Vestibular Migraine Symptoms Quiz
Adults with episodes of spinning, false motion, or dizziness can use these questions to organize the timing, severity, and migraine features of their symptoms. Headache does not have to accompany every episode. These observations can help you prepare for a conversation with a healthcare professional.
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- Why blood tests cannot establish vestibular migraine
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These questions have not been clinically validated. Symptoms cannot diagnose vestibular migraine. Sudden severe headache, new neurologic changes, inability to walk or fainting needs emergency care, including recent unassessed events. Sudden hearing loss needs care today.
Vestibular migraine involves repeated moderate or severe episodes of balance-related symptoms, such as spinning or false motion, in a person with a migraine history. Migraine features occur during at least half of the episodes, and other explanations must be excluded through clinical assessment.
The consensus episode duration is 5 minutes to 72 hours. Recording the start, end, and recovery between episodes helps a clinician compare the pattern with possible causes. A duration inside or outside that range cannot establish a diagnosis on its own.
A migraine history is one part of the clinical pattern, but dizziness in someone with migraine may still have another cause. A clinician also considers what happens during the dizziness episodes, their duration and severity, and other explanations.
No. The focus is repeated balance-related episodes associated with migraine, rather than headache attacks alone. For background on headache conditions, read Migraine and Tension Headaches | Symptoms & Testing. That article discusses migraine and tension headaches, not a specific explanation of vestibular migraine.
Describe whether you feel spinning, false motion, or lightheadedness; how long episodes last; how often they occur; and whether they interrupt activities. Note migraine-like headache, sensitivity to both light and sound, or a familiar previously assessed visual aura during episodes. Mention hearing changes separately.
A clinician reviews repeated balance-related episodes, their severity and timing, migraine history and accompanying features while considering other causes. A vestibular evaluation may help. These questions cannot establish whether diagnostic criteria are met.
A clinician reviews the episode pattern and migraine history and considers other balance or neurologic causes. A vestibular evaluation may help. Routine blood-count or chemistry tests cannot diagnose or exclude vestibular migraine.
A sudden severe headache, new neurological changes, inability to walk, or fainting requires emergency care. Recent unassessed neurological changes still need emergency assessment even if they have resolved. Sudden hearing loss without those emergency signs needs same-day medical review. Do not delay care to arrange blood testing.
Yes. A headache does not have to accompany every episode. Clinicians also consider other migraine features, such as sensitivity to both light and sound or a familiar assessed visual aura, along with migraine history and other possible causes.
The consensus duration range extends up to 72 hours. Symptoms lasting longer, becoming continuous, or changing from a familiar pattern should be discussed with a healthcare professional rather than assumed to have the same cause. Emergency warning signs require immediate care regardless of duration.
Arrange a clinical assessment, especially if episodes interrupt daily activities. Keep a brief record of their timing, duration, severity, and any migraine features or hearing changes. Repeated episodes deserve attention even when few migraine-related features are present.
There is no single improvement timeline that can be predicted from symptom observations. The cause of dizziness needs clinical assessment before a healthcare professional can discuss an appropriate plan and expected course. Seek review if episodes persist, become more disruptive, or change.