does medication help the lightheaded symptom?

[violents0ciety1]

im just curious about mediations. anyone that is on meds, how did they effect you? did they help your symptoms? especially if youre one of the people that felt lightheaded 24/7 all the time. how did the meds make you feel? anything negative effects?

[nomorepanic]

Sorry but I was on Prozac and it didn't help atall with the light headed feeling for me atall.

Correct breathing will....

Breathing technique
How Do You Do The Breathing (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=4042)
Breathing.. wow (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=4037)
Breathing Techniques (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=4044)
CONTROLLED BREATHING (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=5041)
Working to get better, have a few Q's to ask... (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=5412)
Insatiable Mouth / Chest Breather???? (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=7113)


Nicola

[violents0ciety1]

do you still get the lightheaded feeling all the time? did it eventually go away?

[nomorepanic]

I had it for many years I am afraid but that was because I didn't know how to help it.

Yes it has completely gone now.

Exercise helped me as well

Nicola

[samjane]

Ginger helped me loads






Love & Light

[PanickyPolly]

<b id="quote">quote:</b id="quote"><table border="0" id="quote"><tr id="quote"><td class="quote" id="quote">im just curious about mediations. anyone that is on meds, how did they effect you? did they help your symptoms? especially if youre one of the people that felt lightheaded 24/7 all the time. how did the meds make you feel? anything negative effects?

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Be careful...meds are likely to produce lightheaded symptoms. I'm taking Citalopram and they cause me to feel faint and dizzy not to mention lose weight and have convulsions.

[Jo3016]

Personally, I am going to try to avoid meds as a lot of them cause side effects that are equally distressing.

Have you been checked out physically by a doctor? You know, blood tests, ECG etc. As someone with a health anxiety, I always find that knowing that I am physically ok somehow makes it easier to deal with.

I also find exercise helps. I walk everywhere now. A lot of people use vitamins too and natural remedies like rescue remedy.

I do still have anxiety a lot of the time but most of the time now, I can deal with the symptoms. My doctor told me to breathe for 4 seconds in, hold for a few seconds and then breathe for 6 seconds out. That always helps slow down my palpitations.

This site is also a real help. If ever I feel particularly bad, I always know I can log on and speak to someone who really understands how I feel. That is invaluable!!

Good luck.

Jo Fitzgerald

[expecto patronum]

nomorepanic; I'm not sure if my dizziness is also due to overbreathing, as I've had breathing problems for a long time already, and the dizziness only started 3 months ago. Did you purely have the 'lightheaded' feeling, or did u have a feeling of constant movement and the floor tipping about aswell? How long did it take 2 go after u started breathing correctly?