felt like i was gonna fall

[fed up with it]

Hi was standing in the kitchen again making a cup of tea, and i was looking up at a bottle on the higher shelf, when my body felt like this dizzy kinda strong feeling like i was going to drop like a faint but not in the head, what is it any ideas, it freaks me out, i have to move to get the feelings to fade but it leaves me really scared?

carol xx

[tam]

hi i get this alot and it is really scarey.i have never fainted with it and all i can say is it just passes away and leaves me scared and panicked but it does go what makes it worse is the thinking about it .try to distract yourself and it will pass.hope this hekps your definatley not on your own with this.take care tracy

[honeybee3939]

Hi Carol,

Your ceratinly not alone there, i have had this many times, Like Tam says try to distract yourself, i have seen myself running up and down the stairs before now trying to distract myself from the anxiety. Dont be scared Carol the Anxiety wont hurt you i promise you that.

Love

Andrea
xxx

[fed up with it]

Hi how can i be sure it is anxiety, it feels only in my body really bad like flushing and a strong feeling i am gonna drop, but not flushing like you get with a near miss in the car. god im am terrified of it. and why is it only seem to be when i am standing still and goes when i move?, thanks for advice. itsw great to know im not alone.

carol xx

[Amber]

Hiya, I am the same too and it is anxiety! When I am standing still the same happens to me, sometimes it feels like little electric shocks through my body! It is really scary but I have never fainted, I think anxiety has the opposite affect! You have to let it pass you by and try not to worry about it, it is not harmful, it just feels that way at the time! I found reading the book by Claire Weekes 'Self Help for your Nerves' helped me lots and also this website! Keep positive hun, you will get there! x :D

Amber

[looking4answers]

Had this all my life off and on..Always happens when you least expect it...Sometimes when im not anxious.Ask the doctor about it,and he said that sometimes when you have a slight cold it goes up to your equilibrium and knocks it off just a bit and then you are ok.First time I had it thought I was having a heart attack...Had a panic attack and I was alone ,this was when i was in my teens,and i was alone so I went outside just to make sure that if I fainted someone would find me.Sometimes when im watching television the movement will freak my brain out and ill feel dizzy or even every night when I get on the computer the movement of the screen going up makes me feel like im having issues with dizziness when in fact its an optical illusion or maybe just the ear thing.I promise you I have lived with it since I was 14 and im 52 now so I think that you will be fine... Michael

[Phill2]

I used to get it only when I looked up.
Turned out to be a pinched nerve in the neck.
Fine after a bit of massage.
Phill

Don't believe everything you think.

[Allie]

I get this too. Sometimes's after I've been hyperventilating, other times I just feel dizzy out of the blue. Like a huge magnet is attched to my body. Sometimes i'm just sitting in a chair and i feel like I'm bobbing up and down like a float in the water.

It always passes, and i've never passed out and honestly don't believe that I will but it's really unpleasant all the same!

THE VOICE INSIDE YOUR HEAD IS NOT THE VOICE OF GOD. IT JUST SOUNDS LIKE IT THINKS IT IS! Cheri Huber

[devon_guy]

Hello there,

I have suffered with the symptoms you describe for about 6 yrs and I can assure you its all anxiety based. When I first had it I was whizzed off to see and ENT specialist, had an MRI scan and various balance tests and they ALL came back negative. It was then the specialist probed deeper as to when it came on what it felt like and he diagnosed it as anxiety induced and referred me for CBT.

Good luck and try not to worry I know its easier said than done!



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