could someone tell me if falling and blackingout like 4-5 times a week be a seizure or maybe something else i been blackingout alot since may now its worse i was thinking it was panic well i was told by my dr this is medical not mental said you dont normally blackout from panic ok lastnight i was upset about something so i went for a walk i only got 2 blocks down the street and fell and blackout i was on the sidewalk couldnt talk couldnt move do anything i was out cold for like 10 mins some people saw me fall and called the police and ambulance i went to hospital dumb hospital they sent me home said nothing was wrong my dr so far had me wear a 48 hr holter he dont have the results back yet as a small child i did this very same thing so could this be a seizure i had mri and 24 hr holter and brain wave back in feb 07 but my dr said things can change plus in feb i was only falling down ever so often nothing like iam now im blacking out now and its got me scared when the police got there i didnt even know what was going on i couldnt tell them my name i just laid there but finally i was able to but my speech was slured like i was drunk or something which i dont drink so anyone out there do you have any ideals to what this is can this be seizures?????
please help im getting more and more scared everyday i think im going to die my other medical prob i have are hypo thyrold high b/p and some panic thats it oh and also my head has hurt soooooooo back i cant stand it had my first panic attack in feb 06 but the blackingout dont seem like panic .so anyone out there that could help me iam very scared.

Do you know if maybe you are hyperventalating?? I used to blackout from that as a child. How do you feel right before? Normal? I would get very warm and nauseous and then black out. I don't do this anymore but I did suffer from a seizure December 2006. I felt completely fine up until it happened. When I came to, I didn't remember anyone and thought I was back in high school (I am 35). My husband was in the ambulance with me, and I didn't even recognize him.

Have you had an MRI/MRA of the brain? I think that might be something that should be done in trying to diagnose.

Good luck and keep us posted on your progress.

yes just before i pass out my stomach starts hurting really bad and yes i feel normal up till it hits and when i fall im not hypervenlating i just lay there like im asleep my eyes flicker open and shut and sometimes i cant open them at all i lay there and no one can move me as im so stiff my husband tells me afterwards i am incounsions hes trying to talk to me and i cant even hear him then about 10 mins or so i come too very slow though my speech is slow i cant hardly walk so i have to hold onto hubby and then i go lay down and sleep when i had my last spell last thursday i was out cold wasnt hyperventilating i was like i was sleepoing again too i couldnt hear nothing or see till about 10 mins then i heard people talking asking me my name which i couldnt remember at first then i finally got my name and address and phone number out but i was coherent they thought i was drunk i didnt even remember being out on the sidewalk then once i finally woke up i was at the hospital but im going to a specialist in indianapolis for EEG for 3-4 days as when i wore the 48 hr holter my hr went up to 180 and my nerology dr said it showed its very possible its seizures and all along i thought it was panic but i dont believe it was now yes i have some anxiety and take xanax for it but the panic i think is seizures i will know soon and they are coming about everyday now and just before i get one my stomach hurts real bad and go to bathroom get diarea and then get the upset stomach then if im on the couch i just passout then after i wake i go to sleep .oh and i still have those terrible terrible headaches...........
vickie

I am sorry you are going through all of this. I hope you get answers soon. Please keep me posted and I hope you find that it is something that can be treated simply. Take care of yourself!!!