Hi,thanks for giving me the opportunity to
ask.
I suffer from SVT/Diabetes and I am under
treatment for that.
Four years ago I started to have tremors
and dizziness (a swaying sensation) after
I started medication for SVT, doctors said
the med cannot cause that. I had my ears
checked for balance, nothing wrong. I went
to see a neurologist who gave me
antidepressants (Deroxat) but it did not
help. One day, I just got better.But
lately I am having it again and I still
don't know what can be the cause. I feel
shaking inside the body, and when I sit or
lay down I feel like I am swaying. Very
upsetting. When walking I feel like I am
going to fall, I don't feel steady. I am
overweight and I suffer from panic attacks
from time to time. Never had the tremors
when I was slim despite suffering from
panic attacks. Can you please tell me what
can cause that and also if there is a
treatment I may have skipped without
knowing. Thanks a lot
According to your medical history (panic
attacks), your symptoms (feeling that you
shake or sway) and negative reports from
the neurologist and ENT you could be
experiencing an anxiety disorder. It is
not the same if you only feel something
(shaking, dizziness) or really have it.
Shaking (tremor), for example, is a
neurological sign that can be seen. In
your case, the neurologist didn’t see
any shaking. Dizziness can be also checked
with certain neurological tests that, in
your case, were also negative.
Obesity can’t cause shaking or dizziness
but can support the anxiety. Obesity also
has a negative impact on your physical
health. You could try to decrease the body
weight. You can also check your glucose
level because hypoglycemia can cause
shaking and also worsen the anxiety.
Your anxiety is probably part of a larger
depressive disorder so selective serotonin
reuptake inhibitor (Deroxat) might help.
Psycho therapy can also be useful.
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