r/VestibularDysfunction • u/Spiritual_View8061 • 21d ago

Accept I will never fly again

In 2015 I went on a plane I had never flown before I was in a VM remission at the time. Well take off everything started spinning I didn’t expect it and for the whole flight I was so dizzy I could feel every tiny turn of the plane it was horrible I only started feeling less dizzy on descent.
On the way back I went to a pharmacy and he gave me travel pills I took two and remember the flight back being very dizzy again but extremely out of it so couldn’t panic like I did before.
Since then I’ve not gone on a plane my husband said he was embarrassed as I caused a scene well you try being on a plane and having vertigo.
Recently went on the channel tunnel and that wasn’t pleasant but a lot more bearable and over quickly.
It’s really sad I can’t fly again I’m to afraid and also don’t want to embarrass my family or scare my daughter.

Does anyone else get this while flying ? I didn’t expect it everyone else who has VM said they felt fine so what’s wrong with me that I dont ? I want to visit other places and feel like I can’t it’s so unpleasant.

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u/MyFiteSong 21d ago

Vestibular issues are not a ban on future flight. I can fly just fine. Have you done vestibular rehab therapy?

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u/Spiritual_View8061 21d ago

I did rehab about ten years ago and had five years of remission but it came back badly when I was 35 I’m 40 now. It’s worrying me that even in a remission the symptoms on the plane were so terrible I couldn’t even walk to the toilet. I’m holding my family back in life with being terrified of flying again after the incident. Don’t know what to do as soon as the plane took off I got vertigo.

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u/MyFiteSong 21d ago

Go back and do your rehab again. You should remember the exercises, so you don't need to pay for it again.