I'm hoping that someone can perhaps give some ideas as to what may have happened to me the other day.
I was in my kitchen for about 30 mins and walked through to the living area. While walking my vision did something
it has never done before, the whole image was tilting one way, and then the other. If you imagine the image of your eyes on a television screen, is was like someone was raising the right side, lowering it, then raising the left side and lowering it. I felt really dizzy, so dizzy that I had to drop to the floor and lay down. My first thought was my heart, so I felt my pulse but it was strong and very regular, around 70. I just shut my eyes and relaxed and after about 5 minutes I felt fine again and was able to get up. I'm pretty sure that it wasn't a blood pressure issue, I've experienced both low and high BP and this felt different. I had no nausea either but the impact of whatever it was, was very quick. I have looked at symptoms for TIA, but it mentions blurred vision, whereas mine was tilting up and down. I tried speaking and had no trouble with words, no slurring. My legs and arms felt fine, I was just too dizzy to feel stable on my legs. I did think about perhaps sugar levels in the blood, but can this cause such a rapid reaction and recovery? This has never happened before and thank goodness, it hasn't occurred since. I assume if it was a TIA, then there's no way to detect it? because it rectified itself, unless other vessels have compensated and the clot is still there? It was a rather scary moment, but I did manage to remain calm, I know from experience with my heart that remaining relaxed is a key thing. Does anyone please have any thoughts?
Just to add, I had no temperature, no sweating, no nausea. I had eaten a sandwich about 5 mins before it happened. It was the tilting of my vision which concerned me most, I've never heard of it or believed it possible.