Can anxiety cause dizziness, tinnitus and ear popping?
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Hello everyone. For the past 4 months I’ve had what I can only describe as dizziness. Most of the time my head feels spaced out and as if I’m looking through glass or something. Although I can see things just fine. It’s as if I can’t focus right. Or maybe everything is trying to focus all at once and it’s information overload. My ears also feel under pressure and full with occasional tinnitus and popping. Along with these symptoms I also feel off balanced and unsteady from time to time. Then there are the occasional moments where things start to spin. But this only happens for a second. But afterwards the aforementioned issues are intensified. Then at least once or twice a week I’ll have a headache which makes everything worse. These problems make it very hard to travel as it seems I now have motion sickness as well. I’ve been to my primary care doctor for this. They did some blood work and everything was clear. So they sent me to a ENT specialist. The ENT checked me out and said everything was good. But they referred me to a neurologist. Now at the neurologist they sent me for a MRI of my brain where everything came back clear as well. I’ve also been to multiple eye doctors as well. My vision is good. Basically all the doctors I’ve seen have said everything is fine and it’s just anxiety. With that said I do have generalized anxiety disorder which I’ve been dealing with for 8 years now. I had been on medication in the past for this but haven’t been on anything now for almost 3 years. Except for the occasional lorazepam that I’ll take if things become overwhelming. I’ve had multiple times throughout the years where I’ve thought I had heart problems and kidney/ gallbladder issues. All which turned out to just be my anxiety making me over think ordinary aches and pains. Although this time it just doesn’t feel like anxiety. I keep trying to tell myself that it is. But it’s hard to convince myself when I feel so bad. So with all of this said. Has anyone experienced anything like this before with anxiety? Are these symptoms even possible with anxiety? Any help or recommendations would be greatly appreciated. Thank you
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jan34534 kevin5723
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yes Kevin, all of your sensations can very likely be caused by anxiety and stress. When I was in my late 20s, I had horrible sensations where I thought I had an awful disease. I had ringing in the ears, floaters in my eyes, lightheadedness, mild weakness, negative thoughts all the time with worry and fear, and several other sensations.
Anxiety tends to put negative thoughts in the mind and we have to be aware of that.
you need to keep reminding yourself that your testing is normal. Fear is not based on reality it’s only based on emotion. I went through so many years of thinking I had something bad, but nothing bad ever happened except the anxiety continued, and the negative thoughts.
Just know that everything you are going through is most likely anxiety and stress related. You need to make yourself a priority and let go of the negative. Scary thoughts because they only make the sensations worse.
I am way older than you and I am still here! Feel free to private message me anytime. Take care of yourself maybe get some counseling for the anxiety.