A weird dizziness sensation

Mental health
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I always found solutions to my problem on this forum or elsewhere, but not for this one...

I'm a 23 male and I've be getting lightheaded for the past year, it happened about 6 times and all the tests that my doctors gave to me were fine, I even got my heart checked and it turned out great, I am labeled as a Healthy Person by the doctors I went to but none of them seem to find the cause of this weird dizziness that I'm having. So I thought it has to be Anxiety.

I realized a few weeks ago that I am able to make myself dizzy by closing my eyes and "thinking" about being spun around and I'm not sure if this is normal or not.

Sometimes, I also feel like I'm "about" to go dizzy so I try to think about something else and it goes away BUT if I keep thinking about it then it happens, it sound stupid but it is what it is.

Sometimes I also feel a weird shaking sensation in my neck and legs, and it worries me too because it makes me feel like it's about to happen again. And this could last all day.

Sometimes when I'm watching a video on my phone or something, I get that feeling too, so I thought it must be my eyes but I got them checked and they were totally fine as well.

I'm always worried about it because it sucks, 6 times a year doesn't sound much but you become literally helpless when dizziness hits you so whenever I feel it happening I become a lot more worried and this doesn't help.

What I hate most about this is that I don't know the cause, so for me this can happen anytime anywhere and it's kind of scary.

I really need help but I tried everything possible and I think I'm gonna be stuck with this forever, I'm probably gonna even get my ears checked, or do whatever is needed until I find the cause, it has got to the point were I can't trust the docs anymore.

Please tell me this is familiar to you, if I'm sure it's anxiety, if someone experienced any of this before then it'd make me feel better, because then I'll be able to get the help I ACTUALLY need and learn how to overcome this.

Sorry for my bad english and thanks a lot for reading this.

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Are you on psych meds?  Mine make me feel that way. 

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Have you had an EEG or been referred to a neurologist?

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hey i experience something similar. i have a panic disorder and panic attacks make me feel like i’m going to pass out so i’m constantly in feer of getting one. i recently went on prozac (prescribed) and it’s helped tons but i do still get dizzy spells. what i’ve found to help is to excerise and eat properly. sometimes i have like chocolate chips and almonds because it gives me reassurance that i won’t collapse as chocolate raises blood pressure (from what i’ve heard but i’m no doc) i also try to chew gum to regulate my breathing. hope this helps !!

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No I'm not, the only pills am taking right now is Magnesium to have a good night sleep and Vitamin D cause I have a deficiency.

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No, the doctor said it's not needed, the first time I got dizzy he tried a quick brain test on me to check if it was a seizure of some sort and that was it.

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It does scary me a lot too, but I'm not taking any pills at the moment, I hit the gym today and I felt that I'm about to go dizzy so I stopped working out, after 3 clear months this had to happen...

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I would seek a second opinion. What kind of brain test did your dr do may I ask?

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I have been feeling this way since October. Been to the er twice, seen my gp, seen a cardiologist everything came back normal. Their solution was anxiety and start Zoloft. Had a bad reaction so they gave me celexa which I decided not to take. Today I was sitting and talking with a client and then all of a sudden I got lightheaded and heart started pounding. I have constant chest pains. It’s hard to believe it’s just anxiety but that’s the only answer I have gotten for now. I go back to my GP next month. Hopefully I get better answers. I hate the worry that I get every time I feel this way. 

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Good choices. 

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I would go back to the dr and request a Holter test. This can be done at home.

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it was a simple motion test of some smort, told me to raise my hands to my nose in a fast pace and stuff like that

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You believe it could be some heart disease of some sort? I did get an echo and it was fine and I once got an ECG(I think) in the ER and the docs said it was fine too. But a Holter would be monitoring the whole day so it’s better, I just dont really think my heart is troubled though.

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Could be low iron. Do you look kind of pale?

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Look up symptoms of iron deficiency anemia. If you think you're low, they can do a blood test. 

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Hi again I did not wish to alarm you I was wondering if you had had a Holter so any arrhythymias could be excluded. It is just one of the basic routine tests they do that's all.

 

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My last blood tests were 2 months ago and I had no iron deficiency, I’m not sure if this has changed recently