Dizziness and Anxiety Disorders are always walking hand-in-hand. All of a sudden you will start feeling light-headed, dizzy or woozy. Some people will even feel that they are about to faint. A lot of people start feeling that something horrible is just about to happen in your life. And they think it’s all over.
But it’s not. It’s pretty easy to control your dizziness, just by following few simple steps I will lay out for you in this article.
Anxiety Almost Always Causes Dizziness
Though different people will mean different things by just saying, “I feel dizzy” it is not that important what exactly you mean by saying that. It is likely that during “dizzy moments” you will feel as if the world started spinning around you, lose balance and will probably want to sit down as fast as possible. When this happens, I would suggest you do what most ballet-dancers do while they spin on one leg: keep your eyes open and focused on one certain spot that is at least few 10 feet in front of you. This little ballet secret will help you to reduce this sensation.
Even if you do not suffer from anxiety, it is pretty easy to get dizzy just by standing up from seated or lying position too fast. This sensation is often called head-rush. What really happens is you temporary lose blood pressure that causes you to feel dizzy.
Do not let your anxiety take a full swing at you with different versions why you are feeling dizzy. Try to stay cool and find out what was the exact thing you did before starting to feel dizzy. This simple step will save you a lot of headache.
Also, if you start feeling dizzy on a regular basis, I would recommend you speaking with your doctor first. The thing is that dizziness can be cause not only by anxiety but also by different viral infections and other inner ear problems. Consulting with your doctor will help you to understand the exact reasons why you feel dizzy whether it’s anxiety symptom or any other illness.
Once you are certain that your dizziness is caused by anxiety, you can start making certain things to make it vanish. I will suggest you a couple of anxiety relaxation techniques that will help you out. I would strongly suggest starting a journal where you will make note of every technique that helps you. It is a huge mistake to trust only your memory for storing things like these. No matter how good you are at remembering things, it is better to have things like this written down.
First of all, try eating at least six times per day with equal time intervals between each meal. This will prevent your blood sugar from dropping too low and since the first symptom of low blood sugar level is dizziness, you will be well off preventing future dizzy moments .
Try removing any kind of refined sugar and stimulants from your diet. Consume more apples, nuts, porridge and pears. Drinking 4-6 glasses of water is also necessary to slash your anxiety symptoms to a minimum.
Adding Vitamin B6 to your daily ration also helps in preventing dizziness since it is very good for your nervous system, which is responsible for supporting your balance.
As soon as you start feeling dizzy start breathing from your diaphragm (learn this kind of breathing especially if you tend to hyperventilate.)