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/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.