Out of body feeling/dizzy

[hypo5150]

When my HA ramps up I am convinced I have an impending health crisis.  Right now it is a stroke.  I have had this one before.  About five years ago.  My symptoms have been one bout of fleeting vertigo...lasted about 5 seconds or less.  I happened to be moving my head to the side so I assumed it was benign positional vertigo.  Scared me because I was driving.  Since then I have felt sort of like I am going to fall over. It's not lightheadedness or room spinning vertigo.  It's like I am off balance or something.  It's really hard to describe.  I guess my body/head feels like it is lagging behind my brain sometimes.   I have done balance tests and I am perfect with that.  No issues.  I have no other symptoms of a stroke.   I can't duplicate the vertigo/spinning like it occured in the car the one time.  So, I went from thinking it was benign to something more sinister like a mini stroke/TIA that will be leading up to a full stroke.  What is this I am feeling?  Anyone have a better description?  I am about to go nuts with this.  i.e. run to the ER, nuts.

PS  I have spoken with my cardiologist.  She didn't think much of the one incident.  But, I didn't tell her about the "out of body"feeling. 

[lawkcrabb]

I haven't had an out of body experience...but I have had bouts of dizziness feeling like I am going to faint.

I have noticed that if I have one strange feeling, even if it for seconds, I will over analyze it and focus on it making it worse.  We have to remember that things that don't affect most people send us into a tail spin.  Now, what other reason would make you think you are having a stroke and not just making yourself crazy by focusing on this one time thing...and trying to duplicate it (you have to stop that...I am SO guilty of it too)?

[hypo5150]

It's freaking me out.  I felt mildly nauseous this morning.  Like I just got off a carousel.  I'm not dizzy/room spinning but I just feel off balance when I walk.  Again, its very mild so I can't decide if its real or imagined.  I called to make an appt.  Here we go again.