I can always tell when my brain isn't functioning correctly while driving when after about 4 min into driving I stop at the stop light and look at a certain spot on the street and the street is still moving forward. ( SCARY!) At that time I tell myself ( COME ON BODY FIGHT THIS FEELING 3Xs) it takes about 3-5 minutes before I feel better and it doesn't always work. Any type of anxiety before driving makes it worse. I wish everyone living with this the best because it's a horrible way to live! We all have to drive, unless your rich enough to have a limo everyday. More needs to be done to find a cure.
When I’m driving, the worse part is having to sit at stop lights, or other situations where I can’t just go. I couldn’t figure out why the stopping was making me so agitated and worsening my symptoms. I think now from listening to your video that’s it’s a few things: the brain not doing great at switching templates between movement and stillness, and feelings of being dependent on other people and being trapped. Thank you so much for that insight.
Symptoms started for me after having a bout with neuro lyme disease. My sensory perceptions were totally out of whack. It somewhat resolved after treatment, but not completely, and when I have a flare, riding in the car exacerbates the dizziness, nausea and weird out-of-body feeling. We live in a rural area where getting anywhere necessitates driving windy and rough back roads and all that jostling is horrid.
My wife gets very anxiety filled while riding in a car or driving because of a car accident that has caused these dizziness issues 9 years ago. Thank you for talking about this in your video. She is going to learn to tell her brain she is safe & will not get in another accident. Also ask Jesus & pray to have less anxiety & Trust that He will keep her safe riding or driving in a car.
Thank you for sending me to this video. The first time it happened was the day I was released to leave my home after recovering from Covid. I hadn't driven in two weeks, and it was a horrible, rainy November day. I was driving to vote in the 2020 election. As I left my street, I suddenly felt lightheaded and got very dizzy. I tried to shake it off and even pulled over and tried to focus, thinking it was some weird psychological response to leaving my house after 2 weeks. I managed to pull myself together enough to make it to the high school to vote. Before I left, I sat and sort of meditated for a few minutes. It didn't help much, but I was able to make it home in one piece. It was a week later that I returned to work. I was driving on roads I've been driving for 6 years. It happened again. I even got double vision. It scared me so much that I immediately went to the doctor right after work. He diagnosed me with vertigo - post Covid and gave me exercises to do at home, which I did faithfully. Somehow, I knew it wasn't isolated to my ears as my vision was way off. I started a morning mantra when I started the car that I learned from Abraham Hicks. I would say, "Safe and Easy." Repeating this every day gave me more confidence but did not help a lot. I started rolling my head around, turning my head far left and far right, and then up and down. It has helped some, thank goodness, but not completely. This week I started incorporating my hands and feet lol I know it sounds funny, but it seems to be helping. Also if I crack my window and can hear the noises outside, it seems to help too.
Dr. Yonit, I have had a fear of driving for 30 years and now I’m 46. I never really understood why I did not want to drive as a teenager. But now I believe the dizzy spells I experienced in my teens spooked me. Underwent a battery of tests and found nothing but I developed an unconscious fear of driving and roads.
Omg!! This just gave me the answers to a major issue I have riding in vehicle. When I see traffic stopping and the driver doesn’t stop when I expect them to, I instantly get dizzy and nauseous. Same thing with starting to move, or if they start and stop quick 🤢 I hate riding with other people but sometimes I have to and this is so difficult for me. This also caused a lot of unnecessary arguments with my ex husband 🙄
Thank you! I plan to definitely release more! You can view the whole playlist of what I have up now here: ua-cam.com/play/PLFf7T0374CmC4e-krn3BzPvtd3ZwXcabj.html
Watching this video yesterday inspired me today to try to relax and lay down during a very tedious car trip, starting right off with a horrible traffic jam full of buses and trailers. I was able to control my panic, just experiencing my over-stimulation with all the stop-and-go movement, vehicles passing by, loud noises, vibration. It was tough and very scary, but just that. Once I got moving again I was able to celebrate that I didn't panic and looking forward to face my senses in this friendlier way, different than just going through it getting frustrated and agitated like I did before. The brain finds new ways to alert you from imminent danger, but it's a false alarm. Every time. I wish strength and love to all suffering from these types of conditions and thank you for your incredible work Dr. Yonit.
This was good. Thanks for the info. However I thought we would learn what to do when it happens. I wear a hat and sun glasses to not watch the movement. Head down and play solitary.. Less dizzyness when I get out. I now do not take day trips, which was a part of my life.
Hi Georgeanna, thank you for the feedback. My experience is that the best way to mitigate the issues while driving other is to deal with the source, which is danger mode in the brain. I have not found that many other mitigation techniques (breathing, physiological stress reduction, polarized glasses) help people consistently. That said, I’m sure people reading the comments would love to hear anything that has helped you!
I feel worse with movement. It is ok for the first 5-10 mins of walking or driving and then symptoms ramp up. I’m at my best when sat still. I don’t get swaying (sometimes a very minor few seconds of bobbing) but I do get these random head wooshes/rushes and my brain just feels so disorientated randomly when I’m still. Symptoms are gone almost completely when laying down!
I feel like #3 - better driving in the car but sometimes feel movement when im laying down in bed or sitting in certain positions and swaying, rocking, floor shifting when standing along with visual vertigo episodes. What kind of therapies can i do at home to help with this? Are you saying vrt is not beneficial for #3 ? Im so tired of my eyes doing weird things and feel like they need the exercises.
Hi Brooke, sounds like you have a mix of all of them- totally typical with neural circuit dizziness. Exercises can help with issues standing and visual issues. You can find some here ua-cam.com/video/MsWYyDWuu_s/v-deo.html and in my free course thesteadycoach.com/free-course. That said, as I discuss in this video, I typically don’t give my clients exercises. I get more mileage out of helping them with stress and emotions.
I fluctuate between pattern 1 and pattern 3. One consistency for me is I feel my absolute worst at a red light. Feels like I'm being pushed or pulled. I feel trapped alot in life, so I think this may be the red light connection.
Wow, April, what an insight. There is something particularly stressful and awful about feeling like you're stuck and can't move. I tell people: would you rather be stuck with a tiger in a small room or in a big field? For sure in the big field, right? Choices make a difference in how we perceive stress.
3 years ago I had a traumatic childbirth where the doctor did not listen to me and everything went down hill during the birth to me also haemorrhaging afterwards. I felt so scared and out of control like I was going to die. I knew something was wrong all along but no one would listen to me. This was my 6th child. I have had vestibular symptoms from that moment on. I have been to neurologists and doctors and they can’t find anything. They tell me it’s silent migraine. Could I have suffered ptsd from this traumatic experience and this be the cause of my symptoms still today.
YES. 100% yes. It makes me feel so sad and angry to hear this story. Of COURSE your body would respond by ramping up your nervous system. Work through the trauma and my expectation is this will relieve your symptoms.
I have pattern #1 --being in a moving vehicle makes me more dizzy. What makes me dizzy is seeing my surroundings moving such as going past trees, other cars coming towards me or other cars going past me. What will help this?
VRT exercises might be a good idea here if you have not yet tried them. That can help your brain learn to filter out extraneous information. That said, I have worked with many who did no exercises and whose symptoms reduced via stress reductions/ emotional awareness techniques.
Me too! I haven’t been able to drive on the freeway in 15 years. Driving around town. I’m fine but it seems when I go past 40 mph especially on a highway that’s a high we’re going uphill I get so dizzy I feel like I’m floating..
Thank you again for another great video! Could you make a video why walking gives me fatigue feeling my eyes are so tired and I get also a very bad brain fog? Like just after 15 minutes of walking I have to rest on the couch or on the bed, sometimes even sleeping. After 3 months of VRT my tolerance increased a lot, but after my setback of 2 months and a half ago I haven’t been able to get back to those improvements
@@TheSteadyCoach Thank you! I’d love it! Also if it’s possible to know why just moving the head from left to right makes me so damn tired I have to lie down!
Im so glad you have a video for this. My vestibular physical therapy is about a 20 minute drive away (so 40 minutes total time driving). Im totally fine driving there, but as soon as i come to a complete stop, my rocking forward/back kicks in really strong (stronger than when i initially got in the car). Then walking in i feel like im drunk or very unsteady. It settles back down to my baseline of rocking (which is all day but at a lower intensity) after a little while (maybe 10 to 15 minutes). I was diagnosed with pppd, but i feel like it is more mdds? Will VRT probably not help much with my issues then? Should I just focus more on the anxiety issues/fear? I am able to walk mostly okay (and have been trying to do that daily), but do still feel symptoms at times while walking. Im scared that driving all the way to physical therapy and back is just reinforcing my main problem plus causing fear/stress. I also dont feel like the VRT is really helping with my constant rocking so far either as i feel worse just sitting.
Hi Amanda, if you're afraid of movement and have lots of movement provoked symptoms, VRT can help. If not, focus on the anxiety issues and fear! With my clients, I rarely use VRT, but it does have its place.
I get hell dizzy while driving and sometimes when the dizziness is too much i often feel disconnected with the surroundings, it feels as if I’m drunk. I feel my dizziness only while in a car or while I’m in a rich complex visual stimuli also I remember this started 3 months back when i had a strong panic attack and dizziness while driving. Kindly recommend which VRT exercises should i be doing on regular basis to reduce visual dependency as we don’t have good Physio here. And Kindly recommend how should i desensitise my nervous system. Thanks doctor 🙏🏻
And I’m basically patterns 1 or 2, all the time. But if I’m driving my symptoms usually stay the same unless I have to look around a lot like if I’m following the GPS on my phone and forget to clip it up so I’m looking down and up over and over again. That’s no bueno, immediate dizziness. I also can’t look back in the car, like looking towards the backseat or out the back window. And my dizziness started when I got severe whiplash, I got rear ended, saw it coming in my rear view mirror so I tensed up and definitely have anxiety about getting rear ended again. If we stop quickly and I see traffic coming behind us, I get a surge of adrenaline and usually start to feel dizzy and sick. Wow, I always knew that happened but I never thought the dizziness is actually connected to the nervous system. Excellent video! Thank you!!
Omg finally someone knows and talk about this! I believe I was traumatized after feeling pull in from a big truck while driving a very small light weight car, I was under such a strong fear, after that day, I can not drive in a highway (always drove high speed with no problem at all). Now if I ever by mistake jump in a high way I have to pull over right away, as I feel I lose balance and control of the car. I truly feel compression in the back of my head, my legs will shake, and I just can’t continue to drive. I will like to know what can I do to reverse this trauma or brain damage…thank you!
That makes a lot of sense. There are a few ways to address it- most importantly you are trying to calm your nervous system while revisiting some of the issues that have stressed you out. You can look on UA-cam for nervous system exercises, but this is most easily done with a therapist/
Hey. i have pppd. I'm from Finland and pppd is not well known here. I need help. the worst problems are when driving a car. When driving, I feel like I'm drifting to the left and I get symptoms of a panic attack. focusing the vision is also difficult at the same time. this started 2 years ago and has gotten worse all the time. I drive less these days because the symptoms are increasing. I need help for my brain to understand again that driving is not dangerous but comfortable as it was before. what do i do? Thank you.🧡
Hei ja tervetuloa! You are not the only person from Finland who is here looking for help. I understand what you're going through and I think you will find the most thorough answers in the free course. It is 100% free. I would recommend signing up for it but consider waiting until January 5 to take it- there is a big update coming that will explain some of the steps in much more detail. You can skip Steps 3 - 4 if you don't have dizziness and only have trouble with driving. Steps 1, 2, 5 and 6 will be the most helpful to you. thesteadycoach.com/free-course
@@TheSteadyCoach oh yes i have all the symptoms. dizziness and a problem focusing the vision. hearing loss in the right ear as well. vertigo is usually distracting. I do standing work. dizziness also occurs in open places, shopping malls... stress has been hard for two years and big life changes. I've been watching the program. so I will visit again when the updates come. 😊thank you very much, I have learned a lot to understand this problem, thanks to you🧡
Hi Arianne, Mario occasionally responds to the comments on his interview and I can also pass on your information to him. If you email us at info@thesteadycoach.com I can forward your message to him.
I actually feel pretty good when driving or in any movement, like walking. And also mostly fine when sitting. My symptoms are most felt when standing still, or in smaller movements like walking into a room, cooking, or dishing dishes (the movement from the sink to the dishwasher for example). Then my eyes just feel bugged out. What do I fit into, and what does that mean?
Sounds like a perfect example of neural circuit dizziness- when you don’t fit neatly into these categories, it is likely because your brain is the source of the symptoms. Don’t worry- almost no one fits neatly into these categories.
This film is very interesting and as if it was talking about me. I have problems with driving a car, it started when I was driving on the highway and now even on normal roads, I have to stop so as not to lose control of the vehicle. What's next, any help from you, which doctor should I go to, Regards.
Please consider taking my free course on healing chronic dizziness. My techniques and recommendations are condensed within this course and it is completely free thesteadycoach.com/free-course
Hi there, So glad that someone is talking about it, if you can answer my question, that will be helpful for my life, Just a week ago, I felt dizziness and kinda lost for a moment and before entering that area I was scared already and it was 2:00 Am as I’m taxi driver I drive passengers and I was soo much worried what just happened I tried to control my self and safely drop off the passanger, now kept thinking what just happend everyday and at least once or twice in a day, when I stop at lights and traffic is moving it gives me anxiety and coz of that I am worried all day, what if it happens again at a moment where I won’t be Abel to Handel, thinking to quit my job, what should I do please please answer, would be appreciated 😢🙏( I’m a nervous kinda person already easily scared of dark)
I am sorry you are going through this Rahul, but you will see on this channel you are not alone in what you are experiencing. Check out this video where I discuss how to handle these feelings in more detail ua-cam.com/video/B1iQELBDYII/v-deo.htmlsi=nU44_IHSb_KLmoKU
Is it possible in vestibular migraine to feel symptoms free when you are in motion. I don't get any symptoms while in car. Is it vestibular migraine or PPPD??
Thanks steady coach 🙏🏻 I have a question, why some people with pppd say they have nerve damage? I have pppd but the doctor didn’t say anything about nerve damage. Thanks in advance
Hi Rose, nerve damage in this context usually refers to a weakness in one ear. You can learn more about it here: ua-cam.com/video/J9ia2XR-qB8/v-deo.html
Is it a vestibular issue when you feel like cars are coming 'at you' even as a passenger? I have never felt comfortable driving but been going through bouts of feeling unable to completely in the last year. I have fibromyalgia and postural orthostatic tachycardic syndrome, but most other people I've spoken to can't identify this particular issue. It's like misjudging how close something actually is to you..
I have the same issue ! I’m diagnosed with FND, and PPPD is one of the symptoms associated with my FND! I cannot drive more than 5 min / 10 min because I struggle to comprehend the speed and depth of things around, sometimes seeing all like in slow motion. 🙃
Hi doctor! I got sick once while I was driving and I think I got somehow traumatized by this event. I’m not scare of driving but what I noticed is when I’m driving in a highway like you said in a constant acceleration I feel dizzy and lightheaded and sometimes I got to pull over. This is a big problem for me because I need to drive to get to work. I’ve seen doctors and they can only tell me that’s in my head. Can you give my more tips or exercises that I can do to get rid of this ? Thanks in advance !
Ugh, I'm sorry you've been told it's in your head, I want to assure you that you are NOT making it up. That said, it is a prediction error being generated by your nervous system, so my general approach is to see what else might be causing your nervous system to be in high alert. The external trigger (driving) might be related to what's bothering you, but sometimes it's not- stress at work, conflicts at home, etc.- these can all cause the brain to be extra sensitive and make these kinds of errors.
I had accident day after I had went to CVS to pick up medical standing in line waiting all kind of fear and phobia can across me heart rapid after that start coming markets driving on highways and dizziness .
Hey Coach I want to know Does this PPPD or neural circuit dizziness causes tired eyes or dry eyes and I feel this dry and tired or sleepy eyes with mentally tired while using laptop or studying online with mobile or laptop but it happens less when I am randomly surfing on mobile and laptop.
Absolutely. Your brain is working extra hard to process information- this leads to fatigue. It is VERY interesting that this is inconsistent between work and having fun. Many times this is because you are stressed out about work, holding your breath, and being tense.
@@TheSteadyCoach Hello Coach My question is also same but how can i stop this fatigue but it is like very weird by the way I am able to study for some time because of your videos thanks for your presence but 🥺 please tell how can I tackle this fatigue so I can study for long time
I feel like I’m gonna faint when driving on the highway at night . If the road is really smooth I feel like I’m gonna slide out of control . I feel like I’m shrinking and the view in front of me is getting huge
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I can always tell when my brain isn't functioning correctly while driving when after about 4 min into driving I stop at the stop light and look at a certain spot on the street and the street is still moving forward. ( SCARY!) At that time I tell myself ( COME ON BODY FIGHT THIS FEELING 3Xs) it takes about 3-5 minutes before I feel better and it doesn't always work. Any type of anxiety before driving makes it worse. I wish everyone living with this the best because it's a horrible way to live! We all have to drive, unless your rich enough to have a limo everyday. More needs to be done to find a cure.
With me it’s driving with windy conditions I feel like I am fighting the vehicle
When I’m driving, the worse part is having to sit at stop lights, or other situations where I can’t just go. I couldn’t figure out why the stopping was making me so agitated and worsening my symptoms. I think now from listening to your video that’s it’s a few things: the brain not doing great at switching templates between movement and stillness, and feelings of being dependent on other people and being trapped. Thank you so much for that insight.
EXCELLENT insights!
wow this is me!!
Thank you for sharing this information. I can relate.
Symptoms started for me after having a bout with neuro lyme disease. My sensory perceptions were totally out of whack. It somewhat resolved after treatment, but not completely, and when I have a flare, riding in the car exacerbates the dizziness, nausea and weird out-of-body feeling. We live in a rural area where getting anywhere necessitates driving windy and rough back roads and all that jostling is horrid.
My wife gets very anxiety filled while riding in a car or driving because of a car accident that has caused these dizziness issues 9 years ago. Thank you for talking about this in your video. She is going to learn to tell her brain she is safe & will not get in another accident. Also ask Jesus & pray to have less anxiety & Trust that He will keep her safe riding or driving in a car.
You're very welcome! I am glad that you found this video for your wife ❤
Thank you for sending me to this video. The first time it happened was the day I was released to leave my home after recovering from Covid. I hadn't driven in two weeks, and it was a horrible, rainy November day. I was driving to vote in the 2020 election. As I left my street, I suddenly felt lightheaded and got very dizzy. I tried to shake it off and even pulled over and tried to focus, thinking it was some weird psychological response to leaving my house after 2 weeks. I managed to pull myself together enough to make it to the high school to vote. Before I left, I sat and sort of meditated for a few minutes. It didn't help much, but I was able to make it home in one piece. It was a week later that I returned to work. I was driving on roads I've been driving for 6 years. It happened again. I even got double vision. It scared me so much that I immediately went to the doctor right after work. He diagnosed me with vertigo - post Covid and gave me exercises to do at home, which I did faithfully. Somehow, I knew it wasn't isolated to my ears as my vision was way off. I started a morning mantra when I started the car that I learned from Abraham Hicks. I would say, "Safe and Easy." Repeating this every day gave me more confidence but did not help a lot. I started rolling my head around, turning my head far left and far right, and then up and down. It has helped some, thank goodness, but not completely. This week I started incorporating my hands and feet lol I know it sounds funny, but it seems to be helping.
Also if I crack my window and can hear the noises outside, it seems to help too.
Yes, this is great! You are doing it!
Wow . Like just seriously wow. You’re a 💎
Dr. Yonit,
I have had a fear of driving for 30 years and now I’m 46. I never really understood why I did not want to drive as a teenager. But now I believe the dizzy spells I experienced in my teens spooked me. Underwent a battery of tests and found nothing but I developed an unconscious fear of driving and roads.
Omg!! This just gave me the answers to a major issue I have riding in vehicle. When I see traffic stopping and the driver doesn’t stop when I expect them to, I instantly get dizzy and nauseous. Same thing with starting to move, or if they start and stop quick 🤢 I hate riding with other people but sometimes I have to and this is so difficult for me. This also caused a lot of unnecessary arguments with my ex husband 🙄
great insights!
Thanks Dr yonith. Please share more success stories with us. I have PPPD, that interviews saved my life. Thank you for your kindness ❤️
Thank you! I plan to definitely release more! You can view the whole playlist of what I have up now here: ua-cam.com/play/PLFf7T0374CmC4e-krn3BzPvtd3ZwXcabj.html
Watching this video yesterday inspired me today to try to relax and lay down during a very tedious car trip, starting right off with a horrible traffic jam full of buses and trailers. I was able to control my panic, just experiencing my over-stimulation with all the stop-and-go movement, vehicles passing by, loud noises, vibration. It was tough and very scary, but just that. Once I got moving again I was able to celebrate that I didn't panic and looking forward to face my senses in this friendlier way, different than just going through it getting frustrated and agitated like I did before. The brain finds new ways to alert you from imminent danger, but it's a false alarm. Every time. I wish strength and love to all suffering from these types of conditions and thank you for your incredible work Dr. Yonit.
Fantastic, Marco! This is great!
This was good. Thanks for the info.
However I thought we would learn what to do when it happens.
I wear a hat and sun glasses to not watch the movement. Head down and play solitary.. Less dizzyness when I get out.
I now do not take day trips, which was a part of my life.
Hi Georgeanna, thank you for the feedback. My experience is that the best way to mitigate the issues while driving other is to deal with the source, which is danger mode in the brain. I have not found that many other mitigation techniques (breathing, physiological stress reduction, polarized glasses) help people consistently. That said, I’m sure people reading the comments would love to hear anything that has helped you!
I feel worse with movement. It is ok for the first 5-10 mins of walking or driving and then symptoms ramp up. I’m at my best when sat still. I don’t get swaying (sometimes a very minor few seconds of bobbing) but I do get these random head wooshes/rushes and my brain just feels so disorientated randomly when I’m still. Symptoms are gone almost completely when laying down!
Very typical pattern here!
This is how I feel. How are you now a year later and what did you put it down to??
I feel like #3 - better driving in the car but sometimes feel movement when im laying down in bed or sitting in certain positions and swaying, rocking, floor shifting when standing along with visual vertigo episodes. What kind of therapies can i do at home to help with this? Are you saying vrt is not beneficial for #3 ? Im so tired of my eyes doing weird things and feel like they need the exercises.
Hi Brooke, sounds like you have a mix of all of them- totally typical with neural circuit dizziness. Exercises can help with issues standing and visual issues. You can find some here ua-cam.com/video/MsWYyDWuu_s/v-deo.html and in my free course thesteadycoach.com/free-course. That said, as I discuss in this video, I typically don’t give my clients exercises. I get more mileage out of helping them with stress and emotions.
I fluctuate between pattern 1 and pattern 3. One consistency for me is I feel my absolute worst at a red light. Feels like I'm being pushed or pulled. I feel trapped alot in life, so I think this may be the red light connection.
Wow, April, what an insight. There is something particularly stressful and awful about feeling like you're stuck and can't move. I tell people: would you rather be stuck with a tiger in a small room or in a big field? For sure in the big field, right? Choices make a difference in how we perceive stress.
3 years ago I had a traumatic childbirth where the doctor did not listen to me and everything went down hill during the birth to me also haemorrhaging afterwards. I felt so scared and out of control like I was going to die. I knew something was wrong all along but no one would listen to me. This was my 6th child. I have had vestibular symptoms from that moment on. I have been to neurologists and doctors and they can’t find anything. They tell me it’s silent migraine. Could I have suffered ptsd from this traumatic experience and this be the cause of my symptoms still today.
YES. 100% yes. It makes me feel so sad and angry to hear this story. Of COURSE your body would respond by ramping up your nervous system. Work through the trauma and my expectation is this will relieve your symptoms.
I have pattern #1 --being in a moving vehicle makes me more dizzy. What makes me dizzy is seeing my surroundings moving such as going past trees, other cars coming towards me or other cars going past me. What will help this?
VRT exercises might be a good idea here if you have not yet tried them. That can help your brain learn to filter out extraneous information. That said, I have worked with many who did no exercises and whose symptoms reduced via stress reductions/ emotional awareness techniques.
Me too! I haven’t been able to drive on the freeway in 15 years. Driving around town. I’m fine but it seems when I go past 40 mph especially on a highway that’s a high we’re going uphill I get so dizzy I feel like I’m floating..
@deborahwallace1847 I can relate to you. How are your driving now?
This information is ground-breaking. Thank you for the courage to present it.
You're very welcome, Steven! Thank you for trusting me! It is truly my privilege to be able to share this information!
Thank you again for another great video! Could you make a video why walking gives me fatigue feeling my eyes are so tired and I get also a very bad brain fog? Like just after 15 minutes of walking I have to rest on the couch or on the bed, sometimes even sleeping. After 3 months of VRT my tolerance increased a lot, but after my setback of 2 months and a half ago I haven’t been able to get back to those improvements
I can talk about this in a future video. Walking is a big vestibular challenge.
@@TheSteadyCoach Thank you! I’d love it! Also if it’s possible to know why just moving the head from left to right makes me so damn tired I have to lie down!
Im so glad you have a video for this. My vestibular physical therapy is about a 20 minute drive away (so 40 minutes total time driving). Im totally fine driving there, but as soon as i come to a complete stop, my rocking forward/back kicks in really strong (stronger than when i initially got in the car). Then walking in i feel like im drunk or very unsteady. It settles back down to my baseline of rocking (which is all day but at a lower intensity) after a little while (maybe 10 to 15 minutes). I was diagnosed with pppd, but i feel like it is more mdds? Will VRT probably not help much with my issues then? Should I just focus more on the anxiety issues/fear? I am able to walk mostly okay (and have been trying to do that daily), but do still feel symptoms at times while walking. Im scared that driving all the way to physical therapy and back is just reinforcing my main problem plus causing fear/stress. I also dont feel like the VRT is really helping with my constant rocking so far either as i feel worse just sitting.
Hi Amanda, if you're afraid of movement and have lots of movement provoked symptoms, VRT can help. If not, focus on the anxiety issues and fear! With my clients, I rarely use VRT, but it does have its place.
I get hell dizzy while driving and sometimes when the dizziness is too much i often feel disconnected with the surroundings, it feels as if I’m drunk.
I feel my dizziness only while in a car or while I’m in a rich complex visual stimuli also I remember this started 3 months back when i had a strong panic attack and dizziness while driving.
Kindly recommend which VRT exercises should i be doing on regular basis to reduce visual dependency as we don’t have good Physio here.
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Kindly recommend how should i desensitise my nervous system. Thanks doctor 🙏🏻
Please consider taking my free course on healing. I go over this in my course thesteadycoach.com/free-course
This was/is me! Dizzy drunk and dpdr while driving. Huge panic attack a couple years ago and my brain remembers!
And I’m basically patterns 1 or 2, all the time. But if I’m driving my symptoms usually stay the same unless I have to look around a lot like if I’m following the GPS on my phone and forget to clip it up so I’m looking down and up over and over again. That’s no bueno, immediate dizziness. I also can’t look back in the car, like looking towards the backseat or out the back window. And my dizziness started when I got severe whiplash, I got rear ended, saw it coming in my rear view mirror so I tensed up and definitely have anxiety about getting rear ended again. If we stop quickly and I see traffic coming behind us, I get a surge of adrenaline and usually start to feel dizzy and sick. Wow, I always knew that happened but I never thought the dizziness is actually connected to the nervous system. Excellent video! Thank you!!
Totally connected to the nervous system- and your experience is a perfect illustration!
I have pppd. I also have motion sickness (since childhood). Feelings are very different, one is dizzy the other is nausea. Are causes similar?
Sensitive central nervous system leads to both!
Omg finally someone knows and talk about this! I believe I was traumatized after feeling pull in from a big truck while driving a very small light weight car, I was under such a strong fear, after that day, I can not drive in a highway (always drove high speed with no problem at all). Now if I ever by mistake jump in a high way I have to pull over right away, as I feel I lose balance and control of the car. I truly feel compression in the back of my head, my legs will shake, and I just can’t continue to drive. I will like to know what can I do to reverse this trauma or brain damage…thank you!
That makes a lot of sense. There are a few ways to address it- most importantly you are trying to calm your nervous system while revisiting some of the issues that have stressed you out. You can look on UA-cam for nervous system exercises, but this is most easily done with a therapist/
Thank you !!! Will do!!!
Hey. i have pppd. I'm from Finland and pppd is not well known here. I need help. the worst problems are when driving a car. When driving, I feel like I'm drifting to the left and I get symptoms of a panic attack. focusing the vision is also difficult at the same time. this started 2 years ago and has gotten worse all the time. I drive less these days because the symptoms are increasing. I need help for my brain to understand again that driving is not dangerous but comfortable as it was before. what do i do? Thank you.🧡
Hei ja tervetuloa! You are not the only person from Finland who is here looking for help. I understand what you're going through and I think you will find the most thorough answers in the free course. It is 100% free. I would recommend signing up for it but consider waiting until January 5 to take it- there is a big update coming that will explain some of the steps in much more detail. You can skip Steps 3 - 4 if you don't have dizziness and only have trouble with driving. Steps 1, 2, 5 and 6 will be the most helpful to you. thesteadycoach.com/free-course
@@TheSteadyCoach oh yes i have all the symptoms. dizziness and a problem focusing the vision. hearing loss in the right ear as well. vertigo is usually distracting. I do standing work. dizziness also occurs in open places, shopping malls... stress has been hard for two years and big life changes. I've been watching the program. so I will visit again when the updates come. 😊thank you very much, I have learned a lot to understand this problem, thanks to you🧡
Hi Dr Yonit, could i get in contact with Mario? From the video about recovering?😊
Hi Arianne, Mario occasionally responds to the comments on his interview and I can also pass on your information to him. If you email us at info@thesteadycoach.com I can forward your message to him.
@@TheSteadyCoach Thank you!!!
I actually feel pretty good when driving or in any movement, like walking. And also mostly fine when sitting. My symptoms are most felt when standing still, or in smaller movements like walking into a room, cooking, or dishing dishes (the movement from the sink to the dishwasher for example). Then my eyes just feel bugged out. What do I fit into, and what does that mean?
Sounds like a perfect example of neural circuit dizziness- when you don’t fit neatly into these categories, it is likely because your brain is the source of the symptoms. Don’t worry- almost no one fits neatly into these categories.
How could you normal?please give me technique
Does anyone else with chronic dizziness feel weak and wobbly.
Yes me
How long you been dizzy
@@lexi1536 12 years
But have had mild Covid this year then a really nasty cold. Could be Long Covid. Do too much and I am a wreck.
I am sorry hope a miracle happens for you
Thank you Dr. Yonit.
You're very welcome!
Driving is dangerous
This film is very interesting and as if it was talking about me. I have problems with driving a car, it started when I was driving on the highway and now even on normal roads, I have to stop so as not to lose control of the vehicle. What's next, any help from you, which doctor should I go to, Regards.
Please consider taking my free course on healing chronic dizziness. My techniques and recommendations are condensed within this course and it is completely free thesteadycoach.com/free-course
Hi there, So glad that someone is talking about it, if you can answer my question, that will be helpful for my life, Just a week ago, I felt dizziness and kinda lost for a moment and before entering that area I was scared already and it was 2:00 Am as I’m taxi driver I drive passengers and I was soo much worried what just happened I tried to control my self and safely drop off the passanger, now kept thinking what just happend everyday and at least once or twice in a day, when I stop at lights and traffic is moving it gives me anxiety and coz of that I am worried all day, what if it happens again at a moment where I won’t be Abel to Handel, thinking to quit my job, what should I do please please answer, would be appreciated 😢🙏( I’m a nervous kinda person already easily scared of dark)
I am sorry you are going through this Rahul, but you will see on this channel you are not alone in what you are experiencing. Check out this video where I discuss how to handle these feelings in more detail ua-cam.com/video/B1iQELBDYII/v-deo.htmlsi=nU44_IHSb_KLmoKU
Is it possible in vestibular migraine to feel symptoms free when you are in motion.
I don't get any symptoms while in car.
Is it vestibular migraine or PPPD??
Both are neural circuit dizziness. The name of the symptoms doesn't matter. This video explains. ua-cam.com/video/6mPKiOa7VQ8/v-deo.html
Thanks steady coach 🙏🏻 I have a question, why some people with pppd say they have nerve damage? I have pppd but the doctor didn’t say anything about nerve damage. Thanks in advance
Hi Rose, nerve damage in this context usually refers to a weakness in one ear. You can learn more about it here: ua-cam.com/video/J9ia2XR-qB8/v-deo.html
Thank You so much for explaining THIS !
You're very welcome, Janet!
Is it a vestibular issue when you feel like cars are coming 'at you' even as a passenger? I have never felt comfortable driving but been going through bouts of feeling unable to completely in the last year. I have fibromyalgia and postural orthostatic tachycardic syndrome, but most other people I've spoken to can't identify this particular issue. It's like misjudging how close something actually is to you..
I have the same issue ! I’m diagnosed with FND, and PPPD is one of the symptoms associated with my FND! I cannot drive more than 5 min / 10 min because I struggle to comprehend the speed and depth of things around, sometimes seeing all like in slow motion. 🙃
I generally don’t watch the road anymore even as a passenger or in the train, because it triggers me as well
Hi doctor! I got sick once while I was driving and I think I got somehow traumatized by this event. I’m not scare of driving but what I noticed is when I’m driving in a highway like you said in a constant acceleration I feel dizzy and lightheaded and sometimes I got to pull over. This is a big problem for me because I need to drive to get to work. I’ve seen doctors and they can only tell me that’s in my head. Can you give my more tips or exercises that I can do to get rid of this ? Thanks in advance !
Ugh, I'm sorry you've been told it's in your head, I want to assure you that you are NOT making it up. That said, it is a prediction error being generated by your nervous system, so my general approach is to see what else might be causing your nervous system to be in high alert. The external trigger (driving) might be related to what's bothering you, but sometimes it's not- stress at work, conflicts at home, etc.- these can all cause the brain to be extra sensitive and make these kinds of errors.
@@TheSteadyCoach thanks doctor for taking the time to reply me
I had accident day after I had went to CVS to pick up medical standing in line waiting all kind of fear and phobia can across me heart rapid after that start coming markets driving on highways and dizziness .
I am very sorry to hear about this, Frank. It sounds like a very normal nervous system adaptation to trauma.
@@TheSteadyCoach How do I get back to normal?
Hey Coach I want to know Does this PPPD or neural circuit dizziness causes tired eyes or dry eyes and I feel this dry and tired or sleepy eyes with mentally tired while using laptop or studying online with mobile or laptop but it happens less when I am randomly surfing on mobile and laptop.
Absolutely. Your brain is working extra hard to process information- this leads to fatigue. It is VERY interesting that this is inconsistent between work and having fun. Many times this is because you are stressed out about work, holding your breath, and being tense.
@@TheSteadyCoach Hello Coach My question is also same but how can i stop this fatigue but it is like very weird by the way I am able to study for some time because of your videos thanks for your presence but 🥺 please tell how can I tackle this fatigue so I can study for long time
I can drive like Rambo on the city streets but once on the highway I feel like the “ where’s the beef “ lady in the movie Moving Violations
😂 😂
I feel like I’m gonna faint when driving on the highway at night . If the road is really smooth I feel like I’m gonna slide out of control . I feel like I’m shrinking and the view in front of me is getting huge
I'm sorry you're going through that, that sounds like what a lot of people here describe.