Once we reach our nirvana, our dizzy free bliss, our 100% on a medication, stay on it for a year and tritrate off it. Is it possible to never relapse? To live a normal dizzy free life, without gasping everytime we get up from the lounge too fast, or worrying about pushing ourselves too hard or neglecting ourselves of food favourites. Can it be just a stubborn cruel sickness to treat but once defeated never show it’s ugly face again? Has anyone here had a blessed full and lasting recovery? I could accept that blips are inevitable, but those blips being rare and only a few days long. I haven’t yet reached my goal of 100%, I only ask because at 23 years of age, I have a lot of hormonal, stressful, exciting times ahead of me and need something to hold onto, the possibility that one day we can be NORMAL and be able to do what we want when we want.
Good question Krystal, i’m 24 and still very positive that once we get past this phase (as MAV is allegedly something which fades over time) we will be able to have another youthful fun time period before a blip, IF a blip even happens! 
Keep positive and wishing you good luck! It sucks being in your twenties and not being able to go out and have fun, i’m wondering if i’ll be single forever at this rate!
Thanks. It’s reassuring that I’m not the only spring chicken on here struggling with MAV. Our time for recovery will come and our lives will be richer for it. Well, that’s what I have to keep telling myself anyway.
Fingers and toes crossed that 2013 will be both our years and wishing us both a MAV and blip free life.
Whosthatchick, I asked my neuro “once I find my med, stay on it and taper off it, is it possible to never ever be dizzy again in my life” he said YES. He’s seen it before, so why not.
I think it was almost worth the plane ride to see him, to hear that one word.
I’m 25 - great to hear that people can recover and never have mav again! Guess it depends on individual cases and what causes it etc. if it’s possible for it to go away completely and never come back I’ll be screaming more than hell yeah!! Been single too for quite a while.
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Whosthatchick, I asked my neuro “once I find my med, stay on it and taper off it, is it possible to never ever be dizzy again in my life” he said YES. He’s seen it before, so why not.
I think it was almost worth the plane ride to see him, to hear that one word.
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amazing news! sorry I only just saw this. Stay positive Krystal! are you having any luck with a med?
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I’m 25 - great to hear that people can recover and never have mav again! Guess it depends on individual cases and what causes it etc. if it’s possible for it to go away completely and never come back I’ll be screaming more than hell yeah!! Been single too for quite a while.
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feeling you with being single, it’s near impossible to date with mav like this!
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feeling you with being single, it’s near impossible to date with mav like this!
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It really is! Every aspect of dating is just draining to our resources, then going on dates, well we can’t eat most things or drink, or do most physical activities. It’s pathetic really. Then if you’re having a bad day there’s feeling ill and not being able to communicate properly and just being plain old mav weird. Hate it, but have come to terms with being on my solo. Told myself I won’t get involved with anyone until I can live a half “normal” life again…
Plus I doubt I’d want to put all my mav woes on someone or be dependent in anyway - or have to explain myself - or feel like I’m burdening them, holding them back. And the person who I got involved with wouldn’t know the real me, they’d only be getting somewhat close to knowing who I am. They’d be going out with mav itself… if you know what I mean. sigh/laugh
Double sigh from me, it is almost laughable isn’t it, but more maniacal bordering on hysterical, finished off with a punch in the guts. I go through phases of feeling pathetic, angry, sad, jealous, over it all, confident that i can beat it and then i do the loop again.
if it’s possible for at least one, it can be possible for us to. I know us youngins can do it.
Whosthatchick,I’m on 3 tablets of sandomigran, my neuro said to increase to 5 and see. I think it might be doing something still too early to tell, but its doing jack all for the headaches, if its possible they might be worse. I was given maxalt for pipping the migraines at the post, but hesitant to give it a try because the neuro said it makes some people feel hungover like for a couple of days, and hate to think how dizzy I would be then. How are you going with the med search?
Oh girls, I feel this pain! I’m sure we will be somewhere close to normal (or semi-normal!) soon. I’m on 25mg of amitriptyline. Was feeling sturdier on my feet at 20mg but things have been angered a bit by the change in dose, i’ll keep you posted! Still rocking vertigo 24/7 and rocking vision and oscillopsia when I walk.
My neuro was very confident she could get me back to health, so i’m going to trust that and look forward to good times! It’s just a long road isn’t it.
Wasp Charmer - what are your daily symptoms? I’ve noticed a lot of people on here seem to have much more manageable symptoms than me and are able to work, if only some days - I can’t work at all 
and as odd as it is to say it, I loved the job I lost.