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very sudden dizziness followed by anxiety attack
has anyone here experience sudden dizziness that comes on like lightning out of the blue followed by anxiety attacks? i can be sitting at my computer and all of the sudden just get a major dizziness attack...it only lasts for a couple of seconds and then goes away...after that though i get really bad anxiety from it because it scares the hell out of me...is this a normal anxiety symptom? could it actually be part of a panic attack? uggghhhhh....i hate having this.
Hi...i have been dealing with anxiety/panic for about 7 years now. i will try and give you some tips, but i am still struggling myself...
1. anxiety sucks.
2.oh...you already know that...
3.anyway, you are not alone, what you have is exactly what i experience....
Meds can defenitely help, you just have to find the right one for you...i found that zoloft works pretty good for me.
Also, a really good book to read (what i am reading right now) is called Dont Panic by Reid Wilson. It gives you lost of info about what a panic attack is, why it happens and it teaches you how to actually overcome them. i haven't gotten to that part yet though, considering i just had a major attack yesterday. i does seem like a really cool book though.
when i have a panic attack i usually try and get outside if i can, to get fresh air and walk around. i have been told that when this is happening your adrenaline is on overload and you need to burn it off. Also, i do deep breathing exercises. i actually learned how to do this by "googling" deep breathing. there was an instructional website (yoga) that taught you how to breathe. that seems to help slow my heart rate down a little. i basically try and keep myself busy, to keep the panic symptoms out of my mind.
what make panic attacks hard to deal with is that they come on so fast and out of the blue..its like it hits you like a ton of bricks. i can be sitting hear fine and all of the sudden my heart will skip a beat and then start beating VERY fast and hard.. it really takes me be surprise and then at that point i pretty much feel like i am going to die. i hate it. i have also had some heart tests and everything so far is normal. i am always thinking i have something horribly wrong, like a mitral valve prolapes, arrythmia problems, pretty much any heart problem.
what we all have to realize is that panic attacks will not harm you...they will come on strong, reach a peak and go away, usually within minutes. NOW, if you don't get yourself calmed down, you will keep peaking all day....
i know i am rambling but i am trying to think of everything possible that i try...
i am right here with you, experiencing what you do and so many others are too...you are not alone in this..
take care..
1. anxiety sucks.
2.oh...you already know that...
3.anyway, you are not alone, what you have is exactly what i experience....
Meds can defenitely help, you just have to find the right one for you...i found that zoloft works pretty good for me.
Also, a really good book to read (what i am reading right now) is called Dont Panic by Reid Wilson. It gives you lost of info about what a panic attack is, why it happens and it teaches you how to actually overcome them. i haven't gotten to that part yet though, considering i just had a major attack yesterday. i does seem like a really cool book though.
when i have a panic attack i usually try and get outside if i can, to get fresh air and walk around. i have been told that when this is happening your adrenaline is on overload and you need to burn it off. Also, i do deep breathing exercises. i actually learned how to do this by "googling" deep breathing. there was an instructional website (yoga) that taught you how to breathe. that seems to help slow my heart rate down a little. i basically try and keep myself busy, to keep the panic symptoms out of my mind.
what make panic attacks hard to deal with is that they come on so fast and out of the blue..its like it hits you like a ton of bricks. i can be sitting hear fine and all of the sudden my heart will skip a beat and then start beating VERY fast and hard.. it really takes me be surprise and then at that point i pretty much feel like i am going to die. i hate it. i have also had some heart tests and everything so far is normal. i am always thinking i have something horribly wrong, like a mitral valve prolapes, arrythmia problems, pretty much any heart problem.
what we all have to realize is that panic attacks will not harm you...they will come on strong, reach a peak and go away, usually within minutes. NOW, if you don't get yourself calmed down, you will keep peaking all day....
i know i am rambling but i am trying to think of everything possible that i try...
i am right here with you, experiencing what you do and so many others are too...you are not alone in this..
take care..
Hey guys/gals...
I am a healthy 34 y/o male, no medical history at all. I workout and am in tip top shape. Then, about 3 months ago, I started experiencing dizzy spells, followed by what seems is anxiety. It happens everywhere, and sometimes out of the blue. I also experience this when working out. I have had 3 near snycope episodes since it started (dizziness, followed by rapid heart rate, "I can't breath" feeling, and an extreme fear of dying).
Now I get nervous when I go in public because I am afraid of th eembarrassment of fainting.
I have been through a cardiologist already, no heart problems were found.
It seems like everyone here is experiencing anxiety, and recently I had to sit myself down and accept the fact that this maybe nothing more than anxiety. After realizing this, I actually have been feeling better.
Does anyone have any additional self-help tips that helped them?
I am taking xanax and it helps.
Thanks!
I am a healthy 34 y/o male, no medical history at all. I workout and am in tip top shape. Then, about 3 months ago, I started experiencing dizzy spells, followed by what seems is anxiety. It happens everywhere, and sometimes out of the blue. I also experience this when working out. I have had 3 near snycope episodes since it started (dizziness, followed by rapid heart rate, "I can't breath" feeling, and an extreme fear of dying).
Now I get nervous when I go in public because I am afraid of th eembarrassment of fainting.
I have been through a cardiologist already, no heart problems were found.
It seems like everyone here is experiencing anxiety, and recently I had to sit myself down and accept the fact that this maybe nothing more than anxiety. After realizing this, I actually have been feeling better.
Does anyone have any additional self-help tips that helped them?
I am taking xanax and it helps.
Thanks!
I don't know if I suffer from panic attacks ie no doc has said it's panic but a few months ago I was out shopping and was on my way back to my car when I suddenly became aware that I was staggering back to the car. It was 10 am in the morning and I was afraid people would think I was drunk. It was awful, I could see my car in the car park but I felt like I just couldn't get to it. I was incredibly dizzy and my legs felt like they wouldn't hold me up, I actually sat on the floor in the middle of the shopping centre and not one person asked if I was alright! After a while I got up and staggered to the car, I had pain in my chest although my breathing was ok but I was shaking all over. Eventually I managed to drive home but felt awful. Since that episode I haven't been out anywhere on my own, I always engineer it that either my husband or 22 yr old daughter are with me although I haven't told them about the incident. Does this sound like any of your symptoms and could it be panic. I can't even go to the doc cos I do panic just sitting in a public place.
Yep... and sometimes I get this fainting feeling. I also used to get the out of body experience feeling... that even happened just as I was falling a sleep. I went with the sensation and for some reason I no longer have that. It precedes the panic because we ... panic. If you practice acknowledging them as nothing dangerous.. they will disappear.
i am also relieved that i am hearing that other people experience this. naturally when this happens to me i think right away that is it something horrible like a tumor or something. the rush of dizziness is so intense that it actually makes me almost jump because it happens so fast. I have been told the same things you have hockeyshark and it still scares the hell out of me...i am going to google some stuff and see what i can find. (i know, "googling" is the worst thing for people with anxiety to do....but what are you suppose to do when you never get any straight answers from doctors????)
Hmmmmm... I have been on Paxil (10+ Years) Then switched to Lexapro (Almost 2 years) and Klonopin. So maybe an SSRI thing?
I am actually relieved to see this thread, and know someone else out there gets these things. I get them randomly, sitting, standing, all times and places. Totally random. I have been told it might be the Meds, "Pre-Syncope" an 'almost fainting' type thing. I have been told it is anxiety, and I have been told I am imagining it.
Well, I can tell you it Procedes the panic, and it is real. I get about 1-2 a month, then they go away, then return. It has been that way for years.
Let me know anything you find out about these. They are indeed very hard to have to go through.
I am actually relieved to see this thread, and know someone else out there gets these things. I get them randomly, sitting, standing, all times and places. Totally random. I have been told it might be the Meds, "Pre-Syncope" an 'almost fainting' type thing. I have been told it is anxiety, and I have been told I am imagining it.
Well, I can tell you it Procedes the panic, and it is real. I get about 1-2 a month, then they go away, then return. It has been that way for years.
Let me know anything you find out about these. They are indeed very hard to have to go through.
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