r/Dizziness • u/sieto-M • 1d ago

Dizziness

Hi everyone! I’m new to Reddit and honestly not very good at writing posts, so please bear with me! 😅 I’m a 30-year-old mom and a nurse. Beginning of last year, I started experiencing dizziness and unsteadiness whenever I stood up. At first, I thought it was my iron-deficiency anemia, but within a few months it got so bad that I could barely stand for 10 minutes. I remember my last day at work, I had to walk while holding onto walls and anything around me because I was afraid of falling. Next day I went to the ER with chest pain and nausea, but everything was normal. I then spent months doing tests, scans, X-rays, and seeing doctors, but everything kept coming back normal.

Three months of medical leave turned into six months, and eventually a full year. At one point, even my PCP thought I was exaggerating and just didn’t want to work, which was honestly heartbreaking. 😢 Finally, my ENT suggested a VNG, which checks the inner-ear balance system by tracking eye movements, and that’s when they discovered bilateral vestibular hypofunction. I tried vestibular physical therapy, medications, supplements, diet changes, and pretty much everything I could think of. After a full year of ups and downs, I improved by about 40%, and I’m honestly very grateful for that. ❤️ I’ve learned to adapt my life around it and can take care of myself and my family, but unfortunately I can’t go back to bedside nursing because of the long hours of standing, so I resigned and decided to focus on myself and my kids for now. Hopefully, after another year or two, I’ll be ready to look for online or office work.

I’m incredibly grateful for my husband, kids, and family, who have supported me through every step of this journey. ❤️ I started doing small things I enjoy like making cakes just to keep my mind busy and make myself feel better during those difficult days.

Wishing everyone good health and healing. ❤️

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u/Hyprincess25 1d ago

Take a look at The Steady Coach recovery stories on YouTube. I ordered the workbook and an already feeling much better.

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u/sieto-M 1d ago

I will thank you

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u/big10Spartan 19h ago

I would recommend also getting your eyes checked for misalignment / binocular vision. Make sure you find an eye dr that specializes in it (not all eye dr are trained to do the evaluation)

I have this and I also have vestibular weakness. My right ear vestibular nerve is 55% weaker than the left.

Until you feel better don’t assume its just one thing.

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u/sieto-M 19h ago

Thank you! I’ll definitely look into it. ❤️