this happened a while ago but still don’t know the reason. also can’t find much online that sounds like what i experienced.
so a while ago i was sitting at work and suddenly felt very lightheaded with a fullness in one ear. i also felt very sweaty, almost like a cold sweat, and felt tingly all over, almost floating (similar to being high is how i would describe the body tingles). i felt dizzy but not “the room is spinning” kind of dizzy, just extremely disoriented. i had tunnel vision, as if my eyes couldn’t fully focus on what i was seeing, and felt slowed down in my head, like i wasn’t fully “there.” i tried to brush it off and continued my work, i could fully still talk, walk, etc, but it was difficult to maintain my composure because it was such a severe feeling, like being RIGHT on the verge of passing out for an hour straight. i felt a sense of something being really really wrong. i ate lunch hoping i was just hungry (this was about 12pm and i hadn’t had anything other than coffee and water all morning, but that is very typical for me so i don’t think it is the cause) but it made no difference. this lasted for about an hour before i left work and went to urgent care. by the time i got there i felt normal again, but still a bit fatigued and confused about what had happened.
my heart rate was very high, but everything else was normal. they say it was likely anxiety or POTS, but to come back if things worsened. i felt like neither of these made sense because i wasn’t stressed or anxious at all when it happened, and i was sitting down and hadn’t made any sudden movements.
two days later the exact same thing happened again, but without the fullness in the ear. i was sitting when it happened once again. lasted maybe 30-40 minutes, i left work again, went back to urgent care, they did an EKG, totally normal. heart rate was fine this time. they said probably anxiety again. maybe something with blood sugar but they were doubtful. they said i could go to a specialist but i didn’t want to pay if it really was just anxiety.
i almost felt it coming on again a few days later, also at work, but it was much less intense and went away within minutes. since then, several months have passed and it hasn’t happened again. does anyone have any idea what this could have been? i’m not super concerned since it seems to have “gone away” but just really confused and curious. i have no other known health problems and it was a very strange feeling that i can barely describe. in the past i’ve had panic attacks, intense anxiety, have fainted before, and get migraines regularly, but i have never felt something like this before.