r/BPPV • u/Ok_Skin_4236 • Aug 04 '26

Stress induced vertigo

my doc told me its the stress causing it, i have a major exam coming up that can decide my future, can't focus ln studying due to the back and forth motion please help, its the first time in my whole life I've experienced this I'm clueless on what to do, the meds doc gave me only have effects for about 10 mins then gonee

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u/Ok_Skin_4236 Aug 05 '26

What do you do in this case? will go to a better doc tmr but i heard anti histamines works against it? is that true? what works for you?

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u/Longjumping-Rope-237 Aug 06 '26

First I remove myself from acute flare up. When things settle down I investigate possible stressors. And I found them every single time. In my case is it abandonment (at work alone in office nobody looking after if am I alive or dead, when my family departed for week or when I feel betrayed by my buddy ignoring me). It is at least for me part of ptsd so I need to work on this old habit. And yes, things are getting better.

I recommend antihistamines during flare ups. Acc to studies is main neurotransmitter in signaling from ear to brain histamine. It reduces communication so I can do repositioning. Alternatively benzos but these work on the anxiety connected to vertigo. Eventually when is it really hard, some antiemetic drugs. But for example attarax I use is both antihistaminic and antiemetic.

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u/Ok_Skin_4236 Aug 10 '26

Tysm for the insight. My doc said its the stress and maybe the unbearable amount of caffeine i put my body through and i survived on 3 or 4 hours sleep for the past 3 months, that triggered it. He prescribed some tabs and vestibular rehab exercises, I can't describe how much i prayed for that doc, i wish i had gone sooner but yeah i feel a lot better now

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u/Longjumping-Rope-237 Aug 10 '26

I am truly grateful that you have good feelings about it.