milkcarton
11-01-12, 12:05
Hi All,
Not sure if many of you followed my thread last week but I ended up getting sent home from work last Tuesday with extreme dizziness and it has been with me since along with a virus and bad sinusitis.
Now my sinuses are clearing up, from Wednesday - yesterday I had really bad symptoms - blocked nose, dizziness, a bit of vertigo, upset tummy, front of face full of pressure, ringing in my ears, anxious and feeling like I am catching my breath.
Now today, my ears are still ringing, I still feel dizzy, anxious and catching my breath at times when I panic. When I went to the Dr's on Monday she gave me antibiotics for my sinus and said I did have fluid in my ears and that is what is causing the balance problems. Well it's still here and it has completely ruined my anxiety. I was doing fine up until last week and now that I am constantly dizzy, I don't want to go outside and last week I was convincing myself it was a brain tumour/underlying illness. I have a brief period today where I try to convinve myself of that but the constant ringing in my ears always is a reminder that it is a viral inner ear infection.
I just wonder if anyone has had these symptoms and how long they last for? It has completely ruined my time back in London, I am off work at the moment and I don't know when I will be able to go back, i'm too frightened to go feeling like this or worried in case I go really dizzy again, help :(
Not sure if many of you followed my thread last week but I ended up getting sent home from work last Tuesday with extreme dizziness and it has been with me since along with a virus and bad sinusitis.
Now my sinuses are clearing up, from Wednesday - yesterday I had really bad symptoms - blocked nose, dizziness, a bit of vertigo, upset tummy, front of face full of pressure, ringing in my ears, anxious and feeling like I am catching my breath.
Now today, my ears are still ringing, I still feel dizzy, anxious and catching my breath at times when I panic. When I went to the Dr's on Monday she gave me antibiotics for my sinus and said I did have fluid in my ears and that is what is causing the balance problems. Well it's still here and it has completely ruined my anxiety. I was doing fine up until last week and now that I am constantly dizzy, I don't want to go outside and last week I was convincing myself it was a brain tumour/underlying illness. I have a brief period today where I try to convinve myself of that but the constant ringing in my ears always is a reminder that it is a viral inner ear infection.
I just wonder if anyone has had these symptoms and how long they last for? It has completely ruined my time back in London, I am off work at the moment and I don't know when I will be able to go back, i'm too frightened to go feeling like this or worried in case I go really dizzy again, help :(