Lightheaded and dizzy... WTF is wrong with me?

[queenoftheslatterns]

I have been feeling off colour for a few days now and today feel very lightheaded, very, VERY dizzy and sort of disconnected (iykwim) i dont feel ill as such, just a bit sicky, tired and not at all right. I have eaten plenty today (even if I hadn't, I am used to going days without eating) I have been tested many, many times for anaemia and i am all clear. any ideas o'wise mners?

Bug of some sort [helpful].

Or pg?

Ears? they contribute to dizziness.

Low blood pressure?

not pregnant, only just finished period. possibly a bug. I was very ill before Xmas with perforated eardrum, chest infection and laryngitis.

Iron deficiency isn't the only one that can affect you. Other levels go up and down. I have a vitamin d deficiency for example and in the long winter months can get very dizzy and lethargic. So, other vitamin/mineral level or thyroid or b12.

Or just a virus. Most likely if it's sudden onset.

Dizziness and oddness often ears too. Labyrinthitis?

Ah - could it be labyrinthitis?

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I often feel dizzy, light headed and disconnected.

I did have concussion in November though.

My tests are always fine too.

My blood pressure is on the low side, and when I get overtired it seems to drop, and I get lightheaded, dizzy and disconnected. What's your blood pressure normally like, and are you more tired than usual?

Otherwise could be an ear infection as meltedmarsbars suggests. Either way a visit to the doctor is probably in order..

sh bugger. was hoping to not have to visit the doctor. i dont think its my bp (undre a bit of stress at the mo, so really bp should be higher than usual, but ears are sore at the mo.

ok, will have to call docs in the morning, if anything its got worse and Ive been sitting down and resting all afternoon. i feel like fainting now and im just sitting on the sofa!

Have you phoned?

I have had lots of fainting issues on the run up to me being poorly, and it turns out that part of my probs are due to being low in pottassium.

hope you get sorted tho.....you need to be checked over, just feeling faint while sitting is not good.

i tried to get an appointment but none left for today, i still feel the same today. I am very tired, and not quite with it. very odd.

are you feeling any better now?