does anyone experience this? Im scared.

[MorningSadness00]

Well lets see,
I see auras around lights and not just lights about everything else too and i have double vision, and my eyes are sensitive to light.
and then i feel like my muscles in my face are weak, like i cant talk right and sometimes i repeat something before i actually say it if that made any sense. and i have really bad mood swings, and always feel like im going to pass out all the time. and i feel confused often, and im having a hard time spelling easy words..... god im scared.
does anyone else experience this? or is there something seriously wrong with me? Ive been scared that i have a brain tumor, and also i feel like i am experiencing memory loss. By the way im only 19. Scared =[

[SaconBass]

Im was actually on this forum searching for symptoms just like this. I am experiencing the same symptoms as you at this very moment. Very dizzy, feeling like im going to faint all the time, headaches, it sucks!

Hang in there, your not alone.

[kaialian]

Hi there!

The dizzyness, feeling like you are going to faint, headaches, are common with anxiety and stress. However, I would suggest going to a doctor because there are things that can cause these sensations.
For example, I spent a month or so feeling really quite dizzy and a little out of it. I went and saw my doctor, she ran some bloodwork, and it turned out to be low iron. I started taking iron pills, and felt much better.

Now, before you go and google your symptoms, DON'T. The internet is not a doctor and simply typing in your symptoms will come up with a wide range of possible outcomes. This will only increase your anxiety. Trust me, I have done this on numerous occasions and have worried for weeks.

Please do go see your doctor. It is better to know as if you don't you will always wonder if it's this or that.

[louisrapisarda]

Kind of. Could be low/ High blood pressure try going to doctors.

[Paul_H]

Hi,

I had the mod on this board make a major post for me on here that may be something for everyone who responded in this thread to take a look at. I will direct you to the post later.

First off, the most common cause of dizziness is an inner ear (vestibular problem). Don't believe me? Go type this into google: "most common cause of dizziness" including the quotation marks. The first 40 hits will all say this as will the rest of the 2,850 hits I got from that search quote. I figured 40 out of 40 was good enough to prove the point and stopped after page 4. What I find odd is that none of you mentioned it as one of the things to look at.

Any of you have ringing, wooshing, clicking (especially when yawning) or other noises in your ears? Any of you have ear pain or fullness feeling in your ears? Tubes in your ears when younger? Am I setting off any alarm bells here?? Do you have any motion related phobias, like driving or riding in cars, amusement rides?

Do you get car sick easily, especially if your not in a good position to see out the windows? To experiment, try reading while someone else is driving or while riding on a bus. Only look at the words in the book, nowhere else. This is to remove the compensation mechanism you have all probably developed to a fairly high degree, your eyes. You see, when your vestibular system is faulty, your body learns to compensate by using your eyes. By forcing you to read, you will then be placing all the work for determining where you are in space on the vestibular system and the muscles in your body. I predict that many of you will have some or a great deal of discomfort doing this task. How many of you avoid amusement rides? That then begs this question, why can millions of people ride the hairiest rides ever developed every year, nearly all of them without any trouble and you can't or are afraid to? What is different about them? The difference is their vestibular systems are working better than yours on several orders of magnitude.

The last paragraph above makes a few assumptions but I'll bet they are accurate ones. However, there may be exceptions. One would be if you were hyperactive as a child. Motion craving. But still vestibular based and anxiety and panic may still result from a vestibular condition that causes motion craving, especially when forced to remain still by some mechanism.

Here is a link that I promised. Since I have not met the prerequisite number of posts to attach direct links, please scan the topics for a message called "Posting for member Paul" posted for me by Bridgie. I apologize for the extra work, but I feel it will be worth it. It contains links to 14 separate medical studies showing a connection between panic/anxiety and vestibular (inner-ear) problems. The message also contains a link to a page of possible vestibular symptoms. Panic and anxiety are listed as possible symptoms on that page.

One other thing, the original poster mentioned having trouble with spelling. I'm suspecting a touch of dyslexia. The man whom I credit with saving my life, Dr. Harold N. Levinson, made the vestibular connection to panic and anxiety while studying, you guessed it, dyslexia. Many of his dyslexic patients also had panic disorder. He has written several books. One on the panic/phobia connection to vestibular problems ("Phobia Free") and many more on the vestibular connection to dyslexia. MorningSadness seems to have issues with both. Coincidence? I doubt it.

Please read and comment on my linked post and seriously consider an ear exam by a specialist in the field (an ENT doctor). The post Bridgie made for me tells all about it. BTW, I had panic, heavy anxiety and was quickly becoming agoraphobic. All of it stopped cold 45 minutes after taking a simple over-the-counter inner ear (vestibular) med called meclizine (trade name anti-vert). Not 1 attack in 16 years since that first pill and a 95% reduction in overall anxiety. After having attacks myself, I would NEVER steer anyone wrong on this issue intentionally. My conscience would never allow it. Also, even though meclizine is available OTC, please don't self medicate. There may be drug interactions and allergic reactions to consider. Also, meclizine may not be the inner ear drug that works for you. There are about a dozen or more to chose from.

Thanks for your time.

Sincerely,

Paul.

[Murakawa]

I have had this. I don't know if it's anxiety related or not, though considering the number of things that CAN be attributed to anxiety it's quite possible. Quite often I feel dizzy after a panic attack... sometimes it's like a 'rushing' sensation.

But if you're feeling dizzy, it's best to get it checked out. It's probably nothing but things like anemia can cause it.