This is a question I’m asking out of paranoia and on a particularly hopeless day. Can VM/PPPD be healed after having it for many years? I’ve had this 24/7 for 5 years and am sometimes worried that at some point your brain just gets stuck like that. I guess I want to know whether there are ppl who recovered after having this for many many years.
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Dipping into Success Stories & Positivity 
is your friend here.
In short: yes.
The disease has momentum and the longer you’re chronic the harder it is to reverse it but its not an unstoppable force. idk your story but there’s a playbook: neuro/ENT/otoneurologist/neurotologist with the right preventatives, lifestyle changes, diet.
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I think so, yes.
I’ve had chronic migraine for about 8 years, undiagnosed for the first two. It got vastly worse six years ago after I was hit by a car. After that I started being treated—many different therapies and medications. I’ve had plateaus along the way, some for extended periods in a not-great state, but currently my symptoms are 95% managed the vast majority of the time and I’ve just weaned off my last migraine med. I still do magnesium infusions and Botox and avoid a few triggers (reading on my phone while walking, poor sleep) but there is definitely hope. Get a good neurologist or chronic pain specialist and start treatment and don’t give up.
(A much longer version of the above is in the Success Stories section)
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I’ve had vm since 2010, undiagnosed until 2017. I found great success with flunarizine but was taken off it due to side effects. Felt terrible again after 2 years of feeling better so am back on flunarizine again. It’s been six months and i’m feeling much better but still got a long way to go. Unfortunately recovery can take many months, especially if you have severe symptoms like i did but i believe everyone with vm can recover with the right treatment, no matter how long you’ve been symptomatic.
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