Justin's Success Story: recovery from long Covid, including dizziness, swaying, dissociation
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It is a pleasure and a privilege to bring you this success story from Justin! I know Justin personally as he participated in my coaching group, and Justin suffered from post-Covid dizziness and dealt with unsteadiness and a constant rocking sensation as well as shortness of breath. Thankfully, within a few months, Justin found Vivian's Success Story (Part 1 here: • Vivian's Success Story... ) and identified with her story, realizing that at least part of the sensations that he was dealing with were neural circuit. He immediately joined the coaching group (community.thesteadycoach.com/) and started therapy, and he is now almost fully recovered.
00:00:00 Intro and about Justin
00:05:21 Stress leading up to the symptoms; Covid and the flu one right after the other; initial symptoms
00:09:00 How the dizziness evolved and led to hopelessness and despair, finally bringing him to this channel
00:12:34 Justin took my advice and started therapy as he worked through the course; neural circuit dizziness is a "paper tiger"
00:15:55 Justin's symptoms: dizziness, constant rocking, insomnia, anxiety, tinnitus, racing heart, post-exertion exhaustion and why it's so important to NOT say "It's just anxiety"
00:22:19 Dizziness specific symptoms: rocking, floating, swaying, dissociation, except when driving
00:28:04 Getting off social media and less phone time, working through grief, therapy to help with emotional awareness and expression
00:31:47 The three categories of people Dr. Yo sees with chronic dizziness and what they need to do to recover
00:33:40 Highlights of Justin's growth: developing self-compassion and embracing his inner jerk
00:40:04 Emotional mindfulness and how to work with feelings as well as sensations; what 90% recovery looks like
00:45:22 What was and wasn't helpful in developing self-compassion; setting boundaries
00:53:30 Justin's experience with EMDR therapy (see this interview for more info! • EMDR therapy for traum... )
00:58:11 From this experience and prior experience, Justin knows these techniques will help you 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. - Розваги
My dizziness is gone at the present time after discovering Dr. Yo and Dan Buglio. Yay! Thank you both so much! I suffered for 25 years off and on with the “dizziness”. I use to describe my “dizziness” as swaying, feeling like I was walking on a cruise ship and lightheaded. It was only truly dizzy with spinning when I moved/turned my head quickly or turning around like 360 degrees and would only spin for like 10 seconds. Glad you are well again! Thank you for your success story.
BRILLIANT, Debbie! So happy to hear you're feeling well!
Your story is exactly mine!! I love this channel and I’ve been trying to avoid medication’s but I still don’t know exactly how to approach the recovery or what exactly I’m supposed to do :(
thats amazing! is there any one thing you recommend most that you feel helped you recover most? or any specifc things please help thank you
I think what helped me most was just not playing into it. I would just go on with my day no matter how bad I felt. I would say to myself over and over I know this is just my brain trying to keep me safe but I’m ok. Nothing is physically wrong with me!
thank you i will try to look at it like this too@@debbietraugh9851
4:28 So true.. my symptoms also started during a very stressful point of my life.
It's really good you're noticing that. It gives you so many clues about what might need to be addressed to get better.
Same and it has been 18 months and I want it to be better soon
@@Mal17281 Im right there with ya, best of luck to us both
Perfectionists are All or Nothing thinkers. It helps to keep life in perspective. Good days and bad days …is a helpful mantra that helps to calm me. All is not lost when something goes bad and when I feel scared and dizzy.
Beautiful.
I'm heading off grid. Selling my beautiful home and living a mortgage free life out close to nature. Going to grow my own food ,build a modest house and live a life with little stress. After my boat ride finished it gave me a new perspective on life.
I want to do the same.. best of luck and enjoy
been on the daily boat rocking for over a year now, still just holding on to the hope of one day being able to feel normal again, and maybe leave my house comfortably again
Same how it started a year ago for myself as well.. makes me wonder if something else started all of this.
@@michaelmorgan9009 yeah I thought that as well. 200K in medical debt from seeing so many “specialists” and no answers until I found this channel. Still dealing with it but I’m at least able to walk around my apartment for now. I’m so ready to be done with this. Takes a toll on your mind
@@BeardedWrenchhIt sure does, good luck to both of us
Hang in there. It gets better.
I have the same bobbing and swaying sensation. It seems to be worse when I am laying back and reclining. How do I know if it’s my nervous system or my body is fatigued and overly tired?
Dr. Yo, You Tube can definitely be tricky I’ve heard. Thank you so much for not exiting!! You make a huge difference! Justin, thank you so much for sharing your story!! Really appreciate you!!
I'll make sure to remind myself to talk to you if I'm ever hovering over that delete button!!
I had Covid twice now being dizzy on top of MdDS. I lost hearing in my left ear both times, and it did finally come back. It was 2018 when this started and here we are in 2024. My hope is always to one day to become still.
I'm sorry that happened to you. I know it's miserable. Things can get better.
Dr. Yo, you ARE a rockstar! I have thought many times that if I could meet anyone, it would be you. Thank you for sharing your expertise in this format. Finding you a year ago was the beginning of my healing journey. I have been able to get back to several activities like cooking, ironing, and listening to music, all of which used to cause increased dizziness.
Thank you to Justin for sharing his story. It was unique and yet still relatable.
YAY! I'm so happy to hear about your successes!!!
My life was the same - workaholic, people pleaser , big into exercising...got dizziness after 2 covid infections and most recently got dizziness and tachycardia from tapering too fast off of a POTS med called fludrocortisone..my body went into panic mode when it detected that the drug wasnt in my system and sent a cascade of cortisol, adrenaline, noradrenline etc...even after quickly going back on the fludrocortisone, the fight or flight chemicals still were lingering so strongly in my body, even causing diarrhea, no appetite, and insomnia ...that was when i realized this must be a sympathetic nervous system glitch of some kind as all tests normal other than elevated urine cortisol from the stress ..now i know its a limbic system glitch and am doing DNRS program now..
How are you now, have you been able to taper off the meds? I am in the same boat with meds.
@@stevie9y9y I tried to taper too fast before and basically went cold turkey without telling my doctor ...now i am doing a slow, steady, medically supervised taper with my doctor and it's much better. It will probably take another 4 or 5 months from now to be fully off the med but at least will be done safely . The rapid taper caused a danger signal to go off in my brain and resulted in crazy symptoms . Now I only have a small dizzy spell here and there for a few seconds but fatigue now like the body seems to need to take it easy ..I'm so sorry to hear your in a similar situation...you have to taper so slow that your body doesn't realize so much that it's a lower dose and also it's safer to have your doctor monitor you a lot during the taper . We will get there eventually!
What is DNRS?
This is so encouraging for those of us with MEFM! In my case it was "Long Mono." (And yes, there were 15 major stresses in one year that contributed to that, including being chemically sensitive -- double MTHFR gene without knowing it.) I wasn't driven at that time, however -- I think it was just too many negative changes. Covid made things worse, and I didn't know I shouldn't sing with a sore throat - and it was my go-to for feeling happier and healthier. The throat damage didn't seem to heal, and I can't sing at all now without coughing my brains out all night. The fear comes when no-one knows why all this was happening. Neuroplasticity is such a good explanation! Thank you.
You are not the only one I have seen with the throat sensitivity!!! For the two that I'm thinking of, it turned out to be completely mindbody and they are now able to sing and talk normally. I put one of their stories on my Instagram a couple weeks ago (Rachel)!
@@TheSteadyCoach That's fabulous, and so encouraging. I have no doubt it's mindbody. I did a throat chakra meditation that asked if I felt silenced or forced to speak something not my truth - and realized that too had a huge amount to do with it.
My symptoms started after a miscarriage and a believe Covid right before the lock down, we didn’t have tests yet but I believe I had it.
I've made big progress since I first read about mind-body connections and all the personality traits that people who get symptoms have, but it is still so interesting (and reinforcing) for me when I hear the same stuff: be more compassionate to yourself and be more a jerk 🙂 It's a joke, of course because as Justin said, it doesn't mean that we have to be a real jerk but to express our feelings and opinions, what was hard for me and let me tell you: my chronic headaches went away when I learnt to say "no". Dizziness is still here in some level but it is because I'm still afraid of it and still angry for having it. So, I have work to do on that level but I know I can get better. Thank you for this interview ❤
AMEN on the setting boundaries and saying no!
Do you do one on one coaching?
Is this an old video or something? Video just came out today but this comment is 2 weeks old? what am I missing?
@@michaelmorgan9009members in my membership community get access to videos before they’re public on UA-cam. They usually get them 2-6 weeks early. community.thesteadycoach.com
@@TheSteadyCoach Ahh that makes sense now, thank you
I've been struggling with LC symptoms (lightheadedness, dizziness, swaying, off-balance) and I feel like I'm never going to get better. It's been 39 months of this complete h#!l. These success stories of their 'before' selves sounds just like me. I want to feel better!
Hey, Justin here. Those were exactly my symptoms. If your test results are normal, I would recommend you to treat this as an anxiety/PPPD disorder. I was better within weeks after accepting this.
@@JDH213 I have this lightheadedness whether I'm sitting, standing, or lying. Did you have that also? It doesn't remind me of true dizziness but more like something is wrong in my head.
@@jennifersterner6722 yeah I never had true vertigo/dizziness either. More like a strange unsteady lightheadedness. I had it in all positions too when it was bad. I’m assuming you’ve had tests done? I’m not a doctor, but generally speaking, if they don’t find something “wrong with your head”, there isn’t
@@JDH213 That describes me exactly. I've been to so many doctors who have never found anything wrong with me at all. It's very frustrating when you're dealing with all of this. This is a long time (40 months) to be dealing with this and I don't understand why I can't get better. I want to have hope.
@@jennifersterner6722 there is absolutely hope! One of the most baffling things about PPPD is that it requires self diagnosis to heal. It seems as though you don’t truly believe there isn’t some hidden, biological issue that the doctors are somehow missing. I am not a doctor, but if I were a betting man, my money would be on you healing very quickly once you understood you are okay. PPPD is a paper tiger. It is simply a bodily sensation you decided you are afraid of so your mind installed a security system to keep an eye on it. Let it go, and believe you are okay. Start going for walks and find ways to introduce relaxation into your life.
Justin, thank you for sharing. It’s people like you that really helped me through my own recovery. I cheer every time I hear someone else say they felt better while driving. I had the same experience and it was part of what gave me hope for feeling better 24/7.
Dr. Yo, thanks for another success presentation!
So glad you enjoyed this!
Felt that at the 12:50 mark. Good for him!! Amazing Yo.
It is such an honor to me that people trust me in their darkest moments. I never take it lightly. ❤ ❤
We have never met but we lived the same life! Thanks Justin for the courage to share, someone like me dealing with Long Covid and PPPD just needed to hear this to get motivated for the last mile of my recovery! Wish you a great year ahead and as always, thanks a lot Dr.Yo!
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On a walk right now. Needed this one today
I'm glad that you found Justin's story at the right time ❤
Thank you so much for sharing! Gives me so much hope!
You're so welcome, I love doing these!
So relatable
Such a relatable interview on so many levels!
I'm glad you liked it, Chandler!
After a miscarriage and covid in 2020 I got vertigo. The first couple months was rocking, swaying, tilting feeling, dropping sensations. Visually walls looked like they were melting, vibrating. So many symptoms.
It’s nice to hear from another addict in recovery too and someone with ptsd ❤
Congrats Justin, as a fellow survivor of Yo’s graduation interview, I applaud your bravery and your willingness to share your journey with others.
I never take lightly how hard it is to be that vulnerable!
Amen Justin
And Dr Yo is a rockstar!!😊
❤❤❤
I love these courageous people so much 🔥
ME TOO! And Bryan, I just heard from Justin- he's doing amazing. LUNG FUNCTION IS BACK TO NORMAL! He is living life without symptoms, hiking, biking, super active, and he's about to take a year to travel with his spouse!
@@TheSteadyCoach what a joy to share in Justin’s story, his courage, and stamina.
Wow! I’m 12 months in and I’m beginning to have my own light at the end of this dizziness tunnel.
It has been the most powerful aid in my growth and expansion. It just about killed me but that’s what it took to get my attention.
Thank you, Dr Yo for being a badass.
Because of you I am 90% recovered. I thought I was sentenced to life in dizziness. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. My last lingering issue is screen time and particularly working in front of screens. I find it hard focusing and concentrating and I get setbacks from it. Could you comment on this? Perhaps make a video? Specifically I wonder if the recommendation is slow exposure or staying away until "full recovery"? Love and gratitude!
Great question! Maybe we'll address this on the new Going Steady podcast. In general... the less avoidance, the better. Focus on relaxing your body and not holding your breath when you're in front of a screen. Most people tense up and stop breathing. Remind yourself your brain is just making an error with the screens. See if you can have a sense of lightheartedness about it, like Oh silly brain.
I love reading that you have a success story! I’ve been suffering with this for three years, and I’ve been trying to avoid medication. I absolutely love this channel, but I’m still not sure how to approach it or what exactly exactly I should be doing.
that is great! is there any one thing you did that you feel helped you recover the most?
Brilliant success story and you have helped me so much Dr Yo. I have been feeling almost recovered after developing pppd postpartum last year but the last week following a virus I have felt dizzy/nausea again which has reactivated the fear and sent me down a rabbit hole of what ifs and what is driving it this time (e.g. is it a pppd flare or a neuritis?!). Think I need to revisit the course and remind myself I’m safe and to be compassionate during this time ❤️, any resources on working through renewed fear of symptom recurrences?! Justin your mindset and perspective shift inspires me and I continue to work on my own recovery! X
Check out this video if you haven't already ua-cam.com/video/nMPRrUFmiYY/v-deo.htmlsi=H7t55ZyF5Lk5hqXg
My dizziness actually feels worse indoors than outside. At home it's a lot worse especially certain rooms so I can never relax. My boat rocking feeling has gone but I have constant lightheadedness and always feel like I'm on the verge of a vertigo attack but it never happens.
You may be interested in this video ua-cam.com/video/StYWlDFkFjM/v-deo.htmlsi=LLI9pTUAciUc1XVL
I feel like lighting makes a difference, I hate certain stores and restaurants
AMAZlING ANGEL LADY , NO QUESTION .
Hello Dr. Yo. Thanks for bringing this story up and Thanks to Justin for accepting to let the world know of his story. OMG, I didnt watch Vivian's story yet but Except, lung issues, I do also have same symptoms following Covid infection two years ago. The symptoms of dizziness that Justin explained match 100% of my symptoms. I am unable to explain to my family and friends how I feel. And it triggers only by WALKING. Same as Justin, I can drive, work on computer, sit..etc. As soon as I stand up, first I feel lightheadedness and then swaying/rocking feeling comes when start walking.
Just wondering, if Justin is okay to be contacted by email, I would appreciate your help. If he cannot, that is totally understandable. Wish him have a good health.
If you’d like to email us, we can forward your message to him. We can’t guarantee he’ll respond but we can get him the message. info@thesteadycoach.com
@@TheSteadyCoach Thank you Dr. A quick question to you, not justin, Do you think covid is causing such issues? So far, I see Vivian, Justin and myself with exact same symptoms just after covid infection in May 2022. Well my initial symptoms were tingling and burning sensation, but dizziness started 3 months ago. As you worked with many clients, have you seen many cases like this?
This is my experience as well
With all due respect, i dont believe in the long covid bandwagon. I believe any infection can cause harm to our nervous system however. I have pppd/mdds/vm and never had covid. I do have autoimmune diseases however.
14 months on I'm doing everything eventhough symptoms are 24/7 with small breaks here and there. I love driving because i feel normal.
So glad you are doing so well ❤
14 months
Long Covid bandwagon?
I hope people with post-Covid dizziness can see there's hope and healing to be found, and that these kinds of post-viral issues existed long before Covid and are typically a nervous system programming issue.
@@TheSteadyCoach thank you for all you do for all of us Dr Yo…
I can relate to you so much. I loved to drive or bike because the symptoms werent noticable. Now, im not on a boat anymore, and my dizziness is gone. I know the dizziness will fade too. Just care about yourself and dont get yourself to stressed anymore.
1 year in. I beat diploma and constant tilting of the room and light headedness.. now I have terrible disorientation and brain fog. Been a year. Waiting for it to go away I have an appointment with Dr. Beh. See if I’m on the right meds. I’m trying to avoid anti anxiety. Also head pain
I'm sorry to hear that you're suffering. If the medical route is inadequate for you, consider taking the course thesteadycoach.com/free-course it is free
Dr Yo how do I stop the dizziness or fear to drive because of anxiety and panic attacks that lead to the dizziness. I felt dizziness while driving this past summer and had my first panic attack. Now I have fear and anxiety of driving. I don’t know if dizziness has caused anxiety or if anxiety/ fear has caused my dizziness. But I’ve had the dizziness since 2020 and never had anxiety. The anxiety started a year ago.
I’m so sorry that happened to you. Driving is really tricky sometimes and yes, if your nervous system got revved up, your brain is going to try to stop you from doing things it thinks are dangerous- even if they’re not dangerous.
ua-cam.com/video/C3Tv8VckwuU/v-deo.htmlsi=qJ892A2HP5VB4Fwb
I LOL’d at minute 46 because I’ve done that! 😂
I struggled with pppd for a year. Was the hardest time in my life. Now, since the end of december 2023, I only experience 1% of my symptoms. Basically cured. Thank you dr yo, without you I would still be sailing on my boat. :))
My symptoms all started because I suffered from GAD (anxiety disorder). Felt like I would be stuck with my symptoms forever. I know all of you can be cured. Just have hope and live your daily life. Dont let the dizziness stop you from going to work, school, friends nor the gym. Then, ill promise the symptoms Will slowly fade. Dont stress about it too much and just give it time.
So nice!! Would you share what helped you most?
@@ariannesmakman5639 What helped me te most was just living life normally. Acting like nothing is going on. Its really hard to ignore all the symptoms, but the moment you give it all your attention, it gets worse. So 3 months after I started to work full time again, and started to spend time with my friends, I noticed the symptoms became less noticable. And after a while they were almost fully gone. Ive went to a lot of different specialist and doctors, but in the time i didnt go to any specialist, the symptoms became less.
Fantastic, Stefan!!!
@@stefanjaarsma2400 thats great! so you just did let avoidance take over and continued to live an outside life which is what helped you recover most?
Dear Dr Yonit. Would you be so kind to answer this one question. I really want to stop worrying now!!!
i have pppd, stress because of it all & i have the eyes causing diziness. And it all started 5 years ago, with a overstimulated stressed mind & body which recovered a little bit...and later, a few times bppv (now 3 years ago). I have had better periods. But last month is worse again. Especially when looking up or down, i always feel like i am going to "fall" or feel a dizzy spin. Just for 2 seconds. My Physio tested me amd says i have no bppv anymore. So..apperently, now my brain is copying the bppv symptoms😳. I am very scared for the sensations that are caused by moving my head. Question; i keep worrying if i should DO something about this. I think about ALL my symptoms all day long. Worry, think, look for answers & stress and scared about it still being here. I KEEP thinking, i have t DO something! Like:
Should i move my hea.d more up & down on purpose? To get used to it again. Or do i need to do the epply again and again... or...is it ok to just STOP trying to find a solution for the pppd& fake bppv sensations
And..can i just totally STOP thinking about it totally!!!. And just ONLY focus on living normal live. And let the symptoms BE there untill they fade away by themselves? Is that even possible for these sensations that are copied from bppv? That they vanish themselves?
Can it all dissapate when i am finally able to stop worrying about them, stop focussing on them, reduce the stress i feel because of them being here now and Just by living "normal life" and not have extra attention on them all day?😅😅😅🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🥰
Yes! Stop worrying and paying attention to them. Some people with obsessive thinking about their symptoms do best when they let them go and stop worrying.
Does he somewhere in the interview say how far is recovered?
I think he gets symptoms maybe once a week, but he is doing really well...
But this biggest difference is he doesn’t care he’s getting symptoms anymore… he lives his life despite them
@@jackiegroden416 exactly. If I can stop 24/7 I'd be happy
Yep he gets them occasionally but they are short lived, mild and he is living life at 100% now. If you haven't seen the interview with Vivian, she was about there when we did the interview and she is now 100% recovered and we are doing a follow up interview.
Thank you. Very encouraging. I also march towards better. Very gratefull for your work!greetings from the Netherlands:)@@TheSteadyCoach
I wonder is it common with people that have this where they vaccinated? Has anybody who's been unvaccinated suffer from this?
Many many people who aren’t vaccinated have long covid. Several studies suggest it makes no difference if you’re vaccinated
@@JDH213 do you know anybody personally? Because I don't. Most of the people that I know have been vaccinated. They were either snatched off the street, offered money, or went voluntarily. Every single one is in poor health. Me and my husband and my children are the only people I know that don't have any problems health wise.