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You shouldn't drink and drive.

Seriously, sounds like an inner ear problem similar to motion sickness. Talk to your doctor. He will be familiar with this, I'm sure.

-Ken

I was thinking vertigo as well.

The Epley Maneuver worked for my vertigo, per my doctor. But not immediately, had to be patient. If that is what's going on with you.

https://www.webmd.com/brain/home-remedies-vertigo

My heart isn't perfect but I don't think that's it. It has happened after 5 minutes on the road. My work is very inconsistent. I may be at a desk for hours, then climbing in and out of fire engines and ambulances doing maintenance or hand loading a 1,000 pounds of computer surplus on a truck. I am typically 50% desk work and 50% "field" work.

Sounds like those inner ear crystals could be the result of chronic dehydration or a magnesium deficiency.

Sounds like anxiety, but doesn't if that makes sense. I used to take lisinopril and the only time it ever made me dizzy was when Dr gave me a higher dosage than needed. Even then it was only when I bent down and stood back up.

See a dr and ask about Vasovagal Syncope along with a complete physical.

Too bad the Dumbassed Corksuckers on the Fire ran Doc Rocket off.

Of course, they werent Drs because they couldnt be perfect and most couldnt have gotten into med school or survived it if they would have.

Blood sugar? Or Faster motion vertigo. Does the freeway have noise walls? Lack of orienting to landscape

Just go to the doctor before you wreck.

Quit drinking before driving.

It's claustrophobia. Move to a rural area.

This.....get tested for Menieres. My daughters is so bad I don't know how she survived before treatment. She'd have attacks on the freeway and seemed to always muster enough to get out of harms way and get to a parking lot. She described it as having intense seasickness along with the worst hangover ever. It was bad enough she couldn't get up out of the floor and had to call her ex for help....thats pretty bad.

I've had this happen on and off for about 4 years now. It's freaky for sure.

I think in my case it was blood sugar related. When I found out mine was sky high, I made some diet changes. So far so good with the driving dizzy spells and warding off the 'beetus.

Ahhh...

Bullshit....

Good drama attempt though.

Non-sustainable Vtac is not life threatening. Does not usually interfere with driving ability. And is little more than an inconvenience. Not that any paramedic would know the difference. Most ER physicians don't either.

Last time I was in an ER getting a leg xrayed, in 2018, the nurse who tried to take my BP told the Doc that I had an active arrhythmia. It was no surprise as I had told her the same thing before she tried to take the BP.

I had a long history of NS VTac going back to 2015. Had had one previous ablation in 2016, which kept it at bay for about a year and a half.But it had reappeared months before and was increasing in episodes per day.
Anyway, the ER doc had an ekg done, and immediately called the on duty Cardiologist, who happened to be my primary Cardio guy. He asked to speak with me on the phone, and advised me to call my ElectroCardioPhysiologist the next business day. He then got back on the phone with the ER doc and told him there was no cause for immediate concern.
I wore a monitor for 48 hours every 6 months in those days and they knew what was going on.

But the ER Doc went nuts. Immediately ordered a $3000 ambulance ride to a city 70 miles away with a higher level of cardiac care ($21000 a day). This was the hospital where my Electrophysiocardiologist practiced. He wasn't on duty that night, so I had to wait til the next day to be released.
EPC told me to maintain my biannual monitoring routine, which led to a 2nd ablation in 2019 that has cured me of all VTac.

I get it that if you're just a paramedic you need to treat everything as a worst case scenario. But my primary cardio guy here locally told me when he first diagnosed me that it wasn't dangerous, and of little concern until it reached a certain number of episodes per day, at which time treatment is indicated, either through medicine or surgery (ablation). He told me to live normally, drive, work, and carry on as usual.

I hit the treatment threshold twice, having an ablation once, and then, after it reoccurred was eventually put on meds til I could get an ablation at an advanced facility.

The worst part of the VTac that I experienced was in trying to shoot groups with precision rifles. Complete PITA...

I was on a med once that gave me Afib when I peed. I'd be taking a leak and almost passport. My pulse would go crazy fast and irregular.
Stopped the med and no more problems.

Bb

LOL that could get embarrassing at the sports bar.

Do not report such to the doctor, or if one does, try to flavor it mildly. An elderly neighbor had his driver's license voided within a day of admitting such. Really took the wind out of his sails as that was his last bit of independence.