Out of Balance. Feels different.

[ImHere_Again]

I feel out of balance most of the time. I saw how someone described it like a feeling that you would get when you are in a car or a moving vehicle. It feels as if you were riding a car that suddenly moves the opposite way you are facing. I didn't know if that makes sense. Anyways I feel like that often. I have been able to control the out of balance feeling that I often feel. I don't know why I get that feeling almost everyday day. Today I feel like a different type of dizziness. When I look up and down and even close my eyes I feel like the room is trying to spin but cant. This is exactly how I felt when I first felt this sensation of dizziness, four years ago. It took about a week for the feeling to go away. It usually is worse at night. This type of dizziness I have right now is the type that triggers so much anxiety because I don't know how to control it. It scares me. I am about to go to sleep and I am so scared that I won't be able to sleep and have no one to help me at night. I feel like crying because this is exactly how I felt the year I was diagnosed with anxiety. I am not sure if this type of dizziness is caused by my anxiety, all I know is that it sucks. I am at the verge of tears because I don't know what to do anymore. I feel like I can't do anything and have not been able to do anything for the past four years, since I got diagnosed with an anxiety disorder. I have been checked for vertigo and have had a MRI but everything seemed normal. I don't want to take medication because I am scared of having to rely on them. I am just scared for this night and I really hope I wake up feeling better, if I get sleep. I just feel so helpless right now. I tried getting up walk around, but my legs are so tense and I feel like my head feels so heavy. I will have to make a doctor's appointment first thing tomorrow but they will probably see my in a couple of weeks, which may be too late. I don't know if anyone e has felt this way before. I am just scared and feel like if no one really understands me.

[Hidden]

Hi .. it sounds so much like anxiety rather than vertigo. Sometimes this humid and heavy weather can effect balance I think triggering anxiety ... it’s to much.. I walk around tense all the time without realising ... which tightens neck and shoulder muscles ... causing me to feel off balance which again triggers anxiety ... hope it goes away quickly for you .. it did before.

[ImHere_Again in reply to Hidden]

Thank you for your quick reply. I was doing ok all day until I lay down and got up. That's when it hit me. I really hope it goes away soon, too.

[Hidden in reply to ImHere_Again]

When I get bouts of it like you .. I go through a list of things it could be .. but definitely realised now, it’s my posture .. neck .. weather iv been tense during day or positioning when sleeping is perhaps tense. Makes me so very anxious .. but it will go away .. if it doesn’t .. I know it’s a pain seeing GP these days .. which also makes my anxiety worse .. the long wait and process of seeing a GP ... ask him for a couple of mild muscle relaxant ... in the end I had a bath .. rather than a shower .. relaxed muscles with my ‘calm’ app playing nature sounds. It did the trick something simple like that .. after everything else I tried .. little anxious at first getting in the bath with a ‘off balance feeling’ .. but did it gently and relaxed ... let me know how you get on.

[ImHere_Again in reply to Hidden]

Thank you for your advice. I have tried similar things before. It is just difficult for me to stay still for so long, especially if I feel like this. I feel like any sudden movement cause by anything other than me will trigger me to get even more anxious. I was checked for vertigo two years ago and they said I was ok, but I feel like something has changed with me. I often feel like my ears are full and have been hearing ringing in my ears. Still,Right now I really just hope it is because I have bad posture. I feel like I have to take it day by day. Thank you Soo much and I will definitely let you know.

[Anxiouslisa in reply to ImHere_Again]

I e experienced the same and wants my anxiety thru the roof. I've never had a scan but did find out from symptoms alone, I was diagnosed with benign positional vertigo. I'd get it seasonally esp spring and fall so thought some sort of allergy provoked it. There are positioning exercises you can do to help move the tiny crystals in your ear back in place. When they become dislodged your body thinks it's moving and you begin the feel the spinning sensation. Look it up. It's the eply maneuver and has helped me. My anxiety is still full blown but vertigo has been at bay!

[Funkyfaerie]

Hello,

Just like Heidi says, it sounds like anxiety.

I get the same feelings, I walk around tense all day, don't even know I'm doing it. My back, shoulders and neck hurt, I feel unbalanced, dizzy and a little nauseous. I panic when I feel like this and so consequently feel even more wobbly. The panic also kicks my stomach off and it may start churning... Its horrible I know. And like Heidi I try to work it all out, why is this happening, and I think we do... Tight muscles, in your neck especially can make you feel unbalanced, but even trying to be logical about it doesn't always make you feel better.

I have had MRI, and I also dont/won't take medication, I want to sort this out on my own. Having said that I have got some anti nausea pills and have had the odd diazepam, but they don't cure me.

It's hard, and I wish I could stop these tense muscles, but I think I must hold myself rigid all day without realising it. I also clench my jaw and have ringing in my ears. This has been going on since early 2015 and has badly affected my life. I go out but it can sometimes be awful and scary, but I do sometimes enjoy things. But I am sad that my old self seems to have disappeared.

I'm sorry I'm moaning about myself, I'm meant to be helping you, but maybe reading that someone else is going through similar stuff, might help you.

It's been four years and I'm still here so that should tell me something! 😊

I wish you well xx

[ImHere_Again in reply to Funkyfaerie]

Aww thank you for sharing I really needed to hear that.

In my case, I know I walk around very tense all day because I feel out of balance most of the day. I guess I really need to work on that. What sucks is that I may feel great for like 20 minutes and then I get the feeling suddenly. I know whenever I feel great it is limited.

Thank you for telling me your story, it is so similar to mine. It really made me feel better because I know that there are others in the same boat. although it sucks, you guys are strong enough to overcome it each day, giving me hope. I also hope for the best for you and that some day we can get back to our normal selfs.

[Funkyfaerie in reply to ImHere_Again]

Heidi,

I don't feel strong, I just cope with it

And yes you are exactly right it can come on out of the blue suddenly.

Keep in touch if you want to/ need to.

❤️ xx