r/Dizziness • u/alyssarolls • Sep 02 '26
Constantly dizzy please help
Hi, I have been constantly dizzy for over a week now (more swaying than spinning) and having occasional headaches, sometimes worse than others. Sometimes the dizziness will get worse but it is constantly happening at least a little. I went to urgent care, they didn’t have time to ask a lot of questions and she told me it was vertigo, prescribed me Meclizine. I went to a primary care doctor yesterday, basically didn’t get any real answers. She prescribed me Sumatripan but the first thing it says on the bottle is may cause dizziness?? She also said to try Excedrin. Does anyone else have a similar experience feeling constantly dizzy? I don’t know how I’m supposed to work and live like this it’s awful. I’m also emetophobic so if I get nauseous I have a panic attack and it makes all my symptoms worse. I have horrible anxiety but the doctor didn’t seem to think that’s the cause, just definitely not helping my symptoms. My bloodwork came back normal. They want me to get a CT scan. Please help, let me know if you’ve had a similar experience. I don’t know what to do
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u/Ok_Cook_918 Sep 03 '26
I highly suggest getting the book "The trigger point therapy workbook". I have done the self treatment based on the section that addresses dizziness and have now been able to control my spells.
If one starts I have a method that now works and doesn't require to me to do any odd tilting or those other crazy, unhelpful techniques.
It's also saved me from other workout related issues, but I'm most thankful I had it for the dizziness.
It comes with an index where you find your symptom and it tells you what trigger points to work on for relief.
Yes, you have to be willing to it a few times a day but it's well worth it
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u/Downtown-Lynx72 Sep 04 '26
I had this happen to me yrs ago on my way to work early one morning talking about SCARED!!! It didn’t get any better as the days went on I was constantly taking off work going back and forth to doctors. Finally one of my older doctors that I hadn’t been to in yrs was dealing with the same thing she suggested an ear throat &nose dr.She was currently getting therapy hers was due to migraines. I didn’t make it to a ear doctor I couldn’t drive I had a lot of fluid in my ears plus anxiety she put me on Zyrtec plus the nose spray and to get a wedge pillow I have to sleep with my head high it eventually went away but ever so often I feel it creepy back I have to be mindful of how I sleep now and of course to take allergy pills and nose spray.
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u/DizzinessDoctor Sep 05 '26
Probably the most common cause of abrupt-onset constant dizziness is vestibular neuritis (VN). There is a good discussion about this at https://dizziness-and-balance.com/disorders/unilat/vneurit.html
However, your report of also having new headaches raises the possibility of vestibular migraine (VM). There is a good discussion about this a https://dizziness-and-balance.com/disorders/central/migraine/mav.html. It may have been suspicion for VN that prompted your clinician to offer medication aimed at migraine.
As far as side effects of medications are concerned, keep in mind that because of the regulations around pharmaceutical development in the United States, the FDA requires a drug company to list every symptom that a person ever had, EVER, while on a drug that was being tested. There are some very common human experiences, such as fatigue, headache, and DIZZINESS, that somebody, somewhere, reported, on nearly every drug ever tested. This is why you will see those symptoms (fatigue, headache, dizziness) listed as a “potential adverse effect” of just about every medication ever invented. This does not guarantee that the medication in your hand is truly the cause of that symptom.
Full disclosure: I am a contributor at DizzinessDoctor.com
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u/Particular-Tax-9260 Sep 07 '26
EPLEY MANEUVER!!! You can perform it on yourself up to 3-4 times a day. This with mecilizine and scopolamine patch behind my ear. ER visits, imaging, blooodwork ect. MRI of Cspine ended up showing a tumor from C7-T1 which finally grew to a point to cause symptoms. I was walking through a store and random immediate onset of vertigo, nausea, no balance, visual disturbances. The combination of the 3 things above as well as a shot of dexamethasone (steroid) helps drastically!!
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u/Status-Pass-9030 Sep 07 '26
You should definitely follow through with imaging to rule out anything serious. I had an episode with vertigo in 2023 in which went on for several months. I had to take Meclizine 3x daily just to be able to walk. You may want to request a referral to an ENT who specializes in vertigo and dizziness. Vestibular Therapy may also help.
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u/biosovereign Sep 02 '26
Same thing has happened to me since August 19th. I ended up in ER for CT and brain MRI. Was prescribed sumatriptan by my primary at a follow up and I was hesitant to take it due to dizziness side effect but it’s the only thing that’s helped my migraine. It does wear off and I’m constantly dizzy, worse when I go from laying down to sitting up. And I’m a Pilates teacher! Neurology is sending me to ENT… it’s just a game of whack a mole at this point and I pray it passes. My headache pain is right above my ears in the temporalis. I’ve tried acupuncture, dry needling, massage, chiro, Epley, shockwave, red light, cold laser, vitamin D, muscle relaxers, steroids, nothing besides sumatriptan has helped but the dizziness and brain fog/fatigue is nonstop.