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Lightheaded when watching tv and usually followed by bowel movement. symptoms sometimes get better after taking almax. what could it be?

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Dr. Robert Waskowitz answered

Vertigo or other: May represent vertigo or other neurological condition.

Answered 4/28/2014

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