What should you know about constant dizziness for months?

Dizziness may mean spinning, lightheadedness, feeling faint, or unsteadiness. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo often causes brief spinning with head movement. Anaemia or iron deficiency anaemia can be associated with tiredness and breathlessness. Dehydration, heat exhaustion, low blood sugar, anxiety, and atrial fibrillation may produce lightheadedness or a racing or irregular heartbeat.

Tell the clinician whether symptoms follow standing, turning the head, meals, exertion, stress, or medication. Mention falls, hearing changes, palpitations, bleeding, thirst, and vision or speech changes.

Rise slowly, hold a stable surface, and avoid driving or climbing if balance is unreliable. Drink regularly unless a clinician has restricted fluids, eat consistent meals, and review medicines with a professional rather than stopping them yourself. Keep a diary of triggers, duration, pulse sensations, and associated symptoms.

Call emergency services for sudden weakness or numbness, trouble speaking, severe headache, fainting, chest pain, severe breathlessness, new severe imbalance, or a sustained irregular heartbeat. Seek prompt medical review for repeated falls, worsening symptoms, or dizziness with bleeding or marked fatigue.

Ask whether blood pressure checks, blood tests, heart rhythm assessment, hearing or balance examination, or medication review could clarify the pattern.