dizzy before bowel movement

Hello. I have had this exact same thing you are describing for the last 10 years. It is scarry when it happens and it wipes you out energetically after. I have had SO many tests done from blood, to CT brain scans to drinking that God awful barium and them scanning my stomach ND intestines. They checked for thyroid, no inner ear problems so it is not meningitis. It is not a blood clot nor stroke nor heart problems. Every time they test, they find nothing. They have reduced it down to and just lump me into the "anxiety" category but I KNOW it is not anxiety. If you knew me and my lifestyle you could see that.

It cones and goes. sometimes it occurs more often than others & there are some periods where I will not have an episode for months.

But when they do happen ot is exactly S you have described. A sort of "rush", dizziness, head feels weird.... Then go to relieve yourself with a bowl movement, then about 15min. later the "weird feeling" goes away. Need to lay down & rest due to no energy after that point. Then a couple hours later back up & around like normal. These is life debilitating and I know it has to do with the digestive tract somehow but Dr.'s can find nothing. I have found that regulating my diet has helped a bit. I shure would love to know what this is and how to make it stop..!

I can relate to this and I still have no answers. I experience dizziness and it then subsides after I have a poop. I once asked a health care professional who said there's no correlation. I don't know if there is a blockage somewhere but I am worried about this. Does anyone have answers?

this has been happening for a few years. the EXACT SAME THING. no one seems to understand how scary and frustrating it is to go through it. have you heard anything or found a solution?

I am happy to have found this thread and see people who are experiencing something similar to me. I have been having symptoms for about 8 months now. I sometimes feel like I'm going to pass out, but the symptoms seem to subside after a bowel movement. I go days with abnormal bowel movements, mainly diarrhea. I have also experienced dizziness and lightheadedness, but less vertigo and more of a floating feeling, as i have seen someone else describe it in this thread. I was treated for vestibular migraines (silent migraines). The migraine medicine seems to have helped the dizziness, but i still get the weakness and faint feeling, often accompanied by irregular bowel movements. Has anyone received a diagnosis for similar symptoms? My doctor doesn't seem to take me seriously or thinks I am just anxious. I didn't have anxiety until these symptoms showed up. Thanks for the support and info I've already read on here!

Hi all,

I have been having dizzy episodes since April last year, they are the scariest thing. The first time it happened I had just eaten gone upstairs and sat on the bed and all of a sudden the dizziness was so intense, my ears were ringing a little I call my SO and he called a medical professional, they said go to the hospital. Then in the middle of my panic and really thinking I was going to faint (or worse) I thought, I think I need to poop, after I pooped I felt okay for about half hour then I started feeling faint and dizzy again and again after a while needed to poop. This went on literally all night. I have had bloods done which show nothing. I feel so scared when it happens. I had a couple of months with no symptoms but this week its been back 10 fold. It has been happening every day and I feel sick, nauseous, dizzy and absolutely no energy. I am so glad I found this forum, I thought it was just me and that I was alone. I will post if I get any answers and will continue to read to see if anyone else has some helpful advice. Thank you for listening!!