The Dizzin blog

Understanding & tracking your dizziness.

Plain-language guides on vestibular conditions, common triggers, and how to turn everyday logging into real answers.

Guides

Plain-language articles on conditions, triggers, and getting more from tracking.

Questions to ask your ENT or neurologist about dizziness

A printable checklist grouped by goal - diagnosis, tests, treatment, what to track between visits, and the red flags that mean don't wait.

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Symptom diary vs symptom tracker: what's the difference?

A diary stores what happened; a tracker finds the pattern inside it. Why that difference decides whether you ever spot your dizziness triggers.

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Vestibular migraine triggers (and how to find yours)

Sleep, stress, food, hormones, weather, screens - the common list is a starting point. Here's how to find the triggers that are actually yours.

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Rocking vs spinning vs floating: how to describe your dizziness to a doctor

The words you choose steer your diagnosis. A phrasebook for the hardest symptom to explain, with a fill-in script for your appointment.

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Types of dizziness: vertigo vs lightheadedness vs unsteadiness

"Dizzy" is one word doing the job of four. Learn to tell the types apart and describe yours so a doctor can actually help.

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Vestibular migraine symptoms: the full checklist

The complete symptom picture, including the attacks without headache that throw everyone off the trail, based on the international criteria.

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What is PPPD? Persistent dizziness explained

Constant rocking or swaying that worsens upright, in motion, or around screens, while every test comes back normal. PPPD in plain language.

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Vestibular neuritis recovery timeline: what to expect

An honest week-by-week map of recovery, why it is not linear, and when lingering dizziness needs another look.

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BPPV explained: causes, symptoms, treatment, and outlook

What the "loose crystals" actually are, how the Epley maneuver puts them back, and why BPPV comes back for some people.

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How to prepare for a dizziness doctor appointment

The six details your doctor actually needs, a preparation checklist, and the questions worth asking your ENT or neurologist.

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Somatic tracking for PPPD: can attention calm chronic dizziness?

PPPD feeds on threat and hypervigilance. What somatic tracking is, what the evidence actually shows, and how to practise it - without turning it into more symptom-checking.

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How to track your dizziness triggers (and actually find them)

A step-by-step method for logging episodes and lifestyle factors so patterns emerge in weeks, not years - plus the mistakes that hide your triggers.

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Ménière's disease triggers: what the evidence says

Sodium, barometric pressure, caffeine, stress and more - which Ménière's triggers are worth tracking, and how to test whether they matter for you.

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The vestibular migraine diet: a practical starting point

Elimination diets, common food triggers, and why an individual tracking approach beats a one-size-fits-all list for vestibular migraine.

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More guides publishing regularly. Have a topic you want covered? Email support@dizzin.app.