Lightheadedness/detached feeling??

[Anonybrit]

Hi guys,

For the past few days I have had these episodes of feeling.. not dizzy but lightheaded, like subtly detached from myself, a bit spaced out. It's quite subtle but noticeable and worrying. There's no visual or heart etc. symptoms associated with it, it's just this worrying feeling in my head.

I have been extremely stressed the last few weeks but it's only been happening in the last few days and today it's almost constant.

I feel like I have been sleeping a bit less but I do feel noticeably very tired.

Any ideas? Of course the first thing I think of is a brain tumour etc. etc. and it makes me anxiety worse and makes it even harder to sleep.

[Leanne1977]

Hi there I get these symptoms too and have been told it's just another awful symptom of my anxiety xx

[Anonybrit]

Hi there I get these symptoms too and have been told it's just another awful symptom of my anxiety xx

Does it happen at any particular time for you?

I would understand it if it happened when I suddenly became anxious about something, but at the moment it seems to happen mainly when I am trying to relax or sleep. In fact today it's pretty much constant :(

[Leanne1977]

Yeah can happen anytime but as soon as it does it kick starts my anxiety which ov course makes it worse x

[Anonybrit]

Yeah can happen anytime but as soon as it does it kick starts my anxiety which ov course makes it worse x

Yeah that's what happens to me. I'll be trying to relax/sleep, feeling "ok", then it happens and I start worrying about it, then good luck trying to relax/sleep.

It's weird, almost like the feeling you get when you haven't eaten in a while and your blood sugar is low or something.

Do you think it's because of lack of sleep/lack of good quality sleep? Because I do feel very tired.

[Leanne1977]

Last week I felt so tired to the point ov collapsing but couldn't understand it coz I was sleeping ok at night but anxiety seems to zapp all the energy out ov me maybe it's the same for u x

[Anonybrit]

Last week I felt so tired to the point ov collapsing but couldn't understand it coz I was sleeping ok at night but anxiety seems to zapp all the energy out ov me maybe it's the same for u x

Aw man, it sounds like we are experiencing almost the exact same thing. I slept for about 6.5hr last night but it feels like I slept for about 3 :/

Do you find that these weird feeling goes when you sleep better? Or anything else that helps?

Good luck to us both!

[Leanne1977]

To be honest I'm not as tired this week but I haven't done anything different apart from be a little busy so maybe being busy I'm not thinking about it x

[Anonybrit]

To be honest I'm not as tired this week but I haven't done anything different apart from be a little busy so maybe being busy I'm not thinking about it x

True, when I'm up and about doing things I don't get this sensation. I feel tired maybe, but I don't get the bizarre lightheaded/detached feeling.

[Leanne1977]

So maybe all we need to do is keep busy and try not to think about it x