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What Causes Constant Fainting Feeling?
Question: Hello, I've been fainting for the past 17 years, they happen all the time, usually from standing, but sometimes while sitting or for no reason. If I'm standing and can feel it coming I'll try to get on the ground because I've fallen over too many times in the past. Usually before an episode I'll get tunnel vision and my mouth will taste metallic, and my tongue feels numb, I hear ringing sometimes, and my ears feel like they have built up pressure. When it happens it feels like a dream, actually a lot of the time I feel like I'm half awake but can't do anything about it and a lot of times I feel myself shaking or twitching from trying to keep my arms or head up. I feel almost like these could be seizures but i doubt it. It just sucks.
There was one time that my eyes hurt really bad right before and I wet myself and I was completely unconscious for that.. But yeah. That was once. When I was younger I'd just wake up and had realized I'd fallen and broken objects because I'd just fall over on things. But I kinda know when its gonna happen now.
I'm 23 and I'm really sick of fainting. I know lots of people who faint sometimes but it happens to me multiple times a week and I just feel so groggy afterward. Can anyone help? Does this sound normal?
There was one time that my eyes hurt really bad right before and I wet myself and I was completely unconscious for that.. But yeah. That was once. When I was younger I'd just wake up and had realized I'd fallen and broken objects because I'd just fall over on things. But I kinda know when its gonna happen now.
I'm 23 and I'm really sick of fainting. I know lots of people who faint sometimes but it happens to me multiple times a week and I just feel so groggy afterward. Can anyone help? Does this sound normal?
Brief Answer:
Tests needed to have a correct diagnosis.
Detailed Answer:
Hello and thanks for using HCM.
I have read your query and understand your concerns.
In my opinion, two are most probable conditions that cause you fainting:
1. seizures
2. postural ( orthostatic) hypotension, or lowering of blood pressure pressure when standing.
You need appropriate tests for both these conditions, in order to have a correct diagnosis.
There is need for brain function study (EEG), and brain imaging study (MRI), to evaluate the possibility of seizures as diagnosis.
There is need for cardiac function work up ( Holter EKG, cardiac ultrasound) and tilt table test in order to evaluate the orthostatic hypotension as possible diagnosis.
I believe after these tests are done, your diagnosis should be achieved and a treatment should be started.
Hope this helps. I remain at your disposal for further questions and clarifications.
Take care.
Tests needed to have a correct diagnosis.
Detailed Answer:
Hello and thanks for using HCM.
I have read your query and understand your concerns.
In my opinion, two are most probable conditions that cause you fainting:
1. seizures
2. postural ( orthostatic) hypotension, or lowering of blood pressure pressure when standing.
You need appropriate tests for both these conditions, in order to have a correct diagnosis.
There is need for brain function study (EEG), and brain imaging study (MRI), to evaluate the possibility of seizures as diagnosis.
There is need for cardiac function work up ( Holter EKG, cardiac ultrasound) and tilt table test in order to evaluate the orthostatic hypotension as possible diagnosis.
I believe after these tests are done, your diagnosis should be achieved and a treatment should be started.
Hope this helps. I remain at your disposal for further questions and clarifications.
Take care.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Prasad
I've made an appt with my doctor and I'm gonna see if I can get some testing done. It happened again this morning.
I'm thinking it probably is hypotension but I really don't know because its happened while lying down or sitting down and not from getting up. It doesn't happen as frequently that way but it does happen. So I don't know.
After the episode where I wet myself I was told it could be from a thyroid problem by a Dr. Then a few years later another Dr. Said my thyroid felt swollen, but test results read normal. So idk what she felt if everything was normal.. Like?
Anyway, I'm gonna be talking to my Dr soon, so hopefully we can get somewhere with this because I'm really tired of this happening like every day.
And thank you for your help, everyone acts like I'm crazy so I appreciate your input.
I'm thinking it probably is hypotension but I really don't know because its happened while lying down or sitting down and not from getting up. It doesn't happen as frequently that way but it does happen. So I don't know.
After the episode where I wet myself I was told it could be from a thyroid problem by a Dr. Then a few years later another Dr. Said my thyroid felt swollen, but test results read normal. So idk what she felt if everything was normal.. Like?
Anyway, I'm gonna be talking to my Dr soon, so hopefully we can get somewhere with this because I'm really tired of this happening like every day.
And thank you for your help, everyone acts like I'm crazy so I appreciate your input.
Brief Answer:
If thyroid function normal, it is not the cause of your symptoms.
Detailed Answer:
Welcome back and thanks for the kind words.
Thyroid function, if low, causes low blood pressure among other symptoms, but since the thyroid function was found normal (I assume by measuring thyroid hormones TSH, T3andT4), it is not your thyroid cause of your fainting.
Get tested about conditions we previously discussed and I believe the cause will be found, treatment possibilities should be clear as well.
Don't worry about the others, if you have health concerns you deserve a correct diagnosis and a correct treatment.
Hope I helped you.
Take care.
If thyroid function normal, it is not the cause of your symptoms.
Detailed Answer:
Welcome back and thanks for the kind words.
Thyroid function, if low, causes low blood pressure among other symptoms, but since the thyroid function was found normal (I assume by measuring thyroid hormones TSH, T3andT4), it is not your thyroid cause of your fainting.
Get tested about conditions we previously discussed and I believe the cause will be found, treatment possibilities should be clear as well.
Don't worry about the others, if you have health concerns you deserve a correct diagnosis and a correct treatment.
Hope I helped you.
Take care.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Vinay Bhardwaj
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