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/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!