hello. i suffer through the same symptoms as you, but for 4 months now.. i know that its just anxiety and i have checked my health and its everything ok. but even tho i finally know that im healthy it doesn’t get any better. i dont know what to do anymore. im really tired of this. im 19 y.o and i cant even focus on reading. i cant go out and i feel like all of this has dragged me into depression. im gonna get some psychological help in 3 days and i really hope i can get finally some help rather than “”you are ok, dont act like this! get over it!”” like its easy. its hard af cause im fighting my own self. my own brain. its kinda like he hates me ._. meh anyway i hope that we all gonna get through this as quickly as possible and get ever stronger.
I’ve been pretty much in and out of this kinda experience since I was 12. Started out light headed and panic attacks flung in and out. I was hospitalized and did ever test known to man which was pretty scarring and traumatic especially for a child.
Eventually I grew out of it and lived life healthy and “normal” up until a month ago when I had my first panic attack again a month ago, on and off for about a month now. During this past month I’ve been doing a crazy amount of research both online and on myself to try to understand the causes and reasons since no doctor able to say give me any advice other than the typical “you should see a psychiatrist” which just didn’t suffice.
First of all, I’ve come to conclude that the dizziness (from research online) was due to the excessive leftover adrenaline in the body from your previous panic attack. This will subside eventually and it would probably end faster with light exercise.
Second, you need to relax and be able to treat yourself with relaxing experiences such as getting a few massages and rationalize this present fear of anxiety and panic attacks.
Third, get busy with something to take your mind off of it. I can’t stress enough how much forcing myself to be at work has helped me.
Fourth, you need to (and I can’t stress this enough) avoid stimulants; coffee, tea, and stressors. Trust me, drinking coffee at this point will trigger your dizziness and therefore anxiety/panic attack from kicking in again. Just hold off for about a month or so and test it out again later on once you’re basically back to your normal self.
Fifth, surround yourself with people who understand your situation who support and love you. This will make you feel safe and protected.
Finally, just always reassure yourself that it’ll pass even if it takes longer than expected... I went through this hell as a kid of only 12 with issues lasting for 4 months then trust me so can you. The more you try to live your life normally again the more everything will go back to normal. No one has ever died from a bit of anxiety and panic, so don’t be so hard on yourself. Always try to reassure yourself and don’t make it a bigger deal than it is (even if it feels like the worst s**t ever lol). Comfort and love yourself and allow your brain to restabalize itself because essentially during a panic attack your brain is going through an imaginary war and it’ll take some time afterwards for all your brain chemicals to sort itself out and come back to normal. Allow your body to heal itself that way.
Hope my post helped anyone who’s going through this experience.
Speedy recovery and you’ll be just fine 💪🏼🤗
It's an interesting notion that diziness is due to the excess adrenaline in ones system. That would explain mine since I am constantly dizzy and extremely fatigued and at the samd time in a continuous state of panic. Can i ask you, did u ever take medication? I was prescribed lexapro by a psychiatrist a week ago and i just can't make up my mind whether I should take it or not. I started cbt, exercise and 5htp and pray to god that it works. I really can't go on living like this...
Lexo will just get you high, but the anxiety will stay in there feeling the same ... that’s from my personal experience. Your body might react differently.
Medication wise, the only stuff that works is Xanax. Valium if anything makes things worse for me.
Your body will eventually get rid of the excess adrenaline on its own. Try light exercising and get your mind off it. Try to get busy with things you usually enjoy doing.
It’ll suck for a bit of time but it’ll pass. You just need to find out what makes things worse or better for you. For me, drinking coffee at this point will take me back to the start with the anxiety attack and panic attacks. Try avoiding that, as well as any sort of stimulants (that includes apples).
Ps, research shows that busporine works as well for anxiety, research it and read about it and talk to your doc... it’s not a benzo so it’s not addictive or as hardcore as Xanax.
You gotta give your body sometime to heal itself, (neurochemically speaking). Positive thoughts or no thoughts at all. As I said, if I could handle this at 12 years old, so can you. Keep it up, I hope I helped somehow.
Hey friends
Few days back i have counter my first panic attack ..i have goin through a very stressful phase in life coz of mother's health and business related stuff ..
One night i was on phone and all of sudden i started to feel so nervous likes all went empty inside me and i can only feel and hear my heart goin crazy ..i was trying to calm myself but my mind was not accepting and forcing me to believe that am having a heart attack ..
Every since my life is been sucks .. i have went to dr and done ecg and all they say is nothing wrong with my heart but only stress causing this ..
Am not able to eat peacefully cause that cause me somch burps and i feel air flow in my chest ..i am feeling very tierd and dizzy ..all tim3 i feel like i might faint but non so far ..am telling myself all time that am having anxiety and doin all heart related test to convince myself that nothing wrong with my heart ...
I live in a fear .. am having a anxiety meds but that cause me dizzy whole day and i cant focus ..
Yes i get fear of death that am gona get a heart attack soon even after dr saying all well ...
Now this anxiety causing other issues like acid reflux and my hands go swet and cold legs ...i feel lite pain on chest which goes away after burp but still that giving me thought something wrong with my heart .. this is first time
I can't thank you enough for this post! I've been suffering from daily light headedness for the past 8 weeks. I've had blood tests and ECG that are all normal. I had severe panic attacks many years ago that stopped eventually. In January they returned on a couple of occasions. The dizziness started after this and I never really put it together! My lightheadedness gets a lot worse when stressed and after coffee. I'm hoping now that it's a build up of adrenaline like you say and if I can reassure myself and stay calm it may subside. I must start to run again as I gave this up when it started. Your post has helped me so much. Many, many thanks!
First of all, I know this post is over a year old, but thank you for making it and thanks to everyone who has replied. I'm experiencing the same issues. I got a panic attack almost 2 weeks ago and have been dizzy every day since. It's scared the s**t out of me. My thoughts have ranged from "I'm anemic" to "OMG, what if I have Cancer" to "what if I never feel normal again". I even scheduled an appointment with my doctor to make sure i was ok but I still haven't received the results from my blood test yet. The worst part is that no matter how much I tell my self that it's just anxiety my brain manages to take over and I'm always thinking that something is wrong with my health. At this point I don't even know if the dizzyness is brought on by the anxiety or if the anxiety is brought on my the dizzyness because i get anxiety about feeling dizzy. Sometimes I feel like I might even faint but as with the OPs post I can play video games and walk with no problems in my coordination. After doing a lot of reading I tried some things that seem to be helping. I downloaded an app for meditation and breathing which seems to be helping as well as some beginners yoga. I highly recommend it. I just wanted to say that you're all not alone and reading your comments makes me feel like I'm not alone as well so once again, thank you for sharing your experiences. The least we can do is provide each other with some comfort. I look forward to not being dizzy again and wish you all good luck.
Thank you so very much. This anxiety is horrible. I know now this is what it is but i can’t create a “turn off” switch. It just comes from no where. But after reading so many entries, yours is the first one i read that mentioned leg numbness. I thought i was the only one experiencing that. It would seem realizing that now, it would just ease the mind instantly, but it doesn’t Why not?
Just left the ER last night because of dizziness, lightheadedness and heavyness. Like im wearing clothing that’s been dipped in water. You know the feeling when you step out of the pool. They said it was anxiety.
I find it hard to believe. I really want to go back and ask them to check my heart. Ive been looking up symptoms of heart disease. My mind has me so worried because the feeling just wont go away.
Very late to this thread… but did you find any answers?
I think you were on the Celexa for WAY too short a time to evaluate… side effects go away… AND… Docs usually start people at way too strong a dose…
Ativan is great… but addictive… Klonapin may be a better bet… even try natural Valerian root…
GL to you!
You have pretty much described my issues- from random head pain, tired eyes, dizziness, anxiety. I also have job that keep me on the computers all day. Some days I feel fine, other days feels like my life is slipping away. I have had heart tests. My primary doc says it is anxiety. Just so frustrating. I been reading a book lately by Elizabeth Stanley, called Widen the Window: Training Your Brain and Body to Thrive During Stress and Recover from Trauma. She talks about anxiety and these bodily symptoms and sensation. We try to rationally talks ourselves out of feeling what we feel through our rational brain but that does not work. We need to access our thinking brain and our survival brain. I am about to read it again. I read it once but need to read it again and again. It is a dense book. More than any other book that talks about using mindfulness to help with anxiety, her work and research address bodily symptoms and sensation.
Just wanted you to know I understand and you are not alone.