Shayla Love on dizziness and balance disorders like vertigo and how patients’ symptoms are often invisible to the doctors who treat them.
I went for a jog along the East River, in Brooklyn. Everything seemed to be in the right place—clouds above me, wooden boardwalk below. Still, the 7 A.M. sunlight seemed brighter than usual, and the water rippled in a disjointed way, like a film reel missing a few frames. My head was heavy on my shoulders. Confusingly, it also felt as though it might float away. Back in my apartment, I rolled out a yoga mat and stretched.
I pulled out my notebook to show Zwergal a list of the dozen conditions that my dizziness has been attributed to over the years, from labyrinthitis to low blood pressure. He seemed unsurprised. “People do have these long trajectories and patient histories,” he said, leaning back in his chair. With a gentle tone that softened his German lilt, he added, “Hopefully, you’ve survived that psychologically normal, but many patients get depressed or frustrated.
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