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Yes, I've had that, with time it got better, I get it once in a while still. It is very physical like you mention. Does your head feels like it is going to fall off? Do you feel like you are walking up in the air? like the floor is slanted and you are going to fall? What specific symptoms you get? I found a natural program for Vertigo and it is a series of exercises to release pressure in the head and neck, and to relax your spine, they worked very well for me. One of them is lo lie flat on the floor with your legs elevated on a table or couch, but only from your knees down, your back and your butt should be flat on the floor and your arms extended. Let me know if you want more. Good luck.

I went through something like that for about a year. When I walked I felt like I was on a boat. Standing in line at a store was the worst; I felt like I had to hold onto something. My vision was also affected. The lights were very glary, and blurry, my legs felt like jelly. I hated going anywhere. My grocery shopping was limited to a few items at a time so I could get in and out quick. I did my christmas shopping that year online. I went to docters, had blood tests, nothing was wrong. I knew it had to be hormones, or a chemical imbalance and I knew that anxity had to play a part becuase I started fearing these feelings. As soon as the thought of going to the store came in my mind, I started feeling bad, I expected to have these feelings, I expected to have a bad experiance. I decided to start googling deficentices. There are alot of things that can cause dizziness, like being deficent in magnesium or Vb12. so I changed my diet. I started cutting out the crap, and starting eatting more cleaner (veggies, etc). I started going to the track, which I hated because I felt like I was walking sideways, but I started slow, and just walked a little, I figured I would work up to longer walks. I prayed (alot). I knew sense I had a lot of fear I had a unhealthy subcouncious mind and I had to change that with positive thinking. words trump thoughts, so I spoke postive words out loud, like "I am healed in Jesus name". I quote scriptures like "He will satisfy me with a long FULL life", I decide to rate my shopping experiances on a scale from 1 - 10 (1 being awful and 10 being great). On my way to the store I would make up songs about being healed, I would sing them to myself while I was there buying my "few" items. Each time after I was walking out of the store I told myself, Im doing better (I lied) but I had to talk positive and make my subcounsiou mind believe it. Soon I was rateing myself higher, I stated having 5's instead of 1's. It didnt happen over night but, I soon stated haveing 8 days and soon I even forgot to rate my experiance. I started feeling normal. Oh, I did do alot of prasieing too, thanking Jesus everytime, I felt better the a 1. I still occasionally get those feelings, but I noticed they first come with a thought like "what if I go to the mall and I feel bad"....when I get that thought, I tell myself that is just fear talking and I am healed". Sorry this is so long, but I just wanted to share my experiance. I know how you feel.saying a prayer for you.

Thank you both so much for your replies. To be more exact, the feeling are like... Vertigo, but there's no head movement to trigger it, Vaso Vagal Syncope, but there's no trigger like seeing blood and I've never gotten to the passing out stage. Both of these things I've had experience with. Also, if you've ever been on an antidepressent,.then you know the feeling when you go off of it. It's like that. As Tony Soprano said, it's like Gingerale in your head. It's brought on by seratonin changes. Not being grounded, feeling like you're going to pass out...everything turning into jelly. I would like more info on the vertigo treatment. Maybe its all of the above at once. Thanks for listening.

I know that feeling and I hate it. I think anxiety has a lot to do with it as well. I can tell when it's coming on. I will generally lose my appetite. My legs feel like spagetti noodles and the next thing you know I am dizzy praying I don't pass out.

I hate this feeling.

-vmocha