Feeling of unsteadiness while walking or standing for more than 2 years.
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Hello everyone! I am a 22 years old male and for more than 2 years I have been dealing with an unsteadiness feeling while walking, a feeling of dropping as if I am in a elevator that comes to a stop. This all started on February 2020 while I was walking to my school when suddenly everything went black and I felt like I was going to faint. Since then it has been the same unsteadiness feeling everyday. I have done many medical analysis about blood, head MRI, ears, heart ect. and they all resulted clear except the thyroid analysis. I found out that I had hyperthyroidism and i have used methimazole (unimazole) and now I don't use it anymore because TSH levels became normal. I also have been to a chiropractor who said that I had a mild scoliosis but i am not very sure if this is related to this unsteadiness feeling. Below I am listing some of the symptoms that I have been dealing with the most:
- excessive sweating even while walking or performing daily tasks
- out of breath after walking up stairs which is accompanied by pounding pulse feeling in neck
- feeling of a rubber around my head, also my head feels heavy as if my neck can't support it
- back stiffness
- chronic fatigue throughout the day
- twitching mostly in me feet and eyelids
Might these symptoms be anxiety related or is there anything else i should check out for?
Thank you!
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annie31369 flavjo90030
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hi , i have been suffering with the so much lightheadedness since the past 3 months it literally feels like ill faint when i stand up and severe lightheadedness and when im walking it feels like someone is pushing me to walk. but literally dont know whats going on and its scary.. went to A&E 2 times but my ecg and neurological exams where normal. i also feel very tired and fatigued , my GP had mentioned something like POTS but ive not been checked for it yet.. it gives some of the symptoms similar to what you have described you can search it and check. my lightheadedness does get better at times when i lay back down. does yours ?? hope this helps and you get better soon!!
flavjo90030 annie31369
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Hi Annie, thank you for your reply! I have read about POTS but I haven't checked it yet. My lightheadedness stops when i lay down similiar to yours. I might discuss about POTS with my GP, thank you for your recommendation. Hope you get better too!
annie31369 flavjo90030
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your welcome.. i havent been tested eathier but im suffering from it everyday. i think for POTS yiuhave to have a fast heart rate too like increase by 30 beats when standing . do you have that??
james49527 flavjo90030
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hi,
I suffer with quite a few of those symptoms you have mentioned. The out of breath when walking up stairs and pulsing neck sensation is what really bothers me. I do know i struggle with anxiety and have done for years which i believe make it worst. Do you struggle with anxiety?
sasical72 flavjo90030
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Hello,
I have all the same symptoms as you, I'm still being tested but the thing is I have been like this for years. I am now leaning towards it being anxiety but not sure.
Do you suffer from anxiety? I used to have very bad panic attacks, now I don't get panicky, I have learnt to control my anxiety, so it's like in my head I'm relaxed but my body isn't...
Sorry to not be of any help but just to let you know you're not the only one with those symptoms.
james49527 sasical72
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hi @sasical72 i feel a little but like that, i can control the anxiety with my head to some extent but i am still have severe body anxiety like the palpitations, shortness of breath and tremors mainly.
sasical72 james49527
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yes, that's what it is, the same as me
justinR73 flavjo90030
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well i never! i come across this post and some of this resonantes with me. i never that this sort of thing might happen to anyone else.
for me, if i stand still, i feel i'm leaning forward and about to keel over. I always manage to right myself. At I think that's what's going as this might be a just sensation. this happens when i'm standing still - in a queue for example. i've had this for literally years. as for walking, its only in recent years that i often feel swaying when i walk. that could be anxiety as i have that. i feel light head much of the day, everyday. could be a number of issues with me - too much ear wax, anxiety, my visual impairment (nystagmus - constant involuntary eye movement). The heat in the summer aggravates me.
by the sound of thing it could anxiety symptom. Vertigo even? I think I have vertigo.