I have dizziness and vertigo that get worse while watching TV or movement. Please help.

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I can understand your concern. According to your statement, you have been suffering from motion sickness associated with dizziness, unsteadiness, nausea, and vertigo.

Motion sickness is dizziness and nausea when you ride in a car, train, boat, airplane, etc. Again some people experience such types of symptoms just from watching tv like you. I have gone through your investigation reports and found nothing significant (attachment removed to protect patient identity).

Well, motion sickness may have resulted from benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV), migraine, drop in blood pressure or orthostatic hypotension, inadequate blood flow to your brain or inner ear, low blood sugar or hypoglycemia, low iron levels or anemia, anxiety disorders, dehydration, overheating, carbon monoxide poisoning, medications like antidepressants, anti-seizures, tranquilizers, etc.

Other causes like neurological conditions and inner ear problems can cause such symptoms, but those reasons have already been excluded.

You can undergo some investigations like CBC (complete blood count), RBS (random blood sugar), MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) of the brain, Serum electrolytes, x-ray PNS 9paranasal sinus) O/M view, etc. to determine the exact causes for your present sufferings and then treat them accordingly.

Have you been suffering from migraine-like headaches, allergies, anxiety, panic attacks, or stress?

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Then it is difficult to predict the exact causes for your dizziness and vertigo. As you have already mentioned that you have been suffering from anxiety, stress and depression, so I think you may suffer from vestibular migraine with anxiety disorders. Anxiety, stress, and emotions like depression may aggravate your migraine.

According to your statement, it is migraine type headache as it is unilateral. Watching TV and anxiety or stress may initiate the episode of migraines.You can take Flunarizine and Propranolol as prophylactic treatment for migraines and painkillers like Naproxen or Ibuprofen for headache.

I hope this helps.

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Thank you for joining again. I am pleased to hear that my diagnosis was correct, and the diagnosis helped you subside your previous symptoms for the last six months. Now, after stopping taking the prescribing drug Flunarizine, your previous vestibular migraine symptoms have returned. Flunarizine is a safe drug. Like other medications, it causes side effects such as somnolence, sleeping disorder, fatigue, reduced motivation, and parkinsonism. But, everybody will suffer from Flunarizine-induced side effects. It is not like that. Some people may suffer from side effects while taking this medication, and those side effects usually go away after stopping this medication.

So, you will suffer from any side effects while consuming this medication. It is not like that, as this medication is considered a safe prophylactic medication for migraine. You can take this medication upto six months at a stretch or upto to subside your present sufferings. This medication may take four to eight weeks to show its full effectiveness and lessen your present symptoms entirely. So, despite having some side effects, you should start taking this medication to reduce your present complications. Take care. In case of any other query, ask me.

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Thank you for joining. Yes, you can start taking this medication for subsiding your present suffering, as I have already mentioned. This medication should not be used for more than six months to avoid any side effects that may result from prolonged use of this medication. It may take four to eight weeks to show its full effectiveness, and you can take this medication for another three to six months according to the severity. It is ideal to start this medication initially with low doses like 5 mg at bedtime. Then, if needed, you can increase its dose upto 10 mg at rest. When your present sufferings get subsided, you can stop taking this medication, as this has no withdrawal effects. Take care. Let me know if I can assist you further.

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Thank you for joining again. I am extremely sorry for the late reply. I have already seen your prescribing medication called Sendril and its containing ingredients. Sendril is a supplement that contains multivitamins and multi-minerals. It helps to treat various vitamin and mineral deficiencies in the body. So, you can take this medication as directed by your doctor. If your migraine episodes result from or are triggered by any vitamin deficiency or mineral deficiency, this medication may help. You can take this medication along with Flunarizine. But Sendril is not the main medication for subsiding the symptoms of migraine. You should take Flunarizine for lessening your present sufferings. So, it would help if you started taking Flunarizine with or without Sendril to reduce your present complications. Take care. In case of any other query, ask me.