Dizziness….

[Nicole0814]

Hi guys! I’ve been struggling with my anxiety and panic attacks lately. It’s sucks. But my concern is last night I was at a football game and all of a sudden in the middle of a conversation I got really dizzy/lightheaded and blurry vision. I THEN started to panic soon after. Everything I read says the blurry vision and dizziness is due to hyperventilating but I wasn’t. Has anyone else had panic attacks start as dizzy or blurry vision? I know this has happened maybe two other times but I’m freaking out that I am having a TIA - small stroke- they can be short like that. Ughh I hate this so much. I just want to enjoy my days with no anxiety or panic attack! Usually my panic attack starts as tightness in chest or increased heartbeat. Any help guys! Please….

 

[Doug97]

You didn't have a stroke. Yes I get panic attacks that are first sparked off by my vision going funny.

But why not get checked out by a doc? Then you can put your mind at rest.

 

[bin_tenn]

I've had this sensation as well. It doesn't usually stir up panic for me, but it does feel uncomfortable for a moment. I don't think it's related at all to panic attacks (in the sense that it's not always caused by panic attacks), but it can be due to anxiety or feeling overwhelmed. A football game is certainly a place that can trigger anxiety for lots of folks.

 

[Doug97]

Definitely, amongst a large crowd of people is the last place you want a panic attack, which makes it precisely the sort of place where you have a panic attack!

 

[Nicole0814]

You didn't have a stroke. Yes I get panic attacks that are first sparked off by my vision going funny.

But why not get checked out by a doc? Then you can put your mind at rest.

Thank you for responding. I have had my head checked out so much in the past 4 months or so. They did a CT, MRI and MRA. I also see an ENT and I do have some ear issues that will cause some dizziness but it’s different and doesn’t cause me to go into a panic attack. I’ve been dealing with the ear issue for 5 years. The blurry vision was so bad I was sure I was doing to pass out.

 

[Doug97]

Hmm, I see. It's good that you have had so many brain scans and they were all clear. You could maybe visit an ophthalmologist to check out your eyes?

 

[Nicole0814]

I've had this sensation as well. It doesn't usually stir up panic for me, but it does feel uncomfortable for a moment. I don't think it's related at all to panic attacks (in the sense that it's not always caused by panic attacks), but it can be due to anxiety or feeling overwhelmed. A football game is certainly a place that can trigger anxiety for lots of folks.

Thank you for responding! Yeah, high school football game- senior night and homecoming so it was a packed game. My 13 year old daughter was with me and I told her I had to walk to the bathroom and she knows I have anxiety/panic attacks. But I hate that it’s disrupting her life. She wanted to be watching the game and I’m over by the gate freaking out. I did manage to stay because I didn’t want my anxiety to win and my brain to think football games as a bad place. After about 20 minutes or so my anxiety eased up.
I know you said you have had that happen but not cause panic attack. I immediately felt dizzy and vision blurry and that’s when I was so scared of passing out. Once I got to the bathroom I was so off balance and stayed that way for a while. Then came the rapid heartbeat and shakiness.
im also wondering if it’s not necessarily related to panic attack but caused me to have a panic attack….and of course that is freaking me out now because what’s causing it?!

Hmm, I see. It's good that you have had so many brain scans and they were all clear. You could maybe visit an ophthalmologist to check out your eyes?

Been checked LOL. I recently went through some health anxiety issues and had everything checked because I was freaking out, well not everything because I told myself I had to stop