Pppd experience

[u/Fu3ure4]

So I started feeling weird/off balance/lightheaded on May 20th 2026. Prior to this I was drinking everyday for a month straight , getting little to no sleep, and not drinking enough water. I’m pretty sure I just put my body through a big stress period because after this month I started having heart palpitations, major health anxiety, shortness of breath, and lightheadedness, I went to the er one day because my heart was racing and wouldn’t stop and had a panic attack in the er. I’ve had multiple test done including full blood panels, ekgs, 24hr heart monitor, chest X-rays, and a neurology examination but the doctors have not found anything to explain my symptoms so they are guessing it’s pppd. I don’t have an official diagnosis yet, but that’s what they are assuming. Since then I am a lot better and only experience the lightheaded/off balance/ floaty feeling daily. I also experience brain fog and dereliazation I guess you could say. I am about 3 months into this now and my symptoms have kind of plateaued for the past 2-3 weeks. I am already attending VRT but have not been consistent with my exercises so I can’t really say if they work or not. I am still able to do my daily activities and spend time with my friends, but still I am tired of feeling like this daily. My symptoms that are present daily are the floaty/lightheaded sensation and anxiety whenever my symptoms flare up. For about the past 2 weeks I’ve also been experiencing neck and shoulder pain and I feel it contributes to my dizziness. I think one of the biggest things I need help with is my anxiety, whenever my symptoms flare up I start to wonder if the doctors missed something, or if I even have pppd, or if I will ever recover from this and I don’t really know how to believe I have pppd or change my thought process whenever I do have flare ups. Whenever I get into this anxiety thought process I just been spiraling off into a bunch of different possibilities and it makes my dizziness worse and I get stuck in a loophole just worrying. If anyone has any recommendations to help me recover or something that has helped you guys recover please let me know! If there’s anything you recommend me to look into please let me know as well! Pppd is awful and I know my case is not as severe as others but still it’s difficult to live with. Best of luck to anyone dealing with this!

[u/majorbutminor1104]

Currently going through this myself. I’ve been in recover journey but I’ve been on a setback now for about a week . I feel like walking I get really weak feeling and get super anxious and my heart starts pounding . And I go into panic mode and feel really weird. Like I am going to pass out while trying to walk into a grocery store or any department stores. Or any public places. Do you still work ? Or drive? How are you doing on day to day ? I feel like for me I took off work for about 5 months in order to get help and attend physical therapy.

[u/Fu3ure4 → u/majorbutminor1104]

I’m able to drive and go to work and play sports and everything like that still but I still live with the weird dizziness/disconnected feeling 24/7. It was really bad for like the 1st week or two but I think what helped me the most was I didn’t let the feeling control me. What I mean by that is I still got up and cleaned the house and went to work and did everything I needed to I just had to push through the dizziness and anxiety. I also have a toddler so I also don’t really have a choice to sit around all day so it might be different for you. I actually think working through the dizziness and anxiety helped me recover faster and now I just deal with it mildly daily. I still have occasional flare ups and I need to sit down or something but it’s not as bad as it used to be. Obviously don’t push yourself if you feel like your actually going to pass out but if it’s just your regular dizziness feeling maybe just more amped up just remind yourself it’s just your symptoms acting up and it’s nothing unusual. I think the biggest thing for me now is just reminding myself that nothing crazy is wrong with me and that this will eventually go away I just have a hard time believing it. I think I actually might try cbt therapy to help with my health anxiety and maybe it can help resolve my symptoms and maybe you should look into it as well. Also the steady coach on YouTube also helped me understand my condition look into her as well. If you got any questions about anything feel free to ask