Weird feeling of everything moving very fast

shooby · Jan 28, 2018, 09:33 AM

Hi. Same as many others here, late to reply to original posting. I'm 42. Been suffering from SIBO (kind of IBS) with chronic constipation and abdominal pain for may months, and lately almost every day, ending up in ER often, close to death from pain and weakness...this may be contributing, also took 5-htp twice yesterday, 50mg each time, and have been taking boswellia (frankincense), took that a few hours ago, had abdominal pain, feeling very unlike myself and not relaxed, trying to go to sleep, watching a video on the internet and EVERYTHING SEEMED SPED UP, the movements of the people, speech, sound, like it was in fast forward...tried watching some videos I am used to, know well, they seemed sped up, too. Called crisis line, the dial tone was even sped up, everything was. I put heating pad on my abdomen, called a nurse's hotline, very gradually things started getting more normal speed, but still off. ALSO, HAVE BEEN NOTICING RINGING IN MY EARS, unusual type of ringing for me. Interesting too because yesterday I went to get my hearing checked, had to make an appointment, and there was something about how hearing problems can affect the mind (my hearing was damaged/decreased recently when I took an antibiotic to try to treat the SIBO.) I have never had this sped up thing happen to me before, that I can recall. Very frightening. Grateful there is this forum, and I am not the only one it sounds like. Hope we can figure it out.

Imfuxkeduptoo · Feb 18, 2018, 03:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Toller

Hi,

Not sure what this is. For as long as I can remember I get this strange feeling coming over me every now and again where everything around me and myself is moving extremely fast, a bit like watching a video tape in fast forward, even slight movements seem fast and anything I hear seems fast as well. I don't know if my breathing becomes fast or not but it seems like it to me. I have to sit or lie still without moving and keep my eyes shut and concentrate on my breathing (slowing it down whether it is fast or not) until it passes. It can last for anywhere between 1 to 10 minutes and can happen anytime, anywhere for no apparent reason. I could be in a busy crowded street or lying peacefully in my bed just resting. It used to happen maybe only 2-3 times in a year maximum but it has happened several times in the last few months. There's also another strange feeling that comes along with it which is difficult to describe. It's like distances and objects are warped (nothing to do with my sight as I can see it is normal) but it "feels" like an object or thing can be both up very close to me almost touching and yet miles away from me at the same time and my body can "feel" like it is huge and bloated and also small and paper thin. In a way like one of those optical illusions like the old woman and young woman or the duck and the rabbit where at one point you see the duck and then suddenly with barely a shift you see the rabbit only it's not optical, it's a "feeling". I spoke to my therapist first about it but she told me to speak to my doctor, but then my doctor thinks it's in my mind???? The same doctors that told me my headaches and dizzy spells were in my mind when I actually had high blood pressure causing them!!!! Took them 3 years to figure that one out. Has anyone experienced these same feelings or have any idea what it is?

I used to get the fast feeling too, it comes every now and then. For me its like everything is fast forward now what I see but what I would do, like I would feel energetic is some type of way and i would make very fast movements because id feel like everything was faster than usual. When this happens to me I usually take deep breaths and close my eyes. I searched this online and it said something like nervous system disorder, idk u should check it out too... But I don't have those "optical illusions"

Ramses28 · Feb 22, 2018, 10:26 AM

Hey sir/ma'am
I have the exact two fellings except that the fast moving stuff came latley but the last one *the far near objects* has been coming too me as lomg as i can remember and it just comes when iam closing my eyes and try to sleep i keep imagining something so near and when i touch it, it is so far away and my body too sooo small and soooo big at the same time i tried searching it before but i couldn't because i lacked the way to express it
So if you found out what is going on please tell me thank you

Shadow34 · Jun 03, 2018, 05:54 PM

Ive had the same experience with everything feeling like it was in fast forward, but with mine it all felt slow, i could feel and see them simultaneously happening, its happened all my life, and i dont really have an affective way to stop it either, most years it only happened a handful of times, some years it would happen couple times a month, with the feeling of fast and slow, i could feel the distance between everything warping and a needle like pressure throughout my body but alongside that was a bloatedness pressure too, i could spead it up and make everything go really fast too, and peircing sound in the air that would fluctuate in volume

paulcook22222 · Jun 04, 2018, 08:35 AM

Hi Toller,

I am just as confused as you are... I remember that i used to get this exact same feeling.... when I was young.... its very hard to explain it...but it felt like I has really really really large....but small at the same time.... when i pick something up..it felt like it was really large but it really wasnt in actual life.

I would get a flash back of racing games...and i would remember that i would be playing the game and suddenly the dirt and stuff would fluff out....

I felt at one point that i had left my body and I was somewhere in the corner of the room towards the roof.... at a microscopic level.... weird i know.

I would move very slowly..but the feeling i get was as if I was running super fast like the speed of light....

Rocky 1-2-3 would constantly flash... only the stressing levels would show..where he would work out...somehow i was effected by this.

I saw my mothers head on the TV station area...behind the glass. one time... it kinda flashed..so when i looked again it was not there...

My breathing would become sooooo heavy.... but at the same time very light... if I tell my self i can control it...slowly it would control...but then i get the thought to go crazy...and suddenly every thing goes soooooooooo fast,....
I though it was panic attacks...till i found out that that is not no where close to a panic attack.

Does anyone out there knows what this is?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Toller

Hi,

Not sure what this is. For as long as I can remember I get this strange feeling coming over me every now and again where everything around me and myself is moving extremely fast, a bit like watching a video tape in fast forward, even slight movements seem fast and anything I hear seems fast as well. I don't know if my breathing becomes fast or not but it seems like it to me. I have to sit or lie still without moving and keep my eyes shut and concentrate on my breathing (slowing it down whether it is fast or not) until it passes. It can last for anywhere between 1 to 10 minutes and can happen anytime, anywhere for no apparent reason. I could be in a busy crowded street or lying peacefully in my bed just resting. It used to happen maybe only 2-3 times in a year maximum but it has happened several times in the last few months. There's also another strange feeling that comes along with it which is difficult to describe. It's like distances and objects are warped (nothing to do with my sight as I can see it is normal) but it "feels" like an object or thing can be both up very close to me almost touching and yet miles away from me at the same time and my body can "feel" like it is huge and bloated and also small and paper thin. In a way like one of those optical illusions like the old woman and young woman or the duck and the rabbit where at one point you see the duck and then suddenly with barely a shift you see the rabbit only it's not optical, it's a "feeling". I spoke to my therapist first about it but she told me to speak to my doctor, but then my doctor thinks it's in my mind???? The same doctors that told me my headaches and dizzy spells were in my mind when I actually had high blood pressure causing them!!!! Took them 3 years to figure that one out. Has anyone experienced these same feelings or have any idea what it is?

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