markw2211
25-07-17, 12:17
Hi guys,
First time poster having recently joined. Here is my story (I will keep it as brief as possible).
About 2 months ago in the gym on the treadmill during warm up I started to feel a little off balance. This feeling gradually worsened to the point of me stopping the treadmill and reaching out for my personal trainer. His face was one of fear. I went pale, numb face, tunnel/blurry vision & feeling like i was going to pass out and die on the spot.
Trainer thought I was having a minor stroke but i was coherent and managed to get home in a taxi where symptoms lasted about an hour before subsiding.
I visited the docs the next day to which he immediately said he felt I had a major panic attack and prescribed me clonazepam, very small dose and don't really seem to work.
To get to the point I have now got re-occurring dizziness to the point of it is becoming overwhelming. It's only when I walk, it feels like i'm walking outside my body it then makes me feel scared and I begin to panic.
Thus far I have had ecg (fine) eeg (fine) vng (some abmormality) so going to see an ent specialist.
However although I know ears can be sensitive when it comes to balance I know anxiety is playing a big part here and its spiralling out of control. Only time the dizziness goes if after a few beers but the hangovers would make the panic 10 times as bad.
I'm a 32 year old male with no previous health issues. Always been an over thinker but this is getting the better of me. Leaving my apartment to go to the shops is now like an ordeal and i haven't been the gym since a second episode happened there about 2 weeks ago (after that first event I always felt like I was fighting off the dizziness in the gym)
Is anyone else living with constant dizziness? It bought me to tears today so decided to post and try and gain perspective. It's really taking over my life. Partly I feel I may be suffering PTSD from that happening in the gym, it's like I refuse to accept anxiety could cause that as it honestly felt like I was going to die, was absolutely terrifying.
Anyone that can share their thoughts or best ways to cope would be great as I'm really suffering.
First time poster having recently joined. Here is my story (I will keep it as brief as possible).
About 2 months ago in the gym on the treadmill during warm up I started to feel a little off balance. This feeling gradually worsened to the point of me stopping the treadmill and reaching out for my personal trainer. His face was one of fear. I went pale, numb face, tunnel/blurry vision & feeling like i was going to pass out and die on the spot.
Trainer thought I was having a minor stroke but i was coherent and managed to get home in a taxi where symptoms lasted about an hour before subsiding.
I visited the docs the next day to which he immediately said he felt I had a major panic attack and prescribed me clonazepam, very small dose and don't really seem to work.
To get to the point I have now got re-occurring dizziness to the point of it is becoming overwhelming. It's only when I walk, it feels like i'm walking outside my body it then makes me feel scared and I begin to panic.
Thus far I have had ecg (fine) eeg (fine) vng (some abmormality) so going to see an ent specialist.
However although I know ears can be sensitive when it comes to balance I know anxiety is playing a big part here and its spiralling out of control. Only time the dizziness goes if after a few beers but the hangovers would make the panic 10 times as bad.
I'm a 32 year old male with no previous health issues. Always been an over thinker but this is getting the better of me. Leaving my apartment to go to the shops is now like an ordeal and i haven't been the gym since a second episode happened there about 2 weeks ago (after that first event I always felt like I was fighting off the dizziness in the gym)
Is anyone else living with constant dizziness? It bought me to tears today so decided to post and try and gain perspective. It's really taking over my life. Partly I feel I may be suffering PTSD from that happening in the gym, it's like I refuse to accept anxiety could cause that as it honestly felt like I was going to die, was absolutely terrifying.
Anyone that can share their thoughts or best ways to cope would be great as I'm really suffering.