I'm a 21 year old female college student and have commonly(almost weekly, sometimes daily) had bouts of lightheadedness this year, sometimes accompanied by dizziness. My mom thinks it's anemia related to my menustration and it does seem worse a couple days before that, but it doesn't ONLY happen "that time of the month." I wasn't as lightheaded in high school, but would sometimes get lightheaded taking hot showers around "that time of the month" and I had my blood tested for anemia and it came out negative, but my mom's convinced that test was wrong. Perhaps unrelated, in high school I had tension headaches doctors said were related to stress. I have cerebral palsy too, so apparently a muscle in my back is tight that is connected to my head somehow. My mom said the dizziness might be migraines.
Speaking of stress, I have seen professional counseling before and my therapist said I show symptoms of OCD but she didn't want to diagnose me. Maybe this fatigue is anxiety/stress related?
I've had a really busy junior year of college and a weird sleep schedule so that may be the cause, or if not, I'm sure it certainly doesn't help whatever this is. I'm trying to be better about that.
I'm not really experiencing headaches per say, nor do I feel sleepy(though many times it accompanies sleepiness.) It's like a foggy/heavy head type feeling. The dizziness seems to be worse when I'm really tired or really stressed or even really hungry sometimes. I don't feel like I'm going to fall asleep, but like I'm going to collapse, like "shut down." It almost seems to have started when I accidentally took the kind of allergy medicine that makes you sleepy, but that was back in October so I wouldn't think it had such strong lasting effects.
I know my health history is all over the place, but do you have any theories as to what you think it could be? I'm debating going to the doctor but I'm scared he's just going to be like "get more sleep" or something. If it means anything, I feel the fogginess from the side of my head to my forehead. Thanks!
Speaking of stress, I have seen professional counseling before and my therapist said I show symptoms of OCD but she didn't want to diagnose me. Maybe this fatigue is anxiety/stress related?
I've had a really busy junior year of college and a weird sleep schedule so that may be the cause, or if not, I'm sure it certainly doesn't help whatever this is. I'm trying to be better about that.
I'm not really experiencing headaches per say, nor do I feel sleepy(though many times it accompanies sleepiness.) It's like a foggy/heavy head type feeling. The dizziness seems to be worse when I'm really tired or really stressed or even really hungry sometimes. I don't feel like I'm going to fall asleep, but like I'm going to collapse, like "shut down." It almost seems to have started when I accidentally took the kind of allergy medicine that makes you sleepy, but that was back in October so I wouldn't think it had such strong lasting effects.
I know my health history is all over the place, but do you have any theories as to what you think it could be? I'm debating going to the doctor but I'm scared he's just going to be like "get more sleep" or something. If it means anything, I feel the fogginess from the side of my head to my forehead. Thanks!
