Thank you. I was diagnosed with “vasovagal syncope” and I had those symptoms mentioned like if I haven’t eaten or slept enough, I faint. Also, I believe I have the most dangerous form described as I, a day after consuming too much alcohol, was suggested to take a hot bath for the hangover. This made matters worse. I fainted and flatlined with the paramedics there. It was scary…obviously, they shocked me back to life, but I felt off. I’ve been to the hospital a few times because of this disorder. I work on self-care and try to avoid it from happening to the best of my ability by taking care of myself. It is scary when it happens, but relieved it’s not as serious as it sounds to me. Great info I think. Thank you.

“The Brain is the boss” Yeah well my boss is a real piece of shit, shit’s fine for 18 years and then outta nowhere ya boi starts fainting at the site of blood and getting lightheaded every time someone mentions a nosebleed

i lightly fainted at a job once when a friend made me laugh so hard, it was weird, glad i left that job

i suddenly fainted and knocked my head on the toilet, i was very frightened and went straight to this video, thank you

I fainted on monday and as i fainted i smashed my head against the wall and knocked myself unconscious and was admitted to hospital. I didnt know the reason behind it as i am a pretty healthy person, i eat healthy constantly. I believe it has a lot to do with stress. Stress can impact you in many ways shape and form. Even thinking about the wrong thing at the wrong time can affect you in ways you cant imagine. Instead of rethinking everything. The best thing you can do is let life take its course. Dont dwell on things that are beyond your control. Just go with the flow. Embrace it

Anyone who faints needs to see a dr

Iv had a few episodes of this. Every time it’s happend in front of people they think I’m having a seizure. Fortunately I snap back so fast I’m able to scream “IM OKAY DONT CALL 911 PLESE” before everyone’s shock wears off.

I passed out on my first day of work, felt like i was about to die

I've had two syncopal (fainting) episodes in my life. Both of the times were scary as hell. I'd totally lose control, free fall, and would hit whatever was in front of me. I'd quickly regain my consciousness, without others' help, but only with severe body ache because of the fall. One thing that still haunts me is climbing up or down the staircase in my apartment. What if I have another episode during the process? That can be very deadly. Thankfully my doctor advised me that I am totally normal but I just happen to have it because of my poor habits (drinking very less water, and standing up abruptly from the bed/sofa). I'm now drinking sufficient water and carefully stand up from bed and sofa. I haven't fainted since... touch wood! My advice to anyone having the same issue is to meet your doctor immediately if you passed out more than once. Figure out what is causing it. The reason for syncopal episodes can be different from person to person.

Thank you very much for the information ! Excellent explanations and much appreciated ...

On 1.2.2024 I experienced a syncope on saloon,barber was shaving my beard,my head was on tilt position on barber chair.Then I experienced a presyncope event. At first my ears were felt Tinitus(ears get stunned,unable to hear),my eyes were closed that time but I felt I was blacking out,tunnel visson,then I don't know anything thing,I was became unconscious, after 1-2 minutes (according to barber) I wake up,when I became unconscious my head hit the wall,but I don't feel any pain on my head even after waking up.After waking up from the passing out I felt weak, I was sweating a lot,unable to lift my arm and unable to stand.It was pretty scary event. History: In year 2022 in same circumstances at saloon in same position,I felt same pre syncope event,but not lost consciousness.

Thank you so much Dr. It is really helpful.

I had a syncope event while riding a motorcycle. I ended up falling off but fortunately I had on all my protective gear. I followed up with my cardiologist. He stopped me from driving for 4 weeks to monitor. Then he implanted a loop recorder as I am below 60bpm at rest. The talk was about pacemaker implant but no guarantees it would prevent another. I had no previous episodes or symptoms and none since. I believe I was hydrated well. The only other unusual item of note. I was riding the bike at a drag race event. The same as being at a traffic light and then going as fast as you can when light turns green. I don't remember anything after the green light. So in my research I read under stress your body can slow rate down and constrict blood flow. That's about all I can surmise. Your video is very educational. That I may benefit from pacemaker but simple treatment like hydration etc may prevent another episode. Thks

You truly are top doctor! Thank you much appreciated

I ate some Popeyes last night with a buddy of mine ,without drinking much water throughout the day. About half an hour to an hour later. I suddenly felt nauseous and lightheaded. I headed to the restroom feeling like I was about to faint and sure enough I woke up to my friend banging on the door. Asking me if I was alright. It was crazy how quick it all happened I was in a dream state befor he woke me up . That has never happened to me befor I’m 28 years old, I didn’t go in for work today for the fear of fainting on the road and causing an accident 😕

such soothing voice. i feel better already!! thank u.

I laughed so hard my head felt light-headed for the first time quite a experience as well

very helpfull

Ty for this information

Just fainted yesterday and felt like shit. It’s my 2nd time in my whole life and as always no one by my side and i got up by myself, pretend like nothing happened 🙂

Ths All so much.

So today I was showering and I turned the water off and started feeling dizzy and I fell I woke up my head was hurting and Idk how long I was out for but I was in shock

This is such a useful video. Thank you so much. I would like to know if there are other simple exercises we can perform when we feel we might faint.

I have just experienced this earlier after I pee, that is why I searched about it and it brought me here.

Went to my doctor today and was diagnosed with near syncope or “near-fainting” spell

Thank you. Helpful information. Passed out two times. The first time was two months ago when I had had a fall and had injured my hand a few hours before it happened, and the second time a few days ago. Both times it started with an unreasonable fear and feeling of a strong nausea and...waking up thinking where I was and what happened! I realized, according to a neurologist doctor and two other times that my blood pressure dropped by seeing blood, that I was subconsciously scared. What had scared me the second time? Watching my hand out of the cast after 2 months which was covered with filth(dead skin). I clearly remember I thought my hand is like corpse's hand; this very idea frightened me to the extent of fainting. Generally speaking, I consider myself healthy, sporty type, and happy. But, this phenomenon scared me a lot. Thank to my doctor I'm OK now. The important thing is to sit down or even lie down immediately to prevent damage to your body, particularly your head. I know you must be vigilant enough to do this, but it helps and might save your life. I did it after feeling nausea, but still I hurt my head a little. (I don't know where it hit).

This is the best video ever it helped me out so much because something like this happened to me to and i felt awful.

went riding, we where clearing a trail, i remember walking down a small hill. i got to the bottom went to jump over mud, slipped tried to get back up, that's all i remember. next thing you know i was in my dads car front of the hospital. they said i wasn't breathing. 2 days later im feeling fine now.

When I laugh too hard I almost pass out.

I had cough syncope for about 3 months I would pass out anywhere from 12 to 3 times a day it started with a bad cold, and got progressive from there it was one of the worst times of my life. Thank God it's over haven't happen again in about 3 years now

My first job I worked at a country club and when I was cooking I had to leave and go to the restroom . Next thing I know my coworker found me on the floor . I blacked out and chipped my front incisor in the process . Luckily I was under my Mom’s insurance and worker’s comp I got my tooth bonded to get it back looking like a normal tooth . I’ll never forget that day.

Love being 18 and passing out from stubbing a toe and having toothache lol

I think my dad has this. He had it for three times. We did all the possible test for this, but nothing came out. During the 2nd time, he had a tilt table test, but nothing came out, recently he fainted again in the bank, was senseless for 20-30 seconds. The problem is that he doesn't even feels that he is going to have it, or you know some abnormality of the body, nothing, there's no symptoms before. It just happens, while he is walking, he fell, the body looses control and become senseless for around 30 seconds and after that he is like "why are you holding me, what happened?" He doesn't even realize he had this, unless we tell him. It happened for 3 times, I'm worried.

Hopefully someone in the comments section can reply please. My elderly mother who is 84 has had a few episodes recently. The first was 2 years ago, sitting down at the table talking to me when suddenly without warning she stopped talking and was just staring straight ahead, her eyes then rolled back in her head and she slipped off her chair, luckily I ran around and managed to catch her, I laid her on the floor, called an ambulance. She came around within about a minute and asked why she was lying on the floor. The paramedic said he thought she had a vasovagal episode, she had no after effects and was fine Then about one month ago she had a fall coming out of the bathroom, she remembers nothing except coming around on the floor and she was in pain (we think she hit her head and arm on the bannister) Two weeks ago I took her to the hospital due to pain in her shoulder and arm (she didn't want to go the doctor or hospital before then), we had to wait about 8 hours in the waiting room before we could see a doctor, she was sitting and talking to me when suddenly she stopped talking and was not responding to me, she was starting straight ahead and motionless. I shouted for a doctor and luckily they came immediately, they put her on a bed and tilted it so that her head was about a foot lower than her feet, she recovered rapidly after this and had no after effects. I was luckily with her (she lives alone) for two of these incidents but I think the fall was similar. She doesn't remember any of this, she has no warning either. We're taking her to the doctor again tomorrow and i'd Iike to point the doctor in a possible direction (she has had an ECG and blood taken previously but everything comes back normal), does this sound like syncope? thanks

I found out I had this when I went to the hospital with my cousin and I've always wondered what truly happened to me this video is very educational and for someone who had this in my opinion it scares me but my reason for having this is from dehydration which is why I have to drink a certain amount of water every-day in order to prevent this from happening to me in the feature

I passed out today because I didn’t eat or drink much. It’s was scary and I was only out for 30 secs

I passed out today on the concrete floor in school - I woke up on the floor spazing and uncontrollable moving. -stoped spazzing after a second. -then I was in pain because I hurt my back on the concrete floor.

I fell the other day climbing across rocks. Fell hard onto my right forearm and knees. I punctured my right arm and saw a hole and blood from my arm. My friend came to help as I was feeling suddenly very dizzy and lightheaded. I stopped seeing color!! Everything got hella bright and my friend looked white and grey. Like a sketch and I could barely hold myself up. I almost puked and almost lost all hearing. But he kept pouring water over my face and back of head. I closed my eyes to breath and slowly I started to see the green on the leaves of trees and felt like I was coming back. Not sure if I was losing consciousness or going into shock but it was terrifying and amazing! I mean I almost lost all sight

I wonder if this is what I have. When I was little, if I bumped a joint like my knee or elbow, i would pass out soon. Now I usually only pass out or feel like I will if I have a lot of pain. I've passed out because of cramps, after a knee injury, after surgerirs for the same knee injury etc

I had a episode after a foreweeler crash yesterday. It just felt like I felt asleep. I was so confused when I woke up I was like Yea im fine why?

I got this every time I laugh hard I get real lightheaded like I’m about to pass out

It happened to me more than 10 times in the last 3 years. It happened both while I was standing or sitting. It feels like my brain shutting down or die for 1-2 second.

Sir it has happened 3-4 with me within month. Should I consult the Dr.?

I just had this

what is most dangerous the syncope during or after an effort ?

I fainted 3 days ago at work, that was scary, I was standing too long.

fainted today so now i’m trying to learn about it , crazy .

My girlfriend fainted on me during sex, she couldn't ventilate too. Luckily a CPR came in handy.

Few months back i fell from a bike involved in a accident, i got a wide cut on my knee, i didn't know for some sometime that i was hurt but when i saw the site of injury i got very nervous suddenly, my heart started to beat very fast i felt very weak my head started to feel very light could not stand up or sit i wanted lie down and my vision started go dark but people nearby started shaking me gave water after some time... after 5 minutes i felt normal...i didn't fully faint but i still don't know what happened to me... doctor couldn't understand either they only asked if i vomited or not

I just had a syncope episode... quite the experience

I’m embarrassed to say where this happened to me but I thought I was going to die it felt like everything got low like a whisper and I couldn’t hear than lights out and I woke up on the toilet first time than and good thing I had my Apple watch on my husband rushed home from work and found me called 911 because i kept passing out turns out I had a intestine infection and needed meds I thought I had a really bad belly ace so I stop eating and drinking for 3 days it was bad and crazy and good thing I feel between the sink and the toilet when I passed out and not head first into the tub. Go to the doctor people so what you will get a bill you will have your life. Be safe

I got a heat stroke on Monday so I fainted during my Karate Class 😭😂

Which specialist doctor treat this? My kid passed as if someone just turn out the lights. No warning, sometimes she is back in a minute, most of the time 10-15 minutes yesterday she was out for over half hour. What kind of doctor do we need? What is the treatment? Any suggestions please. She passed out at twice a day and as many as twenty times in a three hour period.

My vision left me and I couldn’t hear and out of nowhere all I could remember was my friends carrying me and I could barely talk but apparently fell and I was twitching and staring off for seconds before the accident

I am 10 and this happened to me since I was 5 and this keeps happening

Have COPD with Syncope, do a lot of coughing and fainting with seizures. It doesn't last long but I know one bad coughing fit, fainting and seizure in the wrong place and it's ouchie ouch ouch time. But in the meantime, got to live with some humour.

Just fainted in the morning and after 5 years of being diagnosed.Finally i found the disease name which is vasovagal syncopy. Now I can live a normal life after knowing the actual reason of the disease

lol I passed out when I had a blood test but literally they couldn’t even take any

If you feel dizzy sit down or lie down. I had this yesterday I was scared to death 💀

How can i get in contact with you? Please

I went into "safe mode" last night after having a severe coughing bout that was uncontrollable and making me expel air out of my lungs via a gag reflex caused by a dry, itchy throat.

I just had my first episode today after 3 days flu and it happened directly after a coughing fit. Hell it was scary...

Today, I rose up from my bed then I went to drink water, but I blacked out suddenly and broke all of our kitchenware, my family is worried that's why thank you for this video

After getting the flu and pneumococcal vaccine at the same time I had a hard time breathing a minute after the vaccine had been given to me and a few seconds of difficulty of breathing I passed out help is this normal?

I swear I knew this shit was a coping mechanism bcuz I always faint when I’m in a stressful situation my blood pressure drops hella I have the blood pressure of a child n I’m 18

Mostly i gote flatented ..i felt problem in breathing

I've fainted on May 18, Oct 3 and today Oct 31, 2020.

I'm a medical student ,, and always get faint during blood experiments in labs ,, Please tell me any permanent solution not to get faint ,, M too much worried for upcoming wards ,,Why will i do ? 😢😢 i'll b thankful to you sir for this help

I experienced this when I was showering, didn't fully passed out, managed to go through it. It's terrifying I thought I was dying.

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When I'm in pain, I hear ringing on my ears then I lose consciousness. Happened couple of times. I fainted in the stairs after twisting my ankle. 😅😅😅

i just fainted today this is my second episode in a year, i usually get it whenever i get my period. is this safe? i really feel weak.

I passed out and banged my nose on a side table. It was due to postural hypotension, from a medication called Parnate.

I passed out today and fell and hurt my butt lol but I was very dizzie

I don't know how to explain this because i don't know what my illness is being called. It feels like your whole body and mind glitches/flickering idk, it lasts like a second or two and sometimes i fall down as if i fainted but then after a second it will be back to normal. This happens to me a lot everytime i don't sleep at night and i guess the cause of it is lack of sleep but i can't/couldn't sleep because i have insomnia and i'm afraid that this will continue to happen to me as i grow up, btw i'm 15 and i'm from the philippines and i need help but i've got no one to go to. Please help me, i need to know what this illness is called. Thanks❤

For me I was literally in the shower and this black thing came over my eyes and I was conscious but couldn’t see then I then could see but I was on the ground this time

Yesterday I was at the park it was hot and I felt weak and I couldn’t move my legs and couldn’t stand up It felt like I wanted to faint I fell down someone told my eyes were moving i could hear them but I will see black or blurry like I was still there Ig concussions l just don’t know what was it

Sometimes im doing nothing then I just fall to the ground and I can’t get after like 10 seconds but I’m awake during those 10 seconds but I can’t get up does anyone know what this is?

Getting up from my resting position suddenly, quick and beginning to walk seems to be the trigger, I have hit my head on a toilet once. Very dangerous!

I'm a 21 y.o girl and I've fainted quite a lot in my life, but my fainting episode are really painful. It starts with a light period cramp and nausea like pain in my belly area. My body heats up and I start to feel light headed, dizzy. I know I'll have an episode, so I'll sit on the ground with my head low. The pain in my stomach area spreads throughout the area, getting more and more painful. I start to experience tunnel vision at this point and my limbs feel so heavy I'm unable to support my weight. I start cold sweating. When the stomach pain is at its climax (I think), I fall unconsious. Most recently I fell unconsious (2/3 minutes), woke up lying on the ground, then I fell unconsious again while still lying down. This time I got an anti depressant medication for the first time in a while, so I think its because of that, but that doesn't answer why I faint. I feel like theres nothing I can do to stop me from having an episode. Doesn't matter If I lay down, hold my head low, keep standing up, drink, eat... nothing so far has prevented my fainting. I've surfed the internet and I've been to doctors, but none gave me any clear answers. If anyone has even the slightest idea of what this is, is this normal, is it not, hit me up please

I figured I have syncope after only diagnosed with only FND

I had this probably like 4 times in my life, yesterday was the last one.. First i began to feel frightened for no reason my body felt really light my vision started to weaken (not blurry but its like that thing called white noise) heavy breathing extreme confusion these were the saame symptoms which i experienced in the one before it too, but that one before was more scary as i lost consciousness for half of a minute or little more.

Just fainted today, but miraculously I was able to hold myself up with the walls next to me, my head started jerking and wobbling and I started dry heaving, no vomit though

After all these years I’m wondering if this is what I have. Does anybody else have a coughing spell that is the consistent precursor to these spells. I don’t always suffer dizziness/ blackouts when I cough. But when I do blackout it always involves coughing to start.

Hello sir, I am 21 , an unexpected incident happened in my life that 1st time ( 5 yrs ago) While I'm was watching TV suddenly I Heard that some is serious near my home promptly I run to her , after touching her hand suddenly I got unconscious. 2nd time ( 15 September 2021) After finishing my dinner I was just to walk away( at that time my mom informed me a shocking news) at that time I was unconscious 😥.... I am very confused about it what is this I don't why it's happening ... please reply sir

I fainted during my blood transfusion, I was anemic, I'm 32

I was in my back garden about 2 weeks ago breaking up an old concrete slab with a breaker tool, i was using the tool for a few mins. I started to feel dizzy, i was about to stop what i was doing... Then next thing i knew i was sat up against the wall of my house semi conscious & unaware of what had happened. My wife called for a paramedic who spent time with me before deciding to call for an ambulance to take me to the hospital, then i spent the next 5 days at hospital. My echocardiogram result came back just above borderline. I have to re visit the hospital in a few weeks time to see the specialist in the synscope clinic. At the moment i have been told to avoid driving for 6 months & to avoid working at height in my job 😞

would a person with this condition lose their driving licence. Does anyone know?

i walk to my door im holding the handle i look outside my vision is blurry i fall down i im imidieatly like what happened i stand back up, and here i am.

I passed out twice back to back, woke up quit 5AM to pee, I flushed and after that I woke up on the floor to people screaming my name.. I got up and walked out and fell out again my somebody’s arms then the ambulance came took me to the hospital and this was during COVID so nobody could come in and see me they ran all types of blood test on me and wanted to check my lungs for a blood clot but I refused that one I was ready to go plus the doctor said he 100% sure I do t have a blood clot, the doctors stuck me in the ambulance 4 time and 6 more times at the hospital they couldn’t get the IV in my vein?? But they say I wasn’t dehydrated????.. finally they call another doctor with a butterfly needle and get the blood.. this was a few weeks ago haven’t happen every since.. also I hit my heart on the toilet.. my chest was sore the paramedics told my mom I was at a beginning stage of a heart attack when they got to me?? Maybe I was panicking?? Idk.. but I remember being on the floor sweating real bad and I couldn’t really breath I kept falling asleep, and my momma kept shaking me to stay up.. I don’t do drugs or nothing so idk but they labeled it “syncope” but whatever happens happens idc it felt peaceful

My friend often uncoucious, he would shout and all his body started to freeze i was scared watching him if there is anyone who experience plzz share

I have many clients I work with that appear to experience syncopal episodes. Not all my clients, seems like only the ones who drink alcohol excessively and use K-2. People keep thinking these are seizures, but my question is this: can the combination of substance abuse cause these syncopal episodes? Particularly combinations of substances like K-2 and alcohol for example?

Today I’m going to Busch gardens to ride a roller coaster 🎢 and about 9 or 10 days ago I had a syncope episode cus of laying on bed a long time and then getting up and standing for a long time, I want to know if it’s ok to ride a rollercoaster after that happened? Please answer quick someone 🥺 I have to know

Fainting ? This is not what happened to me three months back , causing a vechile accident. Crashing into a fixed object, then rendering me unconscious again from the head trauma, something caused me to blackout , have no memory of the accident and how it acurred, just waking in the back of an ambulance. Confused as hell, " what accident, ? I repeated over and over ? Cops believe I was under the influence, they are wrong. Head injury ass holes, can explain unusual mood swings and behaviors. There was no warning like I hear a lot with syncope, like feeling lightheadedness or dizzy perhaps even vomiting none of that happened. That day I got up was fine never experience any episode like this before whether you want to call it a blackout already you want to call it syncope sometimes I want to smack the crap out of my doctor when he says syncope, I think blackout in syncope should be classified as two separate episodes not the same f****** thing. so if you want to say syncope what is a spontaneous recovery, I didn't have no spontaneous recovery, I was still unconscious until the ambulance showed up 5 to 10 minutes, well to other people they believed I was alert unusual behaviors but I can't recall any of those supposedly conversations or behaviors that I did. and you're supposed to have some loss of muscle control during syncope, so how would I stomp into the gas pedal to accelerate erratically even the witness said he heard the kickdown from the shift instead of had it been doing the least 60 + down my own driveway which is about 400 feet long fast enough to jump my truck like Dukes of Hazzard at the top of my driveway going for one hell of a ride that I didn't even know I was going on so what I say about syncope I didn't have no syncope episode I blacked out and I'll call it that because it is exactly what it was the switch was turned off and for a very long time not know brief 3 seconds we're talkin minutes. I don't even recall getting out of my own truck or even the individuals that help me get out I can't recall nothing, other doctors that I explain it to wonder if I've had a focal impaired awareness seizure did what I described to her my new one sounds like I suffered a complex partial seizure with impaired awareness or lost consciousness. Shoot I don't even remember having a conversation with my own mother at the accident scene, I'm finally being referred to a neurologist. My heart test where normal electrical signal normal heart rhythm normal CT scan on the head no acute abnormality detected but had a abnormal neuro exam.

I fainted trying to get rid of hiccups

I am sometimes feel like a unconscious and my mind and brain think is this real or not ... Eg...if I am writing my brain think do you writing?? But that's not affect my work but why I have that think ??

Well unfortunately i got this multiple time for 14yrs but on the 1st i fainted and woke up on the groud with blood everywhere soon realising that i broke my mout comepletely

My sister fainted for 13 hours, then regain consciousness. She is undergoing now unconsciousness again. Pls tell me how can you treat her remotely? she is in Bangladesh.

Not sure if I had was the same but once a just lost all control of my body for like 1 second and fell down and strangely it felt really good idk what it was

I got a syncope attack during my weight lifting