https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/anxiety/dizziness-so-sick-of-it/m-p/533614#M45825 <P>Hi, </P> <P>Thanks in advance for reading. Im so annoyed this has come back. I’ll start from the start.. about 5 years ago I was suffering from dizziness whenever I was out shopping, standing in a queue etc. I would have to leave straight away. This went on for about a year. I saw a doctor and he said because it was only happening when I was out and not at home it sounded like anxiety related which I agreed and I guess I was quite stressed at the time as I wasn’t working and I felt my life was going no where. I was prescribed antidepressants/anxiety medication but it didn’t help and I stopped taking them. Then I met my partner, I moved away from my home town to his and we had a child and the dizziness literally disappeared. I could go grocery shopping, I could sit in a cafe, stand in queues without that dreaded dizzy feeling. Well about 3 weeks ago I was standing in a queue, it was hot and I felt like I couldn’t breathe properly and also I couldn’t take my mask off(covid rules) and suddenly felt like I was going to faint. IT was back. I left the shop and went and told my partner and he said not to worry, it’s hot and we’d had a long day. So the next day I went to the grocery shop for a ‘test’. Sounds silly but the grocery shop was the worst place for it and it happened again and has happened every-time since. I actually can’t believe I’m in this situation again. This hasn’t happened in 3 years!! I’m not stressed about anything, I have been happy etc so why on earth is this back... has this ever happened to anyone? I feel so sad, my life is completely different to before and because I have a child I can’t just stay home everyday and not go out like I used too. </P> Sat, 12 Dec 2020 10:50:29 GMT Billie_m 2020-12-12T10:50:29Z https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/anxiety/dizziness-so-sick-of-it/m-p/533614#M45825 <P>Hi, </P> <P>Thanks in advance for reading. Im so annoyed this has come back. I’ll start from the start.. about 5 years ago I was suffering from dizziness whenever I was out shopping, standing in a queue etc. I would have to leave straight away. This went on for about a year. I saw a doctor and he said because it was only happening when I was out and not at home it sounded like anxiety related which I agreed and I guess I was quite stressed at the time as I wasn’t working and I felt my life was going no where. I was prescribed antidepressants/anxiety medication but it didn’t help and I stopped taking them. Then I met my partner, I moved away from my home town to his and we had a child and the dizziness literally disappeared. I could go grocery shopping, I could sit in a cafe, stand in queues without that dreaded dizzy feeling. Well about 3 weeks ago I was standing in a queue, it was hot and I felt like I couldn’t breathe properly and also I couldn’t take my mask off(covid rules) and suddenly felt like I was going to faint. IT was back. I left the shop and went and told my partner and he said not to worry, it’s hot and we’d had a long day. So the next day I went to the grocery shop for a ‘test’. Sounds silly but the grocery shop was the worst place for it and it happened again and has happened every-time since. I actually can’t believe I’m in this situation again. This hasn’t happened in 3 years!! I’m not stressed about anything, I have been happy etc so why on earth is this back... has this ever happened to anyone? I feel so sad, my life is completely different to before and because I have a child I can’t just stay home everyday and not go out like I used too. </P> Sat, 12 Dec 2020 10:50:29 GMT https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/anxiety/dizziness-so-sick-of-it/m-p/533614#M45825 Billie_m 2020-12-12T10:50:29Z https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/anxiety/dizziness-so-sick-of-it/m-p/533615#M45826 <P>Hi Billie.m</P> <P>Welcome and thankyou for being a part the forums too!</P> <P>I understand your feelings of dizziness and they can be awful to experience. And yes the dizziness used to come back to me even I was happy too. Sometimes it can be an issue from our past that can make us oversensitised to the point we experience dizziness. This is a very common feeling/symptom to have..ugh!</P> <P>I used to have chronic anxiety for a long time and it took me ages to understand the sooner we engage in super frequent counselling (<EM>even informal with our GP</EM>) the better our recovery will be <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:">🙂</span></P> <P><EM>any questions are always welcome</EM> Billie.m....The forums are a safe and non judgemental place for us to post</P> <P>my kind thoughts</P> <P>Paul</P> Sat, 12 Dec 2020 11:30:15 GMT https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/anxiety/dizziness-so-sick-of-it/m-p/533615#M45826 blondguy 2020-12-12T11:30:15Z