dizzyness near blackouts heart racing I need advice

Hi Sam, Don,t bother with GP anymore except to,go and say you want (not a request, WANT)an referral to a Nero Otologist!  Don,tget fobbed of with ENT,that will waste you a year at least!  You are entitled to this.  Don,t know where you live, but go on line and look for hospital that has one, or if you live in the South look at the Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (Don,t be put off by the surgery bit, it,s a big hospital that deals solely with neuro stuff), Neuro-otology department.  These are the best and only people that will give you a thorough consultation, Exam, testing etc. I have spent four years getting to,the point of seeing them as was messed around with ENTs etc.  You probably had virus that first time  when it came on suddenly, a lot,of,us do/did! MDont, buy the anxiety thing, they all try that one on. the only anxiety comes AFTER due,to the Symtoms!  to be honest there,s not much you can do to, 'stop, it when it happens, except go,to bed and stay still!  You will eventually be given exercises, as I have been, to,do, to desensitise things.  So, go,on line, do your research, write the name of consultant you want to,see,,or at least the hospital, maybe. Print out with their details, gp, like that, ththen They can just copy it all down!

So a few things you can consider. When the bllod work was done did they check your Vitamin D, B12, Magnesium, and Iron levels. You can also look up info about the SCM muscle which is in your neck. Neck starin can sometimes make you lightheaded. ALso do a search for a forum called dizzy times, people there might be able to help.

Hi Sam welcome to our mad world.  Unfortunately theres more of this about than you think and youve come to the right place to talk about it.  I got dizzy one day on holiday two and a half years ago and its stayed ever since.  Had weird neurological conditions all related to the head, eyes dizziness and balance.  Weve all started off with GP, ENT, scans, neuro surgeons, and I finally ended up with neurologist. It took almost a year to get a diagnosis.  By that time I had had two panic attacks and passed out.  I thought I had MS.  Finally when I had lost my best friend as she didnt believe there was anything wrong, and had lost my eyesight at work, which did come back, I got a diagnosis of silent migraine.  I went to the migraine clinic in harley st and they explained it all to me.  I have trouble with my eyes and lights and colours.  Ive had endless different tablets, but the only thing that worked up to now was botox.  Turns out theres a big muscle going thru your head, eyes, top of head, back of head, neck and under it is a nerve.  When this muscle get irritated, it in turn irritates the nerve and causes the weird and different neurological conditions depending on which part of the brain the nerve belongs to.  Hence we all have slightly different symptoms.  It might be youve got the same.  Then again it could be something similar but different.  Weve all learnt though that stress and anxiety which this causes, makes it a million times worse. Who wouldnt be scared to death, no one knows whats going on and its so scarey.  Plus its so debilitating.  I can no longer have a social life at all.  I do manage going to work but thats it.  Its very depressing.

If you live in the north, Salford Royal Hospital is the top place for neurologists etc.  Dr Jones and Dr Zermansky very good.  I agree with the others, GP dont have a clue, ENT even less idea, someone should teach them.  We all know more about it than any ENT.  Get to a neurologist.  The botox freezes the muscle which lets the nerve heal and I found a lot of my symptoms disappeared but unfortunately the dizziness stayed.  I did have a thing with my eyes, they were jumping about and that went with the botox.  Waiting for the next lot.  Try and rest, get sleep, dont get anxious if possible.  It will all help.  Get a diagnosis.  Try the migraine clinic in London it cost £300.

Hi sam79995, One of the few things i did was neck exercises, for me its been over 7 weeks, i had pain in ear, massive vertigo, build up of pressure in the ear etc.

For me it all started after a weight lifting session followed by a plyometric cardio session.

I have been to an ENT but he was complete tool. You can google neck exercises that would also stretch the ear space. Hope this helps

 

Thank u so much for replying! I've had a ct scan because I was determined it was my head as I have constant headaches,that came back fine I've had x rays on my chest and neck which are fine aswell,they basically said at the beginning I had pots syndrome so I had go have a tilt table test which was fine untill I stood off the table and mu blood pressure dropped slightly,which any normal person would if you've been lying down for an hour!!I went back doctors this week about my headaches and she said because I've tooken pain killers ti help she said it withdrawal symptoms !!they really haven't got a clue! I live in exeter devon so unsure of what the hospital offers,i'm so glad I'm not the only one that feels this way,it gets you so depressed, is there any home remedies or vitamins anyone recommends? Thanks again for all your replies x