For the past week have been suffering with this extremely unnerving sensation whereby when I am moving from a stationary to a mobile position I get the feeling the ground has just slipped or moved from below me. This has been happening on quite a regular basis over the last week and I am not entirely sure whatâs causing it.
There are a multitude of possibilities but nothing that I havenât done before e.g. weather changes / stressful situations at work / anxiety / heavy weekend etcâŚ
I had this at the very beginning of the illness but it was literally only once and it didnât happen on a daily basis like it has been. One thing I did do a week ago, which I think is highly unlikely but a possibility⌠I had a very heavy leg work out in the gym⌠is it possible that I broke down a lot of muscle and my legs are rebuilding and this has thrown me off somewhat in the process?
I really hate this sensation. I can deal with the rocking and sensation of unsteadiness, but the ground slipping just leaves me feeling like I am going to fall at any given momentâŚ
I occasionally experience something like that, but itâs more of a sudden, quick change from the usual rocking or bobbing pattern- kind of like my head is trying to do a quick spin or jerk, but it doesnât quite get there. Almost like a whoosh and then itâs gone kind of feeling.
Do you have any ear symptoms like tinnitus, a clogged ear sensation or hearing loss?
Lately I have had quite a few ear symptoms, ear pressure and even ear pain over the last week. I wonder whether its linked⌠normally I donât have ear symptoms
I get this a LOTâespecially when I am tired. I HATE IT. Iâll lean against something and it will feel like the wall moves away from me or like someone pulls the floor from under me. I get this symptom oftenâit is probably one of the most commone ones for me. Iâve finally come to recognize it for what it is and to be able to tell myselfâahaâIâm tired. Need a bit more sleep tonight if I can get it.
Not a fun oneâbut not a constant one thank GodâŚ
Have you thought about popping into a clinic just to have someone take a peek at your ear? It would be interesting to know if your eardrum is retracted.
Have you thought about popping into a clinic just to have someone take a peek at your ear? It would be interesting to know if your eardrum is retracted.
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i suppose I could pop to my GP, they have an ENT there. There is certainly something triggering this spike in symptoms. What would make you think the ear drum could be affected? the pain?
I get this a LOTâespecially when I am tired. I HATE IT. Iâll lean against something and it will feel like the wall moves away from me or like someone pulls the floor from under me. I get this symptom oftenâit is probably one of the most commone ones for me. Iâve finally come to recognize it for what it is and to be able to tell myselfâahaâIâm tired. Need a bit more sleep tonight if I can get it.
Not a fun oneâbut not a constant one thank GodâŚ
Have you thought about popping into a clinic just to have someone take a peek at your ear? It would be interesting to know if your eardrum is retracted.
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i suppose I could pop to my GP, they have an ENT there. There is certainly something triggering this spike in symptoms. What would make you think the ear drum could be affected? the pain?
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Yes, the pain and ear pressure⌠Have you recently had a cold, been on an airplane or had environmental allergies?
Close but no. You know those weird body jerks you get right before you fall asleep? Iâve had that reaction once or twice as Iâve âadjustedâ to a movement that wasnt really there. Ahem. Embarrassing.
Donât know whether to laugh or cry⌠in visually stimulating environments I am walking like a penguin because the ground feels sooo unstable! this is insane!!!
donât know about the ear thingâcould beâhavenât read beyond this threadâŚjust sayinâit may or may not be topa related, but for me, it was there before.
After I had appendicitis-surgery in April I had this sensation all the time for a month. Couldnt shower without sitting down because I would fall over. I also couldnât look out anything but a small window during that time because I got very dizzy from all the visual information literally ârushingâ towards me.
After I had appendicitis-surgery in April I had this sensation all the time for a month. Couldnt shower without sitting down because I would fall over. I also couldnât look out anything but a small window during that time because I got very dizzy from all the visual information literally ârushingâ towards me.
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Hi Mikael,
That is exactly how I feel. In visually stimulating environments I feel extremely unbalanced with a lot of ground slips!
Do you put it down to the stress of the operation?
Hi Richy:
I had a similar sensation. When I walked it felt like I was going to go sliding down and I would struggle to maintain my balance and it felt awkward that I would have to walk so slow and look at the ground. It comes and goes. I now get this sensation like Iâm am sinking. I will be walking and out of the blue I feel like I am sinking, itâs really strange.
I get this too - accompanied by a travelator feeling, like at an airport, suddenly iâll be walking and feeling like everything is rushing towards me and iâm moving backwards⌠or vica versa⌠this does come and go- although it has been solid since my neck injury xx
After I had appendicitis-surgery in April I had this sensation all the time for a month. Couldnt shower without sitting down because I would fall over. I also couldnât look out anything but a small window during that time because I got very dizzy from all the visual information literally ârushingâ towards me.
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Hi Mikael,
That is exactly how I feel. In visually stimulating environments I feel extremely unbalanced with a lot of ground slips!
Do you put it down to the stress of the operation?
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Yes the operation made me worse. I did recover a bit after the surgery but then ive kept getting worse slowly but steady again so I have little hope left.
so the ground slipping seems to have calmed down a bit but the ground still feels a lot more âspongy / trampoline like / marshmallowyâ than it normally does. I am hoping this will go to over the next week or so and i will revert to baseline and just the normal dizziness!
Amazing how much I realise now that I actually miss my baseline and in some ways it was not âas badâ as things can getâŚ
