This was a very helpful presentation. I'm dealing with some sort of vestibular problem and the biggest takeaway I've learned is that what makes you dizzy is what will heal you! Vestibular rehab makes you feel dizzy and it's supposed to--it's really difficult to go home and want to do exercises that make you feel worse, but if you just stick to it with a positive attitude it will get better in time. There is hope!

I dealt with BPPV for almost a month, now I'm dealing with vestibular compensation, you just have to re-train your brain so you feel normal again. It has been a really tough time. What most people don't understand is that the dizziness is not what kills you, but it's the anxiety, the stress, the uncertainty, the fear and desperation of waking up everyday and just not feeling okay, seeing things as if you were "high" or drunk. I believe doctors added the "benign" part to its name just so people could relax a little bit. As of today, I'm still dealing with the anxiety and the "drunkness", but everyday I'm feeling a little bit better (with a lot of ups and downs). The secret is to move as much as you can, as one of the comments on this video pointed out, it's doing the things that make you dizzy the ones that will then later make you feel better. So to all going through this horrific experience: be strong, be patient, you will heal, just give it time.

Very informative video. I'm going through it and is extremely frustrating. No one would understand how bad it is. Sometimes you feel you are getting better, sometimes you feel worst and loose hope for a moment. is awful. Doing whatever I can. and yes, this is stressing me a lot and causing anxiety or increasing the one I already have. And the fears of not being able to function or work, drive, etc.

Thank you for this video. It is such an invisible condition with multiple potential diagnoses and treatments. Whoever is unfortunate enough to suffer from it, feels isolated, desperate, depressed and powerless. I lost my balance completely after an acute episode of vertigo and vomiting that left me in a permanent state of "drunkenness" for almost a year. I had multiple diagnoses, I saw private and NHS doctors and they all brushed it off as having poor eyesight or them not wanting to investigate and try different treatments. All I was given was different medications that did not work. Thanks to VRT, I started to get better. I came across it after having tried other exercises to no avail. I know everybody is different but this is what really helped and 10 months into my condition, I was diagnosed with an acute inflammation of the ear canals and I'm still in treatment. However, I am myself again, I leave the house on my own, I'm confident, I feel strong. This is life changing and I wish I would have known about it instead of doing my own research and wasting a year of my life. Thanks again for giving vestibular conditions visibility.

Thank you! Just started vestibular therapy for vertigo off and on over 15 years with balance issues getting worse over time. Wish I had found this therapy years ago. Life has changed so much to deal with balance fears . Very isolating! Hope to get better with this therapy!

Thapa Kishor I have Vestibular Neuritis which cause me to be continuously dizzy (a rocking sensation like being on a boat), Since doing Vestibular exercises twice a day, every day, the dizziness has improved greatly. My balance and blurry vision has also improved and the shaking sensation I feel inside me has decreased a lot to where I am feeling calm again. If you can't find a Vestibular Specialist in your area, you should ask "Vestibular Disorders Association" for help or find Vestibular exercises on KZfaq. When the vestibular exercises my physical therapist gave me were no longer challenging (increase my level of dizziness to retrain my brain), I found some good ones on KZfaq that have helped me a lot. I wish you the best in finding help and getting well.

My physical therapist was the first one who told me "pay attention to the food". And he was right, it took me a year to understand that vestibular migraine is (also) related to gastritis and some types of food. I could manage it with supplements and diet.

Been dealing with not being able to drive on motorways, go on trains, not been on a plane for nearly 3 years also can’t be in a car at night and have been on medications SSRIs decided to stop taking these 6 months ago doctors could not help until I stumbled upon PPPD now using a Vestibular phisotherapist and feeling a difference but you need to stay consistent this will be a long road mine was through drug abuse

You the best so far , hope if you are in Morocco ,i had this vestibules problem from stress or muscles problèmes for about 10 years !

Had vertigo a year ago. Doctor kept saying give it time. Finally heard about this therapy and oh my gosh…it gave me hope. An awful thing to go through. Thank you. Great video.

Crucial listening for sufferers/& those recovering. After care for BPPV is essential for those whose brains need to reset with the 'new' original position/movement data.

Excellent Presentation and I am truly grateful for your most informative vestibular rehab. I have learnt a lot and I will be able to self rehabilitate through your guidance! Thanks a lot! Best wishes from Down Under in Australia!

very informative , I just visited my therapist who said that i do not have any issue with inner ear, but she is working with me on my balance as well as neck pain. Thank you so much

Thank you for this

Note. Again it would help if you asked for additoinal issues for all ofyour pateints and shwo the questions and answers to everyone as they could pertain to people who didn't ask the question,

Amazing presentation and very informative. I will have my evaluation tomorrow as I was diagnosed with left peripheral vestibulothy.

I’m booked into a hospital vestibular dept for vertigo/balance issues. Having now watched this very informative video. Thank you, I now have idea what I may expect. I’m in a miserable state with no diagnosis for several years. I’ll do anything but need to know where it’s coming from.

this has been so interesting and useful thanks a lot!!

Amazing presenter. Great speaker.

What a wonderful presentation. My first definitive attack was 6 weeks ago. My first dr ordered tests but, didn't give me any info. So, I changed drs mid-stream. I'm feeling good today. The 2nd dr., suggested VRT. I almost put it off and watched this. So much information I called the VRT group she recommended within 5 minutes!! Thank you for making this info public!

I am highly grateful for your great presentation. I am 62 and just came to know that I have benign cranial meningioma and low bone density in lumbar 4,5 vertebra. Everywhere else good. Have little balance issues while walking. Just came to know about vestibular issues first time from my doctor for the first time. Please suggest any particular specialist in Sydney near Revesby.

I was completely normal until last week when things went terribly wrong. Came on quick, vertigo, nausea, vomiting, dizziness. Car ride to ER was UNBELIEVABLE! WOW, nice to meet you vertigo!! Lol... After 7 days I can walk a little now. Can't drive my brand new truck. Oh, well! I will stay positive.

Does anybody here get a feeling like they on a rocking boat and feeling nauseous???? I don’t have the room spinning etc. My Dr told me to go to Vestibular Rehab. Been battling this for 3 weeks now. What is wrong with me and what triggered it… 😢 I’m super healthy and fit. Why me!!! 😢

As I was listening to this I now know what is causing my dizziness. I cannot lay on my left side or look up for long periods of time. I think I have cervicogenic dizziness, what you discussed at 17:00 in. What can I do to help myself or get help? I've had this for about a year now and it is ruining my life. Also, I cannot be in darkness without feeling dizzy either. I have to sleep with the bathroom light on and have to avoid going out in my yard at night without taking a flashlight with me.

What exercises do you recommend for Disembarkation Syndrome?

Does Insurances in california , cover these treatments???

any advice for people living in the uk trying to get help please thanks?

My dizziness is when I am standing or on uneven surfaces, it’s like a whoozy feeling I developed anxiety cause of this , is it my neck my tmj my eyes ??? If I can pinpoint what is causing it I can relax a bit and wrk on it .. I noticed walking fast or Exercising , or driving doesn’t bother me .. oh and staring somebody talking to me gets me dizzy ..

Great video

Also not mentioned is where a patient stands with respect to their vision, especially if any cataract procedure is due or even more extreme instancs where vision needs to be medically changed. It seems that is the most basic thing a patient can control but i have seen very big and prestigious hospitals not ask their pataints about their person issues that need to be attended to that can help solve their vestibular problems.

I have kerokotonis. (Eye problem) Had a bad fall last week.do not know what happened I thought it was my eyes that caused it. I do feel dizzy and take motion sickness medication. Cud this help have not spoken to dr

What would a good exercise be if you feel like the floor is bouncing all the time (like your walking on a trampoline)?

i think i have the worst ever case of this i cant look around look up down or move my head even slightly without extreme severe disorientation imblalance vison loss if i moved in certain ways i think it would kill me so i dont dare push myself to try improve non eof my family care or understand im 41 and have suffered with this for so many years silently...i also have dysautonomia which brings so many problems im housebound have no money or support even my own partner says im fakeing it or exagerating and being a drama queen i try ignore her and soldie ron with exercises everyday..god bless u all can anyone help

Hello my daughter experiences chronic subjective dizziness which can be related to anxiety and depression. I read VRT could help with Chronic Subject Dizziness. What are your thoughts on this?

How long does it take to stop feeling so rubbish and dizzy between exercises? They're making me feel far worse than I'd usually feel. I've had PPPD for 2.5 years as a result of an alcohol detox followed by ear infection. Have been trying these exercises for 1 week.

I am suffering from BPPV. I am 32. This dizziness is irritating me. I am feeling dizziness only while standing and walking. I visited neurologists and complete my course of medication a month before, but pblm is still there. Need help. How to join in your forum. Please reply

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I was diagnosed with disembarkment disorder so I physical therapy session

Do I go to a Physical therapist for this ? I'm in Spokane Valley Washington

I have tinitus in my left ear would this be associated with BPPV or Labyrinthitis since this has lasted for a week in combination with a sinus infecton where I couldnt breathe thru my nose? I am mostly dizzy when walking in combination of moving my head

I think it would be helpful to the speaker to ask if anybody has other issues that the speaker didn't cover. You might want to collect those issues from your patients if you don't ask for them to provide them to you. For instance, these are mine. 1. It would be helpful to know whether my problem is doe to my eyes, ears, or elsewhere (like the spine and, if so where in the spine, if possible. Actually, I think the word "spine" is itself inaccurate, which needs to be defined much better. 2. Social issues -- do you affirmatively tell someone you want to take out on a date, or a dating site, how do you handle that? I have become a hermit socially, but I don't want to embarrass myself and get turned down. Do people complain that they go out on a Match date and find someone has a vestibular problem and then call Match to complain. I have heard that doesn't happen as they want as many members as possible but perhaps they don't want to piss off their more normal clients. 3. Do you need to ask the thereapist what physical activities do you need to do for the rest of your life, like being able to stand on one foott easily without the symptom of falling down or puttting your second foot down. 4. Lots of people might have different additional items, but they might benefit to read what other people have added. Call me if you want to discuss these items with me. You can find me, I believe.

I have problem when I stand straight my body moving itself it so weird... Problem

My Doctor said I have a weakness in my inner ear. But gave me no help for future breakouts of vertigo. Will this therapy help?

When I go put to the sun or feel.heat I get dizzy and can't function at all

Will it help in vestibular migraine

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Does vrt work successfully for vestibular hypofunction in one ear? I want to live a normal life ! Im 16 :(

Very interesting video, but she is speaking so fast that sounds like she’s out of breath and that noise she makes is very distracting.

The speaker keeps smacking her tongue after she pauses between sentences. It is extremely annoying.

ANYONE HERE have ear inbalance? Please let me know, i feel alone.

Slow down..talking too fast

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