So I’ve been doing more research online and I’ve discovered terms such as chronic subjective dizziness, migraine anxiety related dizziness, and of course MAV.
Are these all the same thing, or do they have different pathophysiologies? Like for instance what’s the differential diagnoses between chronic subjective dizziness and migraine anxiety related dizziness?
Good question.
If I had to guess, I’d say they bring migraine in to the diagnosis if you have any other migraine history. If not, then you get lumped with chronic subjective dizziness…
It’s pretty much goofy brain chemistry at work no matter how you slice it. The treatment is pretty much the same for all of it. Calm the brain…
Kelley
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Good question.
If I had to guess, I’d say they bring migraine in to the diagnosis if you have any other migraine history. If not, then you get lumped with chronic subjective dizziness…
It’s pretty much goofy brain chemistry at work no matter how you slice it. The treatment is pretty much the same for all of it. Calm the brain…
Kelley
— End quote
I think Kelley is right. The labels don’t mean much. I was diagnosed with BPPV, then MAV, then CSD. They settled on CSD because there was clearly some ear damage that showed up on the initial testing, but was gone when the did the tests a year later, so they concluded that my brain was having trouble re-adjusting after the ear had recovered. If there was never any ear damage, but more headaches, I guess MAV would be a more likely label. But they all bleed into each other, the labels don’t tell you much. I mean, not much is at stake in getting the right label. My GP still refuses to say I have MAV or CSD, he says I have anxiety disorder. I figure, “Ok, whatever, just try to help me fix it.”