Terrified I had a mini stroke, can somebody help me?

[Notcopingok]

I don't know what to do. I had 2 gin and tonics last night, all fine, not drunk or anything, drank a big glass of water and then went to bed. Sometime in the night I don't know when I rolled over and woke up and the whole room was spinning really violently - it reminded me of being really drunk about 20 years ago. But I wasn't drunk. I closed my eyes and the spinning stopped after a few mins. But I think I felt disorientated and just wanted to go back to sleep.

My mum died recently and I have some medical issues myself and I am in therapy for extensive trauma around medical procedures and abuse by a trusted healthcare professional, and I just cannot cope with this. I'm trying to google to see how likely it is to be a TIA but my throat starts closing up in panic and I can't breathe. I'm abroad and my GP has no appointments left today. My partner is having a dental procedure today and I don't want to cause worry.

Does it sound like a TIA stroke and I do need to go to get checked out? Or is this a panic response? I don't know how to judge the situation, I'm just panicking really badly.

This a question to ask a medic. If it was a TIA then you are at risk for its bigger brother. The sooner you speak to your GP the better.

Tell the receptionist you think you had a mini stroke and she'll get you in sooner rather than later. Then your GP can take it from there.

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Any medical concern and you obviously should get checked out, but I do wonder if it's anxiety - I quite often wake up when I'm especially anxious feeling like I'm emerging from underwater and can't breathe. It's quite common to have an anxiety surge on awakening

It’s ok, I managed when I was suffering with it. I also saw a chiropractor which helped.