Last year I went through a time where I felt light headed/ dizzy daily. Actually the feeling was more like I was on a boat. It was awful, I didn't want to go anywhere because I always felt like I was going to pass out. I made quick runs to the grocery store daily because I couldn't stay there long, so I ran in and ran out. I bought gift cards for Christmas, because going to the mall was out of the question. I lived like this for about a year. I am finally back to normal..well almost normal. Im not sure if it was due to premenopause; I have always been an anxious person, but I think the premenopause heightened my anxity which caused it.

Definitely anxiety created. Oh goody, huh? Those damned funky hormones.ont fret hun, most of us are trying not to fall over too!

This same thing just happened to me too. My last cycle which just ended about a week ago, I was light headed the whole time. It was every time I bent down and got back up. My anxiety was DEFINITELY heightened also because I had chest pain the whole cycle and thought it was my heart. Went to the cardio / had chest x-rays / cardiograms etc... Everything was fine with my heart, turns out it was just pulled muscles. (still hurts a little)
Point being, if you can hold out (as long as it's nothing serious) wait and see if it doesn't go away once your cycle ends. I go through this a lot with different symptoms. One month I had acid reflux which I've never had and as soon as I got and was done my period, the reflux went too.
Too many women are being medicated for no reason. If everyone would just wait it out, they may also see that this is just a temporary thing and it will go away.
Hope you get to the bottom of this soon. Be assured though that this is definitely a pretty common symptom of meno.

Good Luck, Donna

thanks for the replies guys, it's so appreciated!

It is quite scary to feel the anxiety surge through my body and to feel my head is under water or something. It's hard to explain but clearly I am not the only one who gets this.

That's what I love about this group, I have yet to be unique,lol

I'm so sorry to hear about your anxiety attacks. I know what it's like not being able to go out by myself. Yes, the anxiety does seem to get worse towards the end of perimenopause but Lyrica helped a lot and it's not addictive like many anti-anxiety medications.

Sobe--reading your comment was like looking in a mirror. I have had GAD on and off for 1 years now, but since Feb., the anxiety is there 24/7. My psych doc is convinced it's perimenopausal, but I don't want to go on HRT. A nurse practioner suggested increasing my soy intake and trying Remifemin, but black cohosh clashes with some of the psych meds I'm on. Add to the increased anxiety, nausea and crashing fatigue, and that's me. I would like someone to tell us that, yes, we will get through this. I don't want to be one of those people where you read that these symptoms could last 5-10 years before menopause, (I'll be 53 in December) You're not alone! I wish I could help you more or we could just sit and hug and watch chick flicks together. My husband doesn't understand how horrible this is...

Definitely dizzy! It comes and goes. I didn't want to go on meds either, but I had to do something. I felt like I was about to have a nervous breakdown. My MD put me on Buspar and Paxil. What a difference! I still have some symptoms, but they're a little more tolerable. And everytime I have symptoms, my mind tells me that I have something horrible wrong with me, and then I feel panic coming on. It's AWFUL!!

ME TOO!!!!! that's me!!! has anyone tried checking their vitamin D levels? I live in the midwest and it's a problem. I now take 2000mg's. I saw on the Dr. Oz show that it can really help. Plus with the winter right around the corner anything I can do to help is worth it...

hello, i am a fellow perimenapause sufferer, ya know now that i think about it. ive allways had anxiaty and deppression even as a child, they said i was just a nervoius child. that was in the 60s and they had no idea. mother had terrible deppresion/ anxiaty also. it was barbaric back then what they did to those poor women, my mom got shock treatments, pain pills, etc. then they said it was FEMAIL PROBLUMS and gave her hysorectomy, but no after tratment. im just glad we dont have to go threw that as bad. at leaste they finnaly know moore about menapause, but i think its still a big mystery. ive been going threw this for at leaste 10 yrs, now they say im in full menapause, but thats going by my age, and not having periods anymoore. but i think every one is different. im scared to have hystorectomy. im very big and have high colestorol. live on third floor, etc. if i wasnt so big i would probly do it. but im scared. by the way, what is remifemin?is it anything like estroven over the counter? i have also had many dizzy spells and its very scary indeed. i dont know if this has been any help, prob not, but good luck and i commend all the women who have the strenght to ride this out. you are my heros may you all find some peace in your life even if its just for a day...

gimmestrength,
I'm sorry you've been dealing with this for so long.

I'm puzzled about something you said:
"im scared to have hystorectomy. im very big and have high colestorol. live on third floor, etc. if i wasnt so big i would probly do it. but im scared."

Are you thinking a hysterectomy would resolve the depression and anxiety? I was never depressed or anxious in my life until after my hysterectomy. It hit like a brick wall and although it's been 4-1/2 years, I'm still struggling just not nearly as bad as that first couple of years. This is fairly common after hysterectomy due to the hormonal / chemical havoc it causes. Yet gyns don't usually mention this nor most of the other adverse effects.

oh thank you for your advice. i dont want a hystorectumy, it was suggessted to me when i had endomeetriosis, but it went away thank god. i had to get 2 blood tranfusions in the past 11 yrs, almost dyed, etc, thats when they wanted to do it. and its weird, it went away soon after he said that. i think he scared it away allthough i know in my mind it cant be true. but no im not going to get one. i had no idea that it was like that. nobody ever explained it to me. had no insurance at the time. chalked it up to that. thanks so much for the info. that makes me feel much better about not getting it done... let me know if i can be of any help to you or if just want to vent or talk. may you have a peacefull day...