constantly off balance or floating feeling

Hi everyone ... Does anyone else have a constant floating sensation ... Or when I'm positioned a certain way I feel off balance ... I might as well tell you that I am always tense from anxiety .. on level 1 to 10 of tension stress or anxiety I am a 10. Could this off balance or chronic floating sensation be some type of damage I've done from tension

Yes, I have trouble with the dizzy/floating sensations too.  It is a pretty awful feeling...so out of control! 

Neuro, I experience this alot myself, it's a very uncomfortable feeling. It almost feels like you're walking on a "slant", kind of like that commercial for that drink to balance your digestion (forget what it's called), and it feels like my legs are like rubber. I take a Benadryl when mine gets too bad, and it seems to work pretty good at taking it away. Hope you are doing well, Fox

Anxiety can cause MANY different physical symptoms, including the "floaty" feeling that we all get sometimes. I'm not a doctor, but i'm fairly sure, because all of your tests came back fine, that this is what's causing your symptoms. I wouldn't worry about it, like I said, if you're comfortable with it, try a Benadryl and see if that helps you. It might make you a bit sleepy, but alot of times it helps calm your anxiety also. Just a suggestion. Take care, Fox

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Thanks Fox ... Benadryl affects my heart :(

OK then, scratch that idea. I guess we'll just have to sit here and feel "goofy" together. LOL!

Hey fox! It makes my heart race and skip beats

WOW! I thought that the benadryl may have been the culprit, but I wasn't sure! I took it for 2 days, the first day I took 1, and the second day I took 2. For those two days AND an additional 2 days afterwards, I was having horrible palps, with the racing heartbeat and "skipped" beats. Hmmmm.... maybe i'll just lay off the benadryl from now on. Thanks so much for your input! Hope you are feeling well!

Well, from your last post, I have not taken any more Benadryl, and guess what.....hardly any palpitations. I say hardly any, because i'm going through perimenopause, so I still do get them from that once in a while, but I was getting them severely from the Benadryl! I had no idea that's what the cause was until I stopped taking them, and began to notice a big change in the frequency.

As far as your "tilting sensation", have you ever been to a chiropractor? You may very well have something "out" in your neck or back. I haven't been to mine in a few years and feel like I really need to go back to see him. I have constant tension in my neck and shoulder muscles also, but mine is due to the combination of fibromyalgia, and the stress from anxiety, and panic attacks.

I hope you get it all figured out, and I want to thank you again for the info on the benadryl! Feel better! ((hugs)) Fox

Hey Neurogurl! I just came across this forum after googling the floating sensation! I have really bad health anxiety!! When I say bad it's more like horrible! I have been a hypercondriach for as long as I can remember!! A few years ago I went through the same symptoms for a long time and I'm not even sure now how they finally went away! But they are back and I've noticed they are back at the same time that I have been experiencing the really bad anxiety problems again!! Are your symptoms any better? I have to say that I was happy to see that I'm not the only one who experiences this! When I try to explain it to others they don't understand what I mean!

Hi FH and welcome!

The OP for this thread is not always here regularly...but if you would like to start a thread of you own, introduce yourself, and talk about this subject, we encourage you to!:)

You can also do a search here at HW by topic. There have been quite a few posts regarding dizziness if you would like to read more.

Please stick around and post anytime...it is helpful to talk with others who understand, and are here to support.

Scaredy Cat

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