Ask Dr. Yo: Can I get better from vestibular migraines?

Another unedited video answering YOUR questions. In this one, I share some truly remarkable results from one of my own patients with vestibular migraines.

[queensarah]

please post more videos on pppd and mdds !!! Tips and treatments! Those are so helpful and motivational!!

[pamwasmundt]

Thank you Dr Yo for your talent and wisdom. A few months ago I could not rely on any full week being symptom free therefore I hesitated in making any plans for living my life with the exception of eating out close to home. I would wear a hat to eat out hoping I could block the light from my eyes and avoid the start of another vestibular migraine. Immediately after the meal I would head home knowing if I went into a grocery store or any well lit store I would get off balance and begin other migraine symptoms. I actually could not believe on our very first session I noticed a change in my tinnitus! I said.. come on that can't be! It really did change so from that moment on I didn't care if you said.. ok turn 3 times and do that only on Monday... I said ok! As we moved forward and I continued to do as you instructed and listened to you very intently in our sessions I got better and better and better !!!! AMAZING! Yes. I do continue to have an occasional episode but they are few and mild! When they do occur I pull out my little tricks you taught me and BAM.... it is mild and short! My only regret is there just needs to be one of you for any and all who are suffering.

[BettyFoito]

You are literally a God sent! Thank you so much for your videos...God bless you!

[nuriajuzgadoferreira]

Recién estoy diagnosticada con migraña vestibular, antes de tener mi diagnóstico en 2024 ya sufría de mareos e inestabilidad desde el 2022, en 2023 te encontré a ti Yo ❤, y siguiendo tu curso gratutito pude volver a hacer mi vida, lo que quiero decir, es que aunque es conveniente controlar esta "enfermedad" con medicación, los síntomas pueden controlarse y mejorar mucho con los consejos en tu canal, si no hubiera encontrado tu canal aún estaría sentada en el sofá, aunque sigo sufriendo de síntomas, he conseguido controlarlos de un 10 a un 6 en los dias malos, pero cada vez son mas los dias en que estoy sin síntomas varias horas .
Es importante señalar que solo he tenido una cita con mi neúrologo y aún no hemos dado con la medicación que me ayude a controlar las migrañas, así que gracias por ayudarme a mejorar y animar a las personas que sufran de mareos por migrañas a seguir tu canal porque hay una parte psiquica en los síntomas y es producida por el estrés y el miedo a los síntomas.
Muchas gracias y saludos a todos desde España💃.

[yvonnebrewer]

Please dr yoniit what is the difference between vestibular migraine and pppd? Now i don't know which one i have.

[JustRaine]

I just don't want to feel dizzy 24/7. Please help.

[gillxxxx]

Hello, can I ask which techniques you used to help this lady please? Was it just the normal cawthorne type exercises or are you going to be doing another video explaining which techniques she used? Thanks!

[allisonmartin]

When experiencing dizziness and lightheadedness, lying face down for a while may relieve symptoms.

[Megan_Jennifer]

I've been bed ridden for weeks at a time as well, I feel her pain :( I can really only go for a 5 min walk each day, I can't do any housework or chores, I even find it hard to cook meals.
It's SO amazing to hear that she's only at a 14 now!!
Maybe I could take that test in our next session just to see where I'm at now!

[AnthonyMaldonado-ic]

HELLO. I BEEN SUFFERING FOR 5 years. I lost my career I lost my life. I lost my drive. I have seen 6 specialists. I been diagnosed with. Endolymphatic Hydrops. Ménière’s disease and vestibular Migraines. I went from. 100 percent. Functional. To 30 percent. I’m crushed. I’ll watch more of videos. Please help. Also. Hearing loss and 24/7 roaring tinnitus

[tillycorr]

If this is just caused from extreme stress and anxiety such as loss from parent and physical stress ad having a baby but no biology in it can I make full recovery xx

[bethanywhitehead]

I have loved finding your videos Dr.Yo!!! I was diagnosed with the stipular migraine and triple PPPD this last year… I have been on this crazy ride for 19 months!! 🥴 Never in my life did I think this would last as long as it has! I had the dark couch ridden days in the earlier months but I am getting better now!! I have more good days now than bad I can go into grocery stores now without much of a problem! I’m walking for exercise 15 minutes a day now! I can go out to eat And be in crowds without it bugging me much! Hang in there everyone who is just starting this journey and fells despair!!! I’m truly doing great but my biggest concern is leaving my town…😱we have a trip coming up and I have not been on a vacation for almost 2 years because of my vestibular illness…I feel ready to start to go places again but I’m sooo scared!!Any suggestions for someone like me I am so scared that it will put me back to square one which is a very bad place to go again.. 😬

[ryryherendeen]

Idk why I havent subscribed to you until now! I seen your videos before. I would love to see your student so she can diagnose me 😂
I suffer from vestibular problems myself. Ive been told about vestibular migraines but idk if thats really what I got or not and Im pretty much in the same boat as the person you were talking about. Its been 5 yrs. I live at home, I do leave the house but not very often. Mostly for my appontments. I havsnt been social and I used to be. I want to get out of this stage and situation of my life. Most of the time my head feels lightheaded and swaying. I get muscle weakness mostly during the dizzy attacks. Its a horrible feeling 🙏

[mastermagician]

So how do I get over my vestibular migraines?

[stevie_]

I just got a 70 on that test. In February i had gotten back to life, I just re took it imagining it was Feb and I got a 16. Ive never heard of anyone regressing this much. Idk what this means or how to dig myself out again.

[joannaq]

I wonder if you could do a video addressing if exercises that provoke a TON of symptoms (i.e. floor moving) actually desensitize the brain? I'm finding that if I bombard my brain with these exercises in certain instances the symptoms go away quickly for those movements. (Then I get them back in public which is a trigger for it make sense persisting through an exercise thats so intense would dial down the dizziness so much? I feel like I have to trigger my symptoms to be able to work through them and I suppose an exercise is a controlled envioronment vs in public (being in public, people and movement around triggers me). I know you've mentioned any movement is a VRT but I wonder about this spefiic method or persisting through CRAZY levels of dizziness to dial it down? It weirdly works for me with exercises in particular. Not sure how to translate that into (or if I'd even be the same) public spaces. My guess is I'd have too much anxiety to stay somewhere in public triggering me for so long BUT I would do it daily if I knew id have a similar effect

[aartivenkat]

Hi Dr Yo I stumbled upon this video, I’m curious what exercises did you give the patient mentioned in this video? I have been suffering from vestibular migraine for the past year. My symptoms started 6 months post partum when I stopped breastfeeding in the night. I don’t have headaches but I have horrible vertigo and aura.. I would love to see some solutions and am determined to get better. I just started some VRT. I checked out some comments on this thread but cannot access those links. Could you please post any links to possible solutions? Thanks so much

[erikacummins]

What hormones are related to and trigger vestibular? This topic seems to be out there but not alot of definitive information on it. Since my daughter has started it started with just headaches now they are full blow dizzy spells where she either all but passes out, pukes, and then the headaches comes on but is usually down and out the rest of the day. Can birth control possibly help the hormonal aspect of these?

[jessicaamber]

Hi Dr Yo! Do you think there is ever a time and place when vestibular migraine medication is effective for some relief? Thank you!

[deadcatlives]

Couch ridden is terrible. Sat there for at least 4 months.