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Posted 1/14/2011 7:51 PM (GMT 0)
Every morning I wake up incredibly dizzy and light headed. Also my left hand feels weak. It's miserable. Today being the worst it's been. I immediately take .5 Xanax, but it doesn't seem to be doing anything anymore. I just started taking 30 mg of Cymbalta last night. I'm hoping this helps eventually. Does anyone experience intense dizzyness from anxiety? I constantly feel like I'm going to pass out, which makes me scared to even leave my house. This is MISERABLE!!!! What has helped? Please share your experiences! mad
Posted 1/14/2011 8:11 PM (GMT 0)
I do not have the dizzyness but i do have the numbness/ache/weak in my left arm, so much so that before i knew what i had (anxiety) i went to the er for it.  This can and for me did get much worse right after i started on lexapro and it took al ong time but eventually the symptoms started to subside to where i don't really have too much of them anymore.

Anxiety seems to manifest its self differently in everyone as far as physical symptoms, i'm sure someone else here has had a similar experience.

Posted 1/14/2011 9:11 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Michy!
I have dealt with pretty much every symptom of anxiety... Have you ever passed out from anxiety? I'm guessing you HAVE NOT. So when you are feeling this way, tell yourself this: This anxiety is making me think I am dizzy.. but I am really not.. Tell yourself that you have never passed out from this and you most likely will never pass out from it.. You have to make yourself believe this, trust yourself! This has always helped me when I felt like I was going to pass out.. Hope it helps. Just remember, anxiety is only a feeling (just like sadness, happy, excited, etc..)but can make you feel like there are truely physical things wrong. So until you believe yourself, you will prob still feel this way..
I am sorry you are feeling this way, I hope this works for you!!
Good luck :-)
Eileen
Posted 1/14/2011 9:33 PM (GMT 0)
Hi M.P. I am sorry that you are suffering with the dizzyness. I have had this symptom, and it is one of the worst as far as I'm concerned! This along with your other symptoms sounds like you could have hyperventilation syndrome. When anxious, we tend to shallow breathe, actually taking in too much O2, causing the blood ph to change, causing symptoms.

Please look up the posts that I suggested to spoiledSAHM (posted today) I don't have a lot of time right now to copy them here, but you should be able to find the ones with breathing exercises. This should help you to get your breathing under control (you are probably not even aware that you are hyperventilating-I wasn't!) and then your dizzyness/tingling, ect. should improve

Hope this helps:)
Take care,
Scaredy Cat
Posted 1/14/2011 10:45 PM (GMT 0)
I know exactly how you feel.

I'm dizzy/lightheaded almost everyday. I'm fine when I first get out of bed and I think, "Wow! Maybe this will be a good day.." and then BAM! I start feeling like I'm going to fall over. And it lasts all day, until I have a couple of beers at night (terrible, I know, but it's the only thing that helps me!)

It's really bad when I go to a mall or another crowded place. Ugh..

No advice, just wanted you to know that you are definitely not alone on that one!
Posted 1/14/2011 11:22 PM (GMT 0)
SpoiledSAHM: Are you on any medication? I just started Cymbalta, hoping it helps. Also, I take a Xanax right when I feel it coming on, but I hate how loopy and dull it makes me feel.
Posted 1/14/2011 11:59 PM (GMT 0)
Hello and Welcome,

I took Cymbalta for about a year and dizziness was one of the sx I experienced.  Do read up and the side effects of this med and talk it over with  your physician.

Kindly,

Kitt

Posted 1/15/2011 1:25 AM (GMT 0)
Hi Michy,

No. I'm not taking any meds.

I was prescribed Prozac and Xanax but I'm afraid to take them because of the "loopy' feeling I've heard about. I stay at home with my 3 year old and can't afford to feel like that!
Posted 1/15/2011 1:31 AM (GMT 0)
I went through a really bad bout of that last year when my health was bad. I had another bout of it this year, about three weeks, and it just calmed down for some reason. But last year, I couldn't breathe at all, it was horrifying and I totally understand, I too couldn't get it to stop. The Ativan I had did help back then but I'm on Xanax now, the Ativan seems a lot less potent to me now. Maybe the .5 isn't enough, your body adjusts. How long have you been on it?
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