Vivian's Success Story: recovery from 24/7 post Covid dizziness, swaying, visual vertigo & more

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It was an honor to meet Vivian for this interview so she could share her success story with those of you who need to hear that recovery is possible. Vivian is a personal trainer and extremely healthy and active. In mid-2022, after a bout of Covid, Vivian found herself suffering from increasingly debilitating dizziness symptoms. An ER visit, a bunch of vestibular rehabilitation therapy and several doctors appointments later, Vivian had no answers and found herself falling into despair. When she found my channel, she was skeptical- but decided to give the techniques we talk about here a try. To her surprise, she started getting better. Nowadays, Vivian is back to training and feeling great, and she shares her journey and the tools that got her there in this interview.
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00:00:00 Intro & about Vivian
00:05:06 The pros and cons of being told that chronic dizziness is stress related
00:10:11 Dizziness started after Covid in August in 2022 - heaviness, trampoline walking, insomnia, high heart rate, swaying
00:15:05 Being in a car made her feel better- even if the car wasn't moving!
00:16:18 Accumulated stress, negative thinking/anxiety/worries all built up before the symptoms started
00:18:02 What life was like at the peak of symptoms: constant dizziness, fall, ER visit
00:23:46 No answers from the doctors or vestibular therapist
00:28:15 She was skeptical when she first found my channel but felt she had nothing to lose
00:32:24 Ups and downs have defined Vivian's recovery
00:38:49 How to let go of the timeline and not freak out about the ups and downs
00:48:30 Other factors that helped Vivian: supportive & understanding partner, leaving negative social media behind, creating a "hope folder," accumulating small victories
00:56:16 What Vivian is working on now: feeling emotions DISCLAIMER: Please note that Yonit Arthur, The Steady Coach and any of our other guests are not acting as an audiologist nor offering audiology or medical services services or advice on any public videos or on any other content. This channel provides wellness education and personal opinion only, and are not meant to be a substitute for medical or mental health instruction or intervention. Use any tools discussed at your own risk.

[@ravi_rskr5599]

What Vivian said about those supporting groups in FB is absolutely 100% correct. I joined almost 10 supporting groups and was almost checking all day for support. But I never realised that they are not supporting in fact, making me more sick and sick until I heard from one of Dr.Yo's videos. Oh God! My heart goes to those people in those groups. They are not realising how much they are hurting themselves from being in those groups. The admins of those groups really need some education on mental health. I tried to put up a message to avoid these groups as much as possible if you want to try out if that helps but they didnt approve those message. I explained in the post about mindbody approach but nah they are not in a position to listen to anyone. I felt it something like a cult group. After leaving those groups, my mental health has improved alot. THIS IS GREAT ADVICE from Vivian

[@chrisduncan3943]

I had all those same symptoms after covid including anxiety and dizziness but what stood out for me was when she mentions the wobbly head feeling. I had what I would describe as a "heavy head" at times, like I lacked the neck strength to hold my head up. I think all this "sensitized nervous system" stuff could all be treated the same way. I know watching some panic disorder channels like DARE and Shaan Kassam's channel were really helpful in helping me to desensitize.

[@TheSteadyCoach]

I agree! I’m glad you found those resources- I and people to them frequently.

[@chooseaname1423]

@@TheSteadyCoachI have this heavy head symptom too, but also what feels like an ache/pressure and loopy like feeling behind my eyes and in my forehead. I’m unsure if it’s part of the disequilibrium symptom or something seperate….can you tell me if that last one I mentioned is a symptom you’ve heard your patients describe and what might be causing that? It’s one of my worst symptoms. Feels like having a bad flu and people usually rest for the duration, but it never goes away and I can’t rest my life away, but it feels impossible to do anything requiring my eyes or heavy thinking. It’s so so awful. I did have something similar that started years ago, before my other symptoms, that I assumed were sinus related because I was scoped by an ent and when she sprayed the lidocaine I finally felt like I could fully open my eyes and think and not have my face scrunched with an RBF look all the time. I actually wanted to go out and live life that day. This feeling is similar, but does feel a little extra and seems to be teamed up with the other vestibular symptoms. One other time I felt better was during a breathing test they gave me C02 to breathe and for the first time in years I felt like I was awake and able to live my life like a normal person….but it only lasted 5-10min with that burst of extra C02 imagine my despair when they said they don’t prescribe that as treatment. With your education and experience, do you have an understanding of how C02 could make me feel better in terms of what condition or process is off in my body and how I could get help for it? I do have POTS and I heard that may be related but I don’t understand it. I was also diagnosed with hypersomnia around the same time as my vestibular issues (I fell asleep in under 30 seconds in all 4 naps during the nap study). It’s a struggle to just to keep my eyes open every day. Luckily I got disability, but it’s awful to live with….it feels like perpetual lack of sleep no matter what I do. They said I didn’t have apnea or narcolepsy. If you go a few nights with hardly any sleep and start to feel that pain that comes with it, like you can’t do anything but sleep and it takes days to recover….thats what every day of my life feels like. **I did notice that when a PT was evaluating my vestibular symptoms, I got progressively tired and my brain was like going in to a stupor like state and I couldn’t think and all I wanted to do was lay down and sleep. Of course the dizziness and nausea was there too. But that’s what makes me interested in hearing your take on this to see if they are related. Right now the sleep doctor gives me adderall and modafinil, I do have adhd, and it helps with that, but it only slightly makes me feel more awake. If I miss my adderall I could sleep for 18 hours and it wouldn’t feel like it had been that long. It’s crazy. Please share any insight you might have or point to a related video. Screens make me go in to that stupor state fast so it’s hard for me to go through and look for the right video to watch. (Thanks in advance)

[@justritasimi]

I have this too and from what i understand, the system got overstressed and sends a danger alarm via symptoms and even after the initial stressor is gone and the body and mind have been resting , the 'alarm ' is still 'on' even though there is no reason to be on because now the brain is hypersensitive to the stress ..it definitely takes time to heal and each victory is such a step forward 🙌 These recovery videos really help so much...when your in the trenches of it you feel like your the only one in the world with this. Its comforting to know we are not alone .

[@karladuncan6764]

I didn’t have Covid. My extreme dizziness came on two years ago after a surprise long term relationship breakup. My dizziness is severe and constant. If I sit or lay down, I am okay. But walking,standing, trying to do any housework, I have to sit back down. I have been a lifetime sufferer of anxiety, but this is 1000x worse than just anxiety. I’ve been extremely stressed and depressed.

[@TheSteadyCoach]

I am sorry you are going through this, Karla, but you are not alone and are in good company on this channel!

[@paulaspagnuolo8285]

You really hit the nail on the head. If more doctors could say early on - once physical issues are ruled out- that the chronic dizziness is likely a manifestation of stress overload and be able to explain how the nervous system can get stuck in fight-and-fight mode it would make a huge difference. I completely relate to Vivian’s story in her experience with the medical system.

[@TheSteadyCoach]

Yes, Paula! ❤

[@Liface]

Yep, it's about how they explain it.

[@snickers2000]

These symptoms have been part of my long covid journey also, 13 months now. Many of my issues have resolved but this one persists…. was so thrilled to hear someone else found relief in the car! I’ve been to vestibular therapy for months, and also working through the mind/body connection… i’m def improved but would love to help this recede even more. I also understand it be a common post viral thing, the brain still feeling threatened even tho the pathogen is gone.

[@TheSteadyCoach]

Yes!!! So glad you found my channel!

[@marlac.876]

yes!! 2.5 years post covid and rocking on a boat is still plaguing me

[@manikantabadam]

I also feel relief in motion

[@janiceince1965]

Thank you so much for mentioning Clare weeks.. Her books helped pull me through years ago from horrible anxiety..I have so much respect for her. I wish she was still alive

[@jackiegroden416]

How she explains the heavy head/ boggle head feeling is spot on… it felt like I couldn’t hold me head up and I’d need to prop my head up with my fingers… forgot about that symptom… lol

[@shandymonte]

How did it go away for you?!

[@TheSteadyCoach]

It's a weird one, definitely one I see a lot!

[@jackiegroden416]

@@shandymonte when I stopped trying to figure out what was “wrong” with me and I started putting into practice Dr Yo’s videos….

[@chrisduncan3943]

Me too!!! It was, in its own way, my most troubling symptom. It waxed and waned for a while and finally just went away completely once my anxiety and dizziness went away. It felt so physical. Then again, panic attacks are very physical but of course they're brought on by stress and a sensitized nervous system to the heavy head feeling should be no more of a surprise than a rapid heart rate or dizziness.

[@bjornhansson3897]

Have a few of these symptoms myself. The swaying has reduced and I feel more balanced, but have 24/7 visual issues, tinnitus and a feeling of being "off". Hard to explain to people but feels like being a little drunk all the time, and not in the "good" way. I have done all the testing and all is good. My symptoms showed up a few weeks after a bad cold i March 2023 and I suspect it was Covid because I had high fever for many days. I had my hearing checked and the audiologist told me she had other people telling her about these symptoms after Covid, so right now that's the best and only answer I've got to why I have these issues. Recently started the free course, so hoping it works for me :)

[@user-dg2pw2zv4k]

I can truly say that after following The Steady Coaches programme this is the only way to actually get better, Yonit is a true angel. I just wish everyone that has to go through this knows that’s this is available to them.

[@TheSteadyCoach]

What a lovely thing to say, thank you so much. Share it far and wide, it is why the course is free, no one has to go without help.

[@ashj_2088]

Hang in there guys 😥 We're not alone here 😎

[@TheSteadyCoach]

YES!! You are not alone!!

[@user-ro5ni8si1v]

Inspiring video! Thank you for the encouragement.

[@heleneboyer7719]

Thank you Dr Yo for this wonderful video with Vivian. ❤

[@TheSteadyCoach]

Helene!! So glad you enjoyed it!

[@lynnnestor7985]

A great interview Dr Yo + the deep messages for healing that keep coming through is CONTINUE to be compassionate with who you are becoming + move into a better version of yourself for the future. Vivian definitely has secured her full health by dropping any attachment to the timing. It’s a humbling lesson but our body is a miracle machine but it does determine the “when” it will heal. We need to surrender + step out of its way but coming to terms with what the fear cycle is doing is essential to enable us to accept.

[@TheSteadyCoach]

Lynn, when did you get so insightful???? 😍

[@darrend2035]

Soon as I heard about that one ER visit she basically fell apart on ,it really hit home !! I really feel you so much and I know what you were feeling sister 🙏🫶🏻 I’m 32 as well , it hit me end of summer 2022 !! I started getting depersonalization and felt off , then stood up and felt like something or someone hit me in the back of the head with a bat Extreme Dizzy. , Vertigo , headaches , shooting pain up the back of my head Ear ringing 😱 My Neck would Lock Up , tightness, high heart rate Random EXTREME PANICS I was like “ what in the fuck is this !!” I’ve been through some shit 5 years ago but this completely leveled me guys and I feel y’all Virtigo , anxiety, DIZZINESS, heart palpitations and tiredness have COMPLETELY DISAPPEARED 🎉🙌 But still battling daily headaches So I’m still here watching you guys as I heal all the way Hang in there peeps ❤

[@TheSteadyCoach]

What great progress, Darren! Thank you for your words of inspiration!

[@katiealanna]

I have so many similarities to Vivian's story! Got covid in late August 2022, then developed dizziness in late September 2022. I felt about 90-95% better for a couple months but currently going through a flare up 😔 I have hope that ill get to 100% eventually, it's just hard to manage my anxiety during flare ups. Also hard to not compare my recovery to others, but it really spoke to me when she said to surrender and let go of time to heal.

[@TheSteadyCoach]

Katie, I am thrilled to hear of your progress! I know it can be incredibly disheartening to deal with ups and downs. That's why I will keep making these videos. Then one day you'll be at 100% and won't need them.

[@katiealanna]

@@TheSteadyCoach thank you for saying that ❤️ it truly helps. I believe my anxiety has been triggering and perpetuating symptoms for the past few weeks! Trying to use all the tools you've given to get back to a more comfortable state.

[@darrend2035]

I completely understand what you feel Sometimes you just wanna scream and say F**k off and leave me alone !! It’s so frustrating But remember one thing The body is so powerful It’s documented people have healed from some of the deadliest diseases You will make it ✊✊✊✊

[@JDH213]

These are EXACTLY my dizzy symptoms since getting covid last November. I’m even fine in the car too, which never made sense to me. I am so so happy I saw this video. I’ve already been doing somatic meditations and just seeing this video is making me feel like the meditations are working if that makes sense. I just had a moment where I got dizzy and it didn’t bother me as much!

[@TheSteadyCoach]

Fantastic!!!

[@mojitocities]

WOW! I have been waiting so long on this channel to hear about high heart rate symptoms! you don't know how relieved I am! And I can't wait to get back on driving and cycling. I relate a lot with your story Vivian and I love how mindful you are! Wish you the best! and as always thanks a lot Dr Yo!

[@TheSteadyCoach]

Moujan, I’m so glad you heard Vivian describe this because it must be incredibly reassuring to you to know that she got better from it- it means you can too!

[@karistownsend8292]

Your video and story helped me so much with steps! Thank you so much Vivian and Dr. Yo! We love you!

[@TheSteadyCoach]

You're very welcome, Karis! I am so glad this helped.

[@BlessedKarma10]

Great interview congrats 🎉. Loved listening to it. I'm 6.5 months into pppd and mdds symptoms, I also feel great in the car. I have gone from acceptance to bargaining and back with the time lines, and have noticed how symptoms get better then get worse or disappear and reappear. My big take from all these bids is to live life. I'm driving, shopping, mowing my lawn again and doing most things except returning to study as its online and too stressful. Dr Yonits course is helping me live life again, I really feel in days yo come your work Dr Yonit will be noticed by so many especially when so many other doctors fail us.❤

[@TheSteadyCoach]

It's so good to see you living life more and more. And thank you so much for your kind words. There are just so many people who need the help- how can I not try?!?

[@funkymuffin221]

So much help from these. I’m learning to not focus on my symptoms I’ll come to learn that when my visual snow and dizziness if I don’t pay attention to it it falls back into the background and I almost don’t even notice it unless I’m having just a really bad day or if there’s extra stress such as aan argument in my family or if I miss work and bills get tight or if I start what if thoughts I’ll look forward to the day where I can look back and say I’m glad I’m not dizzy anymore but also walk back and say I’m glad I don’t have health anxiety OCD doom thoughts and can actually function without fear To be honest this has been a curse but in the end I believe it will be a blessing and changing who I am

[@TheSteadyCoach]

YES! I wish so much for you that you never had to suffer this way. But I fully believe and know that on the other side of this is a much fuller and happier life for you.

[@user-js3vz5sx2q]

I wish I would’ve seen this video sooner. It was really helpful for me. Vivian’s symptoms are spot on with mine. I’m going to make a note of the books she recommended.

[@TheSteadyCoach]

I'm glad her story resonated with you!

[@sdwl07]

Thank you for taking the time to share your story. It’s pretty much bang on with how I’ve been feeling off and on since 2021 except driving sucks for me lol. Looking back to when my symptoms first started there was a lot going on and now I’m putting two and two together and realizing that stress is a huge factor for sure. It is the factor. Summer 2022 I started seeing a neuroptometrist and he was super helpful. I started doing vision therapy and that helped tremendously. I was able to return to my education role sept 2022 and work full time with pretty much zero symptoms. Then I started notice symptoms slowly creep back in may 2023. My grandma was sick and did indeed pass away that was super hard. Then my symptoms came back full swing August. So again looking back. Lots of stressful events happened since then and because I was feeling great and working I stopped doing a lot of the self care stuff I was doing. Note to self, self care is super important. Now I’ve come across this channel and I’m seeing a connection between stress and symptoms. It’s a hard pill to swallow to be honest but listening to other people talk about how they feel after doing all of the work give me hope. So thank you again for sharing your story. I see myself in you. ❤

[@TheSteadyCoach]

❤❤❤

[@user-cn5nu9ie7v]

Great video. You are my inspiration. Thanks.

[@mal-nx6xs]

Dr.Yo I discovered your channel in April, and your videos and answers to my comments really helped. I'm doing so much better now. Still have symptoms throughout the day but I'm more relaxed, and it's less intense. (finally seeing my friends again, and I'm planning to go to disneyland!!) I just need to practice not to freak out too much when the symptoms get high, but I'm definitely seeing so much hope. thank you so much. I'm dreaming the day to comment when the symptoms are gone!!

[@mal-nx6xs]

I want to add this though. Some days I feel really negative and scared without any clear reason. The fear is just there, so I try to distract it. I guess this is normal as a human being.

[@TheSteadyCoach]

Hi Maddy, YAY!!! I remember your first comments and I am SO SO happy to hear about your progress. Don't feel badly about feeling negative and scared sometimes. Doubt is PART of neural circuit dizziness. You are not doing anything wrong.

[@esperantapolynice4814]

Excellent interview, l really enjoyed it ,Dr. Yonit. Thank you for your generosity 😮

[@TheSteadyCoach]

You're very welcome! I am so glad that you found this interview!

[@NancyFosterLouise]

Thanks Vivian for sharing your struggle, and there is hope on the other side! Both of you were so fantastic together, I learned so much! When I was having extra challenging dark days, the hurt was so bad and the need to cry so necessary, I would go with that hurt and let it out. I realized while watching that it’s still tough, still difficult days but that feeling of overwhelming hurt crying hasn’t happened for several weeks. I think that’s a big step for me! I’ll keep adding on to the small ones, and big wins and love myself as I did after finishing chemotherapy for ovarian cancer. Cancer strips you down mentally and physically as it did me. With the chemo came neuropathy and I believe it slowly brought on the constant feeling of motion, and inner vibrations which I’m managing better with deep breathing and acceptance and the belief I am getting better with time and hope, and especially acceptance. ❤️🌹🌺 Thank you ladies again!

[@TheSteadyCoach]

YES! Yes to all of this. I have met several cancer survivors among my clients. It puts you through so much physically, but also of course your nervous system can end up on high alert afterward. I believe in you.

[@ds2504]

Wow. Just stumbled upon this video today after a year of struggling with almost identical symptoms/situations. I've had 3 separate 6-8 week dizzy bouts over the last year with anxiety like I've never had before in between even though I'm no longer dizzy... which probably causes symptoms to return. I will begin binging tomorrow with my fingers crossed since no doctors have had anything valuable to say.

[@TheSteadyCoach]

Check out my free course too if you haven't already as well. All of my recommendations and techniques are condensed in this self paced course and it is 100% free thesteadycoach.com/free-course

[@mayhorseradish]

I resonated with Julie's story the most as well, and Vivian's is so similar. Thank you for sharing your story! It gives me tons of hope. One of my biggest takeaways is that Vivian didn't make recovery complicated, which I'm seeing as a pattern in myself.

[@TheSteadyCoach]

You're very welcome, Meiaaa!

[@L_S29]

What a great success story! I’ve jotted down many good nuggets

[@mao3859]

i had covid twice both times I was in therapy for vertigo therapy hasn’t helped me i did it yearly since 2014 when i was having vertigo attacks, now its been 2 years with constant symptoms, I worked in a factory with machines that spun around, vertigo would hit eply maneuver would help but i started having trouble walking a straight line walking a sidewalk veering in the grass or walking in a zigzag tearing up watching this video ive had all the tests went to neurologist nuro surgeons, a balance and ent therapy a year ago still have balance issues now still some dizziness when movement and head turned watching traffic your videos really help

[@TheSteadyCoach]

I am so sorry that you went through this, but I am so glad that you found this channel ❤

[@user-st1uu4ru9w]

So appreciative of this video.. I’m following the Steady Coach religiously and things are generally improving. I recently got back from a week long vacation involving both plane and train travel which was huge for me as I have been unwell for almost four years now. The trip was great .. only a couple of minor wobbles but overall a great time. We got back a few days ago and of course because I felt so well on the trip naturally I assumed I was cured! Nope lol .. some symptoms are giving me grief and I was getting frustrated but after watching Vivian’s story I am renewed and ready to respectfully ignore my brain’s faulty messages and will carry onward and upward! Thanks Vivian and especially Dr. Yo… truly lifesaving ❤

[@TheSteadyCoach]

You're very welcome, Penny. I am glad to hear of your progress. Ups and downs are a completely normal part of recovery and in fact this is actually good news that you are healing! You are on the right track!

[@tlynnven]

I am extremely inspired. I came across part 2 just now of Vivian’s story and wanted to watch part one. I can relate so very much to her. I have had a lot of similar symptoms and anxiety/fear from all the symptoms. Feeling like doctors do t listen and just push anxiety or antidepressant medication. I too have followed you Dr. Yo and I am so blessed by all the videos you have shared. I am hoping to one day be the one speaking with you as Vivian and so many others have. To share my story. Maybe something in my story can help and bless someone else. God bless you!

[@TheSteadyCoach]

I can't wait to hear your story as well, Tracy!

[@anjas686]

Thank you so much - very, very helpful. I am using many of the strategies and these kind of videos help to make people and thus the World better 🎉❤

[@TheSteadyCoach]

Anja, that means so much to me! Thank you so much!

[@sherrydeen9145]

Thank you so much for sharing your story! I have been struggling with this myself for a little over a year now. You talked about timeline but…, tbh I have such anxiety about this. I feel out of time and am being told I need to go back to work when I’m just not ready!!! I’ve just come across this video today and I’ve been bounced around to every specialist out there and just told “you have long Covid”,accept your new normal. I am out of disability benefits and because test are normal, I must go back to work in two weeks! I work in busy manufacturing environment and I’m scared!

[@TheSteadyCoach]

I am sorry you are going through this, Sherry ❤

[@Flembo889]

It’s like reading my symptoms. Especially the looking from left to right and feeling like your eyes are lagging behind. I’ve been told that it was a left beating Nystagmus. My symptoms definitely ease when I’m less stressed and stop obsessing over wanting to feel “normal” again. They can flare up a bit when I’m tired. VOR exercis left to right while looking at a stationery letter on the way is really helpful as well. Balance exercises with eyes closed are a must for me as well.

[@wendyvillasenor8671]

I haven’t left the Facebook groups I just can’t I keep going back quickly find someone who is really in need and I tell them to come here and to Dan…

[@TheSteadyCoach]

Thank you for doing that, Wendy. I know some people get kicked out of those groups for sharing my work.

[@shandymonte]

I can’t wait to watch this because this started for me with Covid too and same time, Sept 2022. I’m going through the time stamps it’s very interesting that the symptoms stopped for her when in the car, when for me it makes the symptoms worse 😭 I can’t wait for the day I feel completely normal in the car! One of my favorite things to do since I was a teenager was to just get in the car, crank up the music, and drive with no destination in mind. It was my way of processing my day, emotions, etc. I’ve worked on this trigger daily and some days it’s a teeny bit better and others horrible, but overall have not made a ton of progress with the car. I wish I could figure this one out because most people I talk to say the car makes them feel better and that has not been my experience. I’m taking any and all suggestions at this point!

[@nahidtahira9900]

I’ve had all these symptoms at different times but the most stubborn symptoms I have is fast heart rate and shortness of breath

[@user-ks1uk3zo4g]

The car made me worse

[@user-ks1uk3zo4g]

❤

[@denisebarrett-zq6cy]

Thank you dr Yo and Vivian , I really needed to hear you say you had good days and not so good while going through this , your words have been so encouraging to me . I will keep moving and doing the work to improve 😊

[@isaacsubias7390]

Hang in there! I had the same symptoms and recovering. I’ve started taking magnesium glycinate (it’s just over the counter supplements and helps with anxiety.) and well on the way to recovery. No longer dizzy after a few weeks

[@user-ms9ll7oh8g]

You r helping us Dr Yo thanx

[@TheSteadyCoach]

It truly is my privilege ❤

[@lucydong3270]

Thank you so much. I hope I can be a successful story some day too 😊❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉

[@TheSteadyCoach]

I can't wait to hear yours, Lucy!

[@motivworkoutation1331]

I’m literally dizzy all the time when I close my eyes I feel dizzy and when I wake up

[@TheSteadyCoach]

Yes, most people have 24/7 symptoms when they first get here

[@andiedealessio1693]

Btw I LOVE Dan!! He’s a game changer!! 🎉😊

[@TheSteadyCoach]

He is awesome!

[@marydundon]

Dr yonit and dan are amazing still on my road to recovery and will get there 🥰

[@TheSteadyCoach]

Yes, Mary and I can't wait to hear your success story!

[@jackiegroden416]

Dr Yo knows us so well!! When she explains that she had a small symptom “burst” Dr Yo knew exactly how her viewers would react 😂

[@andiedealessio1693]

LOL for real!! I like how she asks the questions for us

[@osmankeskin9079]

M. Nn.

[@TheSteadyCoach]

I could see all of you behind your screens like 😧

[@jackiegroden416]

@@TheSteadyCoach 😜😊

[@mariadelaluzespinosaserran2736]

Todo esto nos ayuda ya llevo varios años con éste padecimiento , se ha ido por tiempos y reaparece, lo estoy padeciendo desde junio 2022 después de cobid y aún está muy incapacitante .

[@TheSteadyCoach]

Lamento que estés pasando por esto, pero me alegra que hayas encontrado este canal. ¡Usted no está solo!

[@anaareasfodor]

When it first began, I first noticed it through my feet. I felt strange when I walked and felt as if there was something abnormal about my shoes, as if I was walking on a water bed or bubble, very weird. I began to wear only socks when I was taking out the garbage. I didn't care looking that way, going out wearing only socks. Somehow I thought no shoes were safe to walk on. Then one day I got into the shower with my clothes on , because I was so afraid. I only took them off later through showering . I HAD neural circuit already two years ago. I just didn't have it 24/7 PPPD until after I got BPPV in November 2022. I've been in this for two years, but not 24/7. After BPPV it became a 24/7 and the typical experience most people have, with total disruption, sensitized , the one where brushing my teeth was the goal of the day. When I feel down or impatient I try to remember how far I've come. And honestly if this IS going to end in my knowing how to heal and not just managing dizziness then I don't mind having it for years. Balanced health and not being a person who is a slave to their anxiety is worth going through the experience this is. Cause you do learn a lot. It's not fun. But the learning has been amazing. And today is a bad day, not a good day. I wouldn't have said something like this a year ago or believe it.

[@janiceince1965]

Jim folk from anxiety Centre website who suffered for 12 years says the same thing about recovery.. And how to recover..

[@isaacsubias7390]

@Thesteadycoach I would love to share my personal story as well. My visual symptoms have stopped and like many others I realized this is a mind body disconnect. I’m still on the road to recovery, but my symptoms were brought on by chronic stress overload as well.

[@TheSteadyCoach]

Fabulous news, Isaac! Keep it up and keep us posted on your progress! Would love to interview you when you’re ready to share

[@kimberlybailey5216]

Anything you can share about helping with the visual sensations

[@user-ys5um4ue9h]

Hi. I have floaty body .my head feel heavy it want to fall out.my blood pressure goes 161over 110 heart palpitations 130.weakness.swaying.pain in my whole body. Stiff neck.pain and pressure in ear.vertigo almost every day.dizzy .I can't stand cause I get pain in my legs.i close my eyes and get vertigo. I don't what is going I so scared. 😢I take a shower I get weakness I need to get out fast .faint spell. My daughter is my assistant. I have this symptoms 2 years now

[@kimberlybailey5216]

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[@ariannesmakman5639]

Thank you, nice interview again! I was wondering, what is your experience when people are suffering pppd for a longer period? I spent 2.5 years of searching, being anxies, looking for what could help me, reading up on it ...and just now...tha last weeks finally it seemsnlike everything is clear why its happening and what i have to do....but...well....i struggled such a long time...and really...all day long. I do almost every normal things, but always feeling bad in some kind of way. But.. as i mentioned never once i stopped talking about it, looking for answers, being busy thinking about it 24/7. So....now i have all answers...but just really have to start implementing all ive learned. And actually DO nothing about pppd anymore🙄stop attention, focus and fear about symptoms... Now i am only wondering after this quick recovery in this video.... What could it look like for people like me....who had symptoms for so long...i dont mean exactly how long...but what CAN happen??? Do i need to expect it will take a VERY long time... as i already feel this so long😢

[@avamiller2325]

Same for me, been over 5 years nom😢

[@TheSteadyCoach]

Janine (who I will be interviewing this summer) suffered for 21 years and recovered in 3 months. In my experience, there is no relationship between the length of someone's illness and that person's ability to recover.

[@ariannesmakman5639]

@@TheSteadyCoachwauw...that is amazing! Ok...lets try for that😁💪doing all i need to do now and try to really believe it can be a quick recovery...if i will, i will be here with a story💪

[@tournesol1967]

I need your help so much, 10th month on my concussion Dizzyness & brain fogg & anxiety is my trigger all the time, i cant do anything anymore i want my life back

[@TheSteadyCoach]

I am sorry that you are going through this. I would recommend going through my free course if you haven't already. My techniques and recommendations are all condensed within this course thesteadycoach.com/free-course

[@lesliebarringer999]

For your course, where do you start for PPPD? Is there a best video to start on or is it a paid subscription.... I didn't quite understand that part? This is my story almost exactly with the symptoms and triggers only I have had way more twists and turns along the way. But my journey started with COVID too and a year and a half later I am still going dizzy so strong I can't get out of bed. I just want my life back 😢

[@TheSteadyCoach]

My course has steps and I recommend going in order. You can access the course for free thesteadycoach.com/free-course

[@natascha7060]

Unfortunately i got long-covid in April 2022. And i have experienced Chronic dizziness, nausea and vomiting exactly since last Wednesday. , means after more than one year that my body had to go through a fight against long- Covid. I am practicing somatic meditation and sensation in back of my head exactly in "Cerebellum" section got softer and smaller. Drink peppermint tea if you also have neusea and vomit symptoms.

[@TheSteadyCoach]

I'm sorry to hear about what you've been experiencing. You can get better from this.

[@margaretmccomb3672]

Do you also work with people with hearing sensitivity? Mine all started Jan 2022 after the vaccine about 6 weeks after my 3rd Moderna. I then developed a brief vertigo maybe 5 seconds then my eye started to get weird then sensitivity to my left side kicked in. Maybe like within a week…I saw ent couldn’t find anything hearing test is normal. CT scan was normal. MRI was normal of my brain neck spine. Saw neurologist he said vestibular migraines but I never had a migraine in my life. He then gave me meds they didn’t help.y eye have Trouble focusing like in stores and my head starts to feel weird. I’m not dizzy crazy like where I’ll lose my balance but I’ll just feel weird. I got COVID December 2022. I had two vertigo episodes that last maybe a few minutes at a time that groggy head feeling lasted the day. But the next day that went away but the eye issue and hearing sensitivity always remained . I attempted to try eye exercises and head movements but it makes my head feel like there’s pressure on the left side mainly. And makes my eyes feel strain.I did try DNRS with Annie Hopkins but it’s a lot to do for me. I also get brain fog as well. I get dizzy to sometimes with sounds but I’ve had CT scan with 0.5mm slices to rule out any broke bones in my inner ear parts. I have a VNG on July 5th next week to see if there’s any ear damage. Would this work for my particular issues and symptoms as well?? I am at lost hope.

[@TheSteadyCoach]

Yes, high hearing sensitivity (hyperacusis) is almost always a "danger mode" issue and will respond to the same methods i talk about here on my channel- gradual exposure, reduction of fear, working on other causes of danger mode.

[@janiceince1965]

Just curious.. How long did she actually have it and did that make a difference in her recovery

[@TheSteadyCoach]

She had it for about 4 months before she found me. She was lucky in that way. I don't care how long someone has had it- that does not affect someone's ability to get better. Janine had it for 21 years and recovered in a few months.

[@fennax17]

Is it like normal that your musscles get super weak and i have the feeling my head has disconnected from my feelings

[@TheSteadyCoach]

Yes, unfortunately that is a symptom that comes with NCD.

[@apacur]

I loathe doctors that put you into the 'stress and anxeity" category after listening to you literally describe very physical related issues

[@Liface]

They're sometimes not wrong though.

[@sarajohnson9521]

I got mine from the vaccine. Like if you did, too.

[@mal-nx6xs]

I had a little dizziness and swaying after covid vaccine, but it went away in a week. A year later I got BPPV which led to PPPD, so I'm assuming my brain remembered that sensation and this time it stayed...

[@TheSteadyCoach]

As Maddy said, it's normal to have dizziness as an immune response. When it stays and there is no medical explanation (aka medical tests reveal nothing wrong), this is often the result of the brain continuing the symptom as part of danger response and is no longer the result of a physical immune response.

[@reny0103]

Me too, 2 weeks after my 3rd vaccine and it’s been 2 years. But I believe I’m on the right track.

[@anaareasfodor]

I took the second vaccine ... with the first vaccine I only got arm pain but after the second part in 2021, I got a fever, I got to the point where I couldn't get up, and I felt really bad for about a week. I think this can also be genetic in the sense that many other women in my maternal side of the family (including my mom) have had chronic or unusual dizziness. but yeah I think the vaccine is just new in more ways than one? I believe in vaccines, but this one is a technology that seems to be different . I still got COVID after 2 years had gone by and it was worse than any flu or whatever, horrible shards-of-glass sore throat that lasted more than a week. Afer ten days it was gone. Covid actually distracted me from the dizziness, though! weird as that may sound.

[@tonivaliukas]

What is V I T? She said. She was doing her vit

[@annefrancess1224]

Mdds sound like which is actually illness

[@TheSteadyCoach]

Thankfully they're both symptom based diagnoses and are both neural circuit issues!