I have nerve damage to the left otolithic organ. Apparently this is most frequently caused by infections or head trauma and I have had plenty of both, so who knows. Also, I assume that it's not a super common problem, given that I went for multiple balance tests that came back normal before an ENT requested the specific test that isolated the problem.

Honestly my biggest problem is that the nerve isn't 100% dead - certain things trigger it to start sending garbage information and that's when I fall down.

The riding sounds really interesting and I'm definitely keeping that on the backburner for whenever I'm in the position that 100% of my income isn't going into the house. In the meantime yoga really helps.