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ellice10 · 07-09-2008, 12:28 AM

Please read this and tell me what you think happened to me.

I was recently outside one day, it was very very hot and I had gone in a gas station to get a drink with my friend. While I was at the register I started feeling bad. I walked out of the store in a daze and having no real thoughts at all, looked for the closest wall to try and get to. the only this I could seee was a bright light and it seemed like all my other senses had been shut off. The next thing I remember was looking up at my friend wonderig what had happened.

I was really dizzy for the next hour or so and whenever I would try to walk somewhere I would loose my balance and have to sit down. My vision was blury for awhile after.

I have fainted from the heat many times before but it has never felt like this. Whenever I asked my friend what had happened he said that I had a blank stare, fell to the ground, and my body had some violent jerking(which I semi-remember)

Was this just the heat or was it something more serious than that?

AuntieLeela · 07-09-2008, 03:09 AM

I've had fainting episodes that sound similar to your's:

Dazed and confused, the "tunnel" effect, bright light, could hear in an echo-y way but blind, seizure-like tremors, sweating, white as a sheet, hot then icy cold, weak and dizzy for hours after.

I have a dysautonomia that's like Orthostatic Hypotension (sudden low blood pressure). It occurs commonly with chronic autoimmune disorders.

There are a bunch causes for an anoxic seizure (not a true epileptic seizure, it's lack of oxygen to the brain) like you describe, the simplest and most obvious is heat exhaustion. You say you've fainted a number of times? Are you extra sensitive to dehydration for some reason? That might be an easy solution, see your GP for a checkup just in case, and stay well hydrated.

Hypoglycemia can cause fainting and a ton of different Rx medications can cause hypotension.

Fainting is usually benign (other than falling!), another website mentions these as warning signs that something more serious may be happening:

"REMOVED."

drs · 07-09-2008, 04:56 AM

It really sounds like a seizure. I'd got to a doctor for it. Sorry it wasn't what you wanted to hear I'm sure. Please get it checked out though. Diana

ellice10 · 07-09-2008, 10:48 AM

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Originally Posted by AuntieLeela

I've had fainting episodes that sound similar to your's:

Dazed and confused, the "tunnel" effect, bright light, could hear in an echo-y way but blind, seizure-like tremors, sweating, white as a sheet, hot then icy cold, weak and dizzy for hours after.

I have a dysautonomia that's like Orthostatic Hypotension (sudden low blood pressure). It occurs commonly with chronic autoimmune disorders.

There are a bunch causes for an anoxic seizure (not a true epileptic seizure, it's lack of oxygen to the brain) like you describe, the simplest and most obvious is heat exhaustion. You say you've fainted a number of times? Are you extra sensitive to dehydration for some reason? That might be an easy solution, see your GP for a checkup just in case, and stay well hydrated.

Hypoglycemia can cause fainting and a ton of different Rx medications can cause hypotension.

Fainting is usually benign (other than falling!), another website mentions these as warning signs that something more serious may be happening:

"REMOVED."

Well I am anemic and a vegetarian so I seem to faint alot, but it just hasnt ever been like that. Should I go to the doctor?

janewhite1 · 07-09-2008, 11:59 AM

Vegetarianism is not a reason to faint, and if you are anemic it would have to be pretty bad to cause fainting.

Yes, you should get checked out.

What and how much do you eat, by the way?