everything turns upside down - Ear, Nose & Throat Message Board

VeryDizzy · 01-20-2009, 09:13 PM

So, for the past 6 years out of no where, sometimes I can tell if it's coming not that that helps, everything feels like it gets turn upside down. I feel like the sky is down and the land is up and I have to hold on for dear life or I will fall down into the sky! The worst which scares me more than anything is while I'm driving. If I'm going over a bridge or I can't see land it feels like I'm driving in the sky upside down on the underside of a bridge. If it occurs indoors I grab a wall or chair or my girlfriend (she's used to it now) it can happen in mid sentance while conversating and it's very embarassing because i loose track completely what I'm talking about usually just stop talking. My friends say stuff like, "oh it's just all in your head." and I say EXACTLY it's not in my arm! anyone know what I'm talking about. I'm beginning to wonder if it's more that psychological and perhaps medical. I've read similar post but not exactly like what I have.

my remedy when possible is close my eyes and let it pass.

alepay0523 · 01-21-2009, 08:03 PM

Hello Verydizzy, I think I know what you're talking about. I suffer sometimes from anxiety, and I do remember thinking I felt the way you do. What I can tell you is that I think it is in your head, from what you wrote it seems to me that you get a panic attack when this happens, correct? What I think is happening is you are confusing the pictures in your head with what's really going on in reality. You probably get this weird feeling that things are upside down but pay attention next time if you can and see if you think about things being upside down right before this experience happens. It's kind of hard to explain. I think you're just spooking yourself out, and you're thinking too much about it. You'll be fine. As long as you tell yourself that there isn't anything mentally wrong with you, you're just spooking yourself out a little that's all.