It is frustrating. Most doctors think I am crazy. I have been to 14 doctors in the last 4 years and have been through every test known to man. I also saw a holistic doctor for a while and tried natural vitams and such, but it just got way to expensive. I still do a lot of the eating recommendations she made, but I no longer see her. I am allergic to everything but air so I'm going to continue with the allergy shots and see where that gets me. I also started doing yoga, hoping that may alleviate some of the stress. I feel best when I'm done. I've heard meditation is helpful but haven't given that a real go yet. You're not alone. We are all in theis together :)
Thanks. I was really surprised to see how many people suffer from this. I started a vitamin through my podiatrist that was for foot pain called NeuRemedy. It seems to be helping me som with my dizziness. I'm thinking of going to my general doctor and getting a MILD nerve pill to see if that helps. I"ll try anything. My lifestyle sure is effected BIG by this. Afraid to go anywhere or do anything.
I know what you mean! My husband has been so patient and very supportive for the most part, but he just doesn't understand how I feel and WHY I don't want to do anything. Why I am scared to leave the house alone with our 2 year old to go to the grocery store.
How long has this been going on for you?
Same issues as everybody here. Went to all the doctors and I am crazy like we have all been told. I think the answer is to stop looking for answers. If I keep busy it's not too bad. I also went to the eye doctor and my prescription was a little too strong so maybe that is part of it. I think it's all about stress. It sounds odd but I noticed little red bumps on the front of my tongue and I looked it up and it said it was due to stress. I will be going to an acupuncture place to give that a try. Everybody needs to calm down and know that the more you stress about it the worse it will get. It's a bad cycle. You feel lightheaded so you panic and then the panicking makes you more lightheaded so you panic some more. You need to talk yourself off the ledge. Know that you are ok and the feeling will pass soon. Try to do or think of something you enjoy and that will talk your mind off of it when it is happening. Sorry no real answers, just try to relax and not worry about it so much.
about 20 years....I'm 55....but getting worse now. Used to, I was NEVER dizzy driving...now it happens every now and then. I feel the best when I am at the gym working out and my blood is flowing good. Sometimes thought it was a circulation problem. But, Lord, I've thought its been everything from heart to head to ears/nose/throat to nerves to insanity...lol. I got hit in the neck about the time this started and I think a nerve got 'smashed' but they have never checked that to see. Thats why IM thinking of going back to and ENT and have him check. Probalby nothing they can do for it anyways. I went to Cleveland Clinic about a year ago and they didn't find anything in my head that would be causing it. I have a heart valve that leaks but my cardiologist says that wouldn't cause my dizziness. You'd think it would if the blood wasn't flowing right...??? I just get tired of fighting it sometimes but gotta keep going. I don't let anyone ride with me much anymore just in case and I hope and pray I don't wreck and kill someone. I'd be really nervous with a child in with me. My niece has some of these same symptoms though and that makes me wonder if its hereditary..>I sure hope not.
Oh I do this alot...talked myself out of it many many times.....just gets tiring...I'm tough so I go as long as I can before I get 'tore up'...
You hit the nail on the head. I went to a psychologist at one point because I was told it was all in my head. He agreed that there had to be a physiological element, but that stress makes it worse. He suggested swimming. I did that for a while and now I run. Both are good stress relievers. I have a good friend who suffers from anxiety, and it's amazing how similar my problem is with just a different symptom. I think the key is to let it go as best you can. If anti-anxiety drugs help, then use them! A great book I found to help me and give me some great insight (for life in general) is called "If God is Good" by Randy Alcorn. Good luck everyone.
I have considered going to a psychologist. do you feel it helped? I have been taking measures to change how I respond to stress. You can't necessarily remove stress from your life, but if you can change how you handle and respond to it, I think you're doing pretty well. I do agree that you can only fight for so long before you get tired and depressed. I hit my depressed stages but continue on like nothing is wrong. It gets hard to pretend sometimes.
Siara717 I will check out that book, thanks for the suggestion.
Has everyone been through the candida and adrenal fatigue diagnosys?
I don't know that the pschologist was helpful enough to justify the cost. He did validate what I felt was going on, and suggested stress-releiving activities - namely swimming. I just heard about candida the other day. I don't feel I have enough of the other symptoms though... What is adrenal fatigue?
i have read about adrenal fatigue. I wrote me a note to ask my dr. about it. I think it sometimes has to do with the fast pace of life we live anymore and we just wear ourselves out. What are some of your alls symptoms and is there anything that brings them on? I can feel good one minute and the next min. it hits..no warning.
I have never thouht about a psychiatrist. I don't think it is in my head, not mentally anyways. Physically, maybe 'cause that's where I stay dizzy at all the time.
I thought a psychiatrist could help me with the depression that has come along I have been diagnosed with depression because my doctors feel my symptoms are a side effect of depression. I feel my depression is a side effect of my symptoms.
I feel like I am in a fog 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, it never goes away. I get dizzy spells that make me want to fall down (or throw up). If I stand for too long, I start blacking out. I have floaters in one eye, heart palpitations, sensitivity to light. I'm also very VERY forgetful and I have a hard time concentrating. I have a whole document I typed up that summerizes everything I've done in the last 4 years, doctors, tests and medications. It got to the point that I was doing so much, I couldn't remember what I had done, and what I hadn't done. I have had a hard time finding a regular doctor that cares enough to stick with it. they tell me it's in my head or they can't help me anymore. I am kind of on my own at this point, so no perscription medications.
Well, I guess I get depressed at times but I try not to. I try to think there are people worse off than me and I just try to move on with it the best way I can. I honestly don't know how to explain how I feel. I feel at night sometimes like the blood is not going through my body right and I'm going to die. I feel like I'm going to pass out at times, mostly when I'm just standing around talking or in line at a checkout...i hate going into stores. If there is a long checkout line, I just don't go in or I leave without my stuff sometimes. I've never passed out, but I have come as close as you can without going all the way. I hear my heart beating in my left ear (the side of the neck that I got hit in about 20 years ago) constantly. It seems to have gotten a little better after taking this NeuRemedy med from my foot doctor though. I feel the best when I'm active as far as the dizziness. But once I stop, I can feel the lightheadedness returning. If I walk a flight of stairs, when I reach the top, I feel like I'm just gonna pass out. Like I'm walking on air, just bouncing around. And you are right about doctors. They don't care anymore. After you go to them so many times for the same thing, they don't want to see you anymore 'cause they are at a loss as of what to do for you. I just try to get on the internet or forums like this and get some ideas as to what this might be. Maybe one of us will say a word that another will pick up on and we might possibly find something that will help us. I have pretty much come to terms that its going to be with me for the rest of my life though. Not something to look forward to but its better than the alternative.
Hi i was wondering if you ever had any luck diagnosing/ and or fixing this problem i seem to have the same symptoms as you for about three months now, i too would get really tired driving and have a hard time focusing, i also would be fine one day and really bad the next, please if you get this let me know were your symptoms are today i would love to talk to someone about this
I have bilateral Meniere's and have been assuming that my lightheadedness was due to that, but per my ENT it is not. This past fall I had two seizures and was checked out by a neurologist who did a full exam with MRI all negative. I have been suffering with lightheadedness now for almost 3 years that leaves me almost homebound and bedridden. I do have and have always had low blood pressure, blood work all comes back negative. I'm now at a loss as to what to do. I am disabled because of the Meniere's but the brain fog and lightheadedness is driving me into a deep depression.