Most days were very wobbly, I wasn’t sure when I bent over if I would be able to get back up. I was scared to go out because of the Vertigo. I was eating a lot of ibuprofen, I was almost constantly in pain.

It started at first when I was pregnant with my son (25 years ago) and it would come and go. All I had was the ringing and buzzing in my ear for awhile but nine years ago it started becoming a more regular occurrence.  It was disturbing because I couldn’t predict when I would get slammed with Vertigo. I couldn’t drive anymore, I became afraid to do things, I started to lose my independence.

Probably at a party it looked like I was drunk, you know, “it looks like Tim has to drive Pam home because she’s drunk” but really I walked through the door like that, holding onto the walls.

Now, I don’t hold on to the walls , I don’t have pain 24/7, I don’t feel like I’m going to fall over.

Before I would think of something to do, I would say “oh no I don’t think I can do that”. But now this year, I told myself I would do more stuff. Little things like leaving the house by myself.  A couple of weeks ago I drove to my sisters house, it was only a mile and a half but its a lot more then what I was able to do the past couple of years.

When I first started coming to you, I was almost constantly depressed. I still have some down times, but I am no longer always depressed and I am starting to see some joy and point in life again.