Feeling dizzy has brought the depression back, help!

[Spacecadetiscomingtotown]

I have been doing really well recovering from a particularly nasty bout of pnd and panic, them wham! out of the blue I started to feel really off balance about 8 days ago.as each day went on I felt worse.Not like the spinning dizzy you get with labyrinthitis but more a feeling like im swaying all the time and my head feels really heavy and I feel sick.Saw gp yeasterday who reckons it an ear infec, gave me anti-biotics etc.Trouble is today I feel worse, spose i havent given the anti bs time to work, bit all the panicky feelings have come back, along with the is it something more serious?etc thoughts.gp totally unsympathetic, told me to pull myself together.Cant bear the thought of having to feel like this for much longer, didnt help that the gp said some people have been like it for months! Cant walk in a straight line, so cant do any thing at the mo and slowly but surely I feel a little bit more down as each day goes by.

Don't want to impose but have you been on anti-depressants? If you suddenly stop taking them you get dizzy and panicky?

I was on anti ds jst for a week or 2 so when I asked my gp if I could come off them he said it would be fine, that was about amontha go and I have been fine. I DO have a bad earache admittedly and feel like my head is full of cement.But feeling off balance is the one thing that is garunteed to panic me, and it is.

Don't want you to go to bed without someone saying hi. Not an expert, but sorry you're feeling rough. IME, the swaying thing is the "spinning dizzy" lurking in the background. Things that have helped me with this (as well as antibiotics) include laying off the caffeine (in tea and coffee) completely, and drinking water. If the antibiotics aren't working, then tell the doc and make sure you get another type that does work. Ie, don't let it get to you, you've got an ear infection which needs to be cured, no less, no more. Hope you feel a bit better tomorrow morning.

sorry you are feeling rough atm. the anti bs would probably take longer to kick in than this. maybe if you are not feeling better tomorrow call NHS Direct and see what they suggest. is there any other GP at the practice you could see that you get on with better?

in the meantime could you call your counsellor if you felt like you really weren't able to cope, to see if she can suggest anything to help.

sounds like you need lots of rest, fluids etc

Take a few days to relax, pamper yourself and let the anti biotics do their thing, hope you feel better soon

Hope you're feeling better soon - agree with the nhs idea - give them a ring. Best wishes

spacecadet - it really does sound like a horrible ear infection - especially as you have earache. If it is an infection you are bound to feel low so please don't mistake it for depression and go to bed and try and look after yourself, it will pass, honest x E

woke up today thinking I would be cured!!off course I feel no better and feel quite nauseas, my head feels like it might exp[lde,still feel really off balance, alright if I sit still but walking about the house is a joke, feel like im falling over, feel like I have had a stroke, got a brain tumour, menieres desease etc, my mind is working overtime.Why havent the anti bs started to work yet?maybe it isnt an ear infection, but something more serious.I have been like this now for 9 days and it seems to be getting worse, I cant bear it anymore.

the feelings of unreality are back, is this panic?im trying not to panic but its difficult,I cant bear to feel like this any more, what if im like it forever?