can someone please tell me how you are suppose to know if you have an inner ear disorder or dissassiation with anxiety how can you tell the differnce like i said i am always lightheaded and off balance and i am wondering if its my inner ear or something yes i do have anxiety on top of it probaby because im going nuts over this iwerd feeling....how can you tell the difference today when i was laying down i felt like a pulse in my ear it doesnt hurt at all though it was like a heart beat in the right ear lol i dont know how else to describe it it stopped when i switched sides butmy ear doesnt hurt..i dont know for crying out loud wouldnt my ear hurt by now if i had an inner ear infection its been 2 months

Hi,indeed you my have a inner ear infection, or fluid in your inner ear it will cause that full "pressure" feeling especially when lying down with the opposite ear down. it can cause dizziness,headaches,excessive popping sounds,fever ect...even a simple wax build up can cause weird probs. hard to say??

If you already have anxiety, it's much more likely the anxiety. The way I found out it wasn't an inner ear thing for me was I was prescribed a med (can't remember the name) for inner ear problems and it did absolutely nothing. I finally tried an antidepressant (Effexor) and the feeling disappeared completely.

inner ear infections do not hurt. i was dx'ed with one and its slowly getting better with time. i had bad anxiety before i got it but not nearly as bad and i was never dizzy off balance all the time. now that i am its clear to me that it isn't just anxiety and its an inner ear infection. what happens with that is that the infection is gone but your left with dizziness until you compensate for it. go to the inner ear boards for some info. either way your gonna be fine

Jeffster: You were talking about Effexor and your disassociative feeling, how long did it take when starting Effexor before the disassociative feeling went away?

whats efferfeox i never took that

Effexor is a SNRI ..anti-depressant. Used for depression and anxiety