required to take a booster shot for school. These exercises along with meclizine and claritin helped me recover in a month. I hope I never have to experience this again. I feel terrible for people suffering with this condition. It really is horrible and mine was probably very mild compared to what others have since about half of the day I would feel normal.

The one change that helped me the most was incorporating allergy shots into my regime. I truly believe giving the diagnose of PPPD does a disservice to the patient. ENT's literally have no clue and all the have to offer is drugs that probably won't help much. IMO. I literally went to three ENTs and got three different diagnoses. I recommend adding an allergist immunologist into the mix. See if you have food or environmental allergies.

Hello! I'm really glad I found your channel! I've been suffering from PPPD for 2.5 years now and have been very slowly, but surely recovering. I'm excited to watch through your videos and learn more about PPPD and ways to treat it. I do have a question. When doing these exercises, can I listen to calming music or asmr to help me relax? Or do I need to totally focus on the exercises? Thanks!

Thanks Dr Yonit. I was diagnosed by ENT doctor a few weeks ago with 3PD. It is nearly 6 months and is better than at start...i have a constant feeling of 'floaty' head when walking forward...started after my 2nd covid jab (astra zeneca) which drs agree reactivated a previous virus i had ben exposed to...whatever it was an acute vestibulaf neuritis lasted 4 days. I felt as though everything was draining from top of my head and the nausea and worst of spinning head had settled. I couldn't understand why i kept feeding dizzy lightheaded like I had drunk alcohol on empty stomach. I would feel like the feeling was reducing very slowly...i walk a lot and keep my tai-chi, yoga and light dancing exercises up....doc thinks it will go eventually and am waiting for exercises from physiotherapy in the clinic but i will try your exercises with the playing cards as there is still something there....it fluctuates due to all you talk about. It has all been very strange...and can sympathise with everyone who has this.

I would love a consult with you regarding vertigo I’ve experienced for over 2 years. This is the first video that seems to be on target!!!

Hi!! I am so glad to hear that. Not the only one who's going through this. I've been starting to question my sanity. Sometimes I feel like I'm going crazy. I have major anxiety!! I got diagnosed with a vestibular disorder in 2011 I did physical therapy for a few months and acupuncture and it went away. But since 2011 it comes and goes and just recently I got diagnosed with PPPD. As of right now I've been dealing with the symptoms consistently for about 5 years now. I can't drive, I don't like to be around too many people, it's affected my vision, it's pretty much affected my entire life. I can't work, I can't drive a car, I can't go on walks or even be a passenger in a car for too long because the movement triggers it. I'm desperate! I just want to be normal again!! 😭😭😭

So grateful for your channel as you give me hope. Ive just downloaded your free guide and ive listened ti Whitney's recovery story which has gave me belief. I have Vestibular neuritis, well thats what the dr said after months of not knowing. Im on medication called betahistine which dont really help. My dizziness started about 5 months ago randomly when i was in town shopping. I only get dizzy when i walk not when sat down or driving.

I think that my issues seems like PPPV. It is exact symptoms I have. @ weeks ago I went to the ER thinking I had Coveid-19 so the Doctors ran labs test MRI etc and Covid test was negative. Well, they though I had another Stroke and was admitted overnight until my Doctor (Neurologists) said no I didn't have another stroke. They think I have BPPV but until I saw you video explain what a PPPV is I released here I go that exacting what I feel. So far I its been 3 weeks since I started feeling this and at the same time I got a very bad cold. Thank you for sharing. I am going to start doing the exercises. Thank you!

Wonderful

you are amazing!I would like to ask you what can i do if dizziness comes while driving and i can't pull over? thank you in advance greetings from Greece!

Great video Interesting about 360 degree breathing Usually when people tell you to breathe diaphragmatically they focus only on the tummy going out and in Thanks for the tip 🙏

A huge thank you for your dedication to helping people, it`s not often easy dealing with multifaceted Symtoms of Vertigo and get usefull material to do sth against it. Your chanel is more than noteworthy. Question: When my head is on a soft pillow, or when i am sleeping and my Gf rolls over in her sleep - i have a lot of huge disturbances, when my Head gets a little bit in motion, but i didnt do this movement by myself - it´s worse if my eyes are closed. Do you thing this exercisses will work here too? Thanks a lot

Merci merci je ne trouvais plus de solution et ne comprenais plus mon état, je vais m'exercer tout les jours 💪💪💪

good exercise

Hello! How long should we do these exercises for? Also, are we suppose to switch them up or continue to do the same ones? Thank you so much! I love your videos, you’re truly a blessing!

Hi! I have just found your channel. I suffered with my first ever episode of bad vertigo last Nov after a short haul flight and it lasted 2 months before it subsided 😞 I have just done that same short haul flight and the vertigo is right back, as bad as it was before. I don’t seem to have any ear issues & all the tablets I’ve been prescribed don’t seem to work. I’m struggling to work out if it is BPPV, cervical vertigo or PPPD (which I hadn’t heard of until I found your channel) I’m hoping it’s the latter and that my brain has now remembered the pattern after flying before. Will keep watching!

I’ve been suffering for pppd for 4 years now. 3 of the years I was going undiagnosed so I thought I was going crazy because I didn’t know what was wrong with me and I was getting dizzy all the time. I went to several doctors and took several tests and all came back clear. Thank you for this video. I really need someone who can help me get rid of this dizzyness. Do you have a office or something? Do you do these in person with people

Thank you so very much ❤️❤️❤️

Thank you so much.

Got checked for b12 deficiency.. I got my dizziness symptoms relieved after getting b12 shots although continuing with these exercises daily!! Greatly benefitted

Thanks so much for sharing this context, it's so helpful! I wonder if you can advise how to go through a day apart from these exercises. Is it all about bringing the nervesystem to calm? Can I watch TV if its not really bothering? Thanks!

Thank you!!!! I started this right away and cannot wait for relief. Any help for tinnitus?

Hi Yonit I have just come across your channel and find it so informative ! Everything you say makes sense and I can relate to ! After diagnosed with vestibular neuritis I am left with this lightheaded /whooshing feeling when moving! I have done VOR but slightly different to your exercises which I am also going to try 🤞 Thanks again for sharing!

This is so awesome!! I had this happen to me for 6-8 weeks after my second covid vaccine. I got a booster and I'm on week 1 of this all over again. Have you seen people recover from repeated flares? So rough! (and weird)

Thank you so much for this video. I suffered an acute attack.of vertigo 4 months ago causing extreme dizziness and sickness for 3 days. After finally going to the doctor and being diagnosed with BPPV I have tried many maneuvers and exercises but still suffer from symptoms mainly when driving and going walking with my dog. Your explanation finally makes sense of the vision sensations I have been experiencing. Day one of the exercises but I am feeling very optimistic. Do you have any additional advice as I have now also recently developed tinnitus.

What are your thoughts on doing this while on medication? I’ve been using a calcium channel blocker to control my dizziness for 5 years and after watching I want to start training myself. I know the medicine numbs/changes some chemistry so I’m trying to decide if I should start this and dc meds. I only take the meds for dizziness, I do not have high blood pressure