How to tell if your chronic dizziness is PPPD or MDDS (neural circuit dizziness)

I’m literally crying because this is the first time anyone has described the dizziness that I’ve felt on and off for the last 25 years. I’ve had CT scans , blood work, I’m doing yoga, meditation, working out. The dizziness is like a plague on the brain. I also have severe anxiety.. is a vicious mental cycle that doctors are blind to. I feel blessed to have come across the video!!! Words cannot describe how grateful I am to finally have a name for this peculiar feeling of dizziness. It’s so hard to explain to anyonlike a bad tattoo on the brain. Thank you 🙏🏽 I prayed to Jehovah to show me what I’ve been suffering through. ❤

I met every one of the personality types you mentioned as often seen with chronic dizziness. I'm 62 and it has been a REALLY stressful year. After 10 months of suffering, I am so grateful to have found your channel. I am feeling better after just watching multiple videos. It helps to know that there is hope. The 6 healthcare professionals I have seen were ZERO help. God bless you!!

I literally felt like you sat down and asked me about my life then made this video. Wow. Just wow. For the first time in 20 years of being dizzy and having no answers, I feel like I finally have an answer. If I could hug you I would. I just bought the workbook and am going through your course. Thank you, Dr. Yo, so very much.

This is 100% me. I’m so happy I found this channel because you’ve helped me more than the 5 doctors I’ve seen!

I was diagnosed with vestibular migraine, but I never felt like that was really the right diagnosis. I’ve tried so many migraine meds and they just make me feel worse. This explanation really resonates with me.

That's me, inconsistent symptoms along with other problems make me lightheaded. I have a lot of the medical conditions you mentioned. Anxiety from pain is an added bonus!

Very helpful, I’ve been dealing with this since 2017. It first occurred as a panic attack at work while typing on my computer screen, everything was moving and i felt i was going to pass out or was having a heart attack or my sugar dropped bc I didn’t eat anything. But at the I didn’t know it was a panic attack. After my anxiety slowly started to creep in as the days went by. My fear slowly increased day by day. I was reducing driving, I couldn’t go to work, and go to social venues bc my dizziness would intensify and was embarrassed of fainting in front of ppl although that never happened. I’ve seen every specialist you can imagine but I’m still struggling with it.

Oh my god. You have basically described my symptoms to a tee! In a way that I have never been able to articulate to doctors or anyone in my life. You really do get it. You're awesome!

Every single thing you listed, I relate to!! 😅 thank you for this video. This reassured me today, since my symptoms feel awful and it made me a bit more anxious that something more serious was going on. Definitely seems like a pathway in the brain! Thanks Yonit 🥰

I'm so glad to see that PPPD is becoming more frequently talked about - I'm seeing more and more papers, videos and just overall attention being brought to this not very well known, controversial debilitating condition. Like many others here, I have never been formally diagnosed with PPPD - but the more I hear about it the more it sounds like exactly what I've been experiencing for 5+ years. One thing I have noticed that you don't mention in many of your videos is regarding what I consider to be the most frustrating is cognitive impairment - e.g. Brain fog, concentration, short memory etc in addition to the unpredictable, unreproducible, and unexplained dizziness sensations. Do you not find that many patients complain of cognitive impairments? Also - How important do you think it is to get a formal diagnosis of of a neural circuit dizziness disorder? At this point I'm pretty confident self-diagnosing with PPPD, and frankly I'm a bit tired of going to ENTs and neurologists who listen to my symptoms, try the Epley maneuver, then just right everything off as "anxiety" and kick me out the door; I do live in the US, but I'm in an area with limited professionals and lack who lack proper vestibular equipment.

Finally, a name for this condition. Thank you for listing all of the possible contributing factors.

I had a mild concussion about 16 years ago, started having these symptoms a couple days later. Went to all the Drs, CT, MRIs, even some holistic type treatments, nothing ever helped or explained why I was having them. It was pretty chronic for 7 years then one day it just went away on its own, and for 7 years I had no symptoms. I felt like I had my life back, then one day it returned, same as before it comes and goes, some days are worst than others, and can be worse or better due to my environment. People say I have post concussion syndrome, but my symptoms are pretty much spot on with what was explained in this video.

This was a perfect description of my history with chronic dizziness! And many on here agree that you are amazing, thank you Dr. Yonit! You are a blessing to all of us!

I am so glad that you were born.❤

You’re the only person I found that described things to a t. I wish an expert like you was closer to me. I feel lost.

Thanks for this video! I thought you were describing me for a second there. I've been suffering from persistent swaying motion for about a year now. It gets worse when I get a migraine and neck stiffness. My jaw always clicks back and forth and sometimes jumps out of track when I'm chewing. You mentioned chronic pain and GI issues as well and I get that too. Thanks for the enlightenment! Sometimes I don't know anymore if I'm imagining the other things I feel.

Thank you for this video, I've battling chronic dizziness for over 3 years and all doctors I have seen had told me there is nothing wrong with me, and I lost faith on the whole things and learned to adapt to the symptoms. This is what I am feeling: - I have constant dizziness all day, every day. I feel much better when I am sitting or laying down, but as I start to move around my dizziness flares up. - I have had brain MRIs, scans, blood tests, urine tests, an ekg, other tests by an ear doctor, and all came back normal. - Just as you say stronger visual stimuli affects me more, like grocery stores, but in paying close attention to those situations, it's not being present at the store that flares up my symptoms, it's the constant turning around that does it. For example if I go outside to walk my dog I feel the dizziness but it's very manageable because I am mostly walking on a straight line. On the other hand when I walk around the house doing things or a grocery store, the constant turning I do in those situations flares up my dizziness a lot and I have the urge to just go lay down in bed. - My dizziness gives me balance problems, many times I side step so I don't fall to the side. - Since I don't feel as bad sitting down I can still drive ok. - Doing activities that interest me distract me from my symptoms to the point where I can almost forget about them. For example I did an entire photoshoot of a wedding last week because it's fun, but before and after the photoshoot my symptoms were pretty bad. - One differentiatior with me is that this hasn't been the same all 3 years. I hurt my head and had food poisoning 3 years ago and my symptoms started. 4 months later they subsided but not 100% - over time I've had 4 episodes like this lasting a few months and then the symptoms go away (never completely) to the point where I feel almost normal. The last episode I am having started 4 months ago, and just 1 month ago the symptoms became twice as aggressive (the dizziness) following a bout of food poisoning and covid fever around Christmas. All of the tests I mentioned above were done after this occurred and nothing turned up. I am seeing a vestibular therapist for the first time ever next wednesday, I cannot wait. Based on this information do you think I am on the right path by moving forward with neuroplasticity and/or VR?

Wow! Thank you for explaining in depth! Very helpful for people who have been suffering for months or even years We are often ignored or treated as if we are exaggerating our symptoms I look forward to watching more of your videos to help me understand the treatment for MDDS and PPPD and the difference between the two

Wow, just wow. I have everyone of these. Thank you for this info and your great channel. Now just need to figure out how to correct it.

I am now sure this is neural circuit dizziness and it was brought on by major stress and then a cruise which was rocking like crazy. After getting off and the rest of my family recovered and I didn’t….more stress!