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Suggest Treatment For Blurred Vision And Dizziness

This morning while driving I suddenly got blurred vision and felt dizzy with a rapid heart rate. I quickly pulled over and stuck my head between my legs and did deep breathing. I felt fine prior to that. Woke up early, excercised. But skipped breakfast and had only had coffee. I am also under stress and suffer occasionally from panic attacks.
Tue, 24 Feb 2015
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Hi,
Thanks for writing in to us.

It is possible that you had attacks of dizziness and blurred vision due to low glucose as a result of skipping breakfast. Please make sure you eat well in the mornings. What happened is that overnight the glucose levels in your blood came down and then when you skipped breakfast earlier in the day and had only coffee then the blood sugar rose only a little. Essentially the blood glucose level was still below normal. In addition you are also under constant stress. Both these factors caused less amount of glucose reaching your brain and set of a temporary shut down and working on emergency supply. Blurring of vision and dizziness were warning signs that your brain is not getting enough nutrition and it is showing signs of distress.

Please do mental relaxation exercises to keep stress away and eat well before going on drive in the morning.
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Suggest Treatment For Blurred Vision And Dizziness

Hi, Thanks for writing in to us. It is possible that you had attacks of dizziness and blurred vision due to low glucose as a result of skipping breakfast. Please make sure you eat well in the mornings. What happened is that overnight the glucose levels in your blood came down and then when you skipped breakfast earlier in the day and had only coffee then the blood sugar rose only a little. Essentially the blood glucose level was still below normal. In addition you are also under constant stress. Both these factors caused less amount of glucose reaching your brain and set of a temporary shut down and working on emergency supply. Blurring of vision and dizziness were warning signs that your brain is not getting enough nutrition and it is showing signs of distress. Please do mental relaxation exercises to keep stress away and eat well before going on drive in the morning.