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Everyday dizziness while walking, standing and feeling unbalanced on my feet.

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michelemuffin
michelemuffin

I have dizziness everyday while walking, standing as well as feeling off balance, unsteady on my feet like I am gonna fall over. I have had my ears checked by an ENT doctor in 2014 and he said I had menieres disease so he treated it as that but medicine didn't help so went to another ENT doctor in 2015 who said I don't have menieres disease but have hearing loss in both ears and did a test on my vestibular function which he said was normal so he referred me to a neurologist and I went and had an MRI done which was normal as well. I have had blood work done in November last year and my white blood count was a little high but not concerning and everything else was normal....no diabetes. Also had a stress test done on heart and was normal. I am at my wits end with this cause I don't know what's going on. I plan to see an eye doctor soon. Oh and I was diagnosed with anxiety 4 months ago but this dizziness and off balance feeling has been going on for 2 years now. I am on blood pressure medicine too. don't know what else to do. Does anyone have these same symptons ?

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  • Gilly_flower
    Gilly_flower michelemuffin

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    Hi , I to have had this since October , just dizzy all the time and of balance , also feel like I'm walking on a trampoline , it has took over my life , no meds have work , had MRI scan , waiting for results , they keep saying it bppv , but now I'm having a job to believe it , I've gone from being busy and active to almost house bound , really had enough of it , doctors keep on now about anxiety , but who wouldn't be , it came on so sudden , 
    • michelemuffin
      michelemuffin Gilly_flower

      Posted

      I know what you mean. I don't wanna go out and do anything anymore cause of the dizziness. I take Zoloft and have been for 4 months now and it seems to have helped with the anxiety attacks but still have the dizziness and have taken meclizine but it don't help. I want to know what's going on cause I wanna get back to normal life . is that too much to ask....someone brought it to my attention about an eye condition called vertical heterophoria
    • michelle_05599
      michelle_05599 michelemuffin

      Posted

      Same hear just want my life back, funny you should say that my eyes feel drowsy and they look funny (not like my normal eyes) I feel it's nothing to do with my ears but more my head as it always feels fuzzy xx
    • michelle_05599
      michelle_05599

      Posted

      I've had bloods done upto now all normal, I am at doctors this week think they will refer me xx
    • Gilly_flower
      Gilly_flower

      Posted

      I'm worried worried about the way I feel , like on a trampoline walking , 
    • michelle_05599
      michelle_05599

      Posted

      Your not alone, it's ruined my life in this short period, no 1 can understand how it feels, I'm a prisoner I'm my own home everything has changed xx
    • michelemuffin
      michelemuffin michelle_05599

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      You should call around to eye doctors and see if they check for that condition and make an appt cause that's what I am gonna do. I also have an appt with a psychiatrist at the end of the month for my anxiety
    • Gilly_flower
      Gilly_flower michelle_05599

      Posted

      I agree every thing has changed , and no one truly understands around me , keep in touch 
    • michelle_05599
      michelle_05599 michelemuffin

      Posted

      I have just looked it up and my God I have about 10 of the same symptoms, I will mention this to my gp this week thank you xx
    • michelemuffin
      michelemuffin michelle_05599

      Posted

      You are very welcome. I have a lot of those symptoms too. It don't hurt to get checked out just to confirm or rule out. Good luck and let me know what your gp says
    • guy18404
      guy18404 michelemuffin

      Posted

      Hi, saw you posted this two years ago. Any updates? I have the same thing as you it looks like. Also have hearing loss in both ears I was born with, but not dizziness like this board until I hit the age of 35. Wondering what happened and if anything I can do. Thanks.
    • crystal42417
      crystal42417 michelle_05599

      Posted

      I thought I was the only one. I feel the same way. My eyes always look tired & I get very sleepy due to it

    • robert78074
      robert78074 michelle_05599

      Posted

      There are vision problems, however, that produce symptoms you would not immediately connect with your eyes. Headaches and bouts of dizziness may be diagnosed as vertigo or migraine, but is actually a binocular vision dysfunction, like vertical heterophoria (VH).

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