Why can't I drive for long?

[doublem2004]

I Had something fall on my head about 7 years ago just had a little bump then went away. After 4 months I was driving from work to home I felt so dizzy I almost passed out. That was the last day I drove for a while. I had so much trouble sleeping at night. I felt like i had a pillows made of nails and pins. I've been to mri, catscan, xray and so on. I've living with this for about 7 years and I drive now but cannot drive far then i get dizzy, my back of the neck starts hurting. This has changed my life for worst and I was wondering if any docs could help pleaseeeeeeeeee....thanks in advance

[Richard1966]

Hello, I am PRAYING someone can helpe. I've have nose bleeds that go for 30 minutes to an hour every couple days. They've cauterized my blood vessels 4 times and still happens. Not it appears I'm starting to have problems while driving over 50MPH on the expressway. I feel I'm going to black out. I NEED TO DRIVE, and yes I do take highblood pressure medication.

[Richard1966]

I just recently  started suffering  from this driving sickness and I need some advice I'm also getting too many nose bleeds. Can someone  please give me some advice. Because I drive for a living and climb poles so it's not safe for me.

[selmaS]

  Hi...first, I would suggest a full neuro consult...possibly a brain MRI to see what is going on...there are far too many issues that could be going on that have the same symptoms,.

Next, u may want to look at these older threads, but post a new one of ur own ...it will get more replies....

  I also had this issue...noticed it with my night vision first, then my depth perception....walking on a patterned black and white floor or light and dark is very hard....I was dx'd with chirai....u may not have that....and y I strongly suggest u see a NL for testing to see just what ur issues could be,


Good luck and do post updates on ur progress.

[drivingImbalance]

Hi folks, I was driving home tonight on a 2.5 hour stretch and suddenly felt a "disequilibrium." I have had similar symptoms for years but it was intermittent so it is hard to trace. At first I thought it might have been some food I ate. Then I thought maybe it was the air conditioner. So I pulled over on the next exit and parked for 15 minutes and tried to breath deeply. As I drove home, it occurred to me that I was experiencing a LOSS OF DEPTH PERCEPTION (esp. since this "vertigo" occurs mostly at night, but not exclusively). I was able to re-train my eyes to look at signs in the distance and tracking them as they approach, then focusing on the next sign, and so on. In this way I was able to continue driving despite the "disequilibrium" I experienced. I hope this may be of help to someone next time they run into a similar experience!
Best regards.

[lukeh]

Hello fellow anxious dizzy drivers - I may have found a simple and free solution to our problems - BREATH - please read on: I'm a 30 year old male from New Zealand and have had pretty much all the symptoms of above posts, slowly getting worse over the past 6 years since I developed OOS and also put my lower back out when I was 24 (which was basically a result of terrible posture, weak core strength and a high pressure job with a lot of time spent at a badly structured computer station).

I was anxious about the symptoms, but they only became a debilitating problem for me at the end of 2009 when I had a panic attack while driving at high speed on the motorway. I was very stressed at the the time as I was intensively working on a feature film script and also about to get married!

I found this forum 3 or four months ago and began occupational rehabilitation therapy after reading the post about somatoform syndrome. This has been a big help with relieving the neck pain and building better postural strength so that I can actually sit in a healthy position while driving i.e. not slumped forward with my neck tilted and pinched at the back - basically retraining my body so as to get rid of all the old bad muscle memory.

But my big break through was when I went to a new GP recently for a check up. I had it in my head that I might have an inner ear infection and that might relate to the dizzyness etc, but alas no infection to blame - however when we discussed my symptoms of dizzyness, loss of balance, confusion, anxiety, panic attacks, erratic heart beats etc she clicked that all the symptoms where text book HYPERVENTILATION SYNDROME. I have unknowingly been an "under-breather", which means I take tiny short breaths into my lungs. This under-breathing causes us to have a lack of oxygen and when our body doesn't get enough oxygen we panic and feel faint and dizzy - it's a primitive fight or flight type reaction, but it's very unhealthy to be living in a constant state of anxiety about fight or flight!

I have only just started to retrain my breathing technique but have already noticed that if I catch myself feeling dizzy I just need to start taking healthy breaths in and out again (simply put: 3 seconds breath into diaphram - not into chest - and 4 seconds out) I also plan to take up meditation classes to help with my breathing retraining and you probably should too, but in the meantime do a search for healthy breathing techniques/exercises and start practicing!

I hope this helps!
All the best
Luke

[coyote520]

I recently have been feeling like everything  moves back and fourth even though I am standing still.  Also in the car I get really nausea and I my vision is almost leke my eyes cant take anything going by on the roads so then it makes me sick. I have had this for 3 years now and been to so many doctors no one can find out what is wrong. I just want my life back. Is there anyone who knows what is happening or could reconmmed somewhere to go. Thanks