No, sorry I'm no help

Vertigo is my main and pretty much only symptom of anxiety also. I was traveling once and in this stressful situation also had low blood sugar and fainted. Now, everytime i am in a stressful situation, i'll get very dizzy, almost to the point of fainting.

I'm also wondering how to deal with this. It is very inconvenient, happening in the middle of tests, at the doctor's office, while traveling, etc. and is very uncomfortable. I'm using yoga right now and it's getting better, but if anyone has homeopathic alternatives that produce a more immediete effect that would be wonderful.

I am new to the anxiety as well. I have dizzy spells, short-term memory loss and - get this - twitches. I feel like a freak! The dizziness starts without warning, sometimes when I am driving or out doing the shopping. It is frightening...

I am on lorazepam, but am not sure it is working. I am also in counseling, but only started so recently I don't know if it is going to work.

I, too, would like to hear anything people have to offer about dealing with this. Breathing techniques, etc.?

So funny you say the Aniexty Umbrella. I have Graves Disease (Hyperthyroidism) Which can cause aniexty. I had vertigo for 4months straight. I still get it on and off. Same thing here ran Cat Scans and a variety of tests all came back fine. Went to a GP My Endo and a Ears Nose and throat doc all did the same test said Vertigo. So like you which came first is it the Graves or the Aniexty the Graves causes . They didnt know which umberlla to throw it under :)

WOW....when I read your post I was like "hello....that is me" I experience vertigo everytime I would drive. Only not while I was ACTUALLY driving, but when I would stop and get out of the car I would walk sideways like I was drunk!!! SEVERE headaches & nausea and I was pretty much done for the day....just from driving 3 miles to the store!!!! Went to dr, eye dr, neurologist, all couldn't find anything wrong with me. Neurologist basically said "it's anxiety & will just go away one day" well that was 6 years ago!!!!!!!!!!!!! Went to an ear, nose & throat dr. found out my left ear has a weakness....sent me to therapy.....didn't do anything. Therapist said I should go to another city to see a therapist that specializes in vertigo, but my husband can't keep taking off work to take me there....so I just DON'T DRIVE. And I hate it!!!!!!! I feel so useless!!!! I LOVED driving!!! And I miss it so much. I keep saying that I am going to start going back to the ear, nose & throat dr. & tell him to try something else....but right now I am dealing with rhuematoid arthritis & that is at the fore front of my husbands time off from work. :(

omg i soo had vertigo in 2005, i had postitional vertigo so whenever i turned to my right like getting out of bed and getting up from bed so i could drive and stuff and ya i cna remember i have had anxiety attacks then after i got the vertigo and then about a year and a half later my life changed forever...i got my first panic attack. anyways as for the vertigo i was soo scared and well i did exercise my doc told me to do..it sucked i stayed home for almost 2 months if u have any questions just ask me im here..take care

YES! I do occasionally have heart pals, and tightness in the chest, but my main symptoms are light-headedness and headaches. Had 5 different tests from the neurologist and they told me I have "non-specific dysfunction of the inner ear." I think that means they don't know what is wrong with me, lol.

Some days are better than others, and those are the ones I look forward to!

Good luck to you.

I too have dizziness. That is the part I hate! It happens when I get really emotional about something too, either a happy excited or a scared thing. I feel "drunk", only last for about a minute. I used to run (sort of) and find a place to lay down. Now I just try to breathe deeply when I feel it coming on and lean on something. I DO believe I have an inner ear problem that they never picked up on. One thing that I have found that works for me is a supplement called Quercitin. It kinda works like benadryl but on a natural level. If I feel any pressure in my sinuses because of dairy or hayfever I reach for this stuff now. Works for me anyway. I don't suffer from allerygy headaches ect anymore. Look it up and read about it. Its a small piece of the puzzle. Doesn't cure everything but does help my inner ear problem.

Yes. I get vetigo, or dizzy when I am standing in crowds...I look down at the floor, and pretned I am imagining it. I keep on going- I force myself. It is a horrible way to live.

Hello, can anyone further describe the vertigo/dizziness feeling? Does anyone feel the "zap" shock that goes to your head? Or am I wayyyy off? lol I think what I am feeling now is what you guys describe as vertigo. Since I am not afraid of height, I never experience that kind of feeling before, dizziness yes, but this feel different then dizziness. What ever it is, it seems to happen when I am Tired, Hungry, Body Sore (from physical activities), sudden movement. I do have high blood pressure, but is under control thru medication. Am I close??

The vertigo is more of a really cold feeling up the back of my neck and in my head, accompanied by blurred vision.
I do tend to experience it more when I am hungry, tired, or physically strained as well, but I think that alters my mental state, which in turn causes the vertigo.

I would like to offer the suggestion of doing yoga, accompanied with meditation to help control this. I never used to believe in this kind of therapy before now, but it is really working! I feel like if your mental state can alter you so much physically in a negative way, it can work just as powerful in a positive manner too.

Although my vertigo is very uncomfortable, it does not sound as serious as some of the variations people have described. I really want to help though, so I am here if you have more specific questions on yoga or if you just need a friend! :)

My dizziness, or vertigo is more like feeling unsteady. Like sea legs. I have had the floor feel as if it completely tilted before...but this is rare. Mine is more a woozy, can't walk straight, or drive straight type sensation. Sort of like you are sliding off the earth. Hard to describe, but it makes you feel really crazy. No fun. I pretend I am imagining it. Like I said, I have to hold on to a cart if I go to t he grocery, or Target...even if I go in for one thing, and have to walk to the back ot the store. I would never make it back up front if I didn't have the cart to hold on to for balance.

Did you have a bad cold or flu and then experience the vertigo? When I was in college, I came down with severe vertigo, where I felt like I was constantly spinning/moving. I didn't understand what was happening to me and, as a result, had panic attacks all the time. (I thought I was dying.) I saw a dozen doctors, none of whom could diagnose me. It was a neurologist who was testing me for brain diseases that finally gave me a diagnosis that made sense. He said that the vertigo was most likely the result of inner ear damage, caused by an infection. (Thus my reason for asking about your having a cold or flu.)

I've had vertigo for about 20 years now (there is no treatment for a damaged inner ear). I had to learn how to live with the constant dizziness and ringing in my ears.

Check with your doctor and make sure you don't have something going on with your ears.

I have exactly the same type of vertigo...or dizziness...I've never really known what to call it, but it is my main symptom and it drives me nuts...sometimes it is worse than others but I have also been through several tests and doctors tell me they cannot find it...I wish I could offer some advise, but I am still having trouble dealing with it myself...I noticed it after the birth of my son and it has never gone away since.

Wow! I have never connected the 2 together. But, now that I read your post really makes me wonder if it's not just another anxiety sympton. Thanks for sharing this.