Dizziness-so sick of it

[Billie_m]

Hi,

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.

[blondguy]

Hi Billie.m

Welcome and thankyou for being a part the forums too!

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!

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 (even informal with our GP) the better our recovery will be 🙂

any questions are always welcome Billie.m....The forums are a safe and non judgemental place for us to post

my kind thoughts

Paul