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re: Getting vertigo when driving over big bridges?
Posted on 1/29/23 at 9:14 am to LSUfan4444
Posted on 1/29/23 at 9:14 am to LSUfan4444
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do you take it daily, only when you know you're driving the bridge? How does that work for you?
If it’s something occurring on a daily basis, they can give you something else for anxiety. In my case I go through 30 .25 mg of Xanax about every 3 months.
It does sound like a panic attack. It comes out of nowhere-mine began a few months after my father died, and I was under some stress seeing about my mother. I was traveling back and forth over the Basin, and bridges were just getting to me. Night driving can also get to me. It felt as if something had literally snapped in my head. Something I had been doing for decades, became impossible for me to continue doing.
You can take something that’s non-addictive, and the relief will be considerable.
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Posted on 1/29/23 at 9:25 am to athenslife101
Cross that bridge when you come to it
Posted on 1/29/23 at 9:25 am to newmexicotiger
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Cross that bridge when you come to it
if there's spilt milk flowing beneath it don't cry
Posted on 1/29/23 at 9:28 am to athenslife101
A lot of people in here need to sack up. I love driving in the right lane across the old bridge in Baton Rouge. You can see down and it’s almost like there’s no guardrail.
Posted on 1/29/23 at 9:29 am to The Boat
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You can see down and it’s almost like there’s no guardrail.
subtle my F-250 is lifted brag
Posted on 1/29/23 at 9:33 am to athenslife101
Im shocked to see this thread.
I almost have an anxiety attack going over the Sunshine or Huey P Long and my whole family picks on me for it. Been like that my whole life.
Glad to see its not just me.
I almost have an anxiety attack going over the Sunshine or Huey P Long and my whole family picks on me for it. Been like that my whole life.
Glad to see its not just me.
Posted on 1/29/23 at 9:33 am to Traveler
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a driver in the right lane and as we approach a bridge, they will move over to the left lane even if it means holding up faster moving traffic. As soon as they cross the bridge, they will ease back over to the right lane
As shitty as that seems I understand it. You feel more in control with the side of the bridge closer to you on the left. When the lake is really windy or foggy, I sometimes hug the left lane on the Causeway. I do move right for faster traffic though.
Posted on 1/29/23 at 9:35 am to athenslife101
I've been dealing with vertigo all morning 
Posted on 1/29/23 at 9:50 am to athenslife101
lake charles has one you should avoid.
similar one in south georgia/florida.
real steep.
you gotta breathe very intentionally.
extra credit if theres ice on the bridge. i can hardly breathe crossing icy bridge. one false move and you are spinning out of control. dont even sneeze.
similar one in south georgia/florida.
real steep.
you gotta breathe very intentionally.
extra credit if theres ice on the bridge. i can hardly breathe crossing icy bridge. one false move and you are spinning out of control. dont even sneeze.
Posted on 1/29/23 at 9:52 am to athenslife101
I kind of get it when I drive up high mountains.
Posted on 1/29/23 at 10:27 am to A Menace to Sobriety
Are you drinking a lot of diet sodas?
Posted on 1/29/23 at 10:28 am to CelticDog
they pretreat them for ice or close them down if they’re iced up baw
Posted on 1/29/23 at 1:42 pm to athenslife101
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Posted on 1/29/23 at 3:26 pm to athenslife101
Posted on 1/29/23 at 3:55 pm to athenslife101
My first experience of this type was on a ski lift. Even though I was not high off the ground being able to see down the mountain freaked me out.
I developed a fear of bridges while crossing in Mobile as I approached the curve on the East side. A fatal falling accident had happened recently at work so the doc prescribed Lexapro, he said trauma was inducing panic.
I do occasionally still feel a cold chill in my spine as I go over but I have trained myself to focus on the lane marking line and not look away if the panic sets in. I know I can follow that line on flat ground. The old Rainbow Bridge is a no go for me
I developed a fear of bridges while crossing in Mobile as I approached the curve on the East side. A fatal falling accident had happened recently at work so the doc prescribed Lexapro, he said trauma was inducing panic.
I do occasionally still feel a cold chill in my spine as I go over but I have trained myself to focus on the lane marking line and not look away if the panic sets in. I know I can follow that line on flat ground. The old Rainbow Bridge is a no go for me
Posted on 1/29/23 at 4:03 pm to A Menace to Sobriety
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I kind of get it when I drive up high mountains.
Me too when going up the mountain but no problem when going down. If I’m approaching a mountain curve and all I see is sky ahead, then I sorta freak out.
Posted on 1/29/23 at 4:14 pm to athenslife101
That’s crazy - I started getting anxiety a few years ago driving up bridges as well.
Posted on 1/29/23 at 4:19 pm to athenslife101
I wouldn't say that I have any trouble going over bridges, but I do occasionally have bad dreams about them .... like going up the bridge at too fast a speed and never coming down.
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