Anyone have any idea, or questions I should bring to my doctor?

Hi recklessjj,

Have you found anything out about what you are experiencing? I am having the same symptoms and am wondering what it might be. The dizziness started when I was 16 years old. I was sitting down and it literally felt like someone had smacked mr right on my forehead and like if I hadn't fought it, I might have fallen backwards out of my seat. My dizzy spells usually occur when I am sitting down. Then I only experienced the spells maybe once in a month, and it would only last a few seconds. I wouldn't have another spell for maybe a few months after. Now I am 20 years old like you, and the dizzy spells have been occuring everyday now for the past couple of months and happen frequently throughout the day.

My spells usually start with a tingling feeling on the top and sides of my head, then I feel pressure on my head as if someone is pushing on it in all different directions. I feel tired all of the time too and like I am having trouble concentrating just to listen to people talk. I feel like I might lose my balance, but I have never passed-out or fainted. Mostly it makes me feel uneasy and as if I don't have control of myself. Lately I have been feeling deprived of oxygen and dehydrated as well.

I have been researching for a while now, and most of the least severe explanations for the symptoms are allergies, sinus or ear problems, and stress or anxiety.

Have you seen your doctor about it yet? If so, what did he/she say about your symptoms?

Hi Guys,

I also suffer from chronic dizziness. I am a 24 year old male who plays sport. For me it all started when i was 15. There was a girl at High school who thought she had Hepatitis C because her boyfriend was a drug user. She was part of our social group and we all shared drinks and food together. When she mentioned the virus i immediately thought it had been passed on to me. I instantly turned from a very happy, confident individual with the world at his feet, to a depressed, anxious kid who thought his life was ruined. I couldn't eat, sleep or focus on anything else.

The dizziness happened immediately as the girl was pouring her emotions out to us, like someone had f.l.i.c.k.e.d the dizzy switch. I went to the doctor and had blood tests done and everything came back normal. I assumed the dizziness would subside as time progressed, since i knew there was nothing wrong with me, but this wasn't the case. The dizziness never went away, i've lived with it for 9 years now and have learned to manage it. It is very frustrating and the first couple of months were extremely difficult, i just wanted to feel normal again. Over time i learned to find a new "normal", but i can tell my mind is not the same as before.

The best way i can describe my condition is that it feels like i'm in a constant daze, like my head is stuck in a cloud or something. Gradually the veins above my ear feel like they become tighter, and that there is a pressure build up inside my skull(i must also mention i have suffered concussion in the last year which might be contributing to the veins expanding feeling), and i also get the feeling of oxygen restriction to my head. The dizziness seems less prominent when i wake up in the morning, but as soon as i start moving around i feel it come to the fore. Situations that require high concentration tend to worsen the dizziness, as well as stressful periods, brightly lit areas, conversations with others and many more scenarios.

The dizziness tends to lessen when i am lying down, sleeping, in darker areas, and when i am drinking alcohol(probably because i am masking the dizziness with intoxication). But it never completely disappears.

I think about it all the time and i've had CT scans, MRIs, blood tests, therapy, vitamin supplements and nothing has helped. I can only put my condition down to that extremely stressful period i endured when I was 15 causing a permanent chemical change in my brain(this is just my opinion as nothing else has worked and when i tell people about it they think i'm crazy).

I hope you guys can find peace as i know how frustrating it can be, and if anyone has any information on such related conditions we eagerly wait for your reply.

Sincerely
d1zzy

You are the first person who has exactly what I feel. Drinking masks the dizziness, I have it all day everyday, and its much better when I am lying down in a dark place. I have tried everything mri's the whole nine. tell me what happens when you play sports. I'm 42 used to be very athletic but I get really dizzy when i play sports.

When i exercise the dizziness worsens substantially. I feel very disorientated and spaced out, sometimes to the point where i have to stop and lie down because i feel im going to pass out. Its a really wierd feeling, like my mind becomes detached from my body. I also become nauseous sometimes. After I stop exercising the severe dizziness lingers for a while until my body calms down. I gradually fall back in to the normal dizzy sensation i struggle with constantly. It really sux, i get so depressed sometimes, especially when everyone around me is living with a clear mind. Its like i cant feel happy about anything while i have this condition.

How did it all start for u if u dont mind me asking? And how long has it been like this for u?

I can't believe that there are people out there that feel similar to the way I have felt. I'm 27 years old and have had dizzines, headaches, fog and fatigue for almost 10 years. About 10 years ago, I did have mono and I believe it changed my life forever. I can'y ever concentrate and no matter how much I sleep I get, I'm always in a fog. For the last 3 weeks I have been suffering from pressure on top of my head, some neck pains with periods of dizzines and extreme fatigue. I'm very anxious from this and I don't know if my anxiety is the cause of my headaches or my headaches and other symptoms are causing my anxiety. I've had many blood tests and CT scans done in the past. I'm having more blood work done this week and an MRI. I've been told in the past tha I may have chronic fatigue syndrome, but all the vitamins and exercise that I have tried don't help much. I too have tried living "normally" with these symtpoms, but I often get depressed over the way I feel. I hope that all he people that feel similar will eventually find an answer and relief.

have any of you tried anxiety medications? i have the exact same stuff going on (almost all of the symptoms tired101 & d1zzy decribed, minus it feeling better when lying down in the dark. i've been going thru it for almost 8 months. i have seen every doctor you could imagine.

oh and has anyone been on antibiotics for a supposed "sinus infection", and the antiobiotics seem to make the dizziness and head pressure worse? has anyone here been checked for Lyme disease? i have a negative test, but one doc is telling me i have it. i'm not sure if i believe him. i've also looked into TMJ. anyone else?

I have a feeling that it might be a new strain of migraine headaches, every doctor I have seen concerning this has told me Chronic Migraine and / or Anxiety. I also can relate to everyone, I have all the symptoms minus the "it goes away when laying in the dark" , mines unfortunately never goes away and it progressed since it has first started. Mine started 7 months ago when I had a major mental breakdown out of no where (I know weird huh) I didn't sleep or eat for 3 days, and was a nervous wreck. I can agree that a major stressful event in your life can cause chemical imbalances permanently in your brain and you start to feel detached from reality, confused, dizzy, nauseas (sometimes), severe head pressure, stiff neck, memory loss, and difficulty thinking / concentrating. Those are my symptoms and I am sure everyone here could relate. I get depressed but I fight on, hoping that one day the medical community will figure out what the hell is plagueing our minds.

WOW, amazing how many people are experience such a similar sickness that can't be discovered by doctors. I am a bit of a different individual regarding doctors...i don't like em. And seeing how they absolutely haven't helped any of you it proves my point that they are just normal humans like us and dont have any special powers. Here are a few questions i have for some of you. I don't seem to have it regularly every single day but it seems to happen to me usually when i am on the computer for a long period of time but the symptoms that you guys are describing are right on in respect to what it is that i am feeling. Something tells me it may be linked to my eyes because if i apply pressure to them sometimes there is ease of the dizziness. However i must say that yesterday i tried to message my temples to ease it and it only got worse and this is the first time that i have felt it 8pm night prior went to bed slept and woke up still feeling the same way. I am a man who believes in being able to heal ourselves so all i can say is try it. Try to think yourselves into feeling better, the doctors aren't helping may as well try something else.

Do you ever get the feeling none of us are going to get better and this is the real reason people kill themselves? I won't hear another word about positive thinking or depression, those are just words which really don't help what seems to be an actual illness that is so subtle its impossible to diagnose. I've hardly ever seen anyone come back onto these forums to say they've cured and it how, I only see people who have the same thing agreeing - like I am. I say check the sinuses, its got to be a problem with breathing, dizziness would imply lack of oxygen to the brain. I think a lot of the problem has its root in breathing so that is what should be investigated - how is your sense of smell? Do you feel congested? Do you bring up phlegm etc? I have no answer myself yet but some of you might get lucky and get a result by examining these things early.

Mine started about two weeks ago with a sore throat and a cold sore. Then by that evening it felt like someone was literally squeezing my head and it hasn't stopped. The cold sore and sore throat are gone though I am constantly having a problem with phlegm in my throat.. but I have this huge sensation of 'being high'. That is what it is almost like. I can't focus and everything is dizzying and just constant mainly.. unless i am absoultely still for a long time.. then is seems a little less mild. And then I'll get hit with a hard spell of dizziness. Right before all this started I stopped taking some pills lamictal and lexapro for depression and bipolar 2. Yes, I know most think, hey withdraw or you're just depressed.. but I know the difference. Anyway.. interesting posts