Anyone has suffered from dizziness

[Chache]

Anyone else suffers from diziness all the time?! Please help!!

[dunc-b73]

Hi

I suffer from being unsteady or off balance, but not dizzy, sitting or lying down I feel 'normal', but as soon as I stand or walk, I have an unsteadiness sensation all day and night that sometimes is worse for no apparent reason. The more I relax or try to I feel as though my unsteadiness is slightly better. I have not yet be to a doc about my anxiety, going by my own symptoms etc I beleive this is what I have

[Chache in reply to dunc-b73]

I suggest you to go to a doctor so you can get diagnosed, i had all the symptoms i was just affraid but i was diagnosed with GAD & depression. Its better to get diagnose then to diagnose yourself so you can get the proper help you need. I feel just the way you feel. I feel like im about to just fall. (Sucks)

[dunc-b73 in reply to Chache]

Not long ago I have had full bloods, chest x-ray, EKG, scans of liver, kidneys etc and still nothing. When i'm happy and surrounded by others I feel what I use to feel like before, once I get negative thoughts in my head and/or feel something is from health wise, boom....i'm gone again...thanks Chache

[Chache in reply to dunc-b73]

Same thing here everytime im with people i feel normal but once im alone i find myself googling everything.. idk if you google but i google every single little symptom i have and thats when everything just hits lol. & you're welcome just sending you best wishes!

[dunc-b73 in reply to Chache]

I was not long along spending all day whilst at work googing my symptoms, this makes my anxiety way worse as each time I feel something.....google came up with another diagnosis. I put all my symptoms into a symptom checker and the majority result was Adrenal fatigue, Chronic fatigue and GAD, all have a connection to anxiety. Even on holiday in Australia I would google most days!!

At home I rarely google symptoms thats prob why I relax more away from work

[Bribri5055 in reply to Chache]

I do the same I feel crazy and can't stop this dreadful feeling that there's something wrong with my heart. But every thing comes back OK IDK what to-do either. There will be weeks I'm good then it comes on and there's a bunch of stuff wrong. IDK how to b normal anymore.

[annabettina in reply to dunc-b73]

dunc-b73,

Your off balance symptom is just like mine...fine lying down, wake up each morning thinking this hell is over...no anxiety when I'm lying there in bed, either. But as soon as I stand, feel unsteady, off-balance, sometimes this floating kind of feeling...and anxious feeling when I stand. Some say this floating kind of feeling may be a vestibular migraine without the pain. Did have a history of migraines when younger, now 58.

Went to three neuros. One said Migraine (painless) Associated Vertigo, another said dysautonomia. Vanderbilt is studying the latter, have found that when these people, usually women, stand norepinephrine increases. They think NOR isn't getting into the neural cells of the feet and lower legs to increase blood pressure which drops in all people when they stand. Not getting into the cells, NOR then registers higher in the blood stream...NOR has stimulating properties, even causes anxiety.

Often these people have feet and lower legs which turn purplish when they stand...mine have done so for years even though doppler of lower legs shows no circulation problem in those arteries.

Anxiety meds don't help me and the fact that I only feel anxious when I stand...well, it has been a "ride". SSRIs make me extremely sleepy and depressed, can't take them.

Would like to communicate with you to share notes.

[dunc-b73 in reply to annabettina]

Hi Annabettina

Would be good to keep in contact as this really helps myself reading and chatting about it. I have never had a migraine, I thought it might be BPPV but I just had my blood pressure taken 3 days ago and I was 120/70, so pretty good, but my resting HR was high due to the reaction I had from soy sauce!! My legs don't change colour, they just get really tired, heavy throughout the day

[annabettina in reply to dunc-b73]

Hi Dunc,

I have joined lots of health groups looking for an answer. Will more than gladly pass on the information (and it's a lot) I've gotten from them (and pubmed...come from a long line of drs and research at the site the so-called "smart" guys and gals use--have learned they, the drs, ain't so smart or at least not as smart as they think they are--bad mistake).

Do you want to email me directly? Think you can that at this site. Let me know.

[dunc-b73 in reply to annabettina]

Hi yes please sorry for the delay been away cheers

[Anonymous- in reply to dunc-b73]

Is your blood pressure falling or low when you change your position from sitting or lying to standing (orthostatic hypotension)?

[dunc-b73 in reply to Anonymous-]

Hi nope

[Hidden]

I feel ill all day, almost everyday. Dizzy, tired, like I'm about to faint. I hate it. I'm constantly check My my heart rate bc I feel like my heart is either too fast or too slow. I had an 24h ekg done and everything is fine. It's hard to believe it sometimes though

[Chache in reply to Hidden]

I know how you feel (hugs) because im in the same boat, i feel like i have every disease there is, from brain tumors to heart attacks all the time i also had ekg's done everything is fine. Its just hard to believe when we get all these horrible symptoms

[Hidden in reply to Chache]

I tell everyone that I know how irrational I sound but in the moment it's so real! Especially when I spend most of the day feeling like I'm about to have a heart attack. I get numbness in my arm, pain in my back or chest, hard to breathe. I've called the paramedics once and everything was fine, so I don't want to keep calling them every time I feel this way. It's so frustrating

[Chache in reply to Hidden]

It sucks having anxiety because eventhough the doctors tells us we're okay the symptoms are so real it's hard to believe we're not sick :/

[Bribri5055 in reply to Hidden]

I completely know what ur talking about I do the same . I've been to er so so many times called 911 alot too through the years. I constantly check pulse and everyone is aggravated hearing all "my problems", as they say. But when it's happening it is so real and I think what if this is the one time it's not anxiety so Yea it sux and don't know how to deal anymore.😔

[Hidden in reply to Bribri5055]

I think that every single day! "What if this isn't just anxiety?" My therapist told me not to google any symptoms and to push negative thoughts out and try grounding myself. Easier said than done...

[Bribri5055 in reply to Hidden]

I do the same thing numerous times a day I constantly check pulse and when my heart is fast or too slow I'm a wreck . Night is worst lying in bed . I feel like I shouldn't exert myself cuz my heart races I'm dizzy and have palpitations alot. IDK why this is but I'm so fixated on my heart that family and friends hate being around me it's all I talk about. I go to er often and everything is OK I also have shortness of breath like something is lying on my chest. It really sux. I feel ya on this weird obsession with the heart rate. My dad died at 46 of a heart attack and I know subconscious ly I think I am too IDK how to live a normal life anymore.

[Hidden in reply to Bribri5055]

No history of heart problems in my family and my hp and cholesterol are fine so Dr. doesn't worry about it. I stopped wearing my fit but bc I was so obsessed with checking my heart rate, but now I just check my pulse and my husband gets annoyed.

[Dizzykitty]

Yes! In my case it was caused by a delayed reaction to a fluoroquinolone antibiotic (Cipro, just three days worth for a 'suspected' UTI). If you have not taken one, be sure to avoid them, that entire class of antibiotics unless your life depends upon it

[Chache in reply to Dizzykitty]

Aww sorry to hear that. Hope everything is okay already. Sending you lots of good vibes! Have a great saturday

[Hardluck]

I certainly do, feeling unsteady, top heavy, lightheadedness.

[Mzemma01]

Yes the doctor told me it's because I have ear wax And sinus infection 😐

[Chache in reply to Mzemma01]

Aww i hope you get well soon!

[Hidden]

Yes, and it sucks, but it only goes away when I ignore it, and that comes from being comfortable with it. I've let the dizziness destroy a lot of my last few years by letting it be my master. If I wanted to go somewhere, I would check and see if I was dizzy, if I was, then I wouldnt go. If I did go, I would plan every step around the "what if". That's a big reason why lines always get me bad or being somewhere I feel there's no escape.

[Aliciag]

All the time!!

[Kellylou17]

I had this during my last bout of extreme anxiety and the best advice I was ever given was to 'just go with it' it sounds mad but it works!

My GP advised that when you are dizzy and it scares you your body immediately triggers the fight or flight response leaving you to feel terrible! The only way to eradicate this is to not initiate the response (I do not need this adrenaline and burst of energy as I am not facing any real danger) he advised me that when I was dizzy I should almost 'lean into it' with the attitude of 'okay where is this going to take me' my daily bouts of dizziness went away within days by following this approach x

[Chache in reply to Kellylou17]

Thank you for the advice, deff putting that into action

[T123]

Yes happens to me a lot I just drink lots of water and get my mind off of it

[Chache in reply to T123]

Thank you ill deff drink lots of water

[Jonnyq]

I feel the same way, dizzness was my first panic attack symptom, It all started in late May 2016, the worst one happend while I was at work sitting on the chair, and out of no where I felt like I was being dragged down to the ground, I was scared I even held on to the chair with one hand, and the table with my other hand, it lasted for 20 minutes, I didn't have the spinning sensation (vertigo), I even experience it while taking a shower not as bad, but now I stuggle taking a shower, when I lay down it feels like I'm sliding off my bed, standing, and sitting isn't much better, I haven't had it as bad, but is still there, I lost my job because of my anxiety, and fear of fainting, now I'm an agoraphobia.