# Coping **URL:** \ **Category:** VM/MAV\ **Created:** [January 15, 2012, 3:26pm UTC](https://mvertigo.org/t/coping/3701 "2012-01-15T15:26:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hask](https://mvertigo.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/bbce88/32.png) [@Hask](https://mvertigo.org/u/Hask)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2012, 3:26pm UTC](https://mvertigo.org/t/coping/3701/1 "2012-01-15T15:26:26Z")
For me, if I am active, I feel better. My worst moments are sometimes when I am sitting at a computer pr watching tv. Anyone else find that things are better when they just push through. I know I legitimately have migraine problems but this makes me wonder how much of this is my anxiety. Anyone else feel the same? ---
**Author:** ![elishat27](https://mvertigo.org/user_avatar/mvertigo.org/elishat27/32/43_2.png) [@elishat27](https://mvertigo.org/u/elishat27)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2012, 3:34pm UTC](https://mvertigo.org/t/coping/3701/2 "2012-01-15T15:34:18Z")
I have questioned if this is all anxiety at least a million times. And sometimes I still do! ---
**Author:** ![Hask](https://mvertigo.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/bbce88/32.png) [@Hask](https://mvertigo.org/u/Hask)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2012, 4:37pm UTC](https://mvertigo.org/t/coping/3701/3 "2012-01-15T16:37:59Z")
Yeah, i know i get migraines. I know i get dizzy. I just dont know how much is perpetuated by the anxiety. Sometimes i read about people that cant drive or even get out of bed. I feel like if its not like that im doing ok. I dont forget its there but i feel that sometimes i just accept it and move on. My anxiety still goes up and down. My son is just now 6 months old and the hormone issues especially since im breastfeeding kind of hang around for me. Im also more tired than i was with others because he is my fourth! ---
**Author:** ![Jaybird](https://mvertigo.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/82dd89/32.png) [@Jaybird](https://mvertigo.org/u/Jaybird)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2012, 1:42am UTC](https://mvertigo.org/t/coping/3701/4 "2012-01-16T01:42:16Z")
Just walking around helps…My feeling is" I don’t feel like doing anything, but I can’t stand to do nothing" It surely does get old ! ---
**Author:** ![teddypan](https://mvertigo.org/user_avatar/mvertigo.org/teddypan/32/45_2.png) [@teddypan](https://mvertigo.org/u/teddypan)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2012, 3:08am UTC](https://mvertigo.org/t/coping/3701/5 "2012-01-16T03:08:35Z")
I am constantly dealing with the anxiety of it. Sometimes I wonder if my anxiety is causing things or vice versa and then remember that feeling the MAV symptoms really make me feel out of control. Either way…I take a xanax and it truly helps me calm down and cope better. I also feel like if I can do a little something it helps me feel more IN control which gives me strength to cope. ---
**Author:** ![Hask](https://mvertigo.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/bbce88/32.png) [@Hask](https://mvertigo.org/u/Hask)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2012, 5:03am UTC](https://mvertigo.org/t/coping/3701/6 "2012-01-16T05:03:20Z")
Yeah tonight i rearranged and cleaned out the cabinet with all my recipe books! A busy mind is better. That sort of activity doesnt put me on visual over load either! ---
**Author:** ![jenh21](https://mvertigo.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/8797f3/32.png) [@jenh21](https://mvertigo.org/u/jenh21)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2012, 1:30pm UTC](https://mvertigo.org/t/coping/3701/7 "2012-01-16T13:30:23Z")
It probably depends on how badly you are actually feeling. There was a time when I couldn’t drive, not because I didn’t want to but truly because I couldn’t. I returned to work after 12 weeks bc I had to and although it was difficult, I pushed through and started to feel much better. Was it the activity (the truest form of vestibular rehab), was it time, medication, etc…who knows. I am functioning now, with some of the annoying symptoms, but it is true that once I start moving, I realize I forget about how much I feel like I am moving…did that make sense??? So, I agree that if you feel well enough to keep going, try it, and you may find that you feel a bit better.