For over a year now, I have been getting DIZZY.....a pass out feeling, although I never actually did pass out. I also feel "something" which I thought was my ear. I just went to a 3rd ENT doc, and he claims it is TMJ.

I do hear a click when I open my mouth, but other than the dizziness, no pain etc. It does make sense, because I had just gotten dental work done right before this dizziness started. But this dizziness is so scarey, that I put myself into a panic attack. I've been to the ER 3 times in the past year, thinking it was a heart attack. My doctor gave me Adavan, which she said would help both the dizziness plus the anxiety attacks.....but I am EXTREMELY sensitive to meds. I took 1/4 of the .5 mg pill, and it did relieve the anxiety, but all day I had an outer space feeling!! Ugh.....I can't deal with that....I HAVE to be able to function, drive, etc.

The dizziness is so scarey to me that I stay home, and hide. I can't do the things I used to LOVE like working out, going to the mall & tanning salon, etc. This is SUPER frustrating!! Since I can't take the meds, I end up coping with wine.....the wine for some reason helps.

I'm looking for any suggestions!! I'm a 49 year old female, in case that makes a difference.

And also have a question. It's really odd that I seem to get really dizzy at certain places/times. Like anytime I walk into a store with flouresent lights. I walk in a mall, and it''s really bad, but as soon as I am in a (darker) store, it goes away.....then as soon as I'm back in the mall part, it comes back. And the dizziness is REALLY bad if the mall etc has an upper level. Do the rest of you experience the same thing? It just seems odd that if it was TMJ......why the problem with the lights etc? I also get dizzy other times, but these seem to be the worst.

Please help, because I am SO tired of not being able to live my life!!