Could Dizziness Be A Panic Attack?

[joeylittle]

Trazadone does cause vertigo in 20-28% of people taking it

I'm curious - can you tell me where you got this statistic from? I can find stats for trazodone and dizziness, but not vertigo...

@DancingBull - I don't know if you've said - are you taking it for sleep or as an antidepressant? Well, really, the only reason that matters is your dose. When I was on it for sleep I ended up at 100mg. once a day (in the evening). The actual dosing protocol for trazodone is to start higher, and end up somewhere between 300-450mg. Essentially, when taking trazodone for sleep you are taking it specifically for the side effect it produces most commonly - sleepiness.

But at those low doses I'm not sure it's the most likely culprit for your dizziness issue.

 

[SabrinaB]

@joeylittle - the reference is Medscape, a resource used by healthcare practitioners. They actually use the term dizziness, so that is my typo. Vertigo is the clinical term for dizziness and I slipped back to medical speak out of habit.

 

[SeaQuel]

@joeylittle I'm taking it solely as a sleeping medication at 50 mg.

You're correct, the traz was not the culprit. I got it all wrong before and there's no need for an ENT. It's just the PTSD. That's all this is. I thought it was different, I was wrong.

 

[Teasel]

Hi there. I've been having trouble with feeling dizzy for some years now. At first I was diagnosed with labyrinthitis. But after no improvement in symptoms for a couple years asked to see a specialist.
He diagnosed vestibular migraines.

I read up all I could and now carefully monitor migraine triggers and have greatly reduced my consumption of migraine triggering foods and drinks.

This has greatly reduced the symptoms. Though it's impossible to avoid every possible trigger (changes in weather for eg)

Sleeping tablets defo are a trigger for me, also caffeine, chocolate, cheese, msg etc.

I also notice anxiety and migraines seem intertwined - sometimes anxiety seems to trigger migraine and sometimes migraine seems to trigger anxiety...

I also have low blood pressure...

Hope your doc can help

Think keeping a diary of symptoms and any possible triggers from the previous 24 hours could be helpful.
All the best.