Dizziness and fatigue

[marti]

I know I've asked a lot of questions about this dizziness (lightheadedness), but I have one more. Sorry.

I have this unrelenting fatigue almost every day, along with the dizziness. Can one thing cause the other? Could it be I am dizzy because I feel exhausted? Or maybe the dizziness is causing me to be extra fatigued? Does anyone have any answers on this subject or any suggestions?

I know my anxiety can bring on both these things so I can't rule that out either. I'm really stuck here guys. Thanks.

[loopey]

I don't know what causes what but I am dizzy all day every day and for the past few months have been totally exhausted.

If I were to guess I think the care I have to take with everything because I am so dizzy causes the exhaustion. But I can't say for sure. Sorry.

[marti]

I don't know what causes what but I am dizzy all day every day and for the past few months have been totally exhausted.

If I were to guess I think the care I have to take with everything because I am so dizzy causes the exhaustion. But I can't say for sure. Sorry.

Loopey how do you treat it or deal with it? I'm not dizzy all day, but it comes over me several times during the day. Sometimes it keeps me home and other times I can navigate for short trips to the store. The exhaustion almost never ends. These two things were my first symptoms way back.....

[loopey]

I have asked my MS specialist (2 of them) and another neuro and there is nothing they can give me to help. I just have to be very careful when I am outside because people passing me cause me to lose balance. I have been using acupuncture which helps my balance but has not relieved me of the dizziness. When I am sitting I am OK but I refuse to remain at home all the time. I just have to be very, very careful.

[pennstater]

When I try to push through fatigue or get overheated for too long, I get dizzy. It is when I know there is nothing I can do but rest.

6 weeks of chronic vertigo was my first recognized relapse 25 years ago and several subsequent relapses also involved vertigo. About 9 years ago, I started getting the intermittent dizziness with fatigue and heat.

What has helped me most with fatigue is exercise. But it is a chronic struggle on when to push, and when not too. What works one day may be too much another day.

[Mamabug]

I don't have knowledge to answer your question -- just opinions. O just think that our brains have to work so hard just to do normal tasks that it creates fatigue.

I would guess that dizziness could also contribute to our fatigue. Again, our brain is working harder if we have another symptom to manage.

I would also guess that the reverse could also be true. That our fatigue could contribute to our dizziness. I don't know; we're just all messed up.

[marti]

Yep... this is a tough one. I think the two things go hand in hand. Having another MRI next week. It's been several years and I get so many head pains. Not headaches... just sharp sudden pain... sometimes into my cheeks and jaw. So, it's time to try to put my mind at ease.

Doctors need to consider that their aging patients could be experiencing some changes, related to MS or not, and these things should be checked out. I had to go to a different doctor in order to get a MRI ordered. My neuro is a good one, but still has been dragging his feet on any testing.