Can anxiety make you light headed/dizzy/faint feeling everyday

I have bouts of dizziness and feeling lightheaded or unsteady on my feet everyday.

Some days are better than others.

I've had every test under the sun and it's been labeled anxiety by 3 different docs.

It's pretty much become my new normal, unfortunately, as I don't tolerate meds well.

I wish you luck and remember you are definitely not alone.

Yes, I have the same symptoms daily. I don't hit my head, but I pop my neck a lot! Its my anxious habit....and I work for a chiropractor! Sometimes my coworker notices & tells me how I shouldn't "pop" my own neck. I can't help it. For me its my way of trying to "snap out" of the way I feel (dizziness, lightheaded & faint).

Your not alone in this. I'm glad you posted this thread because I've been curious if others feel their symptoms on a daily basis versus once in a while.

I noticed I get more dizzy spells when my muscles at my back (spine area) and neck are tensed. I think they have something to do in limiting a good blood flow to my head. I get tensed muscles when I'm stressed, anxious or letting my mind wonder about having diseases and to die too soon. I also noticed I'm not breathing properly and tend to hold my breath whenever I'm too focused observing my bodily sensations which supplies my brain with less oxygen that can also be the cause of my dizzy spells. My brain is short of the necessary things it needs (blood and oxygen) which is not good and healthy.


For me, this is what happens to me for most days. At least this is what I think of that's happening if ever it's just all anxiety.


When I wake up I feel normal. --->

I get too sensitive with bodily sensations sometimes looking for symptoms if they're there. --->

Unaware I'm not breathing properly and tends to hold breath while observing. --->

Sees a symptom that is present (visual disturbance). Wondering if what came first (Anxiety or symptoms). --->

Started to feel more anxious and scared (Thoughts running inside my head like "I possibly have brain tumor, brain tissue damage or aneurysm that is causing this!") Since I'm not able to rule them out for now. --->

My muscles at my back and neck go tensed limiting blood circulation. --->

I start to feel dizzy, my head starts to feel heavy, sometimes get pressure headaches like my brain is going to explode or shut down and legs feel a little bit wobbly. Base of my skull and neck hurts. --->

Anxiety or subconscious is telling me I'm seriously sick and will just feel worse everday. "I'm not normal anymore!" --->

My visual disturbance or other symptoms gets worse that could send me into having a full blown panic attack. My subconscious telling me (This is not anxiety! My brain is really damaged!") --->

Feel like I'm definitely going to lose my mind. Gets frustrated because it never ends. --->

Then back to becoming too sensitive with bodily sensations. And so on with the cycle.

....Sometimes I get wonderful days without having to go through all of this, like I'm under control and free from the cycle. Even if there are times that I feel hopeless, I just can't forget how to be thankful to God for each day to spend more time here on earth with my loved ones. There are times when I become easily irritated or annoyed with people which I'll regret in the end of the day.

I am currently suffering through this. Jojanxiety's post pretty much comes closest to what I feel everyday.

Some Background:

-Always had some low grade anxiety
-In Feb/2013 began to get strange sensations
-Anxiety through the roof about them until finally diagnosed with benign PVC's (arrythmia)
-unfortunately, most of the anxiety stayed, especially some bad hypochondria
-I'm over thinking i'm dying of a heart related issue, or stomach issue (had tests) but much anxiety lingers
-since thinking I don't have any heart/organ problems, been suffering with this dizziness thing. Like my anxiety has moved on to another issue

Basically, I feel fine most of the time, some days worse than others. Out of the blue all of a sudden I will just suddenly feel unsteady on my feet, or get these pulsing sensations like I caught myself from falling over. Like I have bad balance all of a sudden. Happens a lot when I'm walking I will just feel it. Or it happens when I'm reading the computer screen at work. It sucks. I just don't get why I would feel that way. Very frustrating. Am I just so in tune with every sensation its magnified by 10000000000? Anyone have success making this stop?

I should note that I am most of the time able to not go into any panic or anything but I hate having to feel it at all. Ugh.

Preet,

As you can see you are not alone in this!!

Use those breathing exercises to help relieve the dizzy/lightheaded symptom.

As far as the head hitting...if this is in response to the intrusive/bad thoughts that you get...why not try to replace this action with a more postive one such as repeating a mantra. When a negative thought pops into your head repeat to yourself:

'This thought is a result of anxiety and has no power over me.'

This is a kinder and more effective way of dealing with the issue than hitting yourself!

Peace and progress.:)

S.C.

YES, definitely. I used to have that issue all the time.

Yes, the feeling of dizziness is a normal symptom. Another symptom I sometimes get is the feeling of pressure in my head. Sometimes, it gets so bad that I think my head is about to explode.