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Is vertigo caused by a panic attack?

Asked by tan235 (877points) July 13th, 2011

Hi all,
I am a panic attack sufferer – diagnosed by doctors.
However I have not had a panic attack for a while now and mainly suffer social anxiety but never badly.
About 4 years ago I suffered my first bad bout of vertigo which caused a panic attack, the doctor just prescribed me Xanax.
Since then I’ve had a few of these vertigo attacks, which seem to cause me to have a panic attack, however, is my vertigo associated purely with a panic attack or could something else be going on?
I do have weird popping in my ears all the time, and i need to pop them a lot, however I“ve had this for 4 years – vertigo so I’m assuming it’s not a tumor or something as it would be getting worse.
Sometimes I get it after driving in the car when it’s road is winding and last night I got it after standing up to fast.

It’s freaking me out a bit – any ideas?

Thanks

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