Was doing really well there for a couple months. I was light headed for 3 days couple months ago. Doctors claimed it was an inner ear infection. Now out of nowhere I start getting foggy headed and feel like Im gonna pass out. I thought I had this panic thing licked. It always happens when Im either having a casual conversation with my nice boss during the day or I eat a big meal in the afternoon and I feel so awful afterwards. I get so insanely tired right afterwards it's scary, and then dizzy/foggy for about an hour.
Also, atleast one weird event happens on my 1 hour commute. It's really hard to explain, it's like my awareness zones out for a split second. I'll be looking directly ahead and then by time I catch myself I'm looking a little lower but my mind can't account that split second. I can tell you that will trigger a very minor but oh so unique panic attack the 10 minutes after that happens. Then Im fine the rest of the evening except eating.
I think Im gonna go to a doctor this week. I still think there is something physically causing this. My new theories are Thyroid or Brain Stem Damage (you like that......bad heart is so 3 months ago) I really can't live like this any longer. I'm not depressed at all but today was so crappy I had bad thoughts. Don't worry I'm completely fine and would never do something irriverseable. It's just stinks how awful my quality of life has become in the last 6 months. I'm not even the same person anymore. Last year at this exact same time I was happy go lucky, now Im skittish, scared and feel like Im dying. IF only the symtoms stayed consistant I think I'd be fine, but as it is it's like going mad slowly with no winning only different degrees of losing.
I can completely relate. I could have been writing your post...everything you said would have described the way that I feel. This is my main problem, foggy head, lightheadedness, and the dreaded fear of passing out. Just when you think things start to even out and you are coping well, something happens out of the blue.......a dizzy spell that lasts a little longer than "usual", a weird chest pain, etc etc. The inconsistency is what is so damn frustrating. I can relate to your statement of "something happens" on the way to work or while at work. Something always happens. I keep thinking that today is going to be the day that I pass out, or today is going to be the day that I get dizzy and fall. Of course, today is never the day, but............if my mind could accept this, I guess I wouldn't be here writing this.
This is exactly what is happening to me. The panic attacks have stopped but I keep getting this floaty light headed feeling and that total fear that I will pass out. It seems to always happen when I am driving to work or home from work.... It comes on and I feel like I won't make the journey home....but I persevere as there must be a part of my brain that realises I wont....if only the rest of it would listen! How are we supposed to get through this??? before when I had an attack I could at least work out why!!! Now its just a buzz of uncomfort with no reason I can find! My boyfriend say's that a little while before I start having this feeling he has noticed I hold my breathe....maybe thats what brings on the dizziness and then I start to panic about the feeling????? I don't know.....i'm sick of it and want my life back!!!
The fear/feeling of passing out is my worst anxiety symptom, and it is typically worse when I am driving, especially if I'm in a situation that I feel I cannot get out of. (Such as being stuck in traffic on a bridge.) I haven't ever passed out while driving, but I really feel like I will sometimes. I have passed out in the past when confronted with bad pain or the sight of blood, so I know that sometimes I DO pass out, even though it hasn't happened in a panic situation before. Do you guys also have a history of passing out, or does it only occur when you are having a panic attack? I haven't figured out a way to overcome this fear. It will often begin with my noticing a strange pain in my body, and then my whole body will start to tingle, my stomach will drop, and I feel like I will pass out at any moment. I try to slow my breathing, but that doesn't always work.
One thing I have found that works pretty good most of the time is a product called "Bach's Rescue Remedy." I'm not sure how it works, but that will often calm me down in the midst of a panic attack and force me to think clearly about my situation. Too bad it isn't permanent. Does anyone else have any recommendations about how to make the feeling go away?
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