What could be causing this dizziness?

Hi Angie,

I plan on getting a referral to an ENT this wednesday when I visit my doctor again. As for vertigo, my neurologist gave me low doses of valium to treat my anxiety, vertigo, dizziness, and also panic attacks.(I had one at night because I thought I was dying from a brain tumor)

Ill definetely check out the YouTube videos, thanks for the recommendation! Hope you're getting better as well if not already good!!

Thats crazy.. I feel like we have EXACTLY the same problems.. I remember in the summer time, I would feel dizzy for a couple of days but never thought of it as anything serious since it would go away in a couple of days.. then I realized I only felt that way when it was extremely humid out. Now im feeling the symptoms again.. and its probably not a coincidence that i've been studying my butt off for midterms and dealing with all these extremely tough classes in my senior year of college.. 

Hey there, yes, that is another thing, the heat. When I think back on days out when it was really humid, the dizziness would hit me and then go away.  The other thing I forgot to mention is if you are clenching your teeth throughout day and/or night. If u are, could be that your temporomandibular joint is sore and inflamed which can cause our headaches as well. I ended up getting a night guard, need to get fitted for one, and it has helped with the tightness around jaw. Just a thought.

Actually, just now my daughter texted me saying she had to get out of her lecture fast cuz she was so dizzy she thought she was going to pass out. She's away to university and is cramming for tests/exams, and like you, misses meals cuz she wants to cram it all in and get a good mark. Like my neurologist said, tension in ur head is like a big band that is being pulled really tightly, which causes pain and this tightness of muscles around ur head and ears plays havoc with ur vestibular system. Taking over the counter headache pain relief drugs can cause a rebound effect, creating more headaches, a vicious cycle. Missing meals is another big trigger for headaches. Valium is really effective to calm you but super addictive, I am surprised he prescribed that. Unless he is giving u a short supply to get u thru ur studies right now. Good luck with ur midterms, hope this will be over soon for you. 

Yeah I feel you, my dizziness isnt the type where I can walk, I can do my daily tasks fine, it literally just feels like im inbalanced as well. I also get a bit dizzy when I look around too fast, someone mentioned on this thread about youtubing videos, I did the 6 minute excercise and I swear I feel a little bit better already. The particular one that helped me was closing my eyes, and balancing myself on one foot. It sounds weird, but once I got myself to balance for 30 seconds with my eyes closed on one foot, I felt a ton better. Giving that a try for yourself wouldnt hurt either. Best of luck bro

Thanks for the YouTube tip. I'll definitely search for the exercise once I get home.

As for your symptoms, do you have headaches as well?

What tests have you done so far?

Grab magnesium oil for ur headaches it's a godsend

Headaches arent too much of a problem for me, i've been dealing with them my whole life so I really never counted it as a symptom for it. But my migraines includes pain behind my eyes, and head pressure/throbbing literally all over my head. Like one day it will be on top of my scalp, the next day itll be on the back of my head, side etc. 

For my tests, im a huge hypochondriac so I was freaking out thinking I had a brain tumor, I demanded a MRI from my neurologist and had that done today, thank god he said im clear from a tumor or anything drastic like that. Also did an EEG to check how the activity level was going on in my brain. Once I was clear from anything life threatening, it was a huge relief and I felt almost better immediately.

How does magnesium oil work, do you literally rub it on your head? Lol, never heard of that one

I also meant "my dizziness isnt the type where i CANT walk" in my last reply. So if im not mistaking, we got very similar symptoms. It shouldnt be anything serious, most likely an ear infection as other people said 

It's not an infection as such. More a virus that attacked the inner ear :-)

Thanks for the reply.

My headaches are mostly at the temples and sometimes at the back of my head as well.

I'm a hypochondriac too which got my primary care physician to referred me to a psychologist just because he isn't able to pinpoint the cause but I'm not blaming him.

Like you I was super scared of having a brain tumor so I did an MRI last week. While waiting for the results, I scoured the Internet on how to interpret the images (the kind radiographer gave copies to me) and I got more afraid but when I collected the results the radiologist said my MRI looks fine.

What medication are you on now?

U can put it on ur temples or even ur feet haha. Gets absorbed in the blood stream so doesn't matter where u put it :-)

Yup I think they sound similar.

I have dizziness when I look at certain things fast and then the head pressure comes.

I just had my MRI yesterday actually, didnt get the official report, but I gave my neurologist the CD and he checked it out for me, told me he understood and knew how to read the report and said I was fine. Hopefully thats the case when the "official" results come back as well. 

Also, my neurologist referred me to a phychologist as well because he thinks that my negative MRI results just goes to show my symptoms are from anxiety. As for medication, the neurologist prescribed me Valium to reduce anxiety, vertigo, dizziness, etc, but im not taking it either since ive been feeling good the whole day after him telling me my MRI looks negative.

Haha I know that feeling when you get the "all clear" but it was shortlived for me.

I was feeling okay when I got the results but I got a terriblw headache the next day.

Im guessing headaches arent normal for you? I live a pretty unhealthy life, not gonna lie, so they dont surprise me too much. Im 21, in my senior year of college so im just grinding it out, studying alot, eating one meal a day sometimes to make sure I get good grades lol. So the stress of school, exams, and calorie deficit is most likely the reason for my migraines. Maybe you should figure out what triggers your headaches? Atleast you know you wont die from it since you had your brain checked out, that itself was my biggest relief lol

I get tension headaches off and on sometimes but recently its constant with the dizziness as well.

How are you feeling today?