Psychiatric comorbidities and use of milnacipran in patients with chronic dizziness

Abstract

Not only anxiety disorders but also depression should be considered as comorbid psychiatric disorders in patients with chronic dizziness. Dizzy patients with psychiatric comorbidities have a longer duration of symptoms and more handicaps than those without psychiatric disorders. Milnacipran may be chosen as a treatment for patients with chronic dizziness with comorbid psychiatric disorders in case of and insufficient response to SSRIs.