Dizziness, lightheaded and anxiety

[MakUSA]

Hello all,

I read most of the treads in here and they do help a lot, but I want to say something about myself.

I am 40 years old male, I lost my father in January, it was very sudden and hit myself and my family pretty heard, I was very strong in dealing with it and I am trying my best to keep my family safe and sound.

This March I start feeling weird and after the doctor visit it was constitute that I have an anxiety, I have never had that before. Since then I am struggling pretty heard, it was a good period of the year when I start feeling normal for the most part but that changed last week.

About a week ago I got dizzy for a second and I start overthinking too much, I as most of us here start googling what’s going on (mistake), so I went back to the doctor and he said that nothing’s wrong with me, I need to deal with this.

I have dome most of the tests, complete blood test, EKG, EHO, stress test, all of the results and in the green area.

After I got the “scares” I start feeling weird, lightheaded and little be dizzy and it bothers me a lot. I am very active, I play football (soccer), I do Pilates, High Intensity Interval Training, I jog, and also ride bike, I still have energy to do that but most of the time, especially at work I feel useless and I think I will get that dizzy sensation again, so I start panicking and stressing about it. I am taking Escitalopram at night before sleep and start taking Ashwagandha every morning.

This last week is very hard for me, I have weird thoughts, my mind is working 100 m/h and its bothering me a lot.

Anyone else here have or feel the same, and any advice about it?

Thank you in advance.

 

[Dch]

I think that almost all people with health anxiety experienced symptoms you mentioned. After all tests you've done, you can be pretty sure that your problem is not a physical one, that you are healthy and that you should deal with your anxiety.

Although I have suffered from health anxiety in a very long time, I think that the episodes of health anxiety took higher intensity after my mother passed away. So, the death of your father triggered your anxiety and you deal with physical symptoms of it now.

 

[Rosie123]

I wonder if you suppressed your grief in 'being very strong'. If so, it might come out in a different form: anxiety. I am also a person who gets dizzy and lightheaded and it can be persistent. I am going through it right now in fact, after a health scare in August. And like you, it is not present all the time, but only some of the day (but some of nearly every day). Is there any way that you can get grief therapy or join a grief group? It's a hard thing to have to go through with no support, under the guise of being strong.

 

[MakUSA]

Thank you, Rosie

I am sorry to hear that you are going through the same thing, its really not easy.

As for the grief therapy or join a grief group, that's my exact new step, I am researching those right now, I will give it a try.

I hope you get better very soon.

 

[Vincent]

That light-headedness sounds like the anxiety attacks I get. Like you, I don't have any medical conditions that would account for spells of light-headedness. One of the attacks was so debilitating I went to the emergency room, and they ran a battery of tests and didn't find anything. I followed up with my doctor, and he didn't find anything either. But I kept getting the bouts of light-headedness, and I noticed that they accompanied certain thought patterns. I thought I was stressing myself out, but didn't yet know I had a diagnosable condition. When another significant attack happened at work, I knew it was time to stop trying to deal with it myself. I saw a psychologist, and within the first 10-15 minutes of the first visit he diagnosed me with generalized anxiety disorder. He showed me a written description of the symptoms, we talked about a few other experiences I had, and there was no doubt that I had GAD. Then we went further back into my life, and I realized I had had anxiety attacks all the way back to when I was a child. It was like a curtain was pulled back to give me a much better understanding of myself. My GAD still isn't a breeze, but now I know what I'm dealing with and can manage it.

Your doctor can recognize a probable anxiety condition after ruling out medical causes, but a psychologist is who you would see for getting a diagnosis of your actual condition and tools for managing it. If your work has an EAP program, you might be able to get a package of free psychologist visits through them. You'd choose from a list of psychologists who take your insurance, so after the EAP benefit is exhausted you can continue with that psychologist. I went that route, and I'm so glad I did.

All the best!

 

[Hurt&Hopeful]

So sorry about your father, and so sorry you're going through this. And Ii agree with others that it sounds like you have anxiety brought on by trauma. You are taking the right steps by looking for ways to deal with it - grief is real, and it can't be avoided. And just hearing you say you were trying to 'keep your family safe' tells me you were trying to absorb a lot of things and may not have been through the real grieving process yourself yet.

The good thing is that there is help, and since you have never had anxiety before, it might be temporary for you! You don't have to let it take over your life, but you do have to acknowledge it and deal with it. You're not alone in this - hang in there!

 

[Kishore Kumar]

I am so sorry for your recent loss......Yes some crucial events in our life has a great toll on our minds....Its great that you have taken steps to come out of it...And i can assure that you will, one day, come out of all these stress and be normal as you used to be....time heals...im also suffering from severe relapsed anxiety, with insomnia and bouts of dizzy episodes...it just feels like im having zero energy and most time of the day im stuck to my bed and not going out whatsoever.......first you feel depressed and our body will not work the way it should....prolonged periods of depression deprives our body in getting good sleep and balanced nutrition which manipulates as these physical symptoms which again adds to our anxiety and increases it....this is a f***n vicious cycle.....To break this cycle you either accept the fact that these are all in our mind and stop worrying which i think is the most difficult part for people like us....or get some professional help and break the cycle with the help of meds....living with mental illness is more painful than physical illness...its just our own mind that is playing tricks with us.....

 

[Trikay12113]

i just would like you to know that you aren’t alone and you aren’t crazy. I experienced a kidney infection and it took a while to get it under control and it caused me to have bad health anxiety and for the past 2 years that’s what I’ve been dealing with. I have physical symptoms such as bad lightheadedness 24/7, nausea 24/7, chest pains, hot & sweaty, shaky, stomach pains, etc. I have been to the doctors multiple times and the ER multiple times and everything comes back normal and everyone says it’s anxiety. I go see a psychiatrist and a therapist and recently just got put on medication in hopes of it helping. I think my anxiety started cause of going through what I did with my kidney infection and being so scared and worried about it for a long time and multiple passings of loved ones but I never had anxiety before any of this either so it didn’t make since to me. I think you experienced the trauma of a loved one passing and that’s what set it off. I’m sorry you are going through this but i have faith that it will get better! If you’re medication is making you feel weird or anything you should talk to whoever prescribed it and get it changed because it could be making it more worse than better which means it’s just not the right medication for you!

 

[destiney]

That light-headedness sounds like the anxiety attacks I get. Like you, I don't have any medical conditions that would account for spells of light-headedness. One of the attacks was so debilitating I went to the emergency room, and they ran a battery of tests and didn't find anything. I followed up with my doctor, and he didn't find anything either. But I kept getting the bouts of light-headedness, and I noticed that they accompanied certain thought patterns. I thought I was stressing myself out, but didn't yet know I had a diagnosable condition. When another significant attack happened at work, I knew it was time to stop trying to deal with it myself. I saw a psychologist, and within the first 10-15 minutes of the first visit he diagnosed me with generalized anxiety disorder. He showed me a written description of the symptoms, we talked about a few other experiences I had, and there was no doubt that I had GAD. Then we went further back into my life, and I realized I had had anxiety attacks all the way back to when I was a child. It was like a curtain was pulled back to give me a much better understanding of myself. My GAD still isn't a breeze, but now I know what I'm dealing with and can manage it.

Your doctor can recognize a probable anxiety condition after ruling out medical causes, but a psychologist is who you would see for getting a diagnosis of your actual condition and tools for managing it. If your work has an EAP program, you might be able to get a package of free psychologist visits through them. You'd choose from a list of psychologists who take your insurance, so after the EAP benefit is exhausted you can continue with that psychologist. I went that route, and I'm so glad I did.

All the best!

I'm going through the same thing, Mines stared christmas day and ive felt it day in and day out . My doctor and therapist both want to put me on meds . But im scared ill feel numb or be a noodle . I just want to feel normal, i dont want to feel down and i dont want to feel up. Just normal. I need help

 

[Trikay12113]

I'm going through the same thing, Mines stared christmas day and ive felt it day in and day out . My doctor and therapist both want to put me on meds . But im scared ill feel numb or be a noodle . I just want to feel normal, i dont want to feel down and i dont want to feel up. Just normal. I need help

everyone wanted me to be on medication as well and I was scared to be on one too, because I am sensitive to medications cause I get every side effect known to man. I would suggest you do the genesight testing which you can talk to your family doctor or psychiatrist about, and if you don’t have a psychiatrist or therapist yet I would recommend doing them as well. The genesight testing does cost a pretty penny but can possibly be covered partly by insurance if you have it, and the test will allow them to use your DNA to see what anxiety/depression medications will work best with you. I was afraid to do all of that just like you. But if a medication makes you feel that way you will always always always be able to get off of it and put on one that will work for you because not every single one will and the genesight testing will make it so you don’t have to try so many medications until you find the right one. I just got put on one that seems to be somewhat working compared to the other ones I’ve tried but we will see! I promise the right one won’t make you feel that way! I have hopes that I will feel at least somewhat normal again and I have hopes for you and everybody else as well!

 

[tramadolshop]

Hello all,

I read most of the treads in here and they do help a lot, but I want to say something about myself.

I am 40 years old male, I lost my father in January, it was very sudden and hit myself and my family pretty heard, I was very strong in dealing with it and I am trying my best to keep my family safe and sound.

This March I start feeling weird and after the doctor visit it was constitute that I have an anxiety, I have never had that before. Since then I am struggling pretty heard, it was a good period of the year when I start feeling normal for the most part but that changed last week.

About a week ago I got dizzy for a second and I start overthinking too much, I as most of us here start googling what’s going on (mistake), so I went back to the doctor and he said that nothing’s wrong with me, I need to deal with this.

I have dome most of the tests, complete blood test, EKG, EHO, stress test, all of the results and in the green area.

After I got the “scares” I start feeling weird, lightheaded and little be dizzy and it bothers me a lot. I am very active, I play football (soccer), I do Pilates, High Intensity Interval Training, I jog, and also ride bike, I still have energy to do that but most of the time, especially at work I feel useless and I think I will get that dizzy sensation again, so I start panicking and stressing about it. I am taking Escitalopram at night before sleep and start taking Ashwagandha every morning.

This last week is very hard for me, I have weird thoughts, my mind is working 100 m/h and its bothering me a lot.

Anyone else here have or feel the same, and any advice about it?

Thank you in advance.

Sorry for the loss of your father. I can understand your anxiety issues. You can do yoga or a gym maybe can help you. The other thing, before taking any medication, it is better if you consult any health professional near you.

 

[MakUSA]

Sorry for the loss of your father. I can understand your anxiety issues. You can do yoga or a gym maybe can help you. The other thing, before taking any medication, it is better if you consult any health professional near you.

Thank you very much

 

[Joe diesel 09]

Going to the gym regularly really does help me. I still struggle but seems like it's less intense. The dizzy/lightheaded/ off balance feeling really sets off my anxiety and wierd headaches too. I've been checked over several times. Everything points to my anxiety. The gym is one of the only things that really does seem to help. But I have to b careful about getting my heart rate super high because that can set off an attack too. Really fast and hard pounding scares me. I'm trying to overcome that some, about 130 is about as fast as I like to push it. I don't hurt or anything once its higher but my mind kicks in with the what ifs and then here we go again...other than that, the gym has really been a life saver I think. If im nervous from my day, I'll take a .5 xanax about an hr before gym time. Prayers for you all.