Off balance and feeling weird when walking for 2 years, not running

Have you gone to a Ear Nose and THroat. My dizzy spells come and go and each time I do the maneuver the Neurologist Physical Therapist taught me until there is no more dizzyness. So, far so good this time.

It is the epley maneuver or repositioning maneuver used to treat one common cause of vertigo, benign paroxysmal positional vertigo of the posterior or anterior canals of the ear. I do the maneuver over pillows so my head is tipped way back up-side-down. I am usually effected on the right side only. So, I start by sitting on a bed ( the side of the bed you lay on depends on which side you start on, so mine is my right side so I lay on left side of bed with feet toward headboard so I will end up sitting straight up on that side of bed...... put two pillows behind me so when I lay over my head is touching bed at a angle. Then turn head to the side effected and lay over pillows, if room in spinning hold position for 30 sec to a minute after spinning stops. Then without raising your head turn to other side, same thing after spinning stops hold for 30 sec to a minute. then turn head completely toward bed also hold after spinning 30 sec to a minute, then sit straight up. Do a 2nd time or as many times as it takes for the spinning to stop. Mine usually is gone after one time.

I was told maybe I had a inner ear infection. I made an appointment for ENT but didn't keep the appointment since at the time I didn't have any dizzy issues.

I wish you all good luck in finding something that helps. I was also told to take motion sickness pills, they are easy to carry and take.

Joyce

so they taught you the epley manuever? It puts the ear crystals back in place. Over the last 2 years I have done that each time I have vertigo. Usually only comes on when laying in bed rolling over and putting my head back too far.

Hi everyone! So I was in a similar way, dizzy, lightheaded constantly, headaches, chest pains, feeling like I'm on a boat for 2 months. It was horrible, ruined my Xmas! I took many trips to different docs and hospitals as I was really worried, especially with chest pains. I had full body checkup, numerous blood tests at different hospitals, CT scans, Mri scan, ENT docs, everything you could think of I had them test me for. I live in China so healthcare is not the best but I can pay and get these tests done in a few days. Anyway I got diagnosed from different docs with bppv, vertigo, anxiety, stress, vestibular migraines, all gave me different medicine which seemed to make me worse 😦 so after looking online for hours like the rest of us which I think makes the problem worse with anxiety, I ended up booking a trip to a chiropractor. They gave me a deep massage in my neck and shoulders for 30mins and then they cracked/adjusted my shoulder blade twice and the same to with my neck 4 times. I stood up feeling a little worse but then after 10 mins or so I started feeling better and less dizzy!it's 2 days after the trip but I feel 80% better and so relieved. The chiropractor said my neck and shoulder muscles were very tight and this was giving my neck a hard time. I couldn't believe the relief I felt that day, from a few weeks ago thinking I was gonna have a heart attack or my head was gonna explode, waking up dizzy every day had now gone. I would never have guessed this seemingly small problem could cause such a big affect on my life.

I hope this could help a few of you guys!!

Hey James,

Glad to hear you found some relief. I'm going to look into some massage and neck work.

When did you start feeling off-balance?

Do you remember how it came on or what might have caused it?

Do you suspect you are also dealing with some stress/anxiety in the mix?

For me, I've had a stress disorder for years. But it had been pretty well in check before this balance/dizzy problem started in April of last year. Even now most days I'm doing OK, but the boaty head/balance stuff can ebb and flow and make days harder.

Do other people find that it ebbs and flows, better some days... worse others? That's a fair indication that it might be stress/anxiety/mindbody related.

Hang in there everyone, things will improve in time.

check with a neurovisual specialist. my daughter had similar symptoms and we went around and around with tons of doctors. she was dx with vertical heterophoria. misalignment of her eyes. she is getting better.

Hello Mary, have you ever had any improvements to changes to this situation? Our stories are very similar, I just posted mine a few minutes ago here. Any updates or reply would be greatly appriciated!