Anxiety Symptom: Dizziness - Lightheadedness

Dizziness - Lightheadedness - Faintness

Dizziness is an uncomfortable inner feeling of confusion. The word is used to describe so many different sensations, your health care professional needs to understand exactly what a person means when he or she complains of dizziness.

Your first task then, is to give your doctor a complete personal description of your symptoms. Many people with dizziness have an anxiety disorder. This may seem ridiculous, but a number of studies have shown this to be true. When a small headache accompanies dizziness this is nearly always anxiety.

Studies show reports of severe dizziness are often accompanied by other symptoms such as palpitations or sweating. This sensation is most often described as "dizziness", though it is truly a form of anxiety.

Here are some other words you could use to describe your dizziness:

• Vertigo
• Light-headedness
• Imbalance
• Disequilibrium

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For more information, as well as referrals to specialists and self-help groups in your State, contact:

Anxiety Disorders Association of America
8730 Georgia Avenue - Suite 600Silver Spring, MD 20910
Telephone: 240-485-1001
Fax: 240-485-1035
www.adaa.org

Mental Help Net
CenterSite, LLC
570 Metro Place
Dublin, OH 43017
http://mentalhelp.net/poc/center_index.php?id=1

National Mental Health Association
2001 Beauregard Street, 12th Floor
Alexandria, VA 22311
Telephone: 800-969-6642
Fax: 703-684-5968
(TDD): 800-433-5959
www.nmha.org

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