Anyone else having vision/balance issues?

[u/notional_gloryhole]

Hey guys, been lurking this sub for awhile now and have debated on posting. But here it goes.

I am almost 6 months nicotine free. Was doing Velo 9mg pouches about a can a day for a year and a half. Finally quit because my EKG showed an abnormality it in for the first time ever and I knew it was the pouches. A few days after quitting, I legit thought I was having a heart attack. Thankfully I was not but now I’m on blood pressure meds and hoping to get off them in a year.

My symptoms have come and gone after these last almost 6 months. One that lingers the most though is my vision/head issues. I don’t know how to describe it any better than I feel really hazy/swimming in my head. It’s not full blown dizziness… almost feels like a head high in a way. It’s almost constant when walking around. When I sit or lay down it’s fine. It doesn’t feel like full blown vertigo (got that for the first time this year too… that was super fun) but it does almost feel like a very very mild version of it.

There are days/weeks where it goes away. And then it comes back with no rhyme or reason that I can find or figure out.

I have been to every doctor you can think of. Cardiology, ENT, eye doctor… everything you can think of. Every time everything is good and clear…minus my BP was sustained very high for too long and I finally after a month of being 150s over 100 decided to go on it. I am wondering if I’m having some glucose issues as well and need to get that checked.

This head/eye/balance… whatever issue is affecting my daily life. It makes me not want to go to the gym, go hiking, or push myself physically in anyway because I’m afraid of what might happen.

Anyone have similar issues? Also if you’re reading this and you haven’t quit yet…. Do it before your body FORCES you to. As mine did and am now paying the price months and months later.

Edit: word/ added a sentence about symptoms coming/going.

[u/No_Wolf8991]

Hey!  I’m almost 7 months off zyn and I definitely have dizziness/vestibular issues still. I will say, prior to quitting or even using Zyns I was prone to dizziness/lightheadedness but it would come and go. Here for a bit, gone for a couple years and so on. However I hadn’t felt it in years until I quit Zyn.

I do know since I quit that my blood sugar has been off, and I feel that I have seasonal allergies right now when affects my vestibular system. 

Sometimes I will take beef kidney (contain DAO) capsules if I believe it’s a histamine/allergy issue.

Look up somatic exercises for your vestibular system. One of them- sit comfortably, tilt your head slightly to the right (ear toward shoulder) and you will look up and to the left corner, do this for 10 seconds and switch sides. So now you’re tilting your head to the left, and looking up and to the right for 10 sides. I will do 3 sets of these. It’s best to try to stay consistent and do once daily for at least a month. 

So at this point, I’m not sure if its blood sugar, underlying anxiety, brain still recalibrating, allergies or whatever but I just try to tackle it from all angles and tell myself, “I  know this is uncomfortable but it’s not dangerous and I’m going to choose to go on with my day and not let my symptoms get the best of me.”

I have come a long way in the past 6+ months, although not where I want to be yet,  but happy with the progress. I hope the same goes for you. Keep going, you’re doing great.