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I don’t necessarily want to call it a visual disturbance but I guess it could be. I feel like I’m unsteady on my feet....or like the world is constantly moving around me. It isn’t a spinning like in vertigo. Sometimes it feels like it takes my surroundings a second to catch up after I’ve turned my head from one side to the other. I assume it is related to anxiety because if I do something that requires me to focus and completely distracts me (like being dug out mom at my son’s baseball games) it goes away.

Thoughts?

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deborah27

i live with this weird sensation too. i have a brain injury and although it sometimes feels like visual disturbance it also feels like vertigo at times too. what about your hearing, have you tinnitus or problems with balance?

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No tinnitus. Every once in a while I will stumble a little bit I’m not sure it is a balance thing. I do yoga okay and am able to balance on one leg for long periods of time with no issues.

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lol, good news you can balance on one leg for a while. that is a really good thing. it could be tension in your neck or a back problem.

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Thanks for replying!! I really appreciate your insight!

The Mirapex I take for my restless legs makes me feel kind of like what you’re describing. Unsteady, a little dizzy and tired. Is that what you’re talking about?

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Kinda. I don’t typically call it dizzy because I equate that with spinning. I usually describe it as “swimmy headed”....not that that really helps describe it!! 😂

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