Brock's Success Story: recovery from visual symptoms & chronic dizziness w/ vestibular migraine Dx

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It is such a privilege to bring to you this success story from Brock, who I had the pleasure of getting to know personally as part of my membership community. Brock's symptoms started in mid 2021. He eventually got diagnosed with vestibular migraine and was living with debilitating fatigue, brain fog and visual symptoms. Today, he is 100% recovered and back to normal life. In this story, Brock shares more about his experience and how he got better. A few details not in the interview: Brock did have comprehensive vestibular testing done; all results were normal. He did not take any medications to recover, though he did take sleeping medications occasionally at some points in the process due to debilitating sleep-related symptoms. Please enjoy!!

00:00 Intro and about Brock
03:52 How the symptoms started - visual delay and instability
05:20 Medical changes, hormone supplementation and major weight loss made him think the dizziness was medical
09:48 Symptoms kept getting worse and worse: visual symptoms, physical fatigue, brain fog, leg heaviness, head rushes
12:37 Brock ends up at the emergency room and has full batteries of tests including vestibular testing
14:47 A doctor said was just anxiety and Brock felt super offended
20:00 Daily life with the symptoms - he felt like he had the flu EVERY DAY - and was given no hope by specialists
22:56 He found Megan's channel and realized he had PPPD, and he started vestibular rehab, but it didn't help
24:34 Besides the flu-like feelings, he had derealization, trouble reading, sensitivity to light, visual halos visual delays, vibrating vision
30:28 He accepted nothing was wrong with him but he didn't have much hope things would change
31:17 He found me in January 2023 (this interview was filmed in June 2023) joined the community, did the workbook and started caring for himself
33:25 He had to accept that he could not recover passively
34:36 Brock describes his routine: somatic tracking, going to therapy, started doing the things he had been avoiding, self care, feeling his feelings
40:42 Prediction errors in action!
42:07 Being part of the community and relating to others made a huge impact on his recovery
43:07 The roots of Brock's "danger mode" response - he was never an anxious or neurotic person
46:01 He feels 100% normal!
48:00 Brock's advice: get medical clearance, then look inside
51:20 The hopelessness and depression were intense, but they will pass 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.