If you have chronic vertigo (a sense of imbalance and dizziness or a feeling of spinning), you may find yourself wondering if there is any hope for a cure or for improvement of your condition. Vertigo can be very frustrating and can impact your life, including at work and at home. When it hits, it can cause you to not be able to function because of the dizziness, nausea, and motion sickness you might feel as a result.

While it may feel like there is nothing to be done that can help with your vertigo, there are some treatment options available. Get to know some of the treatments a doctor may be able to provide you. Then, you can be sure to contact your doctor as soon as possible regarding your vertigo. 

Medications

One of the primary treatment options for vertigo is medications. These medications do not necessarily resolve vertigo but can help treat symptoms of the condition. For example, meclizine is an antihistamine medication. However, it can help with dizziness, nausea, and motion sickness caused by vertigo. If you are prescribed meclizine, you generally take it every 4 to 6 hours as needed for your vertigo symptoms. 

There are also other medications that can be used for these symptoms of motion sickness caused by vertigo. You and your doctor may need to try a few different medications before you find one that is most effective for your vertigo symptoms. 

Vestibular Balance Rehabilitation

In addition to medications (or instead of medications), your doctor may recommend that you go through vestibular balance rehabilitation for your vertigo. This process is similar in some ways to physical therapy in that it is based on doing specific exercises to help regain balance and improve symptoms of vertigo. Many people find that vestibular balance rehabilitation is all they need as far as treatment goes for vertigo. If they are given medications for the condition, they will generally stop needing them after doing vestibular balance rehabilitation. 

Exercises involved in vestibular balance rehabilitation will vary from person to person. Some options include balance retraining, training to improve vision stability, and walking exercises. However, there are many other types of training that can be done in vestibular balance rehabilitation. The program will be customized to your needs and your specific case of vertigo. Vestibular balance rehabilitation can last several weeks and will require you to do exercises learned in your sessions at home to be successful. 

Now that you know some of the options available to you for chronic vertigo, you can be sure you contact your doctor as soon as possible to start getting your vertigo under better control.