Very Worried Indeed

[worriedunsteady]

Hi all,

Is this just me or any-one else feel this way?

I feel off balance 24/7 no exageration - it makes me feel unsteady on my feet and horrible.

Its gone on for so long that I get all the classic symptoms of anxiety such as tight chest etc.

Well I have been to the doctor about it and yes I did have an inner ear virus that seemed to have kicked started this.

But my question is this - DO ANY YOU HAVE THIS?

Thanks,

[Meg]

Hello Worriedunsteady ,

Yes, this is an extremely common symptom and we've had several threads regarding this . Try the search facility up on the top of the page.

Most of us have had it to some degree and there are several people who still do have it all the time.

Have you had your ears checked recently, for infection reoccurance or damage.. If so then you need to accept it's anxiety and start to help yourself deal with it.

Have a good hunt around the site and then pop back and post if you've any questions or queries.

We're all here to help and be helped.




Meg

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[Jules31]

Hi

I get dizziness and off balance feelings all of the time. I feel like I'm swaying backwards and forwards or bobbing up and down virtually all of the time only with the odd hour's reprieve

You really have my sympathy. How long ago did you have your ear infection. Do you feel dizzy too?

Julie

[Prettyface110]

Hi,

I've had the same thing from time to time. My doc also said I had an inner ear infection but it seems obvious that it's just another common factor for all us anxious ones! Try not to worry too much and as meg said, acceptance is the key.

prettyface110

[worriedunsteady]

Hi everbody,

I think I could accept this symptom if i was certain that it was all anxiety! But I am just not sure.............the feeling is there all the time and only very occasionally when I first get up or other times that it feels semi-normal. I have a weird bobbing sensation when I am standing in bare feet. I literally feel unsteady on my feet - I mean brushing my teeth makes me feel like I am swaying so I have o steady myself on the wall etc etc.

The docs say yep its nothing that will kill you and yes it did originate from an inner ear virus (not an actual infection as such).

I really have yey to meet ONE other person who has had this.........its is not related to a sudden adrenaline rush or worry or anything like that. BUT its just there 24/7of course if I get all anxious over it then it just gets worse but happy, sad, relaxed whatever there it is. I even get to the point that i want to push the stroller or trolley when shopping to balance myself.

Its a most unnerving feeling.

I do get dizy jules - yes - and faint feelings too that when strong frighten the life out of me. Even when I sit down I don't feel QUITE right like I am bobbing around a little and unsteady. I feel at my best in the car and when I am sitting on my bed - how strange.

I had a look for thread and could only find 1 from Jules - so is this really a common anxiety problem?????????

Thanks!!

[nomorepanic]

Hiya

Did you read "my story" on the website - if you did then you will know that I suffered from dizziness for a long time so you are not alone.

Nicola

[worriedunsteady]

Hi Nicola,

Wow!! I read your story and can identify with it entirely - the main exception is that generally my symptoms are less intense in that they are chronic but don't usually peak into a pain attack. BUT that said I too actually nearly properly fainted too (vision dimmming etc etc) and funnily enough set off this FEAR of fainting again. Also the sudeen dizzies - yes agian I can identify with you so well. In fact all the symptoms you describe - tight chest, upset tummy, weird detatched feeling and so on. Same. Hmmmmmm - has me wondering if it is anxiety that is causing the faint episoed especially as they come on when I am out and generally not inside. Oddly tiwce it has come on as I am about to get a migraine aura. The only thing I don't see you mention is the imbalance and unsteady feeling that I am talking about. I have that 24/7 dizzy or not. May I ask you if that was something you had too and if that was part of your dizzyness issue. This symptom bothers me more than the dizzyness in a way. Its like ebing drunk with none of the fun. No joke.

Please excuse my picking away at this I just cannot put this to bed until I can fully understand. I know all to well the work involved in recovering IF the balance symptom is anxiety. I mean I actually feel OFF BALANCE - when I brush my teeth i have to stand with my legs wider to feel more balanced...........did you have this.

Ok thats it i will stop picking away, thanks so much for your time. Incidentally it will not upset me if you did not have a balance issue as a component of this - I am genuinely trying to get to the route of why I am like this is all.

Thanks.

[Jules31]

Hi

I really feel off balance too and I know what you mean about having to balance whilst you're cleaning your teeth. I also find it's very bad when I just get out of my car. I get the bobbing up and down feeling at the same time, I've been told by my dr and a psychiatrist that this can be anxiety but I too get it whether I'm anxious or relaxed. My dr also said it could be part of a vestibular disorder so I have an appointment to see an ENT specialist. Please let me know if there is anything else you want to know. I get so scared by the feelings because I feel like I'm going to fall over or pass out sometimes.

Julie

[nomorepanic]

Hi worried

Yeah it was an unsteady feeling and feeling off-balance all the time. I describe it as dizzy but also as feeling faint - when the world spins round.

I used to hang on to things to stop the world spinning so yeah it was that bad.


Nicola