flimbo
16-10-13, 19:01
Hi.
First post here, so hi to everyone.
I wonder if anyone else has experieced anything like me and what kind of help they managed to get? Or any ideas that might help?
I am constantly feeling light-headed, dizzy, agitated and shaky. This has been going on for about 9 months now and I have been to my GP so many times it's really embarrasing to go back or phone them.
At first they thought it was labyrinthitis and prescribed meds for that, two different types, both didn't do anything.
Then they thought it could be anxiety and put me on Prozac. That did nothing either. So they put me on Escitalopram.
A couple of weeks later I went on holiday and felt so dizzy and awful I had to see the doctor where I was staying. He gave me some Diazepam which I took and within an hour I was feeling back to normal... The Diazepam enabled me to enjoy the rest of my holiday.
Back home I told my GP about this and they said that it confirms it is anxiety but can't prescribe Diazepam long term.
They then added Buspirone to my prescription and told me to take that with the Escitalopram.
I gave it some weeks and these meds are doing nothing just like the rest of the stuff they tried me on.
Now they want me to taper down the Escitalpram over three weeks and start Venlafaxine. I really don't want to be doing this. These are anti-depressants and I'm not depressed. I don't even know why I'm apparantely anxious but supposedly that's what it is.
I am so utterly frustrated with this I feel I can't go on. I have told my GP I can't go on like this, trying med after med that does nothing but Diazepam makes me feel normal but they won't prescribe the thing that makes me feel better.
I've had my blood pressure checked, several blood tests (all normal), ears and eyes checked too. All fine apart from this crippling light-headedness, dizziness, tense etc.
Also should mention I do have social anxiety but I have this dizzy feeling all the time. Maybe it lessens towards bedtime but that's about it.
Am trying some Kalms with Valerian root for a couple of days but no effect so far.
Thanks for any ideas.
First post here, so hi to everyone.
I wonder if anyone else has experieced anything like me and what kind of help they managed to get? Or any ideas that might help?
I am constantly feeling light-headed, dizzy, agitated and shaky. This has been going on for about 9 months now and I have been to my GP so many times it's really embarrasing to go back or phone them.
At first they thought it was labyrinthitis and prescribed meds for that, two different types, both didn't do anything.
Then they thought it could be anxiety and put me on Prozac. That did nothing either. So they put me on Escitalopram.
A couple of weeks later I went on holiday and felt so dizzy and awful I had to see the doctor where I was staying. He gave me some Diazepam which I took and within an hour I was feeling back to normal... The Diazepam enabled me to enjoy the rest of my holiday.
Back home I told my GP about this and they said that it confirms it is anxiety but can't prescribe Diazepam long term.
They then added Buspirone to my prescription and told me to take that with the Escitalopram.
I gave it some weeks and these meds are doing nothing just like the rest of the stuff they tried me on.
Now they want me to taper down the Escitalpram over three weeks and start Venlafaxine. I really don't want to be doing this. These are anti-depressants and I'm not depressed. I don't even know why I'm apparantely anxious but supposedly that's what it is.
I am so utterly frustrated with this I feel I can't go on. I have told my GP I can't go on like this, trying med after med that does nothing but Diazepam makes me feel normal but they won't prescribe the thing that makes me feel better.
I've had my blood pressure checked, several blood tests (all normal), ears and eyes checked too. All fine apart from this crippling light-headedness, dizziness, tense etc.
Also should mention I do have social anxiety but I have this dizzy feeling all the time. Maybe it lessens towards bedtime but that's about it.
Am trying some Kalms with Valerian root for a couple of days but no effect so far.
Thanks for any ideas.