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Posted 7/18/2015 10:29 PM (GMT 0)
Awesome, I've now developed an on again off again dizziness the last 6 days.. something new, and of course since I'm now not on a medication, km getting heart palpitations, so instead of knowing my fear is irrational half the time I'm back to "great, it's my heart! ): " I'm not sure how common dizziness is, I've never had it before now.. i DO have a back wisdom tooth coming in on the upper left, not sure if it has to do with that or not also...
Posted 7/18/2015 11:59 PM (GMT 0)
Dizziness is a very common symptom of anxiety, I get it myself during a panic attack. When you are dizzy, sit down or lay down in bed and practice some deep breathing from the belly. Put your hands on your stomach, fingers to fingers, when you breath out your fingers should separate alittle, that is how you know you are doing it right. Breath in thru your nose and out thru your mouth.

Remember the rest of your coping skills too. :)
Posted 7/19/2015 4:44 AM (GMT 0)
Mel,

Agreeing that this is a really common anxiety sx! I struggled with this a lot on the past, and occasionally still.

I did not have to be having an attack or even acute anxiety to experience it either. ..it was just one of my prevalent symptoms.

Breathing exercises would correct the issue for me just about every time. We hyperventilate/anxious breathe without even realizing it...causing this issue.

Hope you feel more balanced soon.:)

S.C.
Posted 7/19/2015 9:05 AM (GMT 0)
Hi

Yes I get this regularly and feel it's due to my anxiety and usually a sign I need to double up on my coping skills to reduce my anxiety/stress levels.

Mindfulness meditation is a good way to relax yourself and you will find lots of videos on youtube.

Hibee
Posted 7/19/2015 3:30 PM (GMT 0)
Thank you all for replying, I see my doctor on the 27th for a follow up, so I'll mention to her that I've been dizzy. I called to let her know I was dizzy, and my anxiety is back 100%, and to add to it my blood sugar is at high levels ( for me atleast ). And to top it off, idk if it was gas or a palpitation or I just got distracted and snapped out of it ( I was playing a game with my daughter on my phone ) and that made me feel very uneasy, I then when straight into a panic attack, first I've had in a week or two. It felt like a surge too, adrenaline? If you can feel it? God, I have no idea.. so now today I'm on edge, and had a panic attack this morning, had to resort to my medication since no coping skills were working, at all... 1 step forward, 100 steps back..
Posted 7/19/2015 3:57 PM (GMT 0)
Playing video games or looking at moving objects/scrolling screen on a device can sometimes make me dizzy too...

S.C.
Posted 7/19/2015 5:25 PM (GMT 0)
I'm dizzy mostly when I'm not doing that actually.
Posted 7/19/2015 10:40 PM (GMT 0)
I struggle with dizziness a lot, too. Like SC, I don't necessarily even have to be in the midst of an attack to experience dizziness. It's just sort of an "always there" symptom. I choose not to give it power and ignore it. The more I ignore it the more it goes away. Deep breathing & lavender oil help immensely too

Xoxo
Posted 7/21/2015 1:13 PM (GMT 0)
Thank you, mine is an "always there" kind of thing also.
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