About this episode

Vicky shares her powerful recovery story from severe vestibular migraine and chronic dizziness, detailing her journey to regain a normal life.

Vicky's powerful recovery story from severe vestibular migraine, chronic dizziness, PPPD, brain fog, and sensory overload – from crawling around the house to living fully again as a mom. Discover how she overcame debilitating symptoms when doctors said "learn to live with it," using mind-body tools and neural circuit recovery. In this emotional success story interview on The Steady Coach, Vicky shares her journey from sudden, terrifying onset of chronic dizziness in October 2022 – floor tilting, violent rocking, unbearable head pressure, extreme brain fog, crawling to the bathroom, inability to eat or sit upright, sensitivity to movement/shadows/noise, and terrifying dissociation from her own children – to full, confident life again by 2025. Told she had labyrinthitis (6 weeks), vestibular migraine, or would simply have to accept it, Vicki endured months of failed tests (MRI, VNG, rotary chair), vestibular therapy exercises, and mounting panic, health anxiety, and despair. Everything changed when she discovered neural circuit approaches through this channel and the Steady Coach community. Working with Dr. Yo and Pippa, Vicky accessed long-buried emotions, deconstructed limiting…

People in this episode

Host: Dr Yonit Arthur

Guest: Vicky

Topics covered

• vestibular migraine
• chronic dizziness
• neuroplasticity
• mind-body tools
• recovery story

Keywords

• vestibular migraine
• chronic dizziness
• neural circuit recovery
• PPPD
• brain fog

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Organizations: The Steady Coach

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