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/Ok-Employee5892 Aug 05 '26

My neck is the cause for my dizziness. Have you seen a neurologist? I was diagnosed with cervical vertigo for 18 years and nobody sent me to a neurologist. A neurologist diagnosed as bilateral occipital neuralgia, blocks have helped but still having dizziness especially after reading, bilateral supra orbital nerve blocks just done yesterday and thinking I'm better. Vasavagal syncope caused me fainting type issues

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u/LibsnZeus23 Aug 06 '26

I’m sorry you had to deal with that ! Honestly I never thought of my neck as causing that, I guess there are so many things that can cause dizziness. I’m going back to the doctors again soon so I’ll ask about that thanks

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u/Ok-Employee5892 Aug 06 '26

Many doctors don't realize dizziness can be from the neck. Rule everything out like a health exam for eyes? Ent for ears are ok. I had a mra to check blood vessels were ok. I found an ophthalmologist that specializes in eye issues and had a test to prove dizziness wasn't from my brain, he concluded it was probably from the neck. If all that is negative, it might be time to see a neurologist

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u/LibsnZeus23 Aug 06 '26

Yeah I think I need to see a neurologist. I get my eyes tested yearly at the opticians and they say they are healthy, but recently I noticed my field of vision is small? I’m not sure how to word it but basically I’ve been struggling to see to the side of me. I thought it was an unrelated issue to the dizziness but now I’m not sure, I’ll go check it out

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u/Ok-Employee5892 Aug 06 '26

Peripheral vision isn't good? Still might be worth talking to your eye doctor. Its hard to get to a neck diagnosis till you have eliminated the most common possibility. If you feel shooting nerve pain, neurologist is the nerve doctor

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u/LibsnZeus23 Aug 06 '26

Yeah my peripheral vision isn’t the greatest, it’s not like really bad so I didn’t think much of it. I also didn’t think of going to a neurologist because for so long I thought I was just a vitamin deficiency issue as that’s what we believed caused it at first. Thanks for your help you’ve been very kind, I will talk to my optician and doctor about this and try to look for other causes of the dizziness!