What provokes my constant constant lightheadedness?
Just like most of you, I thought I was the only one out there with this issue of lightheadedness. I’m 42 and, about 5 years ago, I started having panic attack type symptoms such as rapid heartbeat and feeling lightheaded. I use to worry all the time (just could never totally relax and clear my mind of all worry). My doctor put me on Paxil and it was a difference of night and day. No more worry or rapid heartbeat. But, for the past year, I have had issues with feeling dizzy and lightheaded. It started with a dizzy feeling when I laid on my left side or I tried to get up in the morning and it seemed like it was an inner ear problem. I have had all kinds of tests, including an MRI, and have been to several doctors and ENT’s with no resolution. They thought it was benign positional vertigo and performed a 6 step procedure to try to correct it, but it didn’t work. Within the past 2 weeks, things have gotten worse. I am no longer dizzy; now I am lightheaded 24/7. It seems like it may have so