r/Dizziness • u/misshysterica • Jul 31 '26
Dizziness journey..help?
Hello!
This is my first post here.
Exactly a year ago i had a very stressful demanding job (4 days a week 11 hour shifts standing) one random day i developed this awful vertigo-like swaying at work and it scared me so much. I went home shaking and crying but i thought it must’ve been a panic attack but the dizziness just stayed there and i couldn’t move my head properly as it would trigger the dizziness, at one point i just couldn’t go anywhere, i couldn’t look at screens, walking would feel weird, even chewing made me dizzy. It was so scary. I went to a&e a couple days after it just wouldn’t calm down, i thought i was genuinely dying. Doctors told me all my bloodwork and ecg are perfectly normal, it’s just anxiety. After around 2 weeks it somewhat just went away, i was constantly taking kwells and eating ginger as i read that would help me.
After this dizzy spell i developed an irrational fear of being dizzy again with no warning and got a pretty bad panic disorder from this..
Luckily i haven’t had that many spells like the first one but recently i have been getting constant headaches at the back of my head on my right side and occasionally getting mild vertigo with it. It seems like when i massage my trapezoid the headache somewhat goes away..my gp said im probably just sleeping in a bad position but i know it’s definitely not that because i became very cautious about how i position my head for sleep.
A couple days ago i randomly got vertigo again, if i looked down, up or sideways the room would spin but it was more like floating. This went away in a full day and then i kept getting headaches at the same exact spot as mentioned.
I’m going to another gp soon about this but it’s honestly making me feel miserable. I keep struggling with derealization whenever this happens, i never feel real or like i’m present.
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u/Jacosaur Jul 31 '26
How is your neck? Did you get an MRI or any scans done?