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Byline: editor: Sarah Brown
Stricken with a case of the chronic spins, Claire Dederer searches for a way to make her world stand still.
I never know when the dizziness will hit. The mere act of getting out of bed in the morning can set off a poisonous spin in my head. Pulling the milk jug from the fridge is risky; it can end with me sitting stunned in a white puddle. When I go for a walk in the mountains beyond my backyard, sometimes the path begins to wiggle like a snake, and I fall to my knees. I'm dizzy when I hug my children. I'm dizzy when I cook over a hot stove. I'm dizzy when I have sex with my husband. I am dizzy while I write thisand, it's a ...