How is vestibular neuritis diagnosed?
The good news is that this problem usually goes away on its own. Until the sense of motion goes away, there are things you can do to feel better. Many people find that it helps to stay in bed for the first 2 or 3 days and keep still. Your doctor also may suggest balance exercises to help control your symptoms. Sometimes you can control severe symptoms with medicines, such as antihistamines (for example, Benadryl). If you see a doctor early enough, you may be able to take corticosteroids, such as methylprednisolone. These also have been shown to help.1 Antibiotics do not work on conditions that are caused by a virus. Because doctors suspect that vestibular neuritis is caused by a virus, they don’t use antibiotics to treat it.
