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Treatment Options => Radiation / Radiosurgery => Topic started by: drumfest on September 23, 2025, 12:55:14 PM

Title: Can/Does Radiosurgery reduce dizziness/disequilibrium?
Post by: drumfest on September 23, 2025, 12:55:14 PM

Hello,  Does/Can radiosurgery reduce the dizziness & disequilibrium sensation?  I'm in watch and wait with a 1.5cm tumor & experience mild transient dizziness and disequilibrium daily.  This comes and goes, but I have no other medical issues that would bring about dizziness so, I assume it's coming from the AN.  I’d like to know if radio surgery would help to reduce these symptoms post treatment.  I understand it may be awhile to experience relief due to tumor swelling and other side effects of radio surgery.  I’m looking longer term to hopefully feel a reduction in the dizziness/disequilibrium sensation.  I've listened to the experts talk about this and they don't give a definitive answer.  I just want to know if anyone out there had dizziness prior to radiosurgery & then it got better after treatment.  (basically, real life experience)  Any information is greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.
d

Title: Re: Can/Does Radiosurgery reduce dizziness/disequilibrium?
Post by: mwatto on November 18, 2025, 07:25:47 PM

Hi I did not have dizziness pre or post radiation. I did read this article recently however linking dizziness in AN to anxiety - mmight help to work on that aspect. Another thing is to check your medications if on eg even statins can have dizziness as a side effect, as do some health conditions like low blood pressure:  https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaotolaryngology/article-abstract/2839530?guestAccessKey=aa803a9d-f934-4dab-b140-9924cd8ac6fc&utm_medium=email&utm_source=postup_jn&utm_campaign=article_alert-jamaotolaryngology&utm_content=olf-tfl_&utm_term=100225

Title: Re: Can/Does Radiosurgery reduce dizziness/disequilibrium?
Post by: DanFouratt on November 20, 2025, 07:00:47 PM

Drumfest,

I did not see the original post but just saw Michelle's.  Like her Dizziness was not an issue before or post but before there was one time I had an issue.  I am not sure if it was AN or stenosis. Since radiation I have experienced no dizzines.

Dan

Title: Re: Can/Does Radiosurgery reduce dizziness/disequilibrium?
Post by: RoseR on January 04, 2026, 10:37:23 AM

I had dizziness in November and then it went away, thankfully!  I will have radiosurgery this week and was told I might have some dizziness after the radiosurgery.  I have a cane to use just in case!  But it should be temporary, if it does happen.