My dizziness goes away when..
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I have had weird problems with dizziness for a few years, but it stopped for a good 2 years and i rarely had problems , i only have little vertigo attacks now and then. But for the last 5 days i have had nausea and dizziness a lot. I am a very anxious person i tend to get cought up in stress or whatever problem im having. This dizziness and nausea feeling goes away when im distracted or when i have something to do that i like but then it comes back again in full power whenever im not doing anything. Anyone has any suggestion what causes this.? Or what i could do to stop it?
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eleftherio33095 Elizabethclaris
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Eleftherios S. Papathanasiou, PhD, FEAN
Clinical Neurophysiologist
Fellow of the European Academy of Neurology
lily65668 Elizabethclaris
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Elizabeth,
When you say vertigo, do you mean the room seems to spin around you and you feel like you're falling even when you're sitting down, or is it just a generally sick, dizzy feeling?
While I agree with Eleftherios that you should see a doctor if you haven't already, I also have another thought. When I was young I often hyperventilated if I got anxious. This is when you quite unconsciously breathe too deeply and/or too fast but without being aware that you're doing it. This "rinses" out too much carbon dioxide from your lungs, which makes your blood fractionally more alkaline than it should be. This in turn alters the body's electrolyte balance, which causes nausea and dizziness (but not a real spinning sensation). Other symptoms can be altered sensation in the finger-tips and around the mouth, and stiffening of the fingers.
What makes me think of this is your statement that it goes away when you're distracted or doing something you like, but comes back when you're not doing anything (and therefore have time to think about whatever is stressing you).
It's a completely harmless condition, even though it can make you feel bad. The body eventually returns to a normal breathing pattern on its own, so you'd never come to any harm in these attacks.
I'm not trying to diagnose you, just making a suggestion that you might like to consider.
Jashenk Elizabethclaris
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Most dizziness is caused by dehydration. Are you drinking enough water. The second leading cause is hypoglycemia. Are you eating well, or are you dieting. The third most likely cause could be a problem of one of your heart valves. Are you lying down and then get up suddenly. Obviously when this happen due to gravity most of our blood goes to our lower bodies, but if it is too much you can get dizzy and nauseated. I need more information to help you. I'm a Registerd Tespiratory Therapist and my husband is an ICU RN, so our knowledge comes from experience. Write me back with more info and I'll see what i can dig up.