Ok so I have a long history of agoraphobia - very severely - and I have been getting better in leaps and bounds over the last few years. Last year in fact, I was so much better that I really did have good quality of life which included a lot of socialising etc.

Anyway, last autumn I got an ear infection but i didn't realise I was ill. I assumed it was anxiety related, which was a mistake because it set me back by years. (Later diagnosed as ear infection/labyrinthitis and fluid on ears.) I was wobbling around, dizzy as hell and feeling dreadful, and toppled over in public one day with the vertigo. Since then I have not been out the house on my own. I can go out fine with my safe person, but if I don't have someone to hold onto if I need to, I will panic, get rooted to the spot and feel as though I am going to fall over. It's weird because I don't feel scared of the thought of nipping to the shops or whatever anymore, but it's this fear of falling that is debilitating. I can't walk around the shops or even up the street alone in case I fall, but with my safe person I don't think twice about it because I know I can hold onto them. I know it's still agoraphobia, but it's very different to the last decade + of my agoraphobia.

Well done for still reading, if you are. Has anyone else experienced the same? Did you try any meds for the dizziness? CBT? Anything?