Elevators give me the dizzies, anyone know why ?

Is it only going up or only going down?

That happened to me when I was pregnant with my second son, before I knew I was pregnant. I'm not saying you're pregnant, though. It could be an equilibrium problem, something with your middle ear. Maybe you have sinus problems? Congestion? Whenever fluid becomes trapped in our middle ears, we can experience vertigo or dizziness because that's where our little equilibrium gizmo is located. If it keeps up, I'd advise seeing your doctor about it. If there is no obvious cause, it should be investigated because it could get worse. I suffer from vertigo and my doctor said something about crystals in my middle ear so he's sending me to an ear, nose and throat specialist. I sometimes get ideas from other discussions but usually they just pop into my head at the strangest times. One night, I was almost asleep when an idea popped into my head and I couldn't get to sleep until I came in here, logged into myLot and wrote the discussion. That's usually how mine come about.

Concentrating on your breathing may help, it can be used in various relaxation exercises and may just help when you are travelling in an elevator, remember to breath in deep and slow and breath out, by relaxing your breathing you are much calmer and you should become more used to the movement of the lift. I think worrying is the main issue, do you worry at all, because worrying can cause anxiousness, and anxiousness leads to dizziness, sweating and panic attacks etc.

I don't know why you get dizzy when you step off of the elevator. I don't get dizzy but when I am on the elevator and it first move my stomach always drops and I feel like I am going to throw up. I rarely go on an elevator anymore. Only when I absolutely have to. If there are stairs and not too many, I will walk the stairs. I think for me it is my ears that are the problem. I have something wrong with my inner ears, doctors have given up trying to figure it out, and anything different like an elevator moving, makes me have an attack, I go deaf in my left ear, and I get sick to my stomach. So I try to stay away from elevators as much as I can, along with a lot of other things that bother my inner ears.

Sweetie, I think your blood pressure may need some tweaking. It probably lowers to much in an elevator, with the change in elevation. Go to the doc. Tell her all about it and she'll probably give you some blood pressure medicine. Don't neglect this, Sissy. Mama knows best.

Hey Sissy! I think that you should definitely speak to your doctor! You may have some sort on imbalance that is in your inner ear! I have that and sometimes it can be triggered by different things! It effects your equilibrium (balance). You need to talk to your doctor and see him for an examination to be sure. It is very possible that the movement of the elevator is doing this to you! It could be the pressure and the movement that is affecting your balance in your inner ear. Just go to the doctor and get it checked!

I think this happens because of the shift in the ground. your body is rising and falling unnaturally. The same thing happens to some people when they are driving quickly up a mountain road, or down one. I don't have that problem, but it makes sense why some would/

Yes actually....when I read a discussion sometimes it triggers a memory or something I had thought of a day or two ago... I don't know about the dizziness...must be something in your inner ear or something to do with your blood pressure going up and down...

Hi Sissygrl, are you talking about lifts by any chance? Dreadful things, but luckily there's only one I ever need to use as my shopping trolley won't go up the escalator. Four floorsThat's really bad. Okay here's what you need to do, find a handy responsible 10 year old who is still fascinated by the ghastly things and send him up in the lift with the toddler, pram etc, if he's very responsible you could even send the baby up in said pram, then run up the stairs yourself as your daily exercise and meet them as the doors open. Now the ten year old may still be fascinated by lifts so much he might not require payment at all but if he does a few jelly beans should do the trick. I actually find writing responses to my own discussions give me the new ideas. So tell me how do you feel when someone comes along and revives a 5 month old discussion you'd completely forgotten about?