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Suggest Medication For Frequent Lightheadedness
I have what I discribe as lightheadedness that only lasts about a second. This happens 10-20 times a day. It is just more of an odd feeling in my head. I don t fall and I m not unstable at all. No headachs or other pains. The lightheadedness is very light but notacable for sure
Tue, 7 May 2019
Hi,
Why suggest a medication as opposed to looking for the UNDERLYING CAUSE? There's virtually nothing more vague to assess and treat than the symptom of lightheadedness which is even sometimes hard to pin down from patient to patient as to what they exactly MEAN? Make sense?
If this is something that's recently started then, check out any new medications you may be on...especially antidepressants, heart drugs, and blood pressure drugs. If any of those types of medications are recently prescribed since this symptom started then, there may be something there to go to your doctor about.
If not, how about changes to your diet or hydration habits? If you're skipping meals, going on crash diets, or not drinking enough WATER WATER WATER....then, these symptoms may be present as well. Could you be having OCULAR problems, in need of a change of eyeglass prescription, or just in need in eyeglasses?
Are you looking at a computer screen for too long per day...or at a time? Then, there is always the wildcard of stress, anxiety, depressive mood disorders that could sometimes kick in without realizing. Have there been recent changes in life events, financial status, job, or romance status? Could these be impacting how you are feeling?
So as you can see, the cause of your symptoms can be so wildly varied that the likelihood of finding or being prescribed a Single medication for your 10-20 episodes of this symptom is extremely small.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Dariush Saghafi,
Neurologist
Why suggest a medication as opposed to looking for the UNDERLYING CAUSE? There's virtually nothing more vague to assess and treat than the symptom of lightheadedness which is even sometimes hard to pin down from patient to patient as to what they exactly MEAN? Make sense?
If this is something that's recently started then, check out any new medications you may be on...especially antidepressants, heart drugs, and blood pressure drugs. If any of those types of medications are recently prescribed since this symptom started then, there may be something there to go to your doctor about.
If not, how about changes to your diet or hydration habits? If you're skipping meals, going on crash diets, or not drinking enough WATER WATER WATER....then, these symptoms may be present as well. Could you be having OCULAR problems, in need of a change of eyeglass prescription, or just in need in eyeglasses?
Are you looking at a computer screen for too long per day...or at a time? Then, there is always the wildcard of stress, anxiety, depressive mood disorders that could sometimes kick in without realizing. Have there been recent changes in life events, financial status, job, or romance status? Could these be impacting how you are feeling?
So as you can see, the cause of your symptoms can be so wildly varied that the likelihood of finding or being prescribed a Single medication for your 10-20 episodes of this symptom is extremely small.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Dariush Saghafi,
Neurologist
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