vertigo

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“It’s become a mandatory part of my routine,” said Cess, age 41, whose perimenopause symptoms include brain fog, vertigo, anxiety, fatigue, insomnia and acute difficulty regulating her temperature.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 11, 2025

Americans are experiencing a type of spiritual, political and societal vertigo, where our fundamental beliefs and expectations about what is healthy and normal are being challenged, if not shattered altogether.

From Salon • Jul. 18, 2025

Symptoms include the sudden onset of vertigo, dizziness and difficulty maintaining balance.

From BBC • Jul. 6, 2025

“Maybe it reflected back the chaos, the ambiguity, the vertigo of living.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2025

In my opinion, she enjoyed the attic because the vertigo of living up there reminded her of Mount Olympus.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides