Question: Hi, I have a history of anxiety and I wasn’t sure if the symptoms I’ve been having are consistent with anxiety.
After long car drives it feels like I have been on an elevator and that I am still in motion; I get dizzy and disorientated and off balance.

This feeling occurs even when I haven’t driven. Sometimes it feels as though I get acute attacks where my left hand partially locks up and my legs go stiff; my body becomes all rigid and I have to grab onto something because I feel like I am going to fall. My whole body locks up and my left hand always clenches and legs go stiff and painful.

I don’t know if this is perhaps a reaction to my lamictal or Ritalin or if it is something more sinister. The leg sensation and feeling like I am floating and off balance is very disturbing and I feel like it is something more sinister and I am going to fall over. Can you please help me. I know the set of symptoms sound silly but I am so stressed.

Yes, I am taking diazepam and it seems it does occur after taking this sometimes. It feels like I am rigid sometimes. I do get back pain and stiffness but don’t know whether that is anxiety or overuse? It feels like I am sauntering instead of walking