Foods, supplements and vertigo: Part 1

If you do an AI search on foods to embrace or avoid for vertigo, you will get a long list of suggestions.  We are told to stay hydrated, avoid salt, take calcium, magnesium or vitamin D, and to avoid caffeine and alcohol, just for starters.  Some lists have dozens of do’s and don’ts.   Have peopleContinue reading “Foods, supplements and vertigo: Part 1”

Vertigo, headaches and palpitations

A reader writes in with a group of puzzling symptoms: After a lifetime of excellent balance, she experienced slight dizziness and instability that gradually worsened over a few weeks.  There was also a low, deeply vibratory sound in the right ear.  This was followed by severe vertigo for which weeks were spent in bed.  SheContinue reading “Vertigo, headaches and palpitations”

Rocking vertigo and PMDD

A reader writes: I have a general sensation that I am on a boat. It is the worst in the morning and I am finding that I have difficulty walking straight and really have to concentrate on keeping my balance during the first hour of the day. Rocking vertigo is a feeling of continuous up-and-down,Continue reading “Rocking vertigo and PMDD”