Advice please

[ashleybakerr01]

Every day feels like a damn battle to make it to the next. Does this ever stop? I have this weird feeling in my head amd get dizzy lately but it may be due to my ears or some thing, they feel full along with left side of head. Left ear as well mainly. Does anyone know what i can do? Please help

[Adamj]

I have like the same thing but mines on the right side doctors just shrug or say hmm. Have had pressure in my ears and they seen fluid in them for months even pain in my left ear and I just get a shrug and told it’s just allergies.

[ashleybakerr01 in reply to Adamj]

That's what im going through. Or they say it's sinuses

[Adamj in reply to ashleybakerr01]

yep even had a doctor be like you must be swimming a lot this year I’m like Um nope not even close haven’t swam in over a year

[ashleybakerr01 in reply to Adamj]

I rarely swim bc i have a fear of drowning i can't swim

[ashleybakerr01 in reply to Adamj]

Currently debating going and being checked out again. But again, i don't wanna be seen as crazy

[ashleybakerr01]

I ended up just taking a small nap. I took a nap to calm down, and to stop the over thinking. Sleep is my escape from everything, but I hate to sleep life away ya know. I wanna be the old me again and be able to do things again 😢

[Krn210]

I am right there with you. My head feels like I spun in circles really fast or something and when I walk I feel like I am going to fall down. I also just wrote in my journal that I don’t want to feel like this anymore. So we’re almost twins. 😉 One day at a time is all we can do.

[ashleybakerr01 in reply to Krn210]

Glad in not alone. I feel exactly that way lately

[Babe1213]

Hi Ashleybakerr01 - Welcome to the club! Your are not alone in this. Hundreds of thousands of people are going through just the same as you are, including myself. For most it will be a result of the strict isolation we endured during the pandemic, for others it will be because of definite health issues - including problems with the ears - it could be something very simple such as impacted ear wax, - try Otex - or see your GP. When you get these episodes og giddiness take yourself to a place of safety and sit down - better than falling and hurting yourself physically. Next find a system of relaxation - if you need help with a meditation please get back to me on this forum. Take back control over your life, when you feel at your lowest, talk to someone who will listen, not judge and be beside you. Maybe a priest or lay minister, Samaritans - not suggesting your are suicidal, but the organisation will have masses of information where you can usually get help. My 'get out method' is to pray.

Do you have a belief in God? He has a belief in you regardless of your faith, just reach out and ask for help

[Babe1213]

Just seen the other comments ashley - about sinuses - this also could be the cause. Try some 'over the counter' Citirizine or Loretadine - I live in UK so unsure if you can get these 'OTC' if you can't ask your doctor for Hay fever/allergy prescription

[ashleybakerr01 in reply to Babe1213]

thank you for responding. I got a hold of my doctor. There supposed to call on Monday morning for what I can do for my issues. They said if I need to, I can always go to quick Care or the hospital too get checked out if it gets to bothersome

[beinganon]

OK, this is exactly what I feel several times in a year (M47 here). Here are my experiences, relevant to your question:

1. Like others here have said: Sinuses. And cetirizine etc is OK but the real deal IMHO is pseudoephedrine + chlorpheniramine; a google search tells me the brands include Allerest and Clorfed.

2. You wouldn’t believe it: It has a lot to do with sexual tension. If you aren’t sexually active, becoming so will relieve the problem entirely—and without being lewd: If you can’t be, there is the solo alternative. [If you are sexually active, I can only imagine that either your case is an anomaly or I’ve got it all wrong.]

You know why I’m even hazarding this guess? It’s because you mentioned the left side of the head and the left ear. + The “scared to take a nap” thing and the anxiety in general. And everything else! Essentially, it seems like your condition—for lack of a better word—is the same as mine.

And from all the people—in different roles, so to speak—that I’ve consulted + my own problem over almost a decade, the sexual aspect seems to be a point of consensus.

3. Smoking: The worst culprit is cigarettes. Quit even if you smoke *one* a day.

4. Alcohol: OK I’m sounding like your local pastor now, but this is again to do with the sinuses: Even if you have one little drink a week, stop doing so. [Sinuses. This is getting like a bad dream now But would you have ever imagined a connection between the sinuses and alcohol? That the latter has an effect on the former? You can google, of course.]

5. It’s not weird, you know? Like, you’ll keep hearing you’re not alone; I’m saying Believe It. Whenever you feel anything like off-track [I really can’t think of a better word / phrase; I’m sorry], sit on your bed with your knees up and feet on the bed. The sitting position in which you’re most comfortable. Just sit. And say to yourself that there are as of this moment a thousand people who are going through what I’m going through and therefore it is that I know I am not weird in any way. —> Long story short: The idea that one is weird in some way is 90% of the story. Proof? Imagine your “symptoms” were the symptoms of diabetes, and yes, you know how many people have diabetes. Imagine that rather than speaking about food, they were to speak of how they handled [the attack of last night]. Would you then be as disturbed by your symptoms as you are now?

In sincerity,

DH

[ashleybakerr01 in reply to beinganon]

I used to smoke a year ago, but I quit. I don't really drink alcohol, just occasionally with Friends. And knowing others go through the same things as I do helps. I'm sorry your going through the same thing though, it's exhausting

[beinganon in reply to ashleybakerr01]

Yeah it’s exhausting to say the least — And one needs to come up with one’s own methods.