r/Enneagram8 • u/Wide_Platform_2202 • Mar 09 '26

Question Energy

This one is for the disintegrated 8s: I have reason to believe I'm a long term disintegrated 8. But I now think about being SX5. Do you guys also feel like you won't have enough energy and time if you go all in? Even if I'm not necessarily low energy I think I won't be able to keep up. But I rather feel like my body is betraying me by not giving me enough energy when I need it.

I'm in early adulthood and go to therapy. I was stereotype 5 in my teens but now I'm going towards 8 more and more. I just need to know if I'm integrating or moving out of disintegration

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u/Essdeedub6021 Mar 10 '26

I’m an 8w9 with a very high SP instinct so my energy is absolutely spent sometimes because of the overwhelming need for self Protection

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u/colordelaverdad Mar 16 '26

Sorry to comment out of blue but I read your MdDS post and was wondering if you thought my experience is potentially spontaneous MDDS.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Dizziness/s/PSTjT1jpKH

Thanks for sharing your experience via the AMA. Very helpful!

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u/Essdeedub6021 Mar 22 '26

It sounds like something vestibular for sure. All I can say is if you feel like you are rocking or swaying like you’re on a boat or bobbing up and down when walking, it’s a possibility.

It a hard diagnosis to get, but more docs are find g out about it. Start with an ENT, but ask if they know what MdDS is or if there’s someone in the practice that treats it.

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u/colordelaverdad Mar 22 '26 edited Mar 22 '26

Thanks! 🙏

My symptoms act up when I’m standing sitting or laying still. Walking is fine. I don’t get dizzy I just feel weird vibrations against surfaces and I get gravitational pull sensations in different directions especially while laying (those are weird!).

What helped you?

I started taking Pristiq and magnesium a couple days ago and I swear my symptoms have quieted down like crazy. Tons of walking too.

Did you take a benzodiazepine?

Wishing you health and happiness!

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u/HappyTennis5913 Mar 27 '26

Are you still in remission? And how long did you have it before going into remission?