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Just want the constant lightheaded and faint feeling to stop.i can’t cope with it anymore.

It’s making me believe I haven’t got anxiety and I fact have some awful disease.

I hate the constant battle in my mind.

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Chellybean18 profile image
Chellybean18

Same here. I feel heavy headed and kinda dizzy constantly with my mind always racing thinking the worst... But my tests have come back clear. Anxiety is horrible. It can do so much to us...just hang in there. :)

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Minnie87 in reply to Chellybean18

I’ve had anxiety for my whole life on and off.but never ever like this where I’m housebound and can’t live a normal life.its just awful x

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Chellybean18 in reply to Minnie87

Oh i know its so terrible. Ive had anxiety on and off since age 13. I controlled it for years then some stressful times hit and i got the worst anxiety of my life. I'm stuck in a constant state of dizzies and everything looks weird to me...its the worst its ever been. You aren't alone. ❤ just hang in there and keep doing what you can. If you ever need to talk you can send me a message!

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Minnie87 in reply to Chellybean18

Thank you so so much for you reply!

Same goes to you too hun.

It’s so easy to think you are all alone in this xx

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Chellybean18 in reply to Minnie87

You are so very welcome! I always feel alone or like my anxiety is the worst ever but I come here and see that im not alone. There are others just like me. We will not give up and something good will happen for us. 😃

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Minnie87 in reply to Chellybean18

Yes you are right.

Do you ever have times that you feel like your Symtoms are so bad that you don’t know what to do? X

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Chellybean18 in reply to Minnie87

Yes! I feel very overwhelmed a lot. When I feel extra weird or heavy headed or light headed I just start to panic because I have no idea what is happening or why its getting worse all of a sudden...it takes a while to calm down. And I never really feel calm just times when im panicking less than others...

in reply to Chellybean18

Im 64 and had depression and anxiety since forever. Anxiety is worse than depression. Meds arent helping anymore so im trying to quit them.

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rannochuk

Are you eating, drinking and sleeping properly?

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Minnie87 in reply to rannochuk

Yep I eat regularly and healthy and drink plenty of water throughout the day.dont smoke or drink and luckily I manage to sleep well too.sleeping is the only time I feel normal.

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kama24

I am sorry you are feeling this way. The mind is a powerful organ. I can totally relate. Fear often accompanies our thoughts. I wish there was a way to just turn off our thinking. Do try to keep occupied by doing something, craft,s reading, listen to music. I always feel so "alone" then it amazes me when I read what others write! Hang in there.

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Minnie87 in reply to kama24

Thank you so much for your reply.

It’s just so so hard to accept these feelings for anxiety as I have had anxiety all my life but never like this.

Especially not 24/7.

Best wishes to you.

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grudgekyoko

Oh I relate to this so well it hurts! Dizziness and stomach issues are my main anxiety culprits. It’s been awful lately because I’ve had a couple of actual vertigo episodes. Pretty sure it’s my ears as one of them has been blocked up. I have an appointment with an ENT next week which I am also freaking out about, lol. You’re not alone!

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Minnie87 in reply to grudgekyoko

Thank you so much for your reply.

Yes my main things are the lightheadedness and tummy.its horrible.

It’s amazing what anxiety can do isn’t it.

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mrhealthanxiety in reply to grudgekyoko

Hi there - my first message on this forum ! I have bad health anxiety (paranoia) and ended up in a&e recently after waking up early hours with severe dizziness one night (like I was in a washing machine on fast spin) and vomiting - this of course only made my HA worse, this was 5 weeks ago- I was checked out and I have hiatus hernia and inflamed stomach but I’m not really sure why I had the dizziness. Over the years I have had so many tests like brain MRI (3), stomach US, spine scans, loads of blood tests, testicle scans, countless doc visits, ECG checks, chest scans etc and basically all come back clear (low VIT D shown in past). However what’s really freaked me out and sent my HA of the scale is around 0230 Tues morning and around 0230 today morning I woke with dizziness (admittedly not as severe as when i went to hospital) and nausea.... seems such an odd thing to wake up with, so just wondered if anyone with anxiety has woken with dizziness/nausea/feeling hot and cold etc . Many thanks.

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Calm_mama

Hi Minnie, if I've responded to you before pls forgive me :)

Have you listened to/read Claire Weekes' work?

She understood all of this so well- So many others have published things and created audio/podcasts based on her amazing work. Because her approach to this is tried and true, and while it takes time and is not intuitive, it works.

She calls this "feelings of unreality" and it is all part of a predictable pattern with anxiety that includes bewilderment, sensitization and fear. Here is just a bit of a synopsis on her teachings and approach: tmswiki.org/ppd/Overcome_An...

I will just add that some people do just fine with recovery even without the religion component that is described in this wiki page. I personally do not think it's a requirement for recovery and she really doesn't talk about it all that much in her books/audio. So if that part puts you off, just skip it :) For me personally, it helps :)

Check out her stuff! She was an amazing doc and so many people have recovered from what you are experiencing because of her writings/teaching/coaching. I have my favorite Claire Weekes resources on my profile.

I'm wishing you all the best Minnie!

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Minnie87 in reply to Calm_mama

Oh you are so sweet!!

Thank you so so much for your reply.honestly that has really helped.i have Claire weekes book which is amazing.butnto be honest recently I have been slack with reading it.

I will definitely check out that link now.thank you! Xx

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mrhealthanxiety

Hi there - my first message on this forum ! I have bad health anxiety (paranoia) and ended up in a&e recently after waking up early hours with severe dizziness one night (like I was in a washing machine on fast spin) and vomiting - this of course only made my HA worse, this was 5 weeks ago- I was checked out and I have hiatus hernia and inflamed stomach but I’m not really sure why I had the dizziness. Over the years I have had so many tests like brain MRI (3), stomach US, spine scans, loads of blood tests, testicle scans, countless doc visits, ECG checks, chest scans etc and basically all come back clear (low VIT D shown in past). However what’s really freaked me out and sent my HA of the scale is around 0230 Tues morning and around 0230 today morning I woke with dizziness (admittedly not as severe as when i went to hospital) and nausea.... seems such an odd thing to wake up with, so just wondered if anyone with anxiety has woken with dizziness/nausea/feeling hot and cold etc . Many thanks.

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Damian

I know what you mean about the battle! I seem to have arguments like that in my head all the time. Six months ago it was cancer, now it's more OCD and checking things... Lying in bed, my mind goes:

"You went to bed with the downstairs window open!"

"No I didn't. It's been cold and that window has been shut for weeks."

"You forgot to check! You opened it before Christmas because there was a bad smell, perhaps you did it again."

"And didn't remember?"

"Window's open! Window's open!"

Writing it down it all sounds so stupid but I that doesn't mean I can make it stop. Actually I wonder if it would help if I wrote it down... Looking at that it's obvious the worries are nonsense, so perhaps it will help me forget them.

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Leopard45

You’re not alone, this is my main symptom too and it’s very disorienting and distracting, so hard to not think about

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gerrerd

Watch Wayne dyer on you tube, he will sort you out if you listen to him daily. 😋

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