squad i can describe that feeling but need a word

[mollykins]

hhmmmm. . . . thats it, i''ve had a eureka moment, an epiphany. But its not going to look very good at all.

I don't know if everyone gets this feeling (it may be after more than one) but if i have a glass of wine, without food for some reason, which i can only think o do at new year, i feel different but not the light headed part of the feeling, because lightheadedness makes me feel like i'm going to fall over or feint or soemthing similar. The feeling that sometimes makes you want to stare at stuff and a minute later your eyes ae darting round. But not a drunken feeling, because i've never had enough to make me drunken just that lightheaded eyes staring one moment, darting the next, but still being able to do the alphabet back wards and stand on one leg and touch my nose.

does that make sense? can you think of a medical word to describe that feeling?

[mollykins]

what light headed without feeling like you're going to feint?

is it like when you feel sick but you know you're not actually going to be sick?

[mollykins]

if i want to, i can concentrate but when i'm not i jsut stare.

[karenmac60]

I think it's what's known in Scotland as a wee dwam (not to be confused with a dram) - just drifting off into a dreamlike state. I sometimes get it if I'm tired, and it feels almost like a dream with everything feeling very unreal and looking a bit strange, sharper or more colourful or something - like HD tv. It could be that the wine on an empty stomach just makes you more relaxed and sleepy and brings this dwam on.

[Jemisa]

Mollykins, Yes its got a proper name its called Inebriation. Now have a black coffee with 2 sugars and then back to bed with you....... Tckh, Tckh!

Aunty Jem

[Hometownglory]

I get that when I'm really tired but that's just tiredness lol.

But my friend has something that kind of sounds like what you're describing, her eyes will just stare in to space and she can't really stop it, it just sort of fades itself. Her doctor said it is a very mild form of epilepsy.
You should maybe see your GP if it's happening so often.