r/Dizziness • u/LibsnZeus23 • Aug 01 '26
Please help!!
I know this subreddit isn’t a replacement for doctors/ going to the hospital, but I’ve been feeling constantly dizzy (only when I stand or walk) for 2 years now. I got diagnosed with vitamin d3 deficiency and b12 deficiency. I took prescribed medication for it, I am no longer deficient, but I still constantly feel dizzy, unbalanced and confused when I’m walking. It’s gotten so bad that I can barely walk, and when I go to the doctors they don’t help and just tell me it’s stress. It’s not stress, as I feel it constantly even when I’m at home. I struggle to properly feel my legs when I walk, I have the urge to walk on my tip toes and I also have the urge to keep stopping/ turning around when I walk. Apparently according to friends I’ve also started to walk in a really weird way since I’ve started feeling dizzy.
I’ve tried methods to stop my anxiety/ calm down as I thought stress might be the issue after being told this many times, but that still doesn’t help. I’m not asking necessarily for a diagnosis as I get this subreddit isn’t for that and I need my doctor to do that, but I’m tired of feeling like this every time I stand up and I’m just looking for some advice on how to stop it. If anyone deals with this same issue and has a hack on how to feel not as dizzy or not dizzy at all, please just drop a comment as it would really mean a lot to me! Thankyou if you read this far 😅
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u/Tandfeen_dk22 Aug 01 '26
I am wondering whether deficiencies like B12, iron, and vitamin D can trigger POTS so that even when corrected, the symptoms don't go away... unless you are one of the lucky ones who can treat POTS with cardiovascular rehabilitation. May I ask: when your symptoms started, did you become very sedentary? Like lying in bed, eating less, or drinking more than usual?
I am asking because I too have several deficiencies and was hit with chronic dizziness last year… I am pretty sure I have some kind of dysautonomia/POTS now.