I am wondering if you ever got a solid diagnosis on your dizziness - I have very similar symptoms and and trying to pin down a cause.
I have probably said this a million times but I'll say it again. To prevent dehydration, you need to be eating protein as well as drinking; the protein helps to hold onto the fluids in the body. People can drink all day long and still be dehydrated. Anxiety could certainly be playing into the picture here for both of you. Dizziness is usually a result of an inner ear issue and lightheadedness usually by a lack of bloodflow. You may not have an issue with the heart, but an issue with your arteries; if your corotid arteries are partially blocked, you could have an issue with the lightheadedness, even sitting in a chair. Have your arteries in the neck checked out.
I am to make a appointment to check my hearing, and explain the dizziness to see if that could be a conneciton. Several years ago I was hit by a car, thrown onto the hood, then back on the pavement where I hit my head. I also was hit in head 2 times by a TV flying off a upper shelf in a motor home while going down the road.Idiot didn't secure it 2 different times. I was told the last time I had a concussion, no follow up has ever been done. Does anyone know if it could be related? Right now as I sit typing, I am feeling light headed, dizzy and strange. I sure hope someone has an answer for us.
My doctor is/was useless in this matter too. It seems it's extremely hard to pinpoint the cause of this dizziness. Mine gets so bad sometimes that I just don't even want to leave the house, so it's really started to adversely affect my life. I hope yours, and mine, will just dissipate over time. But I'd really, really like to know where this came from.
I can have the symptoms both sitting and up doing things, I haven't been able to pin down any thing specific either way. I just feel like I am going to pass out, feel faint, dizzy and weak. I thought it could be hunger, but eating hasn't made any change. I feel like I am not in control of my body and mind, almost as if I am in another demention. It sounds strange to me to, but hard to explain. I hope someone has a explanation as my doctor didn't have any comments at all.
Hi Sugie, hi Dolphin. Thank you both for responding. I don't feel like I have to sit down. It usually occurs while I'm seated, actually, and getting up and walking often helps.
I am on no meds, I don't drink, and I don't smoke. A boring saint nowadays, lol.
I test my blood sugar with those finger poking devices that get blood samples. The numbers are usually around 90 or higher (up to 140, but that's usually right after I eat, which I'm told is normal). Never has it once been below 75 in all my tests, and that 75 figure was just one time. It almost always at least 85.
Sugie, I think we both me in the same boat and I'm thinking it is anxiety. My Dr. prescribe me Zoloft, I started it 10 days ago but after a sleepless night I quit. I sometimes take Klonopin for my anxiety, and I like that much better---fast acting, zero side effects. I have heard Prozac works great for many high anxiety people, including a good girl friend of mine. You haven't seen much help from it?
I have been having those same symptoms, in addition I often get the strangest sensations I am unable to describe, & a feeling that I have experienced it before.It starts in my head, I feel like a strange wave of heat & out of body feeling. I just had a wellness check & all tests were in normal range. I feel faint,weak & dizzy real often as if I will pass out or have had a short period of being unconscious. I do think my hearing is worse & am to schedule a hearing test & tell him about the dizziness. I would in interested in hearing more of your symptoms, as I also have had a lot of stress the last three years. I am taking Prozac but haven't seen any difference.
Are you feeling lightheaded like if you weren't sitting down you would need to? Or dizziness like you are going to fall over?
Have you changed anything in your diet? Or changed your mediciation? Do you have any other symptoms when this happens?
Being lightheaded can be the sign of sooo many other things. Including stress. And just because you are not stressed at the moment does not mean your body still isn't feeling the results of it.
If you are that worried about your heart you could ask your doctor to run tests again to rule out anything cardiac. Sometimes reassurance is so helpful and if it is worrying you that much, I would push the issue with your doctors.
How do you test your blood sugar when it happens? Or blood pressure, do you have a blood testing kit with you? If so what are the numbers?