INTENSE blast of dizziness

[HockeyShark]

A sudden blast of extreme dizziness.

It lasts very intensely for just a few seconds 10/10, then subsides to a 5/10 in scale. Like some sort of flare up.

This one hit while i was driving. it is then followed with a panic attack. Sweating, weakness, etc.

I have had full work ups on it, CAT scans MRI. Nothing.

I have been told Vertigo or possibly some neurological disorder.

Does anyone else have this happen? PLEASE help me.

[br2509]

I get dizziness laying in my bed lol its not driving down the road sometimes i will lay in my bed and i start feeling a little dizzy which i have had a CT scan and everything came back fine.So i am guessing its just the anxiety..

[Jade59]

Yes, the trick is to stay calm.  If you start thinking "oh no this or that" it will just get worse and into a full blown attack you go.  

If it happens again, turn your radio off and just do some deep breathing.  I will hope it doesn't happen to you again though :)

[HockeyShark]

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH!

I will try, the next time it hits, to stay calm, and know I am not alone with this, it will pass, and i will be fine.

[Julie359]

You know this happens to me as well, i will be going about my business and right smack out of the blue i will be hit with a sudden blast of dizziness that throws me right out of wack.  It takes my breath away as well, and i have to hold onto anything around me, so this happeneing while driving WOW must be soo frightening.  

I find i tend to get this when i have been very busy and am feeling tired and am pushing myself a bit, do you feel the same? If this happens and i'm at home i will go and have a nap and i feel heaps better after.  

I thought maybe i had a inner ear prob but i don't... so all i can put it down to is anxiety.  I'm not gona worry about it otherwise with everything else i would go stark raving bonkers.... lol  I'm just accepting that i'm sensitive and now am living a life more suited to how i am rather than the life everyone else thinks i should have, even me at one point.

Hope you feel better soon....x

[toejam_muncher]

it absolutely has happend to me many times also. that is probably the most difficult physical symptom to deal with because it feels like you could seriously have something wrong with you. it's hard to dismiss....but the fact that it was always followed by a panic attack eventually helped me believe that it was related to my anxiety and that physically i was ok. it is good to have the tests done when you experience this because it really could be so many other things....but if the tests are done and doctors say theres nothing wrong, then thats when you should try to accept that it's just anxiety and treat it like it's anxiety. when you feel that way...go sit down or take a small walk outside. get some time to yourself and let it pass. its the only thing that helped me. like the person above said...the key is not to let your mind run away with it. since it's a product of your anxiety, really the anxiety has to be treated before the dizziness gets better.

[Jade59]

I have had this happen many times.  I feel fine then straight out of the blue, everything starts spinning.  It seems to happen when I am driving.  The last time this happened I was sitting at a light when it hit.  I immediatly turned off my radio ( I like to listen to it Loud) and turned off my air conditioner as I have an older car and the AC makes the car shake.  All this helped as the music and vibration from the AC seemed to be too much stimulation.  

Took deep breaths, Refused to think I was going to have a panic attack in the car and started thinking about something else entirely.  It seemed to work and the spinning passed and I made it too my destination without having to pull over.  The key, really, is to do everything in your power to not let your mind run away with it.