kia-kaha
05-07-14, 03:47
Hi everyone,
Nearly 3 months ago, I collapsed at work (never blacked out, just got really dizzy and couldn't keep upright) and had to be rushed to hospital with elevated blood pressure and ongoing dizziness and nausea. I was discharged after a number of tests (blood tests, heart scans and checks for a stroke) with no real diagnosis. Everything looked fine.
I took two weeks off work and rested to try and bring my blood pressure back down to normal (in the hospital it was 150/110).
I have had nearly every test possible, but they still can't find the cause. Hearing was fine, heart echocardiogram (still waiting for results), heart x-ray was normal, blood pressure is now medicated and down to 128/88 (within acceptable limits).
Since then, I have had many "attacks" of this dizziness, but have never collapsed. But these post-collapse attacks have been a little different and have me wondering if they are panic/anxiety attacks.
I feel a numbness/tingling in my lower legs and feet, the lightheadedness (which scares me into thinking I'm going to collapse again), a tightness in the chest, instant loss of appetite (if I am eating when it happens, it changes suddenly and the food makes me feel sick), and a prickling/tingling sensation down the back of my neck. These are the things I have been conscious of anyway.
My doctor has just started me on Fluoxetine (Prozac) to help with some of the anxiety associated with collapsing and I am now on day 4. I had a couple of massive "dizziness attacks" today and thought I was going to collapse again.
The doctor hasn't diagnosed me with panic disorder / attacks / whatever, and is still looking for a physical cause for the problems, including Menieres Disease (I have to wait 4 more months before the ENT appt for this).
So what I am wondering, is whether the original problem is gone and this is now panic attacks that I am suffering from?
Thanks for reading! Please let me know if these symptoms sound typical for what you have faced with panic attacks etc, as I am starting to think that I am going crazy with all this.
Nearly 3 months ago, I collapsed at work (never blacked out, just got really dizzy and couldn't keep upright) and had to be rushed to hospital with elevated blood pressure and ongoing dizziness and nausea. I was discharged after a number of tests (blood tests, heart scans and checks for a stroke) with no real diagnosis. Everything looked fine.
I took two weeks off work and rested to try and bring my blood pressure back down to normal (in the hospital it was 150/110).
I have had nearly every test possible, but they still can't find the cause. Hearing was fine, heart echocardiogram (still waiting for results), heart x-ray was normal, blood pressure is now medicated and down to 128/88 (within acceptable limits).
Since then, I have had many "attacks" of this dizziness, but have never collapsed. But these post-collapse attacks have been a little different and have me wondering if they are panic/anxiety attacks.
I feel a numbness/tingling in my lower legs and feet, the lightheadedness (which scares me into thinking I'm going to collapse again), a tightness in the chest, instant loss of appetite (if I am eating when it happens, it changes suddenly and the food makes me feel sick), and a prickling/tingling sensation down the back of my neck. These are the things I have been conscious of anyway.
My doctor has just started me on Fluoxetine (Prozac) to help with some of the anxiety associated with collapsing and I am now on day 4. I had a couple of massive "dizziness attacks" today and thought I was going to collapse again.
The doctor hasn't diagnosed me with panic disorder / attacks / whatever, and is still looking for a physical cause for the problems, including Menieres Disease (I have to wait 4 more months before the ENT appt for this).
So what I am wondering, is whether the original problem is gone and this is now panic attacks that I am suffering from?
Thanks for reading! Please let me know if these symptoms sound typical for what you have faced with panic attacks etc, as I am starting to think that I am going crazy with all this.