maianixon
07-09-21, 21:08
Posting here again after a long time as I'm having a little health anxiety relapse. After feeling fine for a couple of years, I've started having weird physical symptoms again after a couple of months of pretty bad stress and anxiety. I got a bunch of visual symptoms and dizziness. Visual symptoms I'm used to - I was dealing with them when I had HA the first time and over the last few years they gradually went away. While it's super annoying they're back they don't scare me *too much*.
The off-balance feeling is terrible though.. It's not vertigo but it more feels like I'm swaying/rocking for most of the day and like I'm off-balance and unsteady (and no I don't have an ear infection). For some reason it's worse when I'm looking at screens which is super annoying and makes me think "but what if it's not just anxiety??? why would screens make it worse??". That being said I don't think my balance is *actually* off - I can walk in a straight line, still going to yoga classes just fine, etc. its just the sensation. I'm really trying to deal with this the best I can but it's starting to get the best of me. The unsteady, off-balance feeling combined with visual symptoms also pushes me into derealisation which is not fun.
When I first had HA, I got endless tests done, including an MRI. While I also had dizziness back then it didn't worry me as much as visual symptoms ironically so I didn't focus on it as much. This was 4 years ago, so there's a voice in my head saying "maybe i need to get retested!!!!" even though the symptoms are all pretty much the same. I did do a generic blood test and it's all good. i'm not even sure what exactly i'm afraid of, i'm just afraid. I really want to get through this without another round of unnecessary testing but it's getting harder and harder.
anyone else dealing with/familiar with the off-balance rocking feeling?
The off-balance feeling is terrible though.. It's not vertigo but it more feels like I'm swaying/rocking for most of the day and like I'm off-balance and unsteady (and no I don't have an ear infection). For some reason it's worse when I'm looking at screens which is super annoying and makes me think "but what if it's not just anxiety??? why would screens make it worse??". That being said I don't think my balance is *actually* off - I can walk in a straight line, still going to yoga classes just fine, etc. its just the sensation. I'm really trying to deal with this the best I can but it's starting to get the best of me. The unsteady, off-balance feeling combined with visual symptoms also pushes me into derealisation which is not fun.
When I first had HA, I got endless tests done, including an MRI. While I also had dizziness back then it didn't worry me as much as visual symptoms ironically so I didn't focus on it as much. This was 4 years ago, so there's a voice in my head saying "maybe i need to get retested!!!!" even though the symptoms are all pretty much the same. I did do a generic blood test and it's all good. i'm not even sure what exactly i'm afraid of, i'm just afraid. I really want to get through this without another round of unnecessary testing but it's getting harder and harder.
anyone else dealing with/familiar with the off-balance rocking feeling?