Sam D.'s Success Story: recovery from visual symptoms, dizziness & 20 years of fibromyalgia

[@caal8663]

dr yo, my number 1 motivation for recovery is to one day write you a letter to say i am 100% symptom free. you’ve been there in my darkest times and provided me the answer to every question i’ve had on this condition through your videos. again thank you !

[@TheSteadyCoach]

I can't wait to get that email!

[@gracekazadicoaching]

Same here, thank you Dr. Yo❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@KTKat999]

Sam was in the group when I first started attending and was always so wise and inspiring to listen to! ❤

[@bonniebean4776]

Love hearing live stories give me hope and confidence 🙏 ❤️ working on myself Thanks

[@ShaneFindlay-w2u]

My symptoms started after my vaccinations. Thank you for sharing.

[@catcatcatt1]

The pacing around the house at night …. Ugh yes

[@michellebrinsden4941]

Sam...this is Michelle Brinsden. I'm so so happy for you ❤

[@edwinaastley6421]

Oh my Sam this is the life I have lived and I know that fear every day of can I pick up my kid soooo well. Very happy for you. I’m on my way too!

[@escapingbenzoozhopehelphea523]

I had a little Long Covid for 5 months, and somatic tracking helped me see it was neuroplastic. It's now long over. I've had MEFM for over 50 years, so that will take a little longer - but I'm already seeing amazing improvements! Dr. Yo, your somatic tracking videos are SO helpful, and the success stories are inspiring, especially when we have setbacks. I developed performer's anxiety too after Covid - and your anxiety and pain somatic videos were pivotal in getting me back storytelling in public and getting great responses! Many thanks.

[@TheSteadyCoach]

You are so welcome! Loved reading more about your story in this and other comments!

[@LenaP1998]

I have those glasses and though they worked sometimes I despised them. They were a constant reminder.

[@sindi13]

thanks for everything you guys are doing! things like these stories are the only light for us who have little kids and deal with chronic dizziness24/7

[@TheSteadyCoach]

You are not alone! ❤

[@mojitocities]

It's always the details that hit in the success stories, those little things in recovery that we have in common! Thank you Sam for bravely sharing your story and good luck!! Thank you as always Dr.Yo!

[@j0e1s2s3]

Thank you so so much for this talk. Hearing that you went back to work although you were not fully recovered and still got better helps me SO much! I was doing really good until I started to look for jobs. Now I have a real uncomfortable "parts party" in resistance because work was a big component where I could not set boundaries leading to sickness. I try to listen to them and comfort them. But maybe accepting the resistance and symptoms and prove that I can work again and do better is the missing key.

[@TheSteadyCoach]

I can’t wait to hear how it goes. You’ve got this.

[@shaneboswell9872]

Hey Dr. Yo, I feel like I was finally getting better after dealing with this dizziness since last Aug. and now it’s back with a vengeance!

[@leonkennedy3398]

Up and downs is expected in recovery

[@carolesmith2675]

Same here mine started last July and it's come back too. You're not alone

[@JonnyQ408]

Same I was dizzy, with panic attacks for 1 1/2 year from 2016 late 2017, I was panic free for 5 and half year and in July 2023 I woke up back to back days with vertigo, and my panic attacks are back

[@TheSteadyCoach]

Ups and downs are totally normal, and it doesn't mean you're not moving forward. Hang in there and keep going.

[@shaneboswell9872]

It’s possible that my timeline in my mind when I should be better is making it worse!

[@Janine-cd8fi]

Hey Dr. Yo & Sam! Thanks for this great success story 😊 Do you both have tips on managing dizziness during screentime and work? As I go back to work in May again, I‘m afraid because on bad days screentime is still really exhausting to me and I couldn’t find any tools for that situation yet

[@KatiJub-bf2od]

I love hearing these stories,thank you so so much for helping us Dr Yo 💓 greetings and hugs from Duisburg (Germany)

[@TheSteadyCoach]

You are so welcome!

[@sindi13]

hi im also from duisburg germany, how are you doing

[@gtessgossage3867]

April 2022, had to have 3rd Covid 19 vaccination for work, shortly after, symptoms began, worsened, Moresx including new onset painful TAC migraines imbalanced ear tinnitus painful eye ptosis. On and on from very healthy to alone in pain. Found you all

[@BlessedKarma10]

There's a lot to be said about that vaccine. I'm sorry for what happened.

[@TheSteadyCoach]

I'm sorry that happened to you. I hope this channel gives you HOPE and the tools you need! You can recover.

[@davidrager8813]

I have been at this for 2 years. I can say I have made significant progress. I still have pretty much non-stop sensations. I do mostly normal things, but I am not going to pretend....its still very challenging pretty much all of the time. I have had sensations for 2 decades though, so maybe maybe it just takes longer to refrain the brain.

[@rachelfritz8249]

Saw your comment and thought wow I could have wrote this myself! Thankful to feel better but wouldn’t mind being free of these symptoms someday 💞

[@TheSteadyCoach]

Wonderful to hear of your progress. I think it needs to be normalized that it takes some people longer than others.

[@avamiller2325]

That’s me to the point, just hoping it will over soon for us🙏🏼

[@nithinv48]

What kinda specs she wearing

[@catcatcatt1]

Thank you ! Very very relatable

[@JMac-1244]

Sam, thank you so much for sharing. The part that gave me great hope was talking about going back to work. You said it was hard but you managed. Thank you as I’m on my way there after 2 years and I’m scared. Also, always the hope that I’m not the exception. And thank you Dr. Yo for your lovely caring approach.

[@TheSteadyCoach]

You're not the exception !

[@daumele]

I am still not sure if I have this condition or depersonalization/derealization disorder. I never had vertigo, but I have been dizzy. I have tinnitus, floaters, my brain gets shut down under stress, I have pressure in head, ear fulness, random onset of fear and anxiety, etc. but all of those symptoms are equally probable for both conditions. I would say I am muuuch better but some symptoms still linger. What do you think Dr. Yo, should I choose one and work on it? No one ever gave me "official" diagnosis.

[@TheSteadyCoach]

I think they are two sides of the same coin! Addressing them as a central nervous system sensitization issue (neural circuit issue) is a good bet.

[@leannmw]

I have been dealing with PPPD for nearly 2 years. I have tried pt, ot, chiro, ENT, and now i am starting vision therapy. Which has me wondering what the glasses are for? Is it a certain type or a prescription?

[@janiceince1965]

I was having such a rough night and watched this video and felt better emotionally and symptoms.. Thank you....i find watching recovery stories really helps me when I become overwhelmed and hopeless..

[@DiamondForevah]

Thanks for another video Dr.Yo! Can you please tell me if is it possible to recover even when pppd started with Xanax cold turkey? Because I also saw that Dr David Haley who I respect a lot says that pppd is often caused by drugs, and that’s not solved by trauma therapy.. when I watch your success stories or read comments here people seem to have less hard symptoms.. I wonder if the cold turkey had made some damage that could last for many years or even forever..

[@Lia-ih7qu]

Good question. A lot of meds have withdrawal symptoms when stopped cold turkey. Maybe why doctors say it's so "complicated" to get an accurate diagnosis? 🤔

[@escapingbenzoozhopehelphea523]

I was cold-turkeyed off Clonazepam, and I recovered 80% from fibromyalgia and COMPLETELY from chronic fatigue syndrome entirely on my own. (I DID suffer several years of benzo withdrawal, but that eventually passed.) I experienced 167 of 200 withdrawal symptoms - but I'm glad to say they've all resolved. Now that I am doing somatic work, that too is changing and I hope to beat my old record and recover completely this time! I wish I'd known about somatic tracking earlier in my withdrawal journey, as benzo withdrawal also causes 24/7 fight or flight, and the more you can calm that to Rest and Digest, the faster the symptoms pass. (Though it's caused by downregulated receptors, over-focusing on symptoms and becoming terrified makes the symptoms worse and longer lasting.) We DO heal - and I know lots of people who were cold-turkeyed who completely recovered - their withdrawals just lasted longer. By taking action and empowering yourself with somatic tracking, journaling for complex emotions, plus shaking and dancing. Chi Gong or yoga, time spent in nature - you can heal MUCH more rapidly! Best of luck.

[@TheSteadyCoach]

Please see the comment below! I'm not saying that there isn't an initial CAUSE that is biological, or that biology is irrelevant- withdrawal can certainly lead to symptoms. But the brain and body heal. When symptoms persist for a long time without evidence of damage, to me that indicates a neuroplastic issue, not a biological one.

[@DiamondForevah]

@@TheSteadyCoach thanks dr. Yo I truly hope you’re right, because for Dr. David Haley is a neurological disorder.. I just get scared when I see people here commenting they can do way more things than I actually can.. just lifting weights for a minute makes me exhausted and dizzy that I have to lie down and sleep and I need hours to recover..

[@escapingbenzoozhopehelphea523]

@@DiamondForevah I've been where you are and I understand completely. I was mostly housebound and disabled for 20 years by "MEFM" and medication. But I've literally come from crawling - my blood pressure was so incurably low - to dancing! Dr Healy is a wonderful psychiatric historian - but he clearly isn't aware of neuroplasticity and somatic work (as so many doctors aren't). Dr. Yonit and many others are proving it's value as people recover completely from decades of chronic problems! I already "Escaped from Benzo Oz" and recovered from benzo withdrawal. Now I am working to heal completely by doing somatic work and facing old trauma. Keep doing the work of somatic tracking, and trust the process. When the changes and healing begin, you'll be as amazed and delighted as I am! Best of luck, Linda

[@AnitaPerrine]

😊sounds like there might be an OCD component to all of this. When I first looked up PPPD years ago it said suffers were chronic worriers by nature.

[@TheSteadyCoach]

For many people, absolutely! Not all of them, but many of them!

[@catcatcatt1]

I’ve been a hypochondriac since I was very little too

[@angelacline4865]

Where is the group and where did she find the glasses

[@janiceince1965]

Amazon has them...migraine glasses

[@chrislasala]

Can you please do a video on how to tell the difference between bvd and pppd

[@TheSteadyCoach]

I address this specifically here kzbin.info/www/bejne/pWGpZ6GVhqdnn7c

[@chrislasala]

@@TheSteadyCoach Thank you so much ..I'm stuck in between thinking PPPD and BVD it is so hard to know what it is ...but my eye is feeling like i cant get it to go where it should. Neurological Symptoms are savage. Like living in hell

[@CaireenNa]

Hi Dr. Yo, did Sam recover from her visual symptoms too? I dont think that was mentioned in the video.

[@mystuff2014]

Hi there, yes I have. And by that I mean that I am no longer bothered by visual symptoms like I used to be. They are certainly better, but there are days where things may seem blurrier or just look off - however, I no longer let myself get emotionally involved with the sensations. So even on days where I feel or notice more symptoms not judging myself for having them allows me to still have a good day.

[@TheSteadyCoach]

And just to piggyback off of what Sam said- we talked about this toward the end of this conversation- most of the weird visual sensations are gone. And others I've worked with had them completely resolve, like Sam M. (also a recovery story).

[@CaireenNa]

@@TheSteadyCoach That's excellent news! Thank You!

[@CaireenNa]

@@mystuff2014 Thank you for your response! That's great news!

[@authenticdishesbytee1054]

Good day! Is headache one of the symptoms?

[@BlessedKarma10]

Yes, next level

[@mystuff2014]

Yes it sure is

[@authenticdishesbytee1054]

Thank you. That’s the level I’m at right now & it’s not an easy road

[@loboo77s]

I have been living with pppd for over 1 year. Has previously had both physical and mental problems. My pppd has made me lose all my balance. Can walk with a walker since 9 months ago. Dizziness leading to nausea and vomiting. Dizziness even when I sit and lie down and other common problems that you get from pppd. Is it normal to suffer like this? Haven't heard of anyone else who has lost their balance completely. Can't stand up without holding me. Is there anyone who would be kind enough to answer ❤️

[@jewels8963]

How do you actually identify with where the symptoms are coming from? What if you are just stumped trying to figure it out in order to heal? This is something I’ve been trying to understand for awhile now

[@cbreighner2136]

I think you may never know. Just “let it go.” And, that’s a HARD thing for me….just allowing things to be and talking myself into feeling safe-safe-safe. I keep telling myself to stop trying so hard. I’m a slllooowww learner, for sure.😅

[@TheSteadyCoach]

I think C has it right! There’s never just one thing and it’s ok not to know for sure which things were the cause.

[@adityadeore1753]

Is she wearing fl41 tint

[@sripriyashankar5570]

Hi Dr Yo. Do you know what techniques helped her in her recovery. Breathing/ Somatic tracking and how often did she perform those in a day or a week?

[@TheSteadyCoach]

Most of what helped Sam was being part of the coaching group and having it normalized for her that there was nothing wrong with her, and treating herself with more kindness and compassion while she started doing more things she was avoiding.

[@pattyboucetta1897]

You were poisoned. 100%.