Hello everyone, I just registered and this is my first post. Here is a little information about me before I describe my problem. I am 21 years old and I am in my 3rd year at college. I have had a tremor since 8th grade and have been on beta blockers and Inderal for it and nothing worked, so I try my best to ignore it. The tremor is pretty much everywhere, in my hands when I extend my arm out straight, or in my feet if I extend my legs out. Also when I do situps, when I am coming up my chest and upper body sort of shakes. I also think I have anxiety because when I am in class I am unusually shy and always wonder if people notice my tremor/shyness/nervousness, and I hate giving presentations or being infront of a large group of people that I don't know. I am eventually going to see a counselor about the anxiety, but none of this is what is worry me right now.
Ok here's what has been happening to me lately. The first time I noticed it I was driving home late at night and about 30 minutes into the trip I started feeling not myself at all, sort of like I was going to lose consiousness and pass out. When I would get these 'waves' for a lack of a better word, I would feel sort of confused and extremely light. Then it would pass and I would immediately go 'what the hell just happened'. These waves would last for just seconds, but it made me feel extremely scared that I might pass out while driving and crash. It was so bad that I almost got a hotel for the night but I fought my way through it. I told my mom and some friends about it but they didn't seem to think it was serious so I just sort of brushed it off and blamed it on being tired.
Well I have been getting these waves more frequently, usually when I am around a lot of people like walking in a mall. Just today I was in a mall with a friend and I was fine, we were checking out the shops, had probably been there for 20 minutes, and then all of a sudden I got hit by it. I felt really off balance and sort of a feeling like I was going to faint and it made me want to reach out and grab something for support. It's so hard to explain perfectly how I feel when I get hit by these 'waves', but when I experience them it's like I can't think or concentrate, I can only experience the frightening feeling of thinking that I am going to fall and lose consiousness, and then it goes away and I continue whatever conversation or thought I was having. So I just keep my head forward and walk as best I can and hope that it won't happen again. And about 20 footsteps later or so, same thing. Each wave lasts for maybe 2-3 seconds, and it only hit me maybe 4 times within a 20 minute span and then that was it, I've been fine since.
I don't experience these waves everyday, and I never experience headaches, stomach aches, or spinning sensations. Thanks for spending the time reading this post and any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
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