Sparkling_Fairy
04-03-24, 13:14
Hi all, a few weeks ago I posted about having really bad eye strain and the feeling like I was moving.
I decided to make a new thread because I couldn't really describe it properly back then and the title wasn't accurate.
But I've had this feeling like I was sitting or lying on a boat. Thankfully I never had it while walking. I just had it while sitting, badly while lying down, and really badly while lying down with my eyes closed.
I couldn't get a doctor's appointment before I went on vacation so I ended up going to the doctor while on vacation, and he could tell just by the way my eyes moved that I had vertigo. Made a little stronger because of anxiety, but it was definitely a physical cause. He gave me some vertigo medication and within 3 days it was gone.
I definitely still feel it coming on lightly when looking at screens too much (which unfortunately I can't avoid because of my job) but now I know what it is I no longer get anxiety over it.
I'm so relieved it was a physical thing. I had felt pretty calm for the past few months and like I had really gotten a handle on my anxiety and I was so frustrated I was back at square one for no reason at all! Well turns out it wasn't anxiety after all!
I know I've seen this topic on the forum quite a bit in the past, the walking on a boat thing. So just in case you get it, it could genuinely just be vertigo and there is medication that can help that :)
I decided to make a new thread because I couldn't really describe it properly back then and the title wasn't accurate.
But I've had this feeling like I was sitting or lying on a boat. Thankfully I never had it while walking. I just had it while sitting, badly while lying down, and really badly while lying down with my eyes closed.
I couldn't get a doctor's appointment before I went on vacation so I ended up going to the doctor while on vacation, and he could tell just by the way my eyes moved that I had vertigo. Made a little stronger because of anxiety, but it was definitely a physical cause. He gave me some vertigo medication and within 3 days it was gone.
I definitely still feel it coming on lightly when looking at screens too much (which unfortunately I can't avoid because of my job) but now I know what it is I no longer get anxiety over it.
I'm so relieved it was a physical thing. I had felt pretty calm for the past few months and like I had really gotten a handle on my anxiety and I was so frustrated I was back at square one for no reason at all! Well turns out it wasn't anxiety after all!
I know I've seen this topic on the forum quite a bit in the past, the walking on a boat thing. So just in case you get it, it could genuinely just be vertigo and there is medication that can help that :)