Patient Spotlights

The Vestibular Patient Experience

Vestibular disorders are invisible. You look fine on the outside, but inside you’re struggling with a myriad of debilitating symptoms. It’s easy to feel like you’re alone, and no one understands what you’re going through.

Reading about others who have been in your shoes can validate your experience and give you tips on what to expect and how to deal with it.

You can also share your story to spread hope and increase awareness about what it’s like to live with vestibular dysfunction.

Helen Stoll

VeDA has been a sanity-saver for me for 30+ years. I am a 73-year old 'retired' RN. In May of 1986, the month I turned 40, I came down with what eventually was diagnosed as

Sue (a.k.a. “Surly Sue”)

Sue retired in 2019 at 67. Since then, Sue has been clawing her way through months of vestibular rehab therapy. A determined and heroic Sue is pictured here with her canine therapist, "Uncle Brenda." It

Ron Moore

Introduction My Meniere’s Disease began some 20 years ago, while I was leading a workshop in England, when I experienced a sudden and dramatic hearing loss, specific to one ear. I had to ask people

Yvonne Linton

When Balance Goes Topsy-Turvy The tipping point for seeking help for my balance was toppling over on my bike while waiting at a stoplight. As someone who enjoyed training for triathlon events, this could prove

Connie in the Water

I am floating face down, having managed not to panic after having fallen down a six-foot embankment into the river. I am reveling at the thought that I have remained relaxed, but I am also

Adam Said

With the assistance of the Balance Institute of Indianapolis and The VEDA Organization itself, I began to compile Vestibular exercises that could potentially improve my daily functions. I stumbled upon the VOR X1 and X2

Diana

I had a concussion after a car accident in July 2016. It caused double vision and my eyes didn't track together. Severe headaches would wake me at night, causing waves of nausea. Everything was too

Jim Patterson

My vestibular ordeal started like any other day at my cabin in the New Mexico mountains in July, 2018. My wife and I took a 4-wheeler ride in the mountains, like we have done many

Alex Shaddock

I was an active sophomore at Sandra Day O’Connor High School, going to school every day, playing soccer and hanging out with my friends, until one day, I wasn’t. I was sick the previous week

Don Best

My vestibular story starts in May of 2016. I am semi retired and at age 65 was thoroughly enjoying life that beautiful spring morning. It had rained during the night so I was walking in

Diana B.

My vestibular journey began with a box of cereal. I bent over to put it away on a lower shelf and was hit with a true vertigo attack. The room was spinning and I couldn’t

Jude Austin

A life on the ocean wave with MdDS in the 21st Century…by Jude Austin My journey began in 2006 after flying to New Zealand and back over a weekend, to do a training session with