Why chronic dizziness symptoms come back & what you can do to prevent recurrences

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As you're working on recovering from medically unexplained chronic dizziness (PPPD, MdDS, vestibular migraine, cervicogenic dizziness, post concussion syndrome, etc.), you may have heard stories of people who report recovering for a period of time and then having their symptoms come back. This video explains why I have seen this happen and what factors you can work on to prevent recurrences.

Note: this video does not cover motion triggers and events because I do not believe that these triggers and events lead to CHRONIC symptoms, although they can certainly lead to TEMPORARY symptoms. Chronic symptoms are occurring due to a nervous system error, as outlined in this video:    • Why you have PPPD, MdDS, and other unexpla...  

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The study I referenced: Persistent postural perceptual dizziness is on a spectrum in the general population
Georgina Powell, Hannah Derry-Sumner, Deepak Rajenderkumar, Simon K. Rushton, Petroc Sumner
Neurology May 2020, 94 (18) e1929-e1938; DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000009373

00:00 Intro & when you should NOT be watching this video!
02:01 The words we use MATTER (why I don't use terms like "relapse" and "remission")
03:08 What is a recurrence?
03:53 Dizziness (to a degree) is NORMAL - studies have actually illustrated this
06:21 Reason 1: someone recovered passively ("I don't know how I recovered" or was treated passively)
08:18 Reason 2: someone still has a lot of health anxiety or fear of recurrence
10:17 Reason 3: someone recovered just by focusing on responses to symptoms or neuroplasticity surrounding symptoms
12:21 Reason 4: extreme stress or trauma turns the fight/flight response back on
13:21 Suggestion 1: educate yourself - dizziness is normal, and chronic dizziness is a nervous system response
13:43 Suggestion 2: must address health anxiety and fear of symptoms
14:02 Suggestion 3: address your hypervigilant nervous system and past experiences
14:42 Suggestion 4: focus on self compassion and reduce internal stress

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