had enough - dizziness while exercising

[Jeordie]

I've had enough of this. I REALLY need to exercise. It's been keeping me sane for years of battle with anxiety and panic attacks. It distracts me, and all.

But lately I gave up. Even if all I do is a couple of push-ups, I get extremely dizzy and fear of fainting. I have a private gym where I'm alone and it wouldn't be good to faint under a weight when nobody's around.
So, I have increasingly reduced my workout until all it's left is some push-ups and abs. A couple of push-ups sets are enough to make me feel SO UNCONFORTABLE I KNOW I HAVE TO STOP. Sometimes I do, other times I take courage and do two more sets, feeling very bad all the time.

It feels like a sudden change in blood pressure. I feel dizzy and my vision is not very good. I find it difficult to focus on objects and I hate when just ONE eye gets sort of blurry, more than the other - it feels to me like a neurological disorder. Sometimes, I get tinnitus in one year - somebody told me it's a warning you're going to faint. I never fainted at the gym, but I did reduce my workout prominently, in virtue of common sense. But now, even few push-ups are enough to feel terrible.

For an hour or so after experiencing these symptoms, I keep feeling funny, like the circulation in my head isn't going fine, a feeling of pressure in my ears and head. It sucks. Honestly, it sucks. I'd give everything not to feel like this. After an hour, eventually I feel fine again.

I've told doctors. The last one told me to check the heart. Before I do so, probably at least two weeks will pass.
I would like come help for now. Anyone else feeling like this?

All help very appreciated. Thanks.

[CallMeCrazy]

Are you on any medication? I would say you need to get some tests run to just be on the safe side.

[guy_lafleur23]

Last week, I had my ... oh i'd say 10th serious panic attack in the last 8 months. Ya you know the whole deal where you feel like your going to die within' the next 10 minutes of a heart attack. Anyhow, In the past 8 months i've been to the Emergency 3 times.... Everytime, they run the same tests... blood test, chest x-ray and ECG... these 3 test combined can tell you pretty much anything about your heart, or if something is abnormal in blow flow/pressure. So maybe, if you haven't already, try and set up something like that... where you run some tests just to rule out any illness.

[Jeordie]

Thanks for your replies.

Though, a doctor should tell me which tests should be done and a doctor should diagnose me. I can't do that myself, for I'm no doctor, and despite your good recommendations, you can't do that too.

I've done what my doctor told me, and my doctor didn't tell me what I have. He doesn't know.

Still, don't you find HIGHLY IMPROBABLE that my symptoms are just caused by anxiety? Objectively speaking.

[CallMeCrazy]

You can tell your doctor what tests you'd like to have run. If he can't find anything wrong with you and you're still about to pass out I think you need to see a different doctor.

[Jeordie]

CallMeCrazy,

I think you're worrying too much =)
It's paradoxal, since I've posted first driven by worry looking for comfort. But I understand it's a forum of worriers =)
I felt a bit fainty today, but now I'm better and able to see my situation OBJECTIVELY. Objectively, I MIGHT have something physically, or MIGHT not. Just like anyone.

I have an idea of what I have: labyrinthitis. It affects balance and sight, and I think I have it when I exercise because I do sudden movements that affect my balance system. With push-ups, for example, my head goes up and down quickly.

My doctor asked me to do another complete check-up. I'll do it, just to be 100% sure. It'll also put most of my bad thoughts apart.
But I think I'm pretty healthy. My body is perfectly fine, apart from, maybe, labyrinthitis, and of course, mental fatigue. But what worries me the most, no I don't think I have that, now that I'm ok. That's just fear.

Somebody have experience with labyrinthitis? Few years ago an ear doctor actually diagnosed me of that. But it wasn't that bad.

[FallenAnx]

jeordie.... dont feel bad I know what your going through, Im going to the same thing very close. I have had multiple ekgs, blood tests, echocardiograms, blah blah blah Im actually wearing a event monitor now because my heartrate jumps up to 160 or higher when Im doing any physical activity... it sucks becuase I used to be such a physically active person till I developed whatever the hell is going on with me. But yea my heartrate hits 160+ and stays there when Im doing physical activity and no one call tell me anything, I get the dizziness and the headaches sometimes too... Im at the point where Im about to give up and keep working trying to be physically active becuase I miss the life I had before I developed this.