Alison Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 I feel lightheaded, and also on some days I get a number of moments that last about a second where I get a dizzy sort of feeling in my head - it does not effect my balence in any way, it is almost as if there is a tiny seizure in my head - but I don't think it is a seizure. I notice I get them more if I have a hot drink, also after a meal or last week I, perhaps foolishly went to a yoga class in a warm room and had a lot of dizzy moments the next day - I think I got deydrated. Does anyone else get this dizzy feeling. I have been thinking maybe it is caused by missed heart beats? I don't really know how to describe it to my doctor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkd Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 I have little 'blips' that I describe as the feeling when you're on a roller coaster and you're at the top of a drop and right when the coaster goes down, you get that weightless feeling but it's in your head. Or when you're in your car on a country road and you go over a little hill too fast and you get that little lightheaded feeling for just a second.I'm not sure if it's a missed heart beat or a drop in blood pressure??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigskyfam Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 Having an episode myself. Weather has changed here. No longer freezing. Highs in 40s and humidity is high. My episode started yesterday afternoon, no change despite salt, fluids and rest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeforeTheMorning Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 I also get quick blips, and I wasn't really sure how to describe them. I think that dkd has pretty much nailed it though. It is a kind of weightless, not quite in tune with your surroundings, feeling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSmith85 Posted March 11, 2014 Report Share Posted March 11, 2014 Im the episodes I experience are what I would describe as "blurred vision" instead of "dizziness". Objects kinda distort & sway back & forth but my inner balance symptom remains in tact it's just a visual thing for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alison Posted March 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2014 Mine is more like a line of brain cells doing a little twirl for a second, perhaps whilst driving over a hill. Do you think it could be some kind of epileptic activity? Or what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alison Posted March 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2014 I've also wondered if my twitches/jerks were related to epileptic activity? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raisin Posted March 12, 2014 Report Share Posted March 12, 2014 I believe that feeling, if it is what you are experiencing, is called "all gone." I get that feeling when I have PVC's or PACs. Or, I have also experienced "brain zaps" when discontinuing a medicine too fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alison Posted March 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2014 "all gone" is an interesting phrase for it - who calls it that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raisin Posted March 13, 2014 Report Share Posted March 13, 2014 My husband. Hahahaha! Actually, I just asked him and he said he read it as a heart term on the Internet. I googled it and can't find it anywhere. But, it certainly can feel like that so maybe he is right, eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alison Posted March 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2014 Does it relate to the heart then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raisin Posted March 15, 2014 Report Share Posted March 15, 2014 His is related to his heart as he has atrial Fib. I don't know what you are feeling of course. I remember when I first got very dizzy my primary care doc kept questioning me to figure out what to look at. His main question was whether I was lightheaded or dizzy. I couldn't figure out what he was asking me but then he asked if the room was moving. I think vertigo is when the room moves and lightheaded is when you just feel like you are about to pass out. Brain zaps are like an electrical feeling in my head (happened when getting off Effexor for me). I sure hope you feel better! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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