Posted 4/30/2013 2:36 AM (GMT 0)
I have also been experiencing these symptoms for about a month now. I am a long time mild anxiety suffer-er (?), but it's usually manageable. However, these dizzy spells have been happening to me a lot while I'm driving and they are absolutely terrifying. I am 24, female, I am not on any medication and do not have GERD.
"The dizzyness and head rush is sometimes concurrent with a sense of a change in pressure in the head, neck and chest. Sometimes there is brief neck pain or head pain, like a pinched nerve. Sometimes there is a sense of heat and then cold that rushes through my chest, arms or hands. For at least a half an hour afterwards there is a sense of unease. They almost always happen when I am sitting in a way that is somehow confined and bent somewhat forward, like my office chair or while driving. They can also happen when I am lying on my stomach, which also involves pressure. Sometimes a dry or bitter taste in the mouth accompanies the worst of them."
I have no pain in the neck, but this describes my symptoms to a T. Also, no bitter taste, but I get a very dry mouth to the point where it becomes hard to swallow. Could this be vertigo or a problem in my inner ear? I have also had a lingering cough from a cold about a month ago that happens a couple times a day. I get an itch in the right side of my throat that causes a coughing and sneezing fit for a couple minutes and then goes away. What is going on???