I am new to this website as a member but have came here many times to ready others stories to reassure myself they I wasn't the only person I this world to feel this way.
But now, I feel like I have something new and serious going on. I have been on antidepressants for almost 15 years total. I have been though many panic attacks and dizziness and unsteadiness is the worst that I have dealt with Many tests to confirm that nothing is physically wrong with me. I am morid obese and have decided I need to change get my lifestyle. So I started working out and changing my eating habits. Well for the last 4 weeks, I have lost 12 lbs. In the last weeks, I started getting dizzy. This has continued all week. However, I feel like I have an unsteady gait, extremely tired and feel like if I close my eyes that I will not wake back up. I feel like I am NOT in touch with the world and that nothing really seems right. it's very hard for me to explain and it even feels like my life could end. I have had nagging headaches for the last weak and something just doesn't feel right. although I know that I have felt this way before and it always goes away but this time it has lasted for a week and I am so scared. I normally can take a half of a Xanax and the feeling subside but not this time. I feel like I could pass out. It's most of the day with very little relief. And no matter how I try to explain it, I don't think it truly comes out how I am really feeling.
Its okay I don't think its anything serious. Anxiety can give you so many weird symptoms and this is probably just one of them. Either that or it could be the increased amount if exercise if you're not used to it - make sure you eat enough too, if you go from a calorie to really low calorie diet too fast it could make you feel weird.
If you want,, talk to your gp about it and it'll put your mind at rest - just describe it how you described it here. For now, just try your hardest to accept that whatever weirdness and scariness you're feeling, it's just anxiety and it will go. Distract yourself and do something fun and that you enjoy as well, like baking, reading, gardening, a walk, reading, a bubble bath, whatever you like doing.
It may seem tough right now, but I promise you that it'll pass!!! Best wishes, hope you feel better soon xx
Hi Kristyjo, I am sorry what your going through. I suggest you seek advice from your doctor. Let know how you it on , ok.
Hi Kristyjo,
congratulations for for such a magnificent show of strength in changing your lifestyle, your motivation is a lesson to us all 😀 As Charlotte mentioned the symptoms you are suffering are most likely due to your rapid lifestyle change and your body adjusting to compensate. Remember that when you are exercising you are not just burning fat but your body also loses other important things such as electrolytes when you sweat. If you don't replace these it can cause an imbalance in your body chemistry. When people first start to exercise there is often a tendancy to go OTT and as there is normally a quite noticable weight loss in the first few weeks this tends to motivate people to push themselves to hard. Problem is that once the weight loss stabilises people either increase there effort well above their capability and hurt themselves or they give up. Remember you want this to be a change for life, don't worry if it takes a while to get it. Again congratulations on your effort you are an inspiration 🙏😀❤️
Thank you for the kind words. I went from being very inactive to working out 4 days a week but it's not a tough workout, just more than I am used to. My calories are still 1800 per day so I think that's ok and I am increasing protein. I just get so tired of going to my doctor because they never do anything for me. I check my blood pressure at home, which is fine. Checked my sugar (use my husband's meter), it's in normal range. I have really good opportunities at my job but in the last month I have stepped down as a manager and I don't want to keep going backwards. It took me months to get back to work after being out for 2 years because of my anxiety. I just want to feel good and be good for my husband and son.
Are you working on your relaxation and positive thinking?
I would like to say so but have never really been taught proper techniques. Today I have just tried staying busy and it hasn't been as bad as the last week.
Somewhere I have a link to an online CBT tutorial I will try to find it for you
Dear Kristyjo. Sad to read your words but it IS temporary. All of us are on something which upset our psyche. I find myself speaking to somebody who isn't there. I fall asleep after 8 hours in my bed and again a couple of hours later. I am on Fentanyl. Now I am ok on it I start worrying about how I will feel when I try to come off it! Are we all crazy? If something doesn't work we complain. When it does we worry about stopping it! I lost a stone in weight in a matter of weeks. Cut out lovely dinners! Instead eat handsfull of nuts, brazil, walnuts, grains etc. and find them sufficient. I cut out breakfasts entirely and especially all breads! Your exercising would not attract me as couldnt with bone on bone knee scraping. VERY painful. Anyway got sick of injections of hyaluronic acid intertwined with PRP which is my own blood doing nothing. So now am trying BIORESONANCE. It is building up my own positive energy and it sounds as if it might help you. NO pain with it at all and most relaxing. Its based on quantum physics so beyond most of us but being new I thought I would try it. My pain is still there but is less. And isn't that what we are all aiming for? Try to DO things like get a dog to walk and go with him/her. Its a new responsibility and often helps. Family will be suffering with your depression of course but try LAUGHING A LOT. It releases a lot of tension. Do what I do - think of the millions of others far worse off than we are. Of the young returning from Afghanistan minus their limbs. I now think of the young girl having a leg amputated at 18. They are worse off than we are and didnt ask for their maladies. But I tell you the best thing: LAUGHTER. Try laughing at yourself as it works for me. I do crazy things then laugh instead of cursing myself. Make fresh coffee, pour it down the sink then laugh your head off. What a daft thing to do. Anyway stop worrying and thinking you are unique or going nuts. Millions out there are nuts and are enjoying their lives. Get out of the house. Talk to people who are walking alone. You are not on your tod anyway. But stop the worrying as it isn't going to help. Laughter will help and it really IS the best medicine. Love.
I hope you can locate the link for me. Today has vent very rough