Are these 5 small habits keeping you dizzy with PPPD, MdDS & other neural circuit dizziness? 

my habits as soon as I wake up, I’ll slowly open my eyes and check if i’m dizzy

found that if i push through, even when its scary, i end up 90-% symptom free, so iv been aware theres a huge psychological component in this, great to hear this validated

That fifth one was so well put: not seeking things outside yourself to “fix your symptoms “ but rather doing things to “show my brain that it’s safe to move again.” That subtle but key shift has been huge for me since I found your channel. I didn’t have words for it until this video. Thanks!! PS already left the

Thank you Dr Yonit! You are a gift to all of us with PPPD. I had Covid in April 2023. I went and had MRI and a ton of tests. Then 2 weeks ago I was diagnosed with PPPD. then my doctor diagnosed me with Long Covid. Once I found your videos I feel like I'm in the right place. This is amazing stuff. You are giving us hope! This has been a dark time, I felt like this was the end of a normal life. But the last 2 weeks I have had some great days. All thanks to your videos. So Thanks for all of your guidance and superb videos. Your work here is saving lives! Bravo!

# 4 - so true! I learned years ago not to say, “I am a diabetic” but instead, “I am a mother, wife and graphic artist with diabetes”. I’m NOT my disease!

I am so glad I found your videos. I started feeling off balance (not really dizzy), foggy, removed about 2 years ago. My vision was also blurry and sometimes I had double vision. I finally was diagnosed with BVD (2022) and got prisms which corrected my double vision and helped with my poor depth perception. That being said the off balance, dizzy, foggy, buzzy, removed feeling is still with me pretty much 100% of the day (but especially when walking around or driving). I also have always had migrane headaches (over one eye) and lately have added neck tension issues, lower back pain, head pressure and a week of sudden vertigo. I am an ultra runner and although I am not currently doing ultra races, I refuse to give up my trail running although it is difficult at times and honestly anxiety provoking. BUT it is also one of the last few things that allows me to feel like me. My eye dr. prescribed some VT but I didn't notice improvement in dizziness. Now she has me doing light therapy and I am also seeing a craniosacral physical therapist. It feels like there are a million possibilities of places to go and things to do and we all just want to do what is going to help...but we don't know. I am a chronically anxious person and I felt like perhaps this all started. because I was in a constant state of fight or flight...just trying to always do the right thing and feeling anxious about just about everything. I went from a really happy person to one who honesly feels like crying most days. Yet, I keep going. If you have any suggestions of specific videos to watch, I would appreciate the recommendations. Thanks.

You are brilliant. I can’t wait to get started

Mine all started this year in January from covid. Up until last week I was dealing every day with symptoms. Last week I started having moments of normalcy. Every day this week has gotten better. I few roughly 95 percent better. I find I still have moments throughout the day I have a moment where symptoms flare a bit. You will all recover. I find my anxiety flares it up. Mine is worst in the mornings upon waking. I calm down and I am good Feeling so good flying out this Wednesday with my oldest boy for a week long of surfing. Flying tips or just go on with life and let it happen? I think the stress of it all causes all the things that happen. Just go with the flow

Perfection as usual!

Wow I really needed to hear that today. I'm guilty of some of those habits and didn't even realize it. Thank u Dr Yoni

Spot on as usual Dr. Yo! At the start I made the mistake of spending way too much time in groups where there was loads of anxiety and mostly people seemingly resigned to what they were dealing with and researching symptoms etc. As soon as I abandoned the habits I started to see improvement.

You are amazing. All you say is spot on. Thanks for your excellent guidance!! Linda

This was SO helpful. Thank you.

This all makes a lot of sense thank you Yonit. Really when I think about it, not focussing on fixing is actually less stressful… No Have To just Go With it.

Thanks Dr Yo. Another great video. You have an amazing ability to simplify everything. I’ve been down the metaphorical rabbit hole which led me to you, wonderland! And on my journey and through your videos I’ve identified that my 31 year old daughter’s chronic pain journey could also be a nervous system condition (you recommended SIRPA). It’s taken her a while to get onboard but the penny has finally dropped for her and I hope she too will be able to heal as I have. Have you ever considered making videos for pain also? SIRPA is great but no one explains things quite like you do.. ❤️🇬🇧

Excellent video. Like the examples given with of each.

I’m so glad I came across this video. When I first got diagnosed I ran straight to an online support group. I would read daily about symptoms and every thing people were saying started having me focused on the negative and enhanced my feelings. Which was no way to recover. So everything you are saying does make sense.

I've been a member in a group on Facebook almost since day one of my symptoms. Thought it was a good representation of the "Reality" of these kind of disorders and I've lost a lot of hope because of it. Most people in this group have had dizziness for 6-30 years, and it's getting worse each year for them. I've been dizzy for 1 year now and I'm desperate for hope and some kind of positive outlook on the future. Maybe I accidentally created the opposite by joining that group. Thank you for pointing this out. I'm leaving that group right now!

I gave up Google doc. Years ago.. Best thing I ever did..

As always beautiful video! Support groups are good.. until a certain point, they are good to research at the beginning, but then we have to remember everyone is different

Absolutely Brilliant advise. Thank you so much.

I have found your work so helpful, especially sending myself messages that I am safe. I will begin to do this in the morning.

Thank you. Super helpful thanks 😊

Im so glad i found you. Dizziness started after Covid in January 2023. After lots of testing and nerve racking months it slowly went away after approximately 3 months. It came back with a vengeance after a extremely stressful month and a chiropractic adjustment. I felt the brief moment of dizziness as the adjustment happened and last evening it just came back. This time I'm doing exercises and listening to your videos. I will as of today stop researching my symptoms, i do that ceaselessly.

I truly wish I could remember to sign up for your membership. Sounds funny but I literally had to rewind so many times because I get lost in thought or whatever. Eventually I will get there though.

This video is just what I needed to hear. Thank you especially for mentioning that people who have already recovered are the ones leaving groups so you are getting a negative bias in them. This might be a little different but can spending too much time on the screen ruin your progress? I am in front of a screen all day for my job which makes me feel more dizzy and I’m afraid it’s going to prevent me from recovering.

Just beginning this journey of healing. I had middle fossa brain surgery for a vestibular schwannoma in 2020 and my right balance nerve was severed. They said my left balance nerve would adapt within 6-8 weeks and it didn’t. In fact, I’m more off balance now than I was then. My new neurologist asked extensive questions and did testing to rule out other conditions and said that I have PPPD (persistent postural perceptive disorder). I’m looking forward to following you. This video was very helpful! Thank you ⚖️

Thank you for this!

I had never heard of pppd until yesterday.

I have started recovery since i did your exercises ,tomorrow will be my fourth day of doing the exercises ,i also learned breathing!Thank you!

I am in currently in Bolivia where I was born, in the city of La Paz which is the highest or second highest city in the world. It’s a beautiful place and close to my heart but the altitude is frightening to say the least. I want to say thank you for giving me the courage to make the trip to see my family. Even though I feel woozy and not all there, one thing that helped that you told me in one of our sessions is that I’m not alone, almost everyone feels like this here at first. I just have to turn down the signals of fear and realize that it’s normal to feel uneasy a million feet above sea level. And this technique is something that has helped me tremendously in everyday life. Everyone has little moments of feeling weird. We just have to not feed into the fear that there is something wrong with us. This soothes that feeling of dizziness. At times it can even make it disappear for a while. But even if it comes back which it probably will it’s ok. It won’t be here forever. Thank you again!!!

I just got on my group list and I unfollowed all them.. Just seeing some posts while I unfollowed them made me feel worse... I look for people with same symptoms.. But it definitely causes despair when I'm on them...

You are soooo right yonit..

Thank you so much for this! I'm working through the free training you provide on the site (AMAZING STUFF!) but was curious to know if this VM issue/neural circuit dizziness has taken off in recent years or have you seen this diagnoses for a lengthy amount of time? Thanks for any info! Regarding VM -stress, air pods, beats headphones, Covid, trauma, and tons of other stuff played a huge part in bringing out the full impact of my migraines and dizziness and then the onslaught of symptoms that followed (panic attacks, heart racing, dereliction, dizziness, etc.). I appreciate your discernment/wisdom on this topic and how you even highlight the issues with having an incongruent view of self/rigid view of self/and the need to show compassion even to one's self. thanks again for all the info and I wish everyone courage and quick healing.

Hello, Dr. Yo! I had vestibular Neuritis back in May of 2022 and the fear/anxiety from that resulted in a PPPD diagnosis for me back in October of 2022. I'm dealing with bad anxiety and dizziness. Your videos are helping me. I see that you have a training course but I would like to know more about it. I feel like it will really help with my condition.

You’re spot on with the “checking for dizziness” being a big problem. I really struggle with constant checking when I’m in a supermarket or visually busy place where I get my symptoms, do you have any tips for stopping the process?

Hi Dr Yonit, another great video, thank you. You are 100% right . In the early days I researched SO much and looked at groups and forums but they were so depressing and I left them quite quickly. I now tend to stick with positive videos on RU-vid, mainly yours!! I also love Dan Buglio and listening to Dr Claire Weekes. I also bring you to mind whenever I have a blip or an off day 😊 I have definitely found that since finding you and others that offer positivity, that in itself has been a game changer! To realise that the symptoms wouldn’t last forever were a start to recovery. It’s something to give people hope which is so important. Thank you 😊

I’m so glad I found your videos. They are so helpful. I’m not dizzy in the house anymore, but when I go to a store that’s a different story. Some stores make me dizzier than others. What kind of habits/exercises will help with that?! Thank you so much!

I think I feel safer just by listening to you. I know it's a step in the right direction. It's taking me forever to get a real diagnosis so your videos help in the meantime. It's hard not to deep dive into your symptoms when It takes so long to get a doctor's appointment. I did your free course and I definitely felt better. It's a process. I wish it was a switch we could just turn off. Thank you for your wealth of knowledge on this subject.

Hello😊 I am recovering from neuritis that happened in februari 23. I try to be physically active but I since the neuritis have chronic dizzyness and pppd probably (ENT thinks). Riding my bike is difficult. I have felt really sick for a couple of times now from being in busy surroundings. I became very quickly sensory overloaded and have to rest for days after. Also I am trying to finish my masters degree and still working the last weeks of my internship. It's a struggle but I hope I can do it. I have noticed when I see my own clients, sometimes the dizzyness fades a bit to the background😊. I am going to watch your videos and push myself but not try to over do it. I am determined to become better! I hope I can go to parties again, and to shopping and work a full week. I miss it. This video was awesome and very helpful thank you I am going to use it!!

Hi Dock, I daily enjoy your knowledge, I have had several mini strokes and a damaged Neck, with dizziness that that has completely altered my life style! please guide me.

#2 and #3 are definitely valid causes at the onset of your affliction. #1 though, if YT is social media, does that mean clicking the thumbs up would be a bad thing ? Because it would mean that more of your videos would appear on our homepages, giving PPPD much more prominence than it deserves.

Dr Yo, you are such a voice of calm and sanity. My question for you is, do you see clients who subconsciously don't want to get better? The symptoms give them an excuse to avoid addressing the real problem in their life. I am not suggesting that the person is faking it or making themselves sick, but that the symptoms could be serving a maladaptive purpose for the person. The symptoms, tests, doctor and hospital visits give them something they are missing in life. Asking about a family member who has a textbook case of NCD and is resistant to doing your course.

Hi Dr. Yo, thank you so much for making those videos. This is probably the most helpful information I have learned in the past three years since I got the concussion. No doctors or therapist seemed to get me to where I could function as well as before. So keeping my body feel safe has been very challenging for me, because I got a concussion from sports, so now whenever I exercise, as soon as my heart rate rises to 150, I will start to feel dizzy and feel myself going crazy. Is there something I can do to work on that? Thank you so much!

Hello Doctor. Have been watching your videos from the past few weeks. Amazing stuff. I actually contracted covid last year in april and there was this onset of imbalance from then on. It’s been 17 months now. I still have these symptoms. I have done all blood work and MRI and everything is fine. Even my neurologist is a little confused now. I have even done a VEMP test to check for vestibular issues but they all came out good. I initially thought it could be POTS but my heart rate and blood pressure always seem fine when upright and supine. I came across PPPD and the symptoms are very close to what I experience. I feel a little imbalanced. This sensation varies from day to day. Some days I am good but others I feel the imbalance. Passive motion like riding a bike or in a car when I am sitting or lying down feels back to normal. I am still working and I try and do most of the activities but it’s like there is something which still needs to be fixed. I don’t feel 100% yet and how I was pre Covid. It’s like this switch that needs to be turned off for me to feel better. Please advice. Thanks 🙏

Kiitos🙏, thank you💕

I have extreme IBS as well as dizziness. I was wondering if the 2 are related or somehow intertwined on a mental or psychological level? Thanks...great video and information.

Excellent video. The five habits keeping the dizziness going makes so much sense… I am guilty of a couple of these habits. I have researched PPPD to exhaustion only because Ive been trying to figure this out on my own. The Doctors seem clueless. It seems I’ve gotten stuck in an excessive researching rut. Doctors have put me on many different medications since this began. Currently I’m taking three, per their recommendations. The meds actually have only made me feel more sick and dizzy. They think they know what they are doing but they only seem to want to give me meds. Currently the meds are all to treat anxiety. The anxiety is mostly fear of falling and consciousness of the profuse sweating that results .. they don’t mitigate the dizziness, instead they seem to increase it. I think I’d do much better without their “help”. I was never on meds until I met the first doctor who initially wanted to treat me for my chronic dizziness but now has shifted to meds for anxiety. I used to be a gymnast.! NEVER HAD A FEAR OF FALLING. I developed the fear after numerous painfull falls from the PPPD. As I said, I NEVER had a fear of falling, but now I can’t seem shake it. Breathing and meditation seems to help me much more than the medications For the anxiety. Now if only I could convince my doctor to get me off the meds . I will try again to discuss it. She said not to get off of them, that I need them to treat the anxiety, but I will discuss with her again at my next appointment. Thank you. I will cut some stress out by cutting back on the researching and the negative talk. I really appreciate you and feel there is a light at the end of this tunnel.

Hi im only 22 and currently 7 months in with dizziness 24/7. I havent experienced any vertigo or spinning, nothing really triggers me ( i am able to drive, go to stores and stuff. I can stand up, or be lying down, the dizziness just remains the same but im dizzy or (tipsy ) everyday which is how I describe it and I sometimes cry because im young and I feel like I don’t see the light at the end of the tunnel, i get tired of being dizzy everyday, its consuming. I did a hearing test and everything came back normal. Going for vng on august 21 but idk what to expect, I don’t have a diagnosis yet and everything started suddenly for me, my ENT said I have ETD, but im not sure if that’s what it is, everything is soo confusing. Im glad i found you

Again, so helpful. You are so on point with every podcast. You really "get" pppd. I am so fearful on restarting some yoga poses. I'm fearful of lying flat in bed. Any suggestions on how to plunge into the fear? Hard to do it slowly. Thank you

This is just SOOOO meeee... a year ago i looked like you: sporty, super body, energetic, positive... now i am living with a dizzynest every day... i have Hashimoto- could it be that this is also why i am dizzy? I am figting every day with my health and just missing my "old me"... i was never afraid... now i am afraid to work out, to shopping, to drive a car, to even go for a walk- because of dizzy feeling... is like i am living on a boat all the time. Thank for halo

Thank you, Dr. Yonit. Another great video. A “habit” I have is not sleeping well most nights and I know it’s not helping my recovery. I’m not very tired at night and have tried videos for sleeping etc. I have resisted meds for so long, but feel I need to try. I don’t want their side effects on top of this. After my brain surgeries, I’ve been on a walker. (Which I plan to overcome at some point). Can I ask what you usually recommend for people with this issue? Certain natural supplements, I can’t take. Thank you.

Can you do a video of why mdds and dizziness spikes when overnight wake ups happens?? It’s awful 😢

I have had dizziness and light headedness since I had COVID 19. I cannot stand without dizziness. I sit all day long.

What is the difference between "not checking" and "not avoiding" which you talk about in another video?

Hi Dr Yo, should I keep doing VRT exercises if they make me nauseous? I have understood that the whole point of them is to retrain your brain to get used to movement again, but I’m not sure if I should continue doing them because I always feel dizzy and nauseous after doing them. Thank you so much, and I can’t wait to tell you about my success story one day!

So, you have a ton of videos. Which would you recommend for me? I have tinnitus 24/7 starting 1/6/24 and dizziness which seems to be related to my eyes which.. I cant explain but just feel very strange. Hard time visually focusing, lots of squinting. I don't think my anxiety and stress is high at all.

I have chronic vestibular migrane..Im on topiramate ,spinfree,and some antidepressants.The severe head pressure ,neckpain,and balance issues which trigger anxiety attacks.Im currently on a job surviving every minute of my life thinking abou this because most of the time im symptomatic 😢

Hello dr. Yonit, I have a question for you, I was diagnose with mdds after a flight and I also have a noise sensitivity. Even when I talk my eardrum is sometimes super sensitive to my own voice. Is that commun? Normal? The plane was very loud and noisy during the flight so I’m not sure if my ear are sensitive bc of the mdds or the plane noise. And is it temporary? Thank you so much in advance. I couldn’t find the answers on the internet

How do I join the membership please?

I don't look at my Mdds group so often now. It often ends up with me encouraging others to stay strong and keep doing activities. I just need to work on those myself now.

I haven’t slept properly for a year now it went from insomnia from stress and anxiety to my neck hurts and I can’t find a good sleeping position to now I’m floating inside my body regardless of what sleeping position im in. I just want to sleep again at night and not have panic attacks in the daytime 😢

Im worse when I go to school when a turn my head its the worst while walking help me please i dont know what should I do to get better nothing Works this is 6 months constantly

Hello Dr. I'm Thomas, from Italy. I'm in my journey towards recovery and after having worked with a psychoanalist I'd like to try different therapeutical approaches. Can you give me any advice on what kind of psychologist would help someone with PPPD the most? I know about CBT, but having talked with some of therapists I feel like they work at their best when it's about very specific situation ( like fear of flying and so on). I think I have internalized anxiety pattern and unexpressed emotions/trauma and would like to find a professional who focus on that. I've seen you mentioning somatic experiencing and ISPD. Since it's hard to find a specialist where I live I'd love it if you can give me more information about what I should look into. Thank you. Love your work.

Although I agree to a certain extent, this also feels a bit like victim blaming. It feels like there could be a middle ground somewhere, a recognition that there are things beyond our control that make whatever our symptoms are, worse. None of us lives in a vacuum where we can isolate a single contributor to an uptake in any symptom at any point in time. Life would be so much easier if we could, but in my experience it's not reality.

Hi Dr Yonit, I undergone tympanomastoidectomy twice (2021 and 2022) and I still experiencing this weird sensation (like elevator dropping/rocking on boat) everyday 24/7. I thought this will be gone after removing the ear infection. Is this PPPD or is it the ear infection still ? Am I going to feel normal again 😢

If you have BPV do you have to get the manuever done to get better? I have neck issues and don't want to get this done as I am afraid it will hurt my neck more. I have heard that the crystals dissolve in time on their own. I did watch your video on BPV, but have so much fear about my neck being moved this way with the manuever that I have not done this yet.

i wake up with the dizziness and also have it in my dreams(

Hi Dr. Yo! Can an individual fully recover if they have family members (people they can't separate from) that cause stress/anxiety?

I was feeling very hopeful and seemed to be getting better. But now im worried and confused. What do you know about long covid. Can it cause pppd. Can it be mistaken as pppd and vice versa. Thank you.

Dr do u think POTS is also a form of neural circuit dizziness? since it's a type of dysautonomia . But the symptoms of POTS are more than just constant lightheadedness and fatigue...it causes unexplained chills and hot flashes ( unable to regulate temprature) and crazyyy heart palpitations too... plus nausea. But i'm here watching ur videos trying to get rid of my symptoms with practicing what u say. Do u think it will work for POTS too or is that a totally different chronic illness and needs different type of care ( aside from compression socks and huge amounts of salt and exercise)

Question - I hope You see this - is there a link Between vestibular issues and nocturnal panic attacks ? Never had them before my peripheral vestibular dysfunction

I’m guilty. I tend to gravitate to your channel when I’m having a hard time. It’s a damn if you do and don’t. Which always leaves me with the big question, what do I do? And I’m always left with these words, “I’m so confused.” Plus I feel unqualified to execute these highly complex initiatives.

Does anyone have a sensation like their feet are going to slip when walking on smooth surfaces ? It feels like I am walking on ice and I'm going to fall because my feet are about to shoot out from beneath me. I tend to walk hunched over because of this. When I walk on carpet or grass (what I call traction positive surfaces) I tend to straighten up almost immediately and walk almost normal again. I think it might be related to PPPD because open spaces and busy patterns bother me now. I do get vertigo because of a crystal in my ear (I get the whole world turning . I have to grab the mattress because I feel like I am going to fall) I cannot find anything at all on the internet about this. I do walk a little better when barefoot if my feet are lightly damp at home (I have tile floors) thanks

Hiiii dr yonit this is my six month in of dizziness I don’t know but every time my symptoms changes and when I’m travelling by car or flight my symptoms get triggered and same way while doing gym which worsens my symptoms and I feels so anxious 😥 but I want to ask is it normal??? and According to u as u deal with lots of period how much time mostly patient takes according to ur study dr ??

Mam I m 24 7 dizziness off balance fear all time On bed I feel m flying .during lunch I feel so much spinning so I m not able to sit or eat properly. I made me more anxious. Doctor said its phycho vertigo I dont wana use medicine wat my I do

I was almost 3 days without dizziness. Just very mild. Then all of a sudden without any head movement it was back to severe!!!! I cannot understand this behavior. How can this happen? I was so happy and so sad that within seconds the dizziness was back. What is going on

I don’t feel dizzy really at all when I first wake up then it gets bad about an hour after waking up. Do you know why?

I've found that a quick straight slide can take me from dizzy to lucid, but I'm not sure if it's the right thing to do? Or maybe it's aggravating

Thank you for your teaching! So very helpful! You get it! Have struggled with bilateral hearing loss after taking Covid vaccine in 2021 and then having Covid 2023. Dx. with Sensorineural hearing loss bilateral, tinnitus bilateral, vertigo and now vestibular dysfunction. Have had to go on long term disability from a fulfilling job, everyday tasks, emotional, fearful, worrisome etc and driving a challenge. In process of using hearing aids and going thru vestibular rehab. So grateful for your videos! Thank you! Any more information or contact would be appreciated!

❤

is it possible that dizziness/head pressure and neck pain can be made worse by things like weather change/barometric pressure? Mine seems to get worse randomly and im starting to think environmental issues may be making it worse.

Is it possible that someone can recover completely without the ever symptoms coming back.

So groups about dizziness are not good right??

Is there any opportunity to contact you directly ? I think you may be the only human as a doc to know something about pppd. :)